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Medical profession 'oblivious' to role of chemicals in diabetes and obesity
US officials are beginning to take a greater interest in the reported links between the exposure to environmental chemicals, like Bisphenol A, with the development of diabetes and obesity. The medical profession remains largely 'oblivious' to the reported links between exposure to chemicals in our daily lives and the development of diabetes and obesity, leading health specialists have told the Ecologist. Head of Research at Diabetes UK, Dr Victoria King, quoted.
http://www.theecologist.org/News/ne...ole_of_chemicals_in_diabetes_and_obesity.html
Diabetic girl, 10, petitions government over treatment
A 10-year-old diabetic girl and her mother are to travel to Downing Street to highlight a postcode lottery in care for those with the illness. Angela Allison said not all primary care trusts offered insulin pumps, which replace the need for injections.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-12809659
GP referral time 'variations' revealed by King's Fund
Some patients wait far longer than others for referrals to hospital, an independent inquiry into the quality of GP practices in England has found. The report for the King's Fund think tank found this was due to variations in the performance of doctors.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12835795
Laboratory grown sperm provide fertility hope
Sperm have been successfully grown in the laboratory for the first time and it is hoped the technology could eventually help infertile men have children. In the experiment on mice, the sperm were used to produce healthy, fertile offspring.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12825694
Latest weapon against skin cancer? A drug used to treat arthritis
Few would immediately associate rheumatoid arthritis with skin cancer. But potentially life-saving research has found that a drug used to treat inflamed joints may also stop the growth of the deadliest skin cancer tumours.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-skin-cancer-A-drug-used-treat-arthritis.html
'Patchy' GP care failing patients, study warns
The quality of NHS care provided by family doctors is patchy and uneven and there is a danger of patients falling through the gaps, a major inquiry has found. Although much care is good, there is an eight-fold variation in referral rates of patients with suspected cancer to specialists and wide disparities in the standard of prescribing, the report by the King's Fund says.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...are-failing-patients-study-warns-2251228.html
US officials are beginning to take a greater interest in the reported links between the exposure to environmental chemicals, like Bisphenol A, with the development of diabetes and obesity. The medical profession remains largely 'oblivious' to the reported links between exposure to chemicals in our daily lives and the development of diabetes and obesity, leading health specialists have told the Ecologist. Head of Research at Diabetes UK, Dr Victoria King, quoted.
http://www.theecologist.org/News/ne...ole_of_chemicals_in_diabetes_and_obesity.html
Diabetic girl, 10, petitions government over treatment
A 10-year-old diabetic girl and her mother are to travel to Downing Street to highlight a postcode lottery in care for those with the illness. Angela Allison said not all primary care trusts offered insulin pumps, which replace the need for injections.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-12809659
GP referral time 'variations' revealed by King's Fund
Some patients wait far longer than others for referrals to hospital, an independent inquiry into the quality of GP practices in England has found. The report for the King's Fund think tank found this was due to variations in the performance of doctors.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12835795
Laboratory grown sperm provide fertility hope
Sperm have been successfully grown in the laboratory for the first time and it is hoped the technology could eventually help infertile men have children. In the experiment on mice, the sperm were used to produce healthy, fertile offspring.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12825694
Latest weapon against skin cancer? A drug used to treat arthritis
Few would immediately associate rheumatoid arthritis with skin cancer. But potentially life-saving research has found that a drug used to treat inflamed joints may also stop the growth of the deadliest skin cancer tumours.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-skin-cancer-A-drug-used-treat-arthritis.html
'Patchy' GP care failing patients, study warns
The quality of NHS care provided by family doctors is patchy and uneven and there is a danger of patients falling through the gaps, a major inquiry has found. Although much care is good, there is an eight-fold variation in referral rates of patients with suspected cancer to specialists and wide disparities in the standard of prescribing, the report by the King's Fund says.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...are-failing-patients-study-warns-2251228.html