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Cooking for guests on a special diet can be a minefield
Millions of Britons are on special diets because of food intolerances or medical conditions ? but whether it's your gluten-intolerant sister who's dropped in for breakfast, or that diabetic friend you've promised a slap-up dinner, it's not hard to rustle up something that everyone can enjoy. Here's a cut-out-and-keep guide to common conditions. Diabetes UK mentioned.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/14/feeding-diners-on-special-diet
Zanalee, 13, signs petition to help other diabetic children
A brave young diabetic from Brixham has added her signature to a petition aimed at giving a voice to children with the condition. Zanalee Jago-Barton, 13, of Milton Street, is one of more than 3,000 youngsters to put their name to the Children's Charter petition, organised by Diabetes UK in a bid to highlight the needs of young people with diabetes and their families. The charity's Children's Charter for Diabetes report was developed by gathering views from children, families and healthcare professionals about the emotional support and understanding children need. Diabetes UK Children?s Charter mentioned.
http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/n...-children/article-2634210-detail/article.html
Thousands in Hackney could have undiagnosed diabetes
Diabetes UK said that those people are putting themselves at serious risk of serious complications such as blindness, amputation, kidney failure, stroke and heart disease. The main risk factors for developing Type 2 diabetes are being overweight or having a large waist, being aged over 40 (or over 25 in Black and South Asian people) and having a close relative with diabetes.
http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/thousands_in_hackney_could_have_undiagnosed_diabetes_1_647742
Surrey golfers tee off for charity
Golf lovers across Surrey are being encouraged to tee off and try their luck at scoring a hole in one in support of people with diabetes next month when leading health charity Diabetes UK holds a charity golf day in Reigate. The charity will be holding its team golf day on Monday 18 October at the Reigate Hill Golf Club, Gatton Bottom. Penny January, South East Fundraising Manager, quoted.
http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/sport/othersport/8388024.Surrey_golfers_tee_off_for_charity/
The globalisation of fertility treatment
If you needed heart surgery or had diabetes, you would not expect social or religious attitudes to play any part in the treatment you receive. But couples with fertility problems face this potential hurdle worldwide. A huge variation in the availability and practice of fertility treatment is revealed in a new survey of 105 countries. The UK, which pioneered IVF, has 66 clinics, whereas Germany has 120, Spain 200 and Italy 360. Japan has more than 600 clinics. There has also been a huge increase in the number of clinics in developing countries; India now has around 500 clinics.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/therepor...the_globalisation_of_fertility_treatment.html
Could taking vitamin B save YOUR memory? We asked the experts if we should all be taking the supplement
For the past two years 79-year-old Sheila Alonzo has been taking a daily tablet containing very high doses of three B vitamins. As a result, she says her memory is 'much better'. 'I'm no longer worried about trying to learn new things. I used to say I was too old to bother - not any more,' she says. Sheila, a retired secretary, was one of several hundred elderly people who took part in a ground-breaking trial, the findings of which were reported last week.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...amin-B-save-YOUR-memory-We-asked-experts.html
Biology of diabetes explored
Type 2 diabetes may be caused by ?a chain reaction which destroys vital insulin-producing cells?, BBC News reported. The website said that a ?malfunctioning protein? called amyloid could trigger the condition, in which the body loses its ability control blood sugar levels.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2010/09September/Pages/biology-of-type-2-diabetes.aspx
Watercress 'stops breast cancer tumours from growing'
Eating watercress every day could help to prevent breast cancer, researchers have found. The 'super food' can help to 'turn off' a signal in the body and thereby help starve the tumour of essential blood and oxygen, according to experts at the University of Southampton. The found that volunteers who ate 80 grams of watercress a day, equivalent to a cereal bowl sized helping, had elevated levels of cancer-fighting molecules in their blood within hours of eating the salad leaves.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...helps-stop-breast-cancer-tumours-growing.html
Millions of Britons are on special diets because of food intolerances or medical conditions ? but whether it's your gluten-intolerant sister who's dropped in for breakfast, or that diabetic friend you've promised a slap-up dinner, it's not hard to rustle up something that everyone can enjoy. Here's a cut-out-and-keep guide to common conditions. Diabetes UK mentioned.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/14/feeding-diners-on-special-diet
Zanalee, 13, signs petition to help other diabetic children
A brave young diabetic from Brixham has added her signature to a petition aimed at giving a voice to children with the condition. Zanalee Jago-Barton, 13, of Milton Street, is one of more than 3,000 youngsters to put their name to the Children's Charter petition, organised by Diabetes UK in a bid to highlight the needs of young people with diabetes and their families. The charity's Children's Charter for Diabetes report was developed by gathering views from children, families and healthcare professionals about the emotional support and understanding children need. Diabetes UK Children?s Charter mentioned.
http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/n...-children/article-2634210-detail/article.html
Thousands in Hackney could have undiagnosed diabetes
Diabetes UK said that those people are putting themselves at serious risk of serious complications such as blindness, amputation, kidney failure, stroke and heart disease. The main risk factors for developing Type 2 diabetes are being overweight or having a large waist, being aged over 40 (or over 25 in Black and South Asian people) and having a close relative with diabetes.
http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/thousands_in_hackney_could_have_undiagnosed_diabetes_1_647742
Surrey golfers tee off for charity
Golf lovers across Surrey are being encouraged to tee off and try their luck at scoring a hole in one in support of people with diabetes next month when leading health charity Diabetes UK holds a charity golf day in Reigate. The charity will be holding its team golf day on Monday 18 October at the Reigate Hill Golf Club, Gatton Bottom. Penny January, South East Fundraising Manager, quoted.
http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/sport/othersport/8388024.Surrey_golfers_tee_off_for_charity/
The globalisation of fertility treatment
If you needed heart surgery or had diabetes, you would not expect social or religious attitudes to play any part in the treatment you receive. But couples with fertility problems face this potential hurdle worldwide. A huge variation in the availability and practice of fertility treatment is revealed in a new survey of 105 countries. The UK, which pioneered IVF, has 66 clinics, whereas Germany has 120, Spain 200 and Italy 360. Japan has more than 600 clinics. There has also been a huge increase in the number of clinics in developing countries; India now has around 500 clinics.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/therepor...the_globalisation_of_fertility_treatment.html
Could taking vitamin B save YOUR memory? We asked the experts if we should all be taking the supplement
For the past two years 79-year-old Sheila Alonzo has been taking a daily tablet containing very high doses of three B vitamins. As a result, she says her memory is 'much better'. 'I'm no longer worried about trying to learn new things. I used to say I was too old to bother - not any more,' she says. Sheila, a retired secretary, was one of several hundred elderly people who took part in a ground-breaking trial, the findings of which were reported last week.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...amin-B-save-YOUR-memory-We-asked-experts.html
Biology of diabetes explored
Type 2 diabetes may be caused by ?a chain reaction which destroys vital insulin-producing cells?, BBC News reported. The website said that a ?malfunctioning protein? called amyloid could trigger the condition, in which the body loses its ability control blood sugar levels.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2010/09September/Pages/biology-of-type-2-diabetes.aspx
Watercress 'stops breast cancer tumours from growing'
Eating watercress every day could help to prevent breast cancer, researchers have found. The 'super food' can help to 'turn off' a signal in the body and thereby help starve the tumour of essential blood and oxygen, according to experts at the University of Southampton. The found that volunteers who ate 80 grams of watercress a day, equivalent to a cereal bowl sized helping, had elevated levels of cancer-fighting molecules in their blood within hours of eating the salad leaves.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...helps-stop-breast-cancer-tumours-growing.html