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Nuneaton schoolgirl backs Children's Charter For Diabetes
MANY of the 20,000 children in Britain with diabetes experience bullying, discrimination and isolation.This is why Diabetes UK has come up with a Children?s Charter For Diabetes calling for increased care and emotional support. Warwickshire teen Jade Whitmore, who has Type 1 diabetes, is backing the campaign... as feature writer Catherine Vonledebur reports.
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/li...s-is-no-reason-to-get-bullied-92746-27271949/
Mother and daughter in charity ride thanks
A mum and daughter are gearing up to raise cash for the charity that has helped them learn to cope with diabetes. Catherine Stephens, 11, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2006 after she showed the classic symptoms of feeling tired and unwell.
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Mother-and-daughter-in-charity.6532896.jp
Is this cancer's 'penicillin moment'? Gene targeting drug could herald 'end game' for disease
A pill that rapidly shrinks the most deadly of skin tumours has been hailed as the dawn of a new era in cancer treatment. The finding has been likened to the discovery of penicillin. Known as PLX4032, it is the first cancer drug to harness knowledge from the full decoding of human DNA, and has produced ?spectacular? trial results.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...e-targeting-drug-herald-end-game-disease.html
Depressed heart patients 'at risk'
The combination of depression and coronary heart disease in a patient could be much more deadly than either condition alone, researchers say. French and British experts say people with both conditions could be four times more likely to die from heart or circulatory disease.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11316963
Gene therapy for blood disorder a 'success'
Gene therapy has been used for the first time to treat an inherited blood disorder in what doctors say is a major step forward. A man given pioneering treatment to correct a faulty gene has made "remarkable" progress, a US and French team has revealed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11313273
Protective organ wash engineered
UK scientists say they have developed a technique that could extend the life of a kidney transplant significantly. At the moment, fewer than 50% of grafts are still working after a decade inside the patient.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11322197
Obesity crisis 'cannot be solved by exercise alone'
Study urges severely obese to eat more healthily, finding that forgoing a small sandwich is as effective as a one-hour run. The obesity epidemic will not be reversed by urging people to exercise more, because they have too little time to spare, researchers claim. To make an impact on levels of obesity, severely overweight people would have to exercise for several hours a day, when they could find it easier to lose the weight by eating less, they said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/15/obesity-crisis-cannot-solved-exercise
Yoga bear strikes a pose at Finnish zoo
Tourist captures Santra's stretching routine on camera, and expert says it may be a bear necessity to stay sane.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/15/yoga-bear-finland
MANY of the 20,000 children in Britain with diabetes experience bullying, discrimination and isolation.This is why Diabetes UK has come up with a Children?s Charter For Diabetes calling for increased care and emotional support. Warwickshire teen Jade Whitmore, who has Type 1 diabetes, is backing the campaign... as feature writer Catherine Vonledebur reports.
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/li...s-is-no-reason-to-get-bullied-92746-27271949/
Mother and daughter in charity ride thanks
A mum and daughter are gearing up to raise cash for the charity that has helped them learn to cope with diabetes. Catherine Stephens, 11, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2006 after she showed the classic symptoms of feeling tired and unwell.
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Mother-and-daughter-in-charity.6532896.jp
Is this cancer's 'penicillin moment'? Gene targeting drug could herald 'end game' for disease
A pill that rapidly shrinks the most deadly of skin tumours has been hailed as the dawn of a new era in cancer treatment. The finding has been likened to the discovery of penicillin. Known as PLX4032, it is the first cancer drug to harness knowledge from the full decoding of human DNA, and has produced ?spectacular? trial results.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...e-targeting-drug-herald-end-game-disease.html
Depressed heart patients 'at risk'
The combination of depression and coronary heart disease in a patient could be much more deadly than either condition alone, researchers say. French and British experts say people with both conditions could be four times more likely to die from heart or circulatory disease.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11316963
Gene therapy for blood disorder a 'success'
Gene therapy has been used for the first time to treat an inherited blood disorder in what doctors say is a major step forward. A man given pioneering treatment to correct a faulty gene has made "remarkable" progress, a US and French team has revealed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11313273
Protective organ wash engineered
UK scientists say they have developed a technique that could extend the life of a kidney transplant significantly. At the moment, fewer than 50% of grafts are still working after a decade inside the patient.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11322197
Obesity crisis 'cannot be solved by exercise alone'
Study urges severely obese to eat more healthily, finding that forgoing a small sandwich is as effective as a one-hour run. The obesity epidemic will not be reversed by urging people to exercise more, because they have too little time to spare, researchers claim. To make an impact on levels of obesity, severely overweight people would have to exercise for several hours a day, when they could find it easier to lose the weight by eating less, they said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/15/obesity-crisis-cannot-solved-exercise
Yoga bear strikes a pose at Finnish zoo
Tourist captures Santra's stretching routine on camera, and expert says it may be a bear necessity to stay sane.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/15/yoga-bear-finland