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Diabetes drugs 'driving rise in NHS drugs bill'
The rising rates of diabetes mean the condition now accounts for nearly a 10th of the annual NHS drugs bill in England, official figures show. Some ?725m was spent on diabetes drug in 2010-11 - 8.4% of the total bill. Diabetes UK Head of Policy and Care, Bridget Turner, quoted.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14650107
Diabetes drugs cost NHS ?725m
Diabetes drugs account for 8.4% of the NHS medicines bill, costing ?725 million a year. The amount spent in 2010/11 was up 41% on the ?513 million spent in 2005/06, when diabetes drugs accounted for 6.6% of the overall budget.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ews/diabetes-drugs-cost-nhs-725m-2342973.html
Undernutrition in teenage years can lead to heart disease
Severe undernutrition during adolescence, even for short periods, can have severe consequences later in life according to researchers from the University Medical Centre in Utrecht, The Netherlands. A study of almost 8,000 women found that those were seriously deprived of food during their teens, through no fault of their own, went on to have a significantly higher risk of heart disease in future years.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/w...-teenage-years-can-lead-to-heart-disease.html
Gene therapy success for children
They say gene therapy programmes developed at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London are now proven to give children with 'boy in the bubble' sydrome, and a related condition, near normal lives. Rhys Evans, now 10, was the first to be given the treatment, which involves manipulating a single faulty gene, back in 2001. Since then another nine British children with boy in the bubble syndrome have received it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8720689/Gene-therapy-success-for-children.html
Salt link to dementia: Just a teaspoon a day 'dulls the mind' and increases your risk of Alzheimer's disease
Too much salt could be bad for your brain as well as your heart, doctors have warned. Elderly people who have salt-rich diets and do little exercise suffer a quicker mental decline than those who are more prudent with their intake, a study has found.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...s-mind-increases-risk-Alzheimers-disease.html
Superbug risk to children given too many antibiotics, killing bacteria that fight disease
Children must be prescribed ?dramatically? fewer antibiotics because the drugs may contribute to superbugs, allergies, diabetes and obesity, a leading academic has claimed. While antibiotics have helped us live longer, they are also killing off bacteria which fight disease.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2029817/Superbug-risk-children-given-antibiotics.html
The rising rates of diabetes mean the condition now accounts for nearly a 10th of the annual NHS drugs bill in England, official figures show. Some ?725m was spent on diabetes drug in 2010-11 - 8.4% of the total bill. Diabetes UK Head of Policy and Care, Bridget Turner, quoted.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14650107
Diabetes drugs cost NHS ?725m
Diabetes drugs account for 8.4% of the NHS medicines bill, costing ?725 million a year. The amount spent in 2010/11 was up 41% on the ?513 million spent in 2005/06, when diabetes drugs accounted for 6.6% of the overall budget.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ews/diabetes-drugs-cost-nhs-725m-2342973.html
Undernutrition in teenage years can lead to heart disease
Severe undernutrition during adolescence, even for short periods, can have severe consequences later in life according to researchers from the University Medical Centre in Utrecht, The Netherlands. A study of almost 8,000 women found that those were seriously deprived of food during their teens, through no fault of their own, went on to have a significantly higher risk of heart disease in future years.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/w...-teenage-years-can-lead-to-heart-disease.html
Gene therapy success for children
They say gene therapy programmes developed at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London are now proven to give children with 'boy in the bubble' sydrome, and a related condition, near normal lives. Rhys Evans, now 10, was the first to be given the treatment, which involves manipulating a single faulty gene, back in 2001. Since then another nine British children with boy in the bubble syndrome have received it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8720689/Gene-therapy-success-for-children.html
Salt link to dementia: Just a teaspoon a day 'dulls the mind' and increases your risk of Alzheimer's disease
Too much salt could be bad for your brain as well as your heart, doctors have warned. Elderly people who have salt-rich diets and do little exercise suffer a quicker mental decline than those who are more prudent with their intake, a study has found.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...s-mind-increases-risk-Alzheimers-disease.html
Superbug risk to children given too many antibiotics, killing bacteria that fight disease
Children must be prescribed ?dramatically? fewer antibiotics because the drugs may contribute to superbugs, allergies, diabetes and obesity, a leading academic has claimed. While antibiotics have helped us live longer, they are also killing off bacteria which fight disease.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2029817/Superbug-risk-children-given-antibiotics.html