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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Food makers 'should work with NHS to make healthier ready meals'
It is included in new guidance on how to prevent type 2 diabetes, issued by the The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) today (TUES). Diabetes affects about 2.8 million people in Britain today - close to five per cent of the population. The vast majority, nine out of 10, have type 2 diabetes, which is usually caused by an unhealthy lifestyle of eating badly and not doing enough exercise. Most sufferers are overweight or obese. Diabetes UK Clinical Advisor, Cathy Moulton, quoted.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...k-with-NHS-to-make-healthier-ready-meals.html
How a humble plaster could change your life
From diagnosing tumours to giving life-saving medicines, these first aid essentials have come a long way...From the moment Earle Dickson invented a small, sticky bandage to protect his accident-prone wife Josephine from minor cuts, plasters have been an essential in every first-aid box.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/245664/How-a-humble-plaster-could-change-your-life
Breastfed babies 'develop fewer behaviour problems'
Children who are breastfed for four months or more develop fewer behaviour problems, Oxford researchers say. The study, involving 10,000 mothers and their babies and in journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, says that may be because of the make-up of breast milk.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13336986
NHS pay: bosses ignore calls to curb pay rises
The Coalition?s health reforms could drive up managers? pay further by giving executives more control over salaries, according to Incomes Data Services (IDS). The research group, which tracks executive pay, said health service chiefs had routinely ignored ?pay guidance?. The Department of Health has told NHS trusts that executive salaries should rise by no more than 1.5 per cent a year, but IDS estimated that average executive pay rose by 4.5 per cent in 2009-10.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...ay-bosses-ignore-calls-to-curb-pay-rises.html
NHS 'failure' to spot blood clots costing millions
Doctors failing to spot deadly blood clots have cost the NHS over ?112m in legal claims since 2005, figures show. The NHS Litigation Authority data reveals how much has been paid out to patients and their families as a result of medics failing to screen for or give treatments to prevent the condition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13333749
Painkillers like ibuprofen 'increase second heart attack risk'
Heart attack survivors on prescription doses of a group of painkiller called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which include ibuprofen, were 45 per cent more likely to suffer a second attack within a week of the first as those taking none, found Danish researchers. Those taking one in particular, called diclofenac, were three times more likely to suffer another heart attack within a week of the first.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...profen-increase-second-heart-attack-risk.html
Marker that could take the doubt out of prostate cancer blood test
A far more effective blood test for prostate cancer is being developed by scientists. They have discovered a chemical marker produced by cancerous tissue which reveals whether a man has the disease and how severe it is.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...somes-doubt-blood-test.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
It is included in new guidance on how to prevent type 2 diabetes, issued by the The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) today (TUES). Diabetes affects about 2.8 million people in Britain today - close to five per cent of the population. The vast majority, nine out of 10, have type 2 diabetes, which is usually caused by an unhealthy lifestyle of eating badly and not doing enough exercise. Most sufferers are overweight or obese. Diabetes UK Clinical Advisor, Cathy Moulton, quoted.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...k-with-NHS-to-make-healthier-ready-meals.html
How a humble plaster could change your life
From diagnosing tumours to giving life-saving medicines, these first aid essentials have come a long way...From the moment Earle Dickson invented a small, sticky bandage to protect his accident-prone wife Josephine from minor cuts, plasters have been an essential in every first-aid box.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/245664/How-a-humble-plaster-could-change-your-life
Breastfed babies 'develop fewer behaviour problems'
Children who are breastfed for four months or more develop fewer behaviour problems, Oxford researchers say. The study, involving 10,000 mothers and their babies and in journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, says that may be because of the make-up of breast milk.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13336986
NHS pay: bosses ignore calls to curb pay rises
The Coalition?s health reforms could drive up managers? pay further by giving executives more control over salaries, according to Incomes Data Services (IDS). The research group, which tracks executive pay, said health service chiefs had routinely ignored ?pay guidance?. The Department of Health has told NHS trusts that executive salaries should rise by no more than 1.5 per cent a year, but IDS estimated that average executive pay rose by 4.5 per cent in 2009-10.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...ay-bosses-ignore-calls-to-curb-pay-rises.html
NHS 'failure' to spot blood clots costing millions
Doctors failing to spot deadly blood clots have cost the NHS over ?112m in legal claims since 2005, figures show. The NHS Litigation Authority data reveals how much has been paid out to patients and their families as a result of medics failing to screen for or give treatments to prevent the condition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13333749
Painkillers like ibuprofen 'increase second heart attack risk'
Heart attack survivors on prescription doses of a group of painkiller called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which include ibuprofen, were 45 per cent more likely to suffer a second attack within a week of the first as those taking none, found Danish researchers. Those taking one in particular, called diclofenac, were three times more likely to suffer another heart attack within a week of the first.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...profen-increase-second-heart-attack-risk.html
Marker that could take the doubt out of prostate cancer blood test
A far more effective blood test for prostate cancer is being developed by scientists. They have discovered a chemical marker produced by cancerous tissue which reveals whether a man has the disease and how severe it is.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...somes-doubt-blood-test.html?ito=feeds-newsxml