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What is Level 7 aesthetics - and do you actually need it?

In recent years, the aesthetics industry has undergone a quiet transformation. Once the preserve of medically trained professionals in sterile clinic environments, aesthetic procedures are now just as likely to be offered in boutique salons, rented treatment rooms, and even home studios. With this accessibility, though, comes a pressing question: how qualified should an aesthetics practitioner actually be?

More specifically — what exactly is Level 7 aesthetics , and does it matter whether your practitioner has it?

Let’s unpack what’s behind the jargon, and whether this...

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Alternating antibiotics could make resistant bacteria beatable

Pioneering new research has unlocked a new technique to help combat the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, that cause debilitating and often life-threatening human illness.

Researchers from the University of Exeter has shown that the use of ‘sequential treatments’ – using alternating doses of antibiotics – might offer effective treatment against bacterial infection.

Crucially, the research also demonstrates this technique for administering treatment also reduces the risk of the bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics, and so maintaining the long-term effectiveness of...

Campaign warns of cold water shock

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is joining with fire and rescue services across the UK in supporting the Chief Fire Officers Association’s Drowning Prevention and Water Safety Week 2015, taking place from 13-19 April.

The campaign is focusing on raising awareness of the issue of Cold Water Shock by encouraging everyone, but especially young people to share the message ‘Tell a friend. Save a friend’ and to be aware of the risks around water.

The intention is to hopefully reduce preventable water fatalities in young adults aged 16-30, as this age saw the...

Celebrate Devon Walking for Health Week

People all over Devon are putting their trainers, shoes and boots on and taking to the streets and pathways of their towns and villages in celebration of Devon Walking for Health Week from 13th-19th April.

Walking for Health is a successful national partnership between Macmillan Cancer Support and the Ramblers to promote walking as a free, fun and inclusive form of regular exercise for all ages. Although walks happen every week all around Devon, the Celebration Week focuses on nine established walks from Tavistock to Silverton where walkers will be winding through their local...

Five simple steps to de-stress at work

As we head back to work after the Easter break, it may ne comforting to konow that some work-related stress is unavoidable, how you deal with it will decide whether you become stressed out as a result and can mean the difference between success and failure.

Everjobs, the new online career portal and professional development platform focused on emerging markets, asserts that effective stress management has a direct knock-on effect on productivity, motivation and all-round wellbeing. Taking these simple steps to harness your stress levels in the workplace will ensure you stay...

Office workers urged to get moving

Almost half (45%) of office workers in the South West spend less than 30 minutes a day walking around at work, according to new statistics released ahead of the first On Your Feet Britain campaign to get office workers moving more.

Get Britain Standing is partnering with the British Heart Foundation to launch the UK’s first On Your Feet Britain campaign on 24th April, encouraging workers to ditch their office chairs and raise vital funds for cardiovascular disease.

Workers are encouraged to sit less and move more to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease whilst raising...

Lifestyle approach to losing weight

‘Loose Ladies Lifestyle’ takes a fresh approach to losing weight. Connecting and collaborating with other women to empower you to take responsibility for your life, your lifestyle and your life choices.

Paola Royal, a Qualified Physiotherapist and Consultant Nutritionist and Shirley Anne Fison experienced Business Woman launched ‘Loose Ladies Lifestyle’ in January 2015 in Topsham, Exeter.

The mission of Loose Ladies Lifestyle is simply, ‘To help ladies lose weight – by feeling great, having fun and making new friends in a very relaxed, enjoyable and supportive way’. Weekly...

Don't put up with ill-fitting dentures urges denturist

An Exmouth dental surgery is encouraging anyone suffering discomfort with their dentures to contact their dentist, after experiencing a surge in older people asking for help and advice.

Around 3.7 million people in Britain currently wear dentures and research shows that many of them have difficulty chewing ‒ and even speaking.

“We are increasingly seeing patients who have put up with badly fitting dentures for many years,” said Rob Gosling, Clinical Dental Technician at Select Dental.

“There is no reason for dentures to be fitted badly in the first place, even...

Spice up your specs in Exeter

Former Spice Girl and Heart Radio DJ Emma Bunton has teamed up with Specsavers in Exeter and anti-bullying charity Kidscape to launch this year’s search for the Wannabe Spectacle Wearers of the Year.

The overall winner of competition will be presented with £10,000 in cash and a dream stay at the Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas. The prize will be presented later this year at a star-studded event in central London.

Emma is the face of this year’s Specsavers’ Love Glasses campaign and the associated Spectacle Wearer of the Year competition, now in its 20th year.

Emma...

New dementia project demonstrates benefits of allotments

People suffering from dementia are being offered the chance to get out and enjoy pottering around on an allotment thanks to Age UK Exeter and Exeter City Council.

Linking Lives is a new project being rolled out by Age UK Exeter.

With funding from Age UK nationally five pilot projects across the country have been selected to try out innovative ideas that may help people newly diagnosed with dementia to live well and enjoy life.

The Exeter project allows people who have been recently diagnosed with dementia to meet up with others, share their experiences and make new...

Antibiotic risk for coastal water users

Recreational users of coastal waters such as swimmers and surfers are at risk of exposure to antibiotic resistant bacteria, according to new research published this week.

In the first study of its kind, scientists at the University of Exeter Medical School have assessed the amount of water ingested during different water sports, and combined this with water sampling data to estimate people’s exposure to bacteria resistant to antibiotics.

Using data gathered across England and Wales in 2012, they estimated that over 6.3 million water sport sessions resulted in one type of...

Health & Beauty

What is Level 7 aesthetics - and do you actually need it?

Alternating antibiotics could make resistant bacteria beatable

Campaign warns of cold water shock

Celebrate Devon Walking for Health Week

Five simple steps to de-stress at work

Office workers urged to get moving

Lifestyle approach to losing weight

Don't put up with ill-fitting dentures urges denturist

Spice up your specs in Exeter

New dementia project demonstrates benefits of allotments

Antibiotic risk for coastal water users

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