Health & Wellbeing

 

Health and wellbeing are often defined as the absence of negative things, such as mental distress and physical illness. Wellbeing is a complex combination of a person's physical, mental, emotional and social health factors, and is strongly linked to happiness and life satisfaction. Human health and well-being depend also on the natural environment, which is the source of clean air, water, healthy soils and food.

Contact with, and psychological connection with the natural world are both associated with health benefits. To date though, the evidence base has been fragmented. In April 2020 the Journal of Environmental Psychology published a study that demonstrated contact with nature was indeed associated with better health.

In this section of the website, we will post information about health-related matters that may be of interest to visitors.

Dr Peter Smith

Pesticides and Human Health

Our nation needs a steady supply of food to live, however there may be a considerable downside to our increasing use of chemical pesticides to maintain the current and future levels of production. Although pesticides are developed to prevent, remove, or control harmful pests, concerns about the hazards of pesticides towards the environment and human health have been raised by many studies.

Read the full article here.

Lympsham Gets a Second Defibrillator

As of November 4 2024, Lympsham will have a second defibrillator.

The first is located at the Lympsham Sports Club/Post Office, while the second is located at the Whitehouse Kennels & Cattery in Eastertown.

We feel that this is an important new asset for the village, and therefore show a location map below.

For futher information, please follow the link (here)

Vaccine Hesitancy

Every few years a new vaccine appears, and we are asked to take it up. Some of our oldest residents may be receiving advice to have the new Respiratory Syncytial Virus immunisation.

RSV is a common virus that can make babies and older adults seriously ill.It's recommended during pregnancy and for adults aged 75 to 79. As always, there is bound to be some hesitancy and it may help to learn how misinformation can cause serious problems...

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Tech Neck

What is that nagging discomfort in the back of your head and neck? Maybe your posture is being affected by the way we use technology?

Click on the image to read about the condition called Tech Neck..."