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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
It seems they've found the cause of diabetes!
Prolonged TV watching 'raises diabetes risk'
Couch potatoes beware, say researchers who link prolonged TV watching with an increased risk of diabetes and heart disease. Every additional two hours spent in front of the box each day raises the diabetes risk by a fifth and heart disease risk by 15%, a study found. Diabetes UK Director of Research Dr Iain Frame quoted.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13761412
Diabetes care: NHS struggles with size of problem
NHS cuts are being blamed for a lack of specialist care as cases of diabetes soar, reports Denis Campbell
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/14/diabetes-nhs-cuts-lack-of-specialist-care
Sleep position during pregnancy 'link to still-birth'
Experts want urgent research to see if the position a woman chooses to sleep in during late pregnancy affects still-birth risk, as a study suggests a link. The University of Auckland compared 155 women who had late still-births with 310 who had healthy pregnancies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13766152
Southern Cross to hold crisis meeting with creditors
Landlords at troubled care home provider Southern Cross have pledged to do all they can to help it avoid bankruptcy, the BBC understands. Southern Cross is to hold a crisis meeting with landlords, lenders and the Department of Health later.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13767245
Prolonged TV watching 'raises diabetes risk'
Couch potatoes beware, say researchers who link prolonged TV watching with an increased risk of diabetes and heart disease. Every additional two hours spent in front of the box each day raises the diabetes risk by a fifth and heart disease risk by 15%, a study found. Diabetes UK Director of Research Dr Iain Frame quoted.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13761412
Diabetes care: NHS struggles with size of problem
NHS cuts are being blamed for a lack of specialist care as cases of diabetes soar, reports Denis Campbell
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/14/diabetes-nhs-cuts-lack-of-specialist-care
Sleep position during pregnancy 'link to still-birth'
Experts want urgent research to see if the position a woman chooses to sleep in during late pregnancy affects still-birth risk, as a study suggests a link. The University of Auckland compared 155 women who had late still-births with 310 who had healthy pregnancies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13766152
Southern Cross to hold crisis meeting with creditors
Landlords at troubled care home provider Southern Cross have pledged to do all they can to help it avoid bankruptcy, the BBC understands. Southern Cross is to hold a crisis meeting with landlords, lenders and the Department of Health later.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13767245
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