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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...

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South West General Practice patients recruited to COVID-19 clinical trial

Patients from across the South West Peninsula (Cornwall, Devon and Somerset) are being enrolled into the firstclinical trial of potential COVID-19 treatments to take place in GP practices.

The nationally coordinated PRINCIPLE (Platform Randomised trial of INterventions against COVID-19 in older pePLE) trial, led by the University of Oxford, has seen the first participants recruited regionally and many more sites are opening to deliver the trial. There are currently thirteen General Practices in the region with the site open for recruitment and a further 61 that have expressed an...

South Devon care provider welcomes new national adult social care recruitment campaign

A SOUTH Devon care provider has welcomed a new national Government-driven adult social care recruitment campaign launched to boost the workforce and attract more staff into the sector (April 2020).

The initiative ‘Care for others. Make a difference’ was launched last week (April 23) to help attract more people into social care and to highlight their vital role during the pandemic.

Catherine Porter, Manager at Guardian Homecare, which has teams operating in Exeter and surrounding areas, says: “We heartily welcome this industry-wide campaign to inspire the public to consider...

How To Take Good Care of Your Elders During the Covid-19 Outbreak

Although the COVID-19 outbreak has affected more young people than older adults, the elderly have proven more vulnerable. Their recovery rates are significantly lower because of their weakening immunity. With age, come many health challenges, and the COVID-19 is a particularly big problem for them. The only trick to the novel coronavirus is to ensure that you do not get it. Here are a few ways that you can care for your elder parents or grandparents during this time.

Let Them Know the Dangers

While some may have mental conditions that may make information ineffective, it is...

Hypnotherapy for Depression

Many, many people suffer from depression, and anyone with experience of this knows that it is exhausting and crushing. Depression affects a vast number of people, and it can have a huge impact on your daily life, slowing everything down and making even regular everyday tasks much more difficult and strenuous. There are many different options out there that can help to treat depression, from cognitive behaviour therapy to medication, and different methods can work for different people to different extents.

One option for helping to mitigate the effects of depression is...

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...

Health & Beauty

How Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Supports Healing

South West General Practice patients recruited to COVID-19 clinical trial

South Devon care provider welcomes new national adult social care recruitment campaign

How To Take Good Care of Your Elders During the Covid-19 Outbreak

Hypnotherapy for Depression

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

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