Health & Beauty

As Exeter students pore over textbooks and stare at computer screens in preparations for exams, a leading eye expert has warned young people about the risks of eye strain. Intensive revision may help boost grades but according to Mesha Tanna, Senior Optometrist with Optical Express, it can also trigger a range of health problems including headaches, blurred vision and pain in the neck, shoulders and back. Mesha said: “While it is admirable that so many young people study hard to get good results in their exams it is crucial that they do not overlook the importance of caring for their eyes...

A new screening method can detect twice as many women with ovarian cancer as conventional strategies, according to the latest results from the largest trial of its kind.

The method uses a statistical calculation to interpret changing levels in women’s blood of a protein called CA125, which is linked to ovarian cancer. This gives a more accurate prediction of a woman’s individual risk of developing cancer, compared to the conventional screening method which uses a fixed ‘cut-off’ point for CA125.

The new method detected cancer in 86 per cent of women with invasive epithelial...

Following a highly competitive recruitment process with a significant number of quality applicants, Dr Ian Reynolds has been appointed as the new Chair of Chime Social Enterprise, the NHS audiology partner and leading not-for-profit hearing service across Devon.

Ian has a significant pedigree in executive and non-executive roles across healthcare, science and regulatory sectors in both public and private business sectors and he will commence his new role with immediate effect. As Chief Executive of Nottingham Health Authority and also of private healthcare company, Priory Hospitals...

New research has indicated that obesity in children has quite different causes at different ages.

The research, led by the University of Exeter Medical School and part of the internationally respected EarlyBird Study, could have far-reaching implications for attempts to reduce the global epidemic of childhood obesity, as it indicates that very different approaches may be needed at various stages of development.

In a study published yesterday (Monday April 27) in the International Journal of Obesity, scientists compared data on contemporary children with those of the 1980’s...