Health & Beauty

Longing to visit far-flung destinations or just missing your favourite Devon hotspot? In a time when we are not able to physically travel around our beautiful county the Let’s Walk workplace challenge can help you get a step closer to reaching your dream location – without even leaving your home!

The fun challenge runs throughout March and is open to workplace teams of 3-10 people across Devon. The aim is to get people walking and actively moving more to achieve a team goal – such as walking the total number of steps to get to your favourite destination. Walking has incredible...

Millions of people around the world spend a good part of each day sitting at a desk. This is one of the most common sources of pain and discomfort. In itself, a sedentary lifestyle is not good for anyone’s health. If we add bad postures while sitting for a prolonged time, the result will be catastrophic.

Unfortunately, the situation described above is the daily life of many office workers. The routine is the same. Come to the office, sit down at your desk, and spend the entire day typing and doing office work. If you work at a computer, you must mind the height of the screen...

Tens of thousands more people across Devon are being contacted from this week, inviting them to make an appointment for their first coronavirus vaccination, as the programme enters a new phase.

People aged 65 and over and those who are clinically vulnerable (JCVI priority groups 5 and 6), together with an expanded group of clinically extremely vulnerable people, are now in line to receive the life-saving jab.

In this next phase, GPs in Devon have been asked to offer jabs to those over the age of 65 and people with underlying health conditions that make them clinically...

Choosing an alcohol or drug rehab clinic can be a difficult and overwhelming experience. Now, thanks to the pandemic, the field of addiction treatment has seen an increase in unethical practices and deceptive marketing tactics used by those drug rehab providers whose main concern appears to be finance-related. This has confused many consumers who became distrustful about how and where to find the right treatment option.

Today, it’s more important than ever for consumers to know which rehab clinic to choose. As you put in your research time and create a dialogue with rehab...