Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Don't be put off 'bothering' your GP
The Self Care Campaign is telling people not to see their GP with minor ailments. As a doctor, take my advice ? ignore this
The Guardian leads today with the not-very-exciting headline that people go to their GP too often with minor complaints. The "story" is based on a letter in the paper signed by a host of signatories who have set up the Self Care Campaign. The chief executive of Diabetes UK is among the leading lights of the group. Diabetes UK mentioned.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/16/gp-minor-ailments-self-care
Blood-thinning drug 'better than warfarin'
Around 750,000 Britons could benefit from a new type of bloodthinning drug which has been hailed as the first major advance in controlling clotting for 50 years. Researchers claim the medication Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) is more effective than the standard warfarin treatment. It will become licensed for use later this year. A major problem with warfarin --traditionally used as rat poison - is that doses have to be constantly monitored to prevent potentially harmful bleeding.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1258522/Blood-thinning-drug-better-warfarin.html
Breakthrough as cancer drug saves the eyesight of two patients with rare genetic condition for the first time
A drug more commonly used to treat breast and lung cancer has been used to save the sight of two patients, doctors revealed today. Professor Andrew Lotery from Southampton General Hospital, used the drug Avastin to treat a rare eyesight disease that affects young adults.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ght-patients-rare-genetic-condition-time.html
ICE-COLD GAS 'KILLS' BREAST CANCER
BREAST cancers can be killed off by being frozen with streams of super-cold gas, scientists have discovered. And, in a major breakthrough, the ?ice-ball? created around a tumour by the injections not only kills it off but ensures the cancer does not return.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/163367/Ice-cold-gas-kills-breast-cancer
Is it healthier to be slim but unfit or fat and fit?
Just as you can be slim and sedentary, it's possible to be overweight and active. But which is better for your health? Two months ago, an awful lot of us decided it was time to get off our ever-spreading backsides and do some exercise. This new year's resolution wasn't just about vanity, oh no. The government tells us that obesity has a "severe impact" on our health, and places a "significant burden on the NHS", so slimming is practically our patriotic duty.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/mar/09/fit-fat-unfit-thin
The Self Care Campaign is telling people not to see their GP with minor ailments. As a doctor, take my advice ? ignore this
The Guardian leads today with the not-very-exciting headline that people go to their GP too often with minor complaints. The "story" is based on a letter in the paper signed by a host of signatories who have set up the Self Care Campaign. The chief executive of Diabetes UK is among the leading lights of the group. Diabetes UK mentioned.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/16/gp-minor-ailments-self-care
Blood-thinning drug 'better than warfarin'
Around 750,000 Britons could benefit from a new type of bloodthinning drug which has been hailed as the first major advance in controlling clotting for 50 years. Researchers claim the medication Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) is more effective than the standard warfarin treatment. It will become licensed for use later this year. A major problem with warfarin --traditionally used as rat poison - is that doses have to be constantly monitored to prevent potentially harmful bleeding.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1258522/Blood-thinning-drug-better-warfarin.html
Breakthrough as cancer drug saves the eyesight of two patients with rare genetic condition for the first time
A drug more commonly used to treat breast and lung cancer has been used to save the sight of two patients, doctors revealed today. Professor Andrew Lotery from Southampton General Hospital, used the drug Avastin to treat a rare eyesight disease that affects young adults.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ght-patients-rare-genetic-condition-time.html
ICE-COLD GAS 'KILLS' BREAST CANCER
BREAST cancers can be killed off by being frozen with streams of super-cold gas, scientists have discovered. And, in a major breakthrough, the ?ice-ball? created around a tumour by the injections not only kills it off but ensures the cancer does not return.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/163367/Ice-cold-gas-kills-breast-cancer
Is it healthier to be slim but unfit or fat and fit?
Just as you can be slim and sedentary, it's possible to be overweight and active. But which is better for your health? Two months ago, an awful lot of us decided it was time to get off our ever-spreading backsides and do some exercise. This new year's resolution wasn't just about vanity, oh no. The government tells us that obesity has a "severe impact" on our health, and places a "significant burden on the NHS", so slimming is practically our patriotic duty.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/mar/09/fit-fat-unfit-thin