Northerner
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
There were lots more headlines from the regional press today on the rise in diagnosed diabetes, all very similar to yesterday, so here's the other news:
Can cutting carbohydrates from your diet make you live longer?
It's an extraordinary claim. But scientists say you can extend your life AND stay fit throughout old age - just by a change of diet that switches on your youth gene...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ting-Carbohydrates-diet-make-live-longer.html
Heavy smokers 'at increased risk of dementia'
Heavy smokers with a 40-a-day habit face a much higher risk of two common forms of dementia, a large study shows. The risk of Alzheimer's is more than doubled in people smoking at least two packs of cigarettes a day in their mid-life.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11622484
Contraceptive gel shows promise as alternative to Pill
A birth control gel that is applied to the skin could offer woman an alternative to the Pill, say experts presenting latest trial data. Used once daily, it delivers hormones to prevent a pregnancy in the same way as oral contraceptives do.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11619044
New polio vaccine more effective in reducing disease
A new vaccine against the polio virus has helped reduce the number of cases by more than 90%. Research published online in the journal The Lancet, shows that the new vaccine is significantly better at protecting children against polio than the current popular vaccine.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11621842
Can cutting carbohydrates from your diet make you live longer?
It's an extraordinary claim. But scientists say you can extend your life AND stay fit throughout old age - just by a change of diet that switches on your youth gene...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ting-Carbohydrates-diet-make-live-longer.html
Heavy smokers 'at increased risk of dementia'
Heavy smokers with a 40-a-day habit face a much higher risk of two common forms of dementia, a large study shows. The risk of Alzheimer's is more than doubled in people smoking at least two packs of cigarettes a day in their mid-life.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11622484
Contraceptive gel shows promise as alternative to Pill
A birth control gel that is applied to the skin could offer woman an alternative to the Pill, say experts presenting latest trial data. Used once daily, it delivers hormones to prevent a pregnancy in the same way as oral contraceptives do.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11619044
New polio vaccine more effective in reducing disease
A new vaccine against the polio virus has helped reduce the number of cases by more than 90%. Research published online in the journal The Lancet, shows that the new vaccine is significantly better at protecting children against polio than the current popular vaccine.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11621842