Health & Beauty

New research led by University of Exeter Medical School has discovered some people with Type 1 diabetes do produce insulin. In the study, 74 people with Type 1 Diabetes were tested to see how much natural insulin they produced and if they were functioning in response to meals 73% of the sample was found to still have active insulin-making cells in tests at the Exeter Clinical Research Facility. It was previously thought that all these cells were destroyed by the immune system within a few years of having the disease. Alex Nesbitt, 56, one of the volunteers in the study was diagnosed with...

Thermalogica held its official launch event ‘Take charge of your health’ at Radiance MediSpa.

Guests enjoyed a drinks reception before hearing a talk by Terri Bainbridge and Lisa Portman, who launched the company earlier this year.

The dynamic duo offer radiation-free health screening for private clients to gain early detection of diseases or locate and monitor pain from an injury using a highly sophisticated camera.

Guest speaker Dilys Gannon-Bone aka ‘The Health Detective’ gave a well-received presentation on nutrition and how she took charge of her own health...

Saks in Princesshay, one of Exeter’s favourite hair and beauty salons, has a brand new star. Adam Barkworth, who has been training with Saks since September 2012, has won the highly regarded title of Advanced Apprentice of the Year in the National Saks Education Awards 2013.

Adam achieved this fantastic award through in-depth research into styles and trends and drawing inspiration from the environment around him. By collating pictures, colour swatches and examples of make-up, fashions and hair styles, Adam was able to decide on his final look for the competition.

Adam...

Work is set to start on the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) Ambulance Special Operations Centre (ASOC West) – a brand new, operational ambulance facility that will provide a central response, training and administration facility for a range of the Trust’s specialist resources.

Operating 24/7, 365 days a year, the team of ambulance paramedics based at the new site will provide the NHS ambulance response to a range of demanding, technical and potentially hazardous incidents across the Trust’s operational areas of Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset and the...