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• Plymouth

  Waits for NHS Hearing Tests are a Thing of the Past

  Community Health Councils (Nhs) : Health & Fitness

  Patients wanting a hearing test will be pleased to know that waiting lists are a thing of the past.

• New Zealand

  HIDE IT, HEAL IT, FORGET IT - WITH NEW COMPEED® COLD SORE PATCH!

  Health & Fitness

  The world doesn't stop when you get a cold sore - so why should you? Be unstoppable this season, heal cold sores fast and discreetly, with the new Compeed® Cold Sore Patch!

• Cornwall

  Innovative Production Unit supplying local food to hospitals

  Food & Drink : Community Health Councils (Nhs) : Health & Fitness

  An innovative production unit that is transforming the way thousands of meals are served to hospitals in Cornwall every week is now up and running.

• Devon

  DANCE THIS WAY HOT-STEPS IN TO IDEFORD AND DUNCHIDEOCK

  Dance : Health & Fitness

  Teignbridge Council's popular 'Dance This Way' programme waltzes in to two more local communities this month, bringing dance classes right to the doorstep of residents in Ideford and Dunchideock.
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  Devon

  SMOKEFREE ANNIVERSARY REVEALS HIGH COMPLIANCE RATE

  Smoking : Health & Fitness

  Teignbridge is celebrating a smokefree year of high compliance on the first anniversary of the national smoking ban.

• Cornwall

  Royal Cornwall NHS Trust Rolls-out 'First of its Kind' Patient-level Resource Management System from COA Solutions

  Health & Fitness

  The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is rolling-out a 'first of its kind' patient-level resource management (PRM) system from COA Solutions (formerly CedarOpenAccounts).
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  Cornwall

  Children’s Hospice South West’s Precious Lives Appeal - We have a site!

  People & Society : Hospice : Health & Fitness

  Children's Hospice South West (CHSW) is delighted to announce that a site has been found for the location of their third children's hospice in the South West and that a planning application will be made in the coming months.

• United Kingdom

  Binge drinking due to 'copying' behaviour

  People & Society : Health & Fitness

  THE rise in binge drinking in the young is a "fashion phenomenon" where drinkers are copying their associates' behaviour, new research has shown.

• United Kingdom

  Type and Severity of Combat Wounds in Iraq War Have Changed Over Time

  Politics : Health & Fitness

  The transition in Iraq from maneuver warfare to insurgency warfare is associated with changes in the type and severity of injuries treated by surgical units of the U.S. Marine Corps

• United Kingdom

  Common bowel problem linked to chilli pepper pain receptor

  Health & Fitness

  People with irritable bowel syndrome have a higher than usual number of chilli pepper pain receptors, according to a new study published tomorrow (Wednesday 11 June).

• Devon

  GET ACTIVE ON THE ENGLISH RIVIERA WITH THE NEW 'ENERGISE' CAMPAIGN

  Health & Fitness

  A new and exciting campaign is to be launched ready for the 2008 summer season. The 28-page "Energise; Get Active on the English Riviera" brochure is hot off the press ...

• United Kingdom

  Under 25s Heading For A Health Disaster

  Health & Fitness

  Aching backs, creaking knees, stooped shoulders - this may evoke images of our grandparents, but the reality is that this may be the fate awaiting Britain's under-30s.
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  Plymouth

  Plymouth flies the flag for Pride 08 event

  People & Society : Health & Fitness

  A Rainbow Flag will fly over Plymouth Guildhall for the first time next month in recognition of the city hosting the South West's largest Pride event.

• Westcountry

  World Hepatitis Awareness Day: Monday 19 May

  Health & Fitness

  What is happening locally?

• United Kingdom

  UK Wasp and Bee Stings at Record Low in 2008

  Health & Fitness

  Insect sting monitoring website "WaspWatch" has recorded the lowest level of bee and wasp sting activity during the first four months of 2008.

• United Kingdom

  Addenbrooke's targets online for latest fundraising push

  Charity : Health & Fitness

  NHS charity Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust (ACT) has launched an innovative online fundraiser!
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  United Kingdom

  Heat is on to protect child sunbed users

  Sunbed : Health & Fitness

  Around 170,000 under-16s in Great Britain, including children as young as eight, are putting their health at risk by using sunbeds, reveals a survey by Which?*

• United Kingdom

  Causes of disease can be revealed by metabolic fingerprinting

  Research : Health & Fitness

  Your metabolic 'fingerprint' can reveal much about the possible causes of major diseases, according to the first 'metabolome-wide' association study ever carried out, published today in the journal Nature.

• United Kingdom

  Increasing drug resistant tuberculosis in the UK

  Research : Health & Fitness

  Research: Increasing antituberculosis drug resistance in the UK: analysis of national surveillance data BMJ Online First

• Can IT Fuel the Race to the $1,000 Human Genome?

  Technology : Health & Fitness

  In the race for the first $1,000 genome, several next-generation DNA sequencing system providers have announced significant breakthroughs in their technologies to reduce the costs of decoding a whole human genome ...

• United Kingdom

  Professional Teeth whitening - Great Smile Spa is Based in Croydon Town centre

  Dentistry : Cosmetic Surgery

  Treatment takes one hour and will take your teeth down between 3 and 15 shades depending on the colour of your teeth to start with (darker teeth will obviously move down more shades than already white teeth).

• United Kingdom

  DENTAL TOURISM ON THE UP: 200 BRITS A MONTH TREATED IN BUDAPEST DENTAL CLINIC, VITALEUROPE

  Dentistry

  Located in Budapest, and with London aftercare, VitalEurope is having to employ extra staff to accommodate the ever-growing number of British 'dental tourists', and expects to be even busier in the months ahead.

• United Kingdom

  Turn that Frown Upside Down - Healthy Gums are Something to Smile About

  Dentistry

  According to a recent study published in the Journal of Periodontology (JOP), the official publication of the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP), a smile may also help convey healthy teeth and gums.

• United Kingdom

  Dental charity backs 'Which?' report advising against going for medical treatments abroad

  Dentistry

  The UK's leading oral health charity has urged members of the public not to travel abroad for dental treatment after a report by consumer advice group, 'Which?', found that almost one in five medical tourists suffer problems after treatment.
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  United Kingdom

  Locked-in syndrome sufferers see their way to talking

  Diseases & Conditions : MS (Multiple Sclerosis)

  Locked-in syndrome (LIS) has recently come to the public attention, courtesy of the film and book 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' - the story of the French journalist, Jean-Dominique Bauby, who was afflicted with the condition after a massive stroke.

• United Kingdom

  'Fewer TB cases recorded but numbers still too high' warn experts

  Diseases & Conditions

  A small decrease in UK Tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2007, compared with 2006, was reported by the Health Protection Agency today when provisional UK figures were released for World TB Day, but experts warn the number is still too high.

• SHAKE WELL BEFORE USE A WALK AROUND BRITAIN'S COASTLINE 4,500 MILES, 3 MOUNTAINS AND A MARATHON FOR PARKINSON'S - by TOM ISAACS (A YOUNG MAN WITH PARKINSON'S)

  Diseases & Conditions : Walking

  At the age of just 27, Tom Isaacs was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Seven years later, he was unable to walk at all without medication - which can be unreliable.

• New TB test means quicker and easier diagnosis for patients

  Diseases & Conditions

  A new blood test could enable doctors to rule out tuberculosis (TB) infection within days rather than weeks, according to a new study published this week in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

• United Kingdom

  Harmful blood glucose levels linked to defective gene

  Genetic Engineering : Medicine : Research

  A genetic mutation that can raise the amount of glucose in a person's blood to harmful levels is identified today in a study in the journal Science.
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  United Kingdom

  OnExamination.com launches UKCAT online revision course for aspiring medics

  Medicine : Student

  Aimed at sixth-form students taking UKCAT, this new resource seeks to prepare students for the key elements of this medical school entrance test.