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Let’s Chalk About Mental Health

Princesshay will transform Princesshay Square into an interactive wellbeing space this May, bringing together local organisations for its annual Let’s Chalk About Mental Health event.

Taking place on Thursday 14th May from 11am–3pm, the event aims to highlight the importance of talking, sharing and listening to others.

Now in its fourth year, the event has grown to include a wide range of partners offering activities, guidance and opportunities for visitors to the centre. These include creative workshops, mindful crafts, movement sessions and interactive experiences...

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Agencies raise awareness of Mental Capacity Act

Care agencies are raising awareness of the Mental Capacity Act, following concerns highlighted by a House of Lords select committee that too few people are aware of it or understand it.

The concern, held too by professionals in Devon, is that the Act, which provides protection to people who are unable to make their own decisions, isn’t recognised widely enough by the public or indeed by many in the care profession.

Devon and Torbay’s Safeguarding Adults Boards are planning a week of activity commencing Monday 8 February, to tell people about the Act.

They’re...

Quitting smoking increases levels of happiness

Nearly two thirds (62%) of ex-smokers in the South West are happier since they quit smoking with around a third saying that giving up smoking has led to major lifestyle changes, according to new research commissioned by Smokefree South West to coincide with the launch of its Be There Tomorrow campaign.

The survey also reveals that the vast majority of smokers (91 per cent) experienced reduced or the same levels of anxiety after quitting, even though 35 per cent of people thought that kicking the habit would increase their levels of anxiety.

This is thought to be the first...

Nutritional advice at Cullompton practice

An additional therapy is now available at an alternative health centre in Cullompton with the arrival of nutritional therapist, Carola Becker.

Carola will be providing nutritional advice at Culm Valley Natural Health, a complementary therapy practice based at College Surgery in Willand Road, which also offers homeopathy, acupuncture, counselling, massage, podiatry and osteopathy.

Ms Becker studied nutritional therapy after using supplements, and dietary and lifestyle changes to manage her own arthritis, and subsequently helping her partner treat his candida.

She...

Stroke care boost for South West

People who have had a stroke in Devon are receiving faster and more effective treatment thanks to research that has used the latest advances in computer simulation.

The ground-breaking project has led to a dramatic increase in the number of patients receiving vital clot-busting treatment, and significantly reduced treatment times.

Researchers from the NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC) teamed up with the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital and the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust to implement the study, which has highlighted the importance of...

Cancer death rates drop in South West

People across the South West are being urged to show their support for World Cancer Day today (February 4) as Cancer Research UK releases new figures revealing that cancer death rates in the region have fallen by 9 per cent over the last 10 years.

The charity is encouraging everyone in the region to wear a Unity Band or make a donation to demonstrate their support for people affected by cancer.

The Unity Band is made of two parts, knotted together, to represent strength in unity. They are available for a suggested donation of £2 from all Cancer Research UK shops and at www....

Link between blood pressure and teen stress

A new study from the online journal Heart suggests a link between the tendency to become easily stressed in adolescents and a heightened risk of developing high blood pressure in later life.

The research looked at more than 1.5 million 18-year-old men with normal blood pressure, who had been conscripted to the army in Sweden between 1969 and 1997 until the end of 2012 and were assessed for their levels of stress resilience.

At the end of the study, those who were more prone to stress a at the age of 18 were associated with a heightened risk of high blood pressure.

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Exeter dental practice under new ownership

Inspired Dental Care, located on Exeter High Street has been acquired by Dr Andre Faro Leite and Dr Amish Bhayani thanks to funding support provided by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Long-time friends Andre and Amish have worked at the practice for the last two and a half years with Andre as Clinical Director, helping build its reputation for quality bespoke care and affordable general, restorative, implant, orthodontic and cosmetic dental and facial aesthetic treatments.

All staff have been retained at the practice, including two nurses, two hygienists, two trainees and a...

Devon woman's eight stone weight loss

A 26-year-old engineer from Newton Abbot has lost eight stone after her doctor warned her she was 'a heart attack waiting to happen'.

Rachel Coppen, whose weight loss journey started in March 2014, has dropped from a dress size 28 to a size 12 from XXXL to a small.

Rachel said: “I had known for a long time that I needed to lose a serious amount of weight, but it never seemed to be a real priority for me. I was always playing the ‘Happy Fat Girl’ and making jokes about myself to try and deflect the looks and whispered comments.

“In February 2014, I had been engaged...

Living With and Beyond Cancer project transforms follow-up care

A pioneering project is transforming the delivery of cancer follow-up care for people receiving treatment at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

The Living With and Beyond Cancer project, involving the hospital, FORCE Cancer Charity and Macmillan Cancer Support, aims to provide support for patients from the point of diagnosis and redesign their follow-up care to help them take back control of their lives.

As part of the project, patients treated for cancer at the RD&E are already benefiting from support services provided by local cancer charity FORCE.

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Winter death asthma attack alert

Asthma UK is urging people with asthma to be vigilant in winter as data shows the number of people who die because of an asthma attack peaks in January and remains high in February and March. Data from the Office for National Statistics highlights that asthma is the cause of proportionately more excess winter deaths than other conditions and respiratory diseases were the underlying cause of death in more than a third of all excess winter deaths in 2014/15. It’s thought that cold weather and viruses like cold and flu may be partly to blame; 90% of people with asthma report that cold and flu...

Health & Beauty

Let’s Chalk About Mental Health

Agencies raise awareness of Mental Capacity Act

Quitting smoking increases levels of happiness

Nutritional advice at Cullompton practice

Stroke care boost for South West

Cancer death rates drop in South West

Link between blood pressure and teen stress

Exeter dental practice under new ownership

Devon woman's eight stone weight loss

Living With and Beyond Cancer project transforms follow-up care

Winter death asthma attack alert

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