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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Bupa chooses Diabetes UK
From 2012 the nominated charity partner for the Bupa Great Run Series will be Diabetes UK. The charity is set to raise over ?1 million a year through the partnership, while also benefiting from the significant exposure the events generate via publicity and TV coverage. Bupa and Diabetes UK will also be working together to raise awareness of diabetes through a series of events around the country, helping people to take positive steps to improve their health.
http://www.privatehealth.co.uk/news/september-2011/bupa-chooses-diabetes-uk-35931/
Could your sweet tooth be a warning sign that you're ill?
Despite the endless health campaigns to encourage us to cut back, sugar still makes up a third of our calorie intake. This is deeply worrying, say experts, who are increasingly concerned that our bodies were not designed to take such a sugar overload, and fear it is contributing to many modern ills, including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. The problem is that sugar is highly addictive, as study after study has shown.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...warning-sign-youre-ill.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Don't give out cancer drugs if it's just to extend life
Patients with terminal cancer should not be given life-extending drugs, doctors said yesterday. The treatments give false hope and are too costly for the public purse, they warned. The group of 37 cancer experts, including British specialist Karol Sikora, claimed a 'culture of excess' had led doctors to 'overtreat, overdiagnose and overpromise'.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...nts-drugs-just-prolong-lives-say-experts.html
High blood pressure linked to increased risk of cancer
High blood pressure is linked to an increased risk of developing and dying of cancer, according to a major study. Research involving almost 600,000 people found men with high blood pressure faced a greater risk of between 10 and 20 per cent of being diagnosed with the disease. The UK-led research team also found people of both sexes with high blood pressure faced a 4-8 per cent increased risk of dying from cancer.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-increased-risk-cancer.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
So bad it's good for you?
Does sunbathing give us vital vitamin D ? or just cause skin damage? Will alcohol increase longevity, or drive us to an early grave? Clint Witchalls unravels the conflicting advice from doctors.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...features/so-bad-its-good-for-you-2361404.html
NHS opens first ever clinic to treat 'club drug' addicts
The first NHS clinic dedicated to helping people overcome their addiction to so-called "club drugs" has opened. Doctors claim that the use of drugs such as ketamine, mephedrone, ecstasy and liquid ecstasy, as well as other "legal highs", is increasing. Existing addiction centres tend to focus on alcohol, crack cocaine and heroin, so people who develop problems with "designer drugs" often do not seek help, they say.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...linic-to-treat-club-drug-addicts-2361444.html
Pregnant mums? jobs can give children asthma
A pregnant woman's job can give her child asthma, a major study reveals today.
Individuals exposed to certain substances are known to be at risk of developing the breathing condition. But new research shows that mothers can pass on work-triggered asthma to their unborn child. It is the first time a direct link has been established.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...gnant-mums-jobs-can-give-children-asthma.html
Coffee may prevent depression, scientists say
Women who drink two or more cups of coffee a day are less likely to get depressed, research suggests. It is not clear why it might have this effect, but the authors believe caffeine in coffee may alter the brain's chemistry. Decaffeinated coffee did not have the same effect. The findings, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, come from a study of more than 50,000 US female nurses. The experts are now recommending more work to better understand the link.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15059266
Royal Brompton child heart unit row goes to High Court
The Royal Brompton Hospital is starting a legal challenge over what it says was "deeply flawed" consultation which it claims has led to its children's heart surgery unit facing closure. It says the shutting down of the unit would put the viability of the whole hospital at risk. The hospital in Chelsea, west London, has the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK. A judicial review over the consultation begins later at the High Court.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15072351
From 2012 the nominated charity partner for the Bupa Great Run Series will be Diabetes UK. The charity is set to raise over ?1 million a year through the partnership, while also benefiting from the significant exposure the events generate via publicity and TV coverage. Bupa and Diabetes UK will also be working together to raise awareness of diabetes through a series of events around the country, helping people to take positive steps to improve their health.
http://www.privatehealth.co.uk/news/september-2011/bupa-chooses-diabetes-uk-35931/
Could your sweet tooth be a warning sign that you're ill?
Despite the endless health campaigns to encourage us to cut back, sugar still makes up a third of our calorie intake. This is deeply worrying, say experts, who are increasingly concerned that our bodies were not designed to take such a sugar overload, and fear it is contributing to many modern ills, including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. The problem is that sugar is highly addictive, as study after study has shown.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...warning-sign-youre-ill.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Don't give out cancer drugs if it's just to extend life
Patients with terminal cancer should not be given life-extending drugs, doctors said yesterday. The treatments give false hope and are too costly for the public purse, they warned. The group of 37 cancer experts, including British specialist Karol Sikora, claimed a 'culture of excess' had led doctors to 'overtreat, overdiagnose and overpromise'.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...nts-drugs-just-prolong-lives-say-experts.html
High blood pressure linked to increased risk of cancer
High blood pressure is linked to an increased risk of developing and dying of cancer, according to a major study. Research involving almost 600,000 people found men with high blood pressure faced a greater risk of between 10 and 20 per cent of being diagnosed with the disease. The UK-led research team also found people of both sexes with high blood pressure faced a 4-8 per cent increased risk of dying from cancer.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-increased-risk-cancer.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
So bad it's good for you?
Does sunbathing give us vital vitamin D ? or just cause skin damage? Will alcohol increase longevity, or drive us to an early grave? Clint Witchalls unravels the conflicting advice from doctors.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...features/so-bad-its-good-for-you-2361404.html
NHS opens first ever clinic to treat 'club drug' addicts
The first NHS clinic dedicated to helping people overcome their addiction to so-called "club drugs" has opened. Doctors claim that the use of drugs such as ketamine, mephedrone, ecstasy and liquid ecstasy, as well as other "legal highs", is increasing. Existing addiction centres tend to focus on alcohol, crack cocaine and heroin, so people who develop problems with "designer drugs" often do not seek help, they say.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...linic-to-treat-club-drug-addicts-2361444.html
Pregnant mums? jobs can give children asthma
A pregnant woman's job can give her child asthma, a major study reveals today.
Individuals exposed to certain substances are known to be at risk of developing the breathing condition. But new research shows that mothers can pass on work-triggered asthma to their unborn child. It is the first time a direct link has been established.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...gnant-mums-jobs-can-give-children-asthma.html
Coffee may prevent depression, scientists say
Women who drink two or more cups of coffee a day are less likely to get depressed, research suggests. It is not clear why it might have this effect, but the authors believe caffeine in coffee may alter the brain's chemistry. Decaffeinated coffee did not have the same effect. The findings, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, come from a study of more than 50,000 US female nurses. The experts are now recommending more work to better understand the link.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15059266
Royal Brompton child heart unit row goes to High Court
The Royal Brompton Hospital is starting a legal challenge over what it says was "deeply flawed" consultation which it claims has led to its children's heart surgery unit facing closure. It says the shutting down of the unit would put the viability of the whole hospital at risk. The hospital in Chelsea, west London, has the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK. A judicial review over the consultation begins later at the High Court.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15072351