Health & Beauty

How to Maintain Healthy Eyes in a Digital World: Contacts + Eye Drops Edition

In today's fast-paced digital world, most of us spend hours staring at screens—laptops, phones, tablets. While this may be a part of modern life, it puts a serious strain on our eyes. Add Feel Good Contacts lenses into the mix, and dryness or irritation can become a daily struggle. Luckily, with smart habits and the right products like Hycosan Extra and Hycosan Dual, you can maintain healthy, hydrated, and irritation-free eyes.

How Screens Impact Eye Health

Screens emit blue light, reduce blinking, and increase glare. All of this leads to what doctors call Digital Eye Strain ....

Liv Butler

Liv Butler

Posted:

£1.85 million for children’s health and maternity research 

A national research collaboration has been awarded £1.85 million to investigate children’s health and maternal wellbeing.

Researchers from PenARC (NIHR ARC South West Peninsula) based at the University of Exeter Medical School have collaborated with colleagues from ARC Yorkshire and Humber to develop the national research programme.

PenARC is one of the leading Applied Research Centres (ARCs) funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), conducting research to improve the health and needs of patients in the NHS. The new £1.85 million collaboration is...

Ido Fishman Fit

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Sat, 07/04/2020 - 10:14am

The truth is that working out requires a whole lot of tough work and a massive dose of daily commitment.

The only way to achieve this considerable transformation is by always paying attention to consistency and keeping an open mind with many positive checks. Strength of mind is the vital key you need to get fit in a gym and if you will have to stay devoted to your fitness.

The whole process begins in your mind, and who better than Ido Fishman Fit to train you to stay fit.

About Ido Fishman Fit

Ido Fishman is a gym trainer and who also offers personal...

7 Signs of a Good Doctor

What is a good doctor? It is a question that most people seek answers to, especially when looking for the best medical services. If you consider various careers to venture into, it can be stressful, especially when training to be a doctor. Most students wonder if they can make a good doctor. If you are in this situation and need to know what makes a good doctor, read on to understand the seven vital signs that determine a good doctor.

  1. Good Reputation

A good reputation is one of the things that shows someone is an excellent doctor. The doctor you are hiring...

South Western Ambulance Service Celebrates NHS 72nd Birthday and says Thank You

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 07/03/2020 - 11:58am

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is saying a huge Thank You to all its people, its colleagues across the NHS, and to everyone who has supported the NHS in this challenging year – as the NHS celebrates its 72nd birthday. More than seven decades after the NHS was founded on 5 July 1948, the Trust is expressing gratitude to everyone whose dedication, help and support has enabled it to meet the challenge of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. SWASFT is particularly thankful for its own 4,700 strong team of frontline, operational support and corporate services...

The Rise of Online Mental Healthcare

Authored by Claire Small
Posted: Fri, 07/03/2020 - 10:18am

Mental health used to be a forbidden topic that people would talk about behind closed doors. Thankfully, in recent years the mainstream media has recognized that mental health problems are actually an illness like any other, so the stigma regarding talking about any issues has decreased hugely. People are now actively encouraged to talk about their problems and to seek help.

While seeking help from a local psychiatrist is often the most effective way to address mental health concerns, the internet has revolutionized access to care, making it possible to seek support in various...

Devon’s biggest ever community movement challenge set to launch

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 07/03/2020 - 10:01am

Following a difficult period for many, Active Devon, Travel Devon and Devon County Council are launching a new, digitally enabled community movement challenge. Beginning 6 July and running over the summer, Let’s Move will offer Devon’s communities a chance to move more, celebrate our local communities and to win great prizes.

In overcoming these challenges and moving beyond the obstacles life throws at us, Let’s Move is also an inclusive celebration of every community across Devon, as well as how physical activity and movement can help us all, as both individuals and as...

What causes your calves to hurt when running?

If you were somebody like myself that love to run, you'd agree there are some days, say with complimenting weather, that you just continue to run and run, religiously following your fitness schedule.

And also, there'd come some days which this routine would suffer a great deal, maybe owing to unfavorable weather conditions. It's normal to be particularly bothered about your fitness level, but the focus should be also placed on the deconditioning that'd happen to muscles.

They pay the price of the inconsistencies. And the soreness from these muscles - calves’ muscles -...

New moves to contain coronavirus in Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 07/02/2020 - 8:14am

New measures to contain and reduce cases of coronavirus in Devon and safeguard the health of local people have been revealed.

They detail plans to provide a fast response to any future outbreaks of the virus across the county and help prevent it spreading.

The plans involve close partnership working between local organisations like health, councils, police, schools and care homes alongside businesses and key industries such as tourism.

And they will provide additional support for people who are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 such as the elderly, those with...

SW sees spike in NHS patient satisfaction amid COVID-19 pandemic

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 07/01/2020 - 3:49pm

New data from Patient Experience Platform (PEP) has shown that NHS patient satisfaction has hit 91% in South West England, a year-on-year increase of 12.9%. The increase sees the region once again ranked highest for patient satisfaction.

The findings come at a time of overwhelming general positivity towards the NHS, as front-line healthcare professionals continue to deliver essential treatment alongside the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Patient satisfaction is a key part of quality in healthcare alongside safety and outcomes. The indicators cultivated by the PEP algorithm...

£1 million award could identify a new form of genetic diabetes

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 06/29/2020 - 11:25pm

An award of almost £1 million will help scientists at the University of Exeter unravel the genetics mysteries of a rare form of diabetes, and could help identify a new form of the condition.

Dr Kash Patel, of the University of Exeter Medical School, has secured the funding under the Wellcome Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship.

Over five years, Dr Patel will study Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY), a rare genetic form of diabetes which can be passed down through families. It is caused by a defect in one of 14 genes, many of them discovered at the...

your pets daily logo
Home Education Daily logo
Food and Drink Daily logo in red, white and black
your beauty daily logo with heart

Top video

Selco Builders Warehouse | England Rugby star Jack Nowell visits Exeter Saracens junior teams

England ace Jack delivers tips to Saracens

Exeter Weather