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NEUTROGENA® announces brand new Collagen Bank range for stronger collagen and plumper skin

NEUTROGENA® UK has announced the launch of its Collagen Bank range, NEUTROGENA®’s first science-backed, pre-ageing solution, set to redefine the future of skincare.

Available at retailers nationwide and online, the innovative Collagen Bank range empowers people to help preserve their skin’s natural collagen and maintain youthful, plump skin.

The launch of Collagen Bank in the UK follows a social-led campaign in the US, fronted by Hailee Steinfeld.

Research shows that we lose up to 1% of our collagen every year starting in our 20s*, with UVA rays being a primary...

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Exeter woman speaks out on mental health battles with diabetes

To mark World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10th October, an Exeter woman who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at just nine-years-old, shares her journey from ‘model diabetic,’ to enforced hospitalization, and back again - to highlight the psychological difficulties of managing the condition.

When Pippa Anning, now 23, first learned she had diabetes she was at primary school. Despite her young age, and with the support of both her family and the children’s diabetes group, Exeter Snack Pack, she handled her condition so well she soon earned the moniker ‘model diabetic’ by her...

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Join Virtual Restart a Heart Day 2020

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is giving people the opportunity to learn how to save lives safely during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The Trust, in association with the Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) and other partner agencies, will host online cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillator training sessions for Restart a Heart Day (RSAH) 2020 on Friday 16 October.

According to RCUK, coronavirus has reduced people’s willingness to perform CPR, and social distancing has limited opportunities for people to learn how to do it...

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Why You Should Invest In Resistance Exercise Equipment

Resistance training is an important part of any exercise routine. With this kind of exercise, you will get stronger and toner. As resistance exercise is all about getting your muscles to do all the work, it can be done by lifting free weights, wearing weight machines like a weight vest and resistance bands.

In order to get the most out of your resistance training routine, you should do it the right way. Here are 6 reasons why you should invest in the right resistance exercise equipment:

1. Good pace and training intensity

This is a no brainer! When you invest in...

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Hundreds of people in South West needed to take part in new COVID-19 vaccine study

Hundreds of volunteers from the South West will from today be invited to join a leading phase three COVID-19 vaccine study, as the number of people who have signed up to take part in vaccine research hits 9,220 across Devon, Cornwall and parts of Somerset.

The study will test the safety and effectiveness of a promising new vaccine, developed by US biotechnology company Novavax, across a broad spectrum of people, including those from a variety of age groups and backgrounds. Phase 3 studies involve many thousands of people, giving researchers insights into the effects of a vaccine...

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Do something amazing: Give blood

NHS Blood and Transplant is appealing to blood donors to make appointments to donate blood.

The next sessions take place in Exeter at Exeter Corn Exchange in Market Street on Monday, October 12 at 9.40am-12.10pm and 1.10pm-3.05pm.

An NHS Blood and Transplant spokesperson said: “We need people who are fit and healthy to keep donating as normal during the coronavirus pandemic. We've put extra safety measures in place and safety is always our number one priority. We’re doing extra cleaning, ensuring social distancing, and triage everyone who arrives so only people with no...

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‘Exhausted’ family and friends in South West spent 9.4 million extra hours caring for loved ones with dementia since lockdown

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 10/04/2020 - 6:05pm

Family and friends of people living with dementia across the South West have put in 9.4 million extra caring hours since lockdown began, an Alzheimer’s Society investigation reveals.

The shocking figure has been blamed on the double whammy of lockdown making dementia symptoms worse, and the chronically underfunded social care system leaving them nowhere else to turn.

Nationally, the charity estimates family and friends have spent an extra 92 million hours caring for loved ones with dementia since 23 March.

In its new report ‘ Worst hit: dementia during...

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9 Easy Memory Boosting Hacks for Students who want to Top

Authored by BHTNews.com
Posted: Fri, 10/02/2020 - 5:11pm

Back to back exams often drain a student’s mind. Especially when you’ve got thousands of lines to remember, you feel quite exhausted.

What if we tell you it isn’t hard to remember what you read? It only takes a few tricks from the science behind memory boosting.

We’ve put together some super-easy hacks together here. You’ll be surprised as you scroll till the end that it takes little things to boost your brain’s productivity.

9 Memory Boosting Hacks every Student must try!

1. Sleep well

Sleeping is like keeping your brain to charge.

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Devon’s Prescription for a Healthy and Happy Lifestyle

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 09/30/2020 - 12:27pm

Devon’s Naturally Healthy month is back, and this year the campaign will be running throughout October.

Naturally Healthy October is all about getting outside and enjoying Devon's amazing natural environment and feeling happier and healthier for it. Activities could include walking, cycling, gardening, wild swimming or bird watching. There is something for everyone!

More than ever we are recognising the importance of being active outdoors and connecting to nature.

Due to Coronavirus the campaign this year will run a little differently. Naturally Healthy events...

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Health Secretary urges everyone in South West to download new NHS Covid-19 app

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has called on people across the South West to download the new NHS Covid-19 app, which has now launched across England and Wales following rigorous testing and successful trials.

The NHS Covid-19 app will alert users if they have been close to someone who later tests positive for coronavirus, as well as providing risk alerts based on a user’s postcode, allow users to scan QR codes to check in at venues on the app and allow people to book tests, if they have symptoms.

The app works by logging the amount of time you spend near other app users...

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A DEVON home care provider says its carers offer vital emotional support to those who can’t get out

Carers provide link to outside world for vulnerable in winter

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Mon, 09/28/2020 - 4:35pm

A SOUTH Devon home care provider says its carers offer vital emotional support to those who can’t get out due to the coming cooler weather combined with the ongoing COVID-19 threat.

Guardian Homecare says once the clocks change, elderly and vulnerable people will stay inside more, and its carers are sometimes their only link to the outside world.

Catherine Porter, Manager at Guardian Homecare, which delivers personalised home care in Exeter, said: “The days are now getting darker and cooler, and this can often limit the amount of time our service users can get outside, if...

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