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As part of the month long Isle of Pink Campaign to raise cash and awareness for the Breast Cancer Campaign,...
Health and Social Care
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Below are Isle of Wight stories relating to health, wellbeing and social care.
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We’d like to welcome new contributor, Maeve Smith onto the VentnorBlog team. Maeve, who lives in Newport, is registered as...
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In part one of Maeve’s article, she looked at the dreaded ‘flu and covered some of herbal preparations that can...
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Many thanks to Ian Malcolm from the IOW NHS Primary Care Trust for sending through the following information to share...
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Did you know that your medical records could be read by people in the IW Council? Shocking isn’t it? It’s...
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There are still a couple of weeks to go until the next Transcendental Meditation Retreat takes place at East Dene...
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The Isle of Wight Primary Care Trust are today urging Island residents to be aware of the importance of early...
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This week is National Pathology Week and to help raise awareness of this vital contribution to modern medicine, events have...
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Did you know quite how easy it is to be screened for Chlamydia on the Island? Amazingly easy. If you...
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There seems to be a ‘World Day’ for all sorts of things nowadays, but World Diabetes Day is one that...
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Thanks to Alison for sending through this message from the IW PCT regarding flu jabs, which we believe will be...
