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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 ....

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How Sleep Affects Fitness

If you think that your sleep does not affect your exercise routine then think again. There is definitely a relation between the two.

In this time of the pandemic when most people from all over the world are requested to stay at home, it is very important that you remain physically fit. One of the things you need to do regularly is to exercise.

But many people forget that sleeping is also very much needed in order to be healthy. Enough sleep is needed for your body to recover. Lack of sleep has been associated with many ailments like high blood pressure and more....

Benefits of holistic approach to addiction recovery

Alcohol and drug addiction can impact individuals negatively in many different ways. In addition to changing their behavioral pattern, it also harms the person’s wellbeing physically, mentally, and emotionally. Out of millions of individuals suffering from alcohol and drug-related problems, only some of them receive proper and complete treatment.

Traditional addiction recovery treatment includes behavioral as well as mental interventions such as medication, individual counseling, and group therapy. There is no denying the fact that these methods have helped many people get rid of...

Your NHS is here for you: GP practices in Devon provide reassurance they are still open

Doctors in Devon are reassuring local people that the NHS is still there for them if they are unwell and need help.

NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens has warned that delays in getting treatment due to coronavirus fears pose a long term risk to people’s health.

The message comes as new findings that four in ten people are too concerned about being a burden on the NHS to seek help from their GP. Clinicians are concerned that some people who would benefit from urgent medical help may not be receiving it. People may be worried about coming to hospitals at this time....

Five tips from project to support people with dementia and carers in COVID-19 lockdown

New guidance has been developed as part of a major project to support people with dementia and family carers who are facing isolation and reduced services as a result of COVID-19.

A new leaflet features five simple tips, developed using the latest robust research and with the input of people affected by dementia. The leaflet is part-funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), in a project led by the University of Exeter and the NIHR Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit, with partners including Alzheimer’s Society, Manchester University, Bradford...

COVID-19 test could determine whether patients are still infectious

A new test which could detect whether people who have had COVID-19 are still infectious is under development, thanks to funding from Animal Free Research UK.

The charity is providing funding of £52,000 to Professor Lorna Harries at the University of Exeter, who is developing a test that will aim to detect how much active virus an infected person is harbouring – known as viral load. Unlike current tests, which do not separately measure the inactive (non-infectious) and the active parts of the virus, the team is refining a test that could tell users not only whether they are...

Deafblind UK expands support provision for people with sensory loss, including veterans

National charity, Deafblind UK has temporarily extended its helpline opening hours to support people who have sight loss, hearing loss or both, through the COVID-19 crisis.

The helpline is also now available to people who have reduced sight and hearing as a result of, or since, serving in the Armed Forces and to people who are supported by smaller sensory loss charities that may not have such provisions.

Director of Operations, Simone Moore said: “The Coronavirus pandemic is affecting a lot of our members, either emotionally or practically. We have connected people to...

Diabetes UK urges parents to be 4Ts aware during lockdown

Diabetes UK is urging parents not to let coronavirus fears stop them from seeking medical help if they’re worried their child is showing the signs and symptoms of type 1 diabetes.

Echoing comments made on Wednesday (8th April) by Professor Stephen Powis, National Medical Director of NHS England that the public should – as they always have done – seek emergency care if they need it, the charity is reminding parents of the 4Ts of type 1 diabetes, and reassuring them that if they need urgent help – the NHS is open.

Type 1 diabetes is the most common form in children and...

Exeter coronavirus regional testing centre to open for key workers

A drive-through coronavirus testing facility is to open at Honiton Park and Ride in Exeter as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to increase testing for thousands more NHS and other key workers.

The site sits alongside a rapidly expanding network of testing sites being set up around the UK, and is operating on an appointment-only basis for NHS staff and other key workers. The facility will be piloted for its first few days of operation.

This follows the launch of the Government’s partnership with universities, research institutes and companies to begin rollout of the...

Is prescription drug supply hit by coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic?

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by surprise, forcing millions of people to stay locked in their houses while the health workers are risking their lives and working overtime just so that the world can go back to normal. However, normal before the pandemic and after it will never be the same.

There is no denying that the pandemic has affected all the areas of everyday life - companies had to switch to remote work, beauty salons and hairdressers have been closed for weeks now. Schools and universities stopped functioning a long time ago, with most of them...

Tips to Stop and Reduce Hair Loss

Are you worried about hair loss? If so, the good news is there are various ways in which you can help to reduce or stop your hair falling out. Check out the following excellent tips.

Change Your Diet

According to a 2018 study , a Mediterranean diet of fresh vegetables and herbs can decrease the risk of androgenetic alopecia or slow its onset. The results of the study were observed after participants consumed large amounts of those foods, such as salad greens, basil, and parsley, more than three days each week. Getting the right amount of protein could also help. Hair follicles...

Health & Beauty

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

How Sleep Affects Fitness

Benefits of holistic approach to addiction recovery

Your NHS is here for you: GP practices in Devon provide reassurance they are still open

Five tips from project to support people with dementia and carers in COVID-19 lockdown

COVID-19 test could determine whether patients are still infectious

Deafblind UK expands support provision for people with sensory loss, including veterans

Diabetes UK urges parents to be 4Ts aware during lockdown

Exeter coronavirus regional testing centre to open for key workers

Is prescription drug supply hit by coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic?

Tips to Stop and Reduce Hair Loss

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