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Don’t Let the Weather Stop You: Essential Gear for New Runners

Looking to get into running? Running is one of the best ways to improve your physical health and can also do wonders for your mental wellbeing, so you will not want the weather to stop you. Having the right gear is essential for staying safe, comfortable, and motivated in all weather conditions, so this post will guide you through a few essential purchases.

Why Weather Shouldn’t Stop You From Starting Running

First, it is helpful to outline why the weather should not stop you. The UK climate is inconsistent, but it is rarely extreme, which means it is safe to run...

Innovations by Devon's health visitors lead the way nationally

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 07/31/2020 - 10:06pm

Digital innovations by Devon’s health visitors, which ensure that new parents receive the support they need during the Coronavirus pandemic, have been recognised nationally.

Devon County Council’s Health Visitor Service has been quick to respond to the pandemic and offer virtual appointments, new birth phone and video appointments and specialist support groups, including infant feeding and sleep clinics.

Last week they were invited to share their innovations with the Institute of Health Visiting, the principle body tasked with sharing best practice to health visitors in...

Health tips for modern lifestyles

More and more people are becoming health conscious, and this is an important step. With concerns over the current pandemic crisis, an increase in obesity in the UK, binge drinking, and other health issues, it’s never been more essential to take a look at your patterns and assess how you can improve.

While it isn’t always easy to follow a healthy lifestyle, even small changes can make a difference. If you think you’d like to try and change some of your habits to improve your health but aren’t sure where to start, use these tips to help.

Plan Meals

The majority of people’s...

Viable Ways to Lose Weight for Obese People

Obesity is a disease that’s spreading across the planet at an alarming rate. Many people are consuming calories like never before with the introduction of larger and higher calorie fast foods. It’s not just fast food that is a contributing factor, the size of everything seems to have increased, from drinks to ready meals. We even cook more at home than we ever have done. A healthy meal can soon become an unhealthy one when cooked in too much oil, or covered in too much salt. Fortunately, obesity doesn’t have to be a lifelong disease and can be combated in many ways. Here we take a look at...

Pioneering spin-out company’s test identifies fungal lung disease in COVID-19 patients

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 07/29/2020 - 1:08am

A revolutionary point-of-care test developed by experts from a University of Exeter spin-out company has been used to safely diagnose a lethal fungal lung disease during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The ground-breaking company, ISCA Diagnostics, has created a simple, affordable and rapid test to detect pulmonary aspergillosis.

A frequently fatal lung disease, which usually attacks immune deficient individuals such as cancer patients and bone marrow transplant recipients, it has also recently emerged as a super-infection of Coronavirus patients in Intensive Care Units known...

All You Need to Know About Lucid Dreaming

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Sat, 07/25/2020 - 6:03am

If you have ever dreamt and were aware of your dream, you have experienced a lucid dream. Lucid dreaming happens when you stay awake through your dream. Humans experience lucid dreams, but most of them never remember these dreams. If you are here, then you must have an interest in lucid dreaming. However, to understand this phenomenon fully, you need to understand dreams and much more. Below we expound and explain everything you need to know.

What Consists of Lucid Dreaming?

Lucid dreaming, just like regular dreams, occurs during the Rapid Eye Movement stage of sleep. While it...

4 Ways to Improve Wellbeing During Covid-19

As the rate of Covid-19 infections goes down in Exeter and the surrounding region, people and businesses are slowly starting to emerge from lockdown and head back to their day-to-day lives. But we can’t get away from the fact the pandemic is going to continue impacting our lives for months, possibly years, to come.

Lockdown has had an immense impact on the health, both physical and psychological, of the entire population. It is now more important than ever to take the steps necessary to ensure that our wellbeing is properly maintained.

In this article, we explore some...

What Can I Do About My Hair Loss?

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Fri, 07/24/2020 - 7:52am

Not all cases of hair loss should be a source of concern for people. There is a chance of the occasional hair breakage from wearing hats, combing, and simply age-related hair loss. Approximately 85% of men will start to lose a large proportion of hair when they reach 50.

Before you can decide on what to do about your hair loss, you need to know what is responsible . It’s best to speak to a medical expert to determine this.

If you are losing hair as a result of androgenic alopecia or any other causes that cannot be reversed via lifestyle changes, and you don’t mind...

The NHS in Devon is here for you – reassurance as county prepares to welcome summer visitors

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 07/23/2020 - 6:24pm

The NHS in Devon has measures in place to keep local people and visitors safe as the county welcomes thousands of holidaymakers for the summer season.

With restrictions on holiday stays and day-tripping eased, Devonians are welcoming visitors attracted by the county’s glorious coastline and stunning countryside.

Doctors are encouraging everyone in the county to stay alert and respect Government safety rules on social distancing, isolating, face coverings and hand washing.

Dr Paul Johnson, Chair of NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group, the headquarters of the...

Seniors Are Often Sleep-Deprived - Here's Why

A peaceful and good night's sleep is necessary for the optimal functioning of the body. Lack of peaceful sleep can cause many challenges to victims, such as a decline in productivity. To handle sleeping difficulties, it is imperative that you identify the source then seek medical interventions.

Sleep Apnea

Whenever you feel tired in the morning when you wake up, there is a high probability of suffering from sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a condition that causes breathing challenges while sleeping. Sleep difficulty is due to regular stops in breathing while sleeping. Various factors...

Employers urged to consider mental health as employees return to the workplace

Managing employees experiencing mental ill-health is one of the biggest challenges employers face and never more so than during the current pandemic which has produced for some employees a perfect storm of isolation from colleagues, family and friends, the pressures of managing home working and worries about the future.

Even before the pandemic, research in 2016 and 2017 found that 1 in 6 employees in the UK reported mental ill-health each week and a third of fit notes with a known diagnosis note mental or behavioural disorders as the reason for absence.

Employers will be...

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