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How Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Supports Healing

Among modern medical treatments, few therapies are as fascinating as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). This remarkable treatment, which involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurised environment, has captured the attention of healthcare professionals worldwide for its unique ability to accelerate healing and recovery. By dramatically increasing oxygen availability in tissues, HBOT supports the body's natural healing processes through multiple interconnected pathways. Understanding these diverse mechanisms reveals why this therapy has become an invaluable tool for treating conditions...

Liv Butler

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World Mental Health Week: 10 tips to improve your child’s wellbeing in a time of crisis

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 05/18/2020 - 11:59am

The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week [w/c 18 May] is kindness. At this time of upheaval where our worlds have been turned upside down, acts of kindness now are more important than ever. Here, former primary school teacher Catherine Lynch of leading education resources and lesson planning experts PlanBee has ten tips for parents to improve the mental health of their children

  1. Create a nurturing environment where everyone feels valued and safe

Even during lockdown, we need connection with others so that we feel valued and safe. While the need...

What you should know about injectable steroids

The trend of injecting anabolic steroids to increase endurance, as well as muscle and body mass capacity, has been around for decades.

While this subject was once taboo, it has since become something bodybuilders talk about openly. Nowadays, you can get them in any https://gymtea.co.uk/. Still, anabolic steroids are no joke – if not used correctly, they can have adverse effects on your body and even cause other medical complications. Here’s more about injectable steroids.

Some Basics to Keep in Mind

Although responsibly using anabolic steroids isn’t a simple task, there...

How to check for breast lumps

Your breasts are among the top body organs that are affected by hormonal changes that occur every month. For many women, breasts play an important role in breastfeeding their children. It’s therefore important to ensure that they remain healthy at all times. Do not neglect your breasts and perform self-exams and safeguard your health.

Apart from doing simple things like going braless to avoid sweat and heat buildup on and in the breast, wearing supportive bras, exercising to promote the loss of fat to have healthy breasts, never ignore a lump. You need to check for breast lumps....

Natural skin care remedies that might surprise you

Taking care of your skin is about more than looks and vanity. Sure, if we look good, we feel good and have more confidence, but that is only part of the story. Your skin is the largest organ of your body. It works just as hard as other vital organs like the heart and kidneys in protecting you from harmful elements including bacteria, UV rays and lots more.

Like any other organ, you need to keep your skin healthy to ensure it works as it should. Take a look at any beauty magazine and you’ll see no end of lotions and potions being touted, often for eye-watering sums of money. Here...

Front cover of Mouff, the book to encourage better dental health

Mouff makes brushing your teeth cool for kids

A dental nurse from Exeter has written a new children’s book with eye-catching characters to encourage kids to brush their teeth.

Shelley Poole created Mouff to make it easy for children to understand just how important it is to keep their teeth clean.

Mouff and the monsters who live among his molars deliver a colourful message about oral hygiene that appeals to youngsters.

She is especially keen to spread the word while access to dental practices is limited during the COVID-19 crisis.

“My goal overall is to change perceptions of oral health and to challenge...

The Vertical Diet: Main Ideas, Rules and Effects

Authored by Claire Small
Posted: Wed, 05/13/2020 - 10:12pm

Each diet has its own rules, goals, purposes, and results. Some may aim at health improvement; some are created to avoid certain types of food or components, as for example vegan, vegetarian, sugar-free, or keto diet; some promote weight loss, some sustain the weight, and some help in weight gain. The latter are usually followed by people who workout professionally or just want to increase their muscle mass. Such diets are often accompanied by certain workout requirements and are less restrictive than those that aim at slimming down. The vertical diet is one of such muscle growth-boosting...

New app helping families caring for those with dementia during lockdown

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 05/13/2020 - 12:19pm

A new app released in 2020 is helping carers of those living with dementia to generate fun and joyous activities to keep minds active during lockdown. Produced by Active Minds , Support for Care has over 200 different activities suitable for different stages of the dementia journey which can be conducted within the home.

The app seeks to make activity idea generation easier for those caring for someone living with dementia, to vary offerings and help to improve quality of life and wellbeing. It can be common for activities to become recycled, and the Support for Care app wants to...

T1 Tact Watch and Coronavirus: Review touts useful features for pandemic

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Wed, 05/13/2020 - 7:58am

One watch company, The T1 Tact Watch, is emphasizing on their product’s unique ability to help you deal with the present reality. The global Coronavirus pandemic has transformed the way do see life-as-normal, but their watch revolutionized the industry with an indestructible design and exponentially valuable features. The freshly posted T1 Tact Watch review promotes the beneficial characteristics of this smartwatch for coping with the new normals presented by COVID-19 [ see here ] while protecting what’s important.

Shopping for a smartwatch can present dozens of questions about...

Small red blood cells could indicate cancer

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 05/11/2020 - 6:01pm

Having abnormally small red blood cells – a condition known as microcytosis – could indicate cancer, new research has concluded

Led by the University of Exeter Medical School, the study of more than 12,000 UK patients aged over 40, found that the cancer risk in males was 6.2 per cent, compared to 2.7 per cent in those without microcytosis.

The research, funded by Cancer Research UK and NIHR and published in BJGP , found that In females, the risk of cancer was 2.7 per cent in those with microcytosis, compared to 1.4 per cent without.

Of more than 108,000 followed...

The alternative products that could help you quit traditional cigarettes

Authored by Claire Small
Posted: Mon, 05/11/2020 - 11:34am

Now more than ever there exists an array of smokers’ products beyond the traditional cigarette. The introduction of the public smoking ban in 2007 represented a step-change for smokers and also helped lay the platform for the emergence of new products in the marketplace.

Many of these products are regarded as being healthier than the traditional cigarette, while some aren’t smoked at all. And though overall cigarette sales have dropped during the last 15 years, other products have grown from strength to strength.

E-cigarette

The e-cigarette is perhaps the best-known...

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