Is your community Heartsafe?
Quite by chance I happened across a small ceremony taking place in Swanage, Dorset where the local community had raised the funds to install a lifesaving defibrillator in the centre of the town. I spo ...
HEALTH
Increasing incidents of skin cancer
By now we should all have heard the message about sunburn and skin cancer but it seems that many of us still consider a suntan gives us a healthy glow and spend time and money trying to acquire a gold ...
How a nurse’s role has developed over the years
Like no other profession, medical or otherwise, nursing is undergoing dramatic changes. This in itself is nothing new. In fact, the role of a nurse has been constantly evolving since the days of Flore ...
Eating oily fish protects vision
Eating oily fish such as salmon, mackerel or kippers twice a week could protect the sight of middle aged and elderly diabetics. A diet rich in Omega-3 fatty acids decreases the risk of diabetic retino ...