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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Coffee reduces the risk of diabetes...but decaff works just as well
A study found three compounds contained in the beverage can block the toxic build up of a protein, which is known to trigger the long-term condition. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body doesn't prevent enough insulin for it to function properly but the coffee extracts were also shown to prevent insulin-producing cells from being destroyed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ces-risk-diabetes-decaff-works-just-well.html
Implant danger extends to all medical devices
The scandal of substandard breast implants placed in thousands of British women is symptomatic of a wider regulatory failure affecting all medical devices, an expert on patient safety said yesterday.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...r-extends-to-all-medical-devices-6291116.html
Out-of-hours crisis sees 14% rise in number of nurses doing the job of doctors
Nurses are being used in place of GPs to cover out-of-hours shifts. The country?s largest provider of care at evenings and weekends has increased the proportion of nurses covering shifts by 14 per cent in the past 12 months.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...crisis-sees-nurses-recruited-job-doctors.html
NHS trust bosses blasted by nurses, unions and medics
Nurses, unions and medics today joined forces to blast bosses at a health trust. They say North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, which is making ?15million of cuts, has squandered money and lost confidence of its employees. They cited examples of waste including ?466 spent to replace a light fitting, ?75 for an air freshener and ?184 to install a bell in a reception area.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health...ons-and-medics-115875-23705071/#ixzz1jnf3klh4
Tackling UK's "shocking" stillbirth rate could save 1,200 babies' lives a year
Tackling Britain?s stillbirth rate ? one of the worst in the developed world ? could save 1,200 lives a year, a neonatal charity has claimed. Better use of scans, placenta tests and educating mums-to-be about staying healthy could keep more babies alive, the charity Sands believes. It pointed out 17 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth every day - a figure that has barely changed since the late 1990s.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health...s-lives-a-year-115875-23705054/#ixzz1jneuwGkg
Yes, the Pill CAN ease the agony of period pain: Scientists confirm what millions of women already know
Millions of women have long known that taking the Pill can ease their period pains. Now science has caught up. Researchers have found that the Pill significantly relieved symptoms in a third of young women.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...s-confirm-ease-period-pain.html#ixzz1jne65b9M
Meningitis B jab may be just seven years away
Children could be fully protected against meningitis in seven years after a crucial breakthrough by British scientists, it was revealed yesterday. They are working on developing the first vaccine to protect against all forms of the killer disease.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-jab-just-seven-years-away.html#ixzz1jneG68J9
Children urged to talk about depression
Millions of children will be encouraged to talk about their feelings of depression and anxiety under a government-backed drive to tackle the stigma surrounding mental illness.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/c.../Children-urged-to-talk-about-depression.html
Catholic midwives challenge ruling on abortions
Two Roman Catholic midwives are taking a health board to court for allegedly failing to recognise their conscientious objection to supervising staff involved in abortions.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/rel...c-midwives-challenge-ruling-on-abortions.html
Prove Tamiflu works, scientists challenge Roche
Scientists have challenged the makers of Tamiflu, Britain's first line of defence against emerging flu strains, to prove its effectiveness.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...Tamiflu-works-scientists-challenge-Roche.html
Indian TB cases 'can't be cured'
Tuberculosis which appears to be totally resistant to antibiotic treatment has been reported for the first time by Indian doctors. Concern over drug-resistant strains of TB is growing, with similar 'incurable' TB emerging in Italy and Iran.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16592199
Baby Millie has 225 seizures a day due to rare condition
Eight-month-old Millie has West syndrome, which has caused her to have up to 225 seizures a day. She weeps silently during the epileptic attacks. West syndrome affects one in 3,000 babies and is incurable.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health...rare-condition-115875-23705045/#ixzz1jnfBbFSN
Hospital Horrors: A top matron reveals the perils ? and rewards ? of working in casualty
She has more than 40 years? experience of working in the NHS. Here, Joan Woodcock describes the threats and violence she and her nurses have faced and the practical jokes that her staff play to relieve the pressure of their work.
http://www.express.co.uk/features/v...-perils-and-rewards-of-working-in-casualty ?>
It's not just goo goo ga ga: Babies learn to talk by taking up lip reading at six months
Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing your voice. New research suggests they're lip-readers too. It happens around the age of six months when a baby begins shifting from the intent eye gaze of early infancy to studying mouths when people talk to them. Their babbling then gradually changes from gibberish into syllables and eventually into those precious first words.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ies-learn-talk-taking-lip-reading-months.html
A study found three compounds contained in the beverage can block the toxic build up of a protein, which is known to trigger the long-term condition. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body doesn't prevent enough insulin for it to function properly but the coffee extracts were also shown to prevent insulin-producing cells from being destroyed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ces-risk-diabetes-decaff-works-just-well.html
Implant danger extends to all medical devices
The scandal of substandard breast implants placed in thousands of British women is symptomatic of a wider regulatory failure affecting all medical devices, an expert on patient safety said yesterday.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...r-extends-to-all-medical-devices-6291116.html
Out-of-hours crisis sees 14% rise in number of nurses doing the job of doctors
Nurses are being used in place of GPs to cover out-of-hours shifts. The country?s largest provider of care at evenings and weekends has increased the proportion of nurses covering shifts by 14 per cent in the past 12 months.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...crisis-sees-nurses-recruited-job-doctors.html
NHS trust bosses blasted by nurses, unions and medics
Nurses, unions and medics today joined forces to blast bosses at a health trust. They say North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, which is making ?15million of cuts, has squandered money and lost confidence of its employees. They cited examples of waste including ?466 spent to replace a light fitting, ?75 for an air freshener and ?184 to install a bell in a reception area.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health...ons-and-medics-115875-23705071/#ixzz1jnf3klh4
Tackling UK's "shocking" stillbirth rate could save 1,200 babies' lives a year
Tackling Britain?s stillbirth rate ? one of the worst in the developed world ? could save 1,200 lives a year, a neonatal charity has claimed. Better use of scans, placenta tests and educating mums-to-be about staying healthy could keep more babies alive, the charity Sands believes. It pointed out 17 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth every day - a figure that has barely changed since the late 1990s.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health...s-lives-a-year-115875-23705054/#ixzz1jneuwGkg
Yes, the Pill CAN ease the agony of period pain: Scientists confirm what millions of women already know
Millions of women have long known that taking the Pill can ease their period pains. Now science has caught up. Researchers have found that the Pill significantly relieved symptoms in a third of young women.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...s-confirm-ease-period-pain.html#ixzz1jne65b9M
Meningitis B jab may be just seven years away
Children could be fully protected against meningitis in seven years after a crucial breakthrough by British scientists, it was revealed yesterday. They are working on developing the first vaccine to protect against all forms of the killer disease.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-jab-just-seven-years-away.html#ixzz1jneG68J9
Children urged to talk about depression
Millions of children will be encouraged to talk about their feelings of depression and anxiety under a government-backed drive to tackle the stigma surrounding mental illness.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/c.../Children-urged-to-talk-about-depression.html
Catholic midwives challenge ruling on abortions
Two Roman Catholic midwives are taking a health board to court for allegedly failing to recognise their conscientious objection to supervising staff involved in abortions.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/rel...c-midwives-challenge-ruling-on-abortions.html
Prove Tamiflu works, scientists challenge Roche
Scientists have challenged the makers of Tamiflu, Britain's first line of defence against emerging flu strains, to prove its effectiveness.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...Tamiflu-works-scientists-challenge-Roche.html
Indian TB cases 'can't be cured'
Tuberculosis which appears to be totally resistant to antibiotic treatment has been reported for the first time by Indian doctors. Concern over drug-resistant strains of TB is growing, with similar 'incurable' TB emerging in Italy and Iran.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16592199
Baby Millie has 225 seizures a day due to rare condition
Eight-month-old Millie has West syndrome, which has caused her to have up to 225 seizures a day. She weeps silently during the epileptic attacks. West syndrome affects one in 3,000 babies and is incurable.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health...rare-condition-115875-23705045/#ixzz1jnfBbFSN
Hospital Horrors: A top matron reveals the perils ? and rewards ? of working in casualty
She has more than 40 years? experience of working in the NHS. Here, Joan Woodcock describes the threats and violence she and her nurses have faced and the practical jokes that her staff play to relieve the pressure of their work.
http://www.express.co.uk/features/v...-perils-and-rewards-of-working-in-casualty ?>
It's not just goo goo ga ga: Babies learn to talk by taking up lip reading at six months
Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing your voice. New research suggests they're lip-readers too. It happens around the age of six months when a baby begins shifting from the intent eye gaze of early infancy to studying mouths when people talk to them. Their babbling then gradually changes from gibberish into syllables and eventually into those precious first words.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ies-learn-talk-taking-lip-reading-months.html