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- Type 1
Ten-fold rise in gastric bands and other weight-loss ops
The number of people in England undergoing surgery on the NHS to help them lose weight has increased ten-fold in less than a decade.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11097566
Scientists hail health benefits of black rice
Black rice ? revered in ancient China but overlooked in the West ? could be one of the greatest "superfoods", scientists believe.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...il-health-benefits-of-black-rice-2063064.html
Is your lunchtime salad less healthy than a Big Mac or a Mars Bar?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/f...lunchtime-salad-healthy-Big-Mac-Mars-Bar.html
Alzheimer's disease being tackled 'too late': Lancet
Efforts to identify patients earlier before memory starts to fade and damage to the brain become irreparable, might be a better approach to tackling the disease, the article author suggests.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...rs-disease-being-tackled-too-late-Lancet.html
New antibiotics developed from frog skin
Scientists have long known that the skin of frogs contains plenty of powerful germ-fighting substances because of the hostile environments they exist in. But the substances are also often poisonous to humans.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7965736/New-antibiotics-developed-from-frog-skin.html
Top eight cancer signs pinpointed
The eight unexplained symptoms most closely linked to cancer have been highlighted by researchers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11098184
The number of people in England undergoing surgery on the NHS to help them lose weight has increased ten-fold in less than a decade.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11097566
Scientists hail health benefits of black rice
Black rice ? revered in ancient China but overlooked in the West ? could be one of the greatest "superfoods", scientists believe.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...il-health-benefits-of-black-rice-2063064.html
Is your lunchtime salad less healthy than a Big Mac or a Mars Bar?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/f...lunchtime-salad-healthy-Big-Mac-Mars-Bar.html
Alzheimer's disease being tackled 'too late': Lancet
Efforts to identify patients earlier before memory starts to fade and damage to the brain become irreparable, might be a better approach to tackling the disease, the article author suggests.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...rs-disease-being-tackled-too-late-Lancet.html
New antibiotics developed from frog skin
Scientists have long known that the skin of frogs contains plenty of powerful germ-fighting substances because of the hostile environments they exist in. But the substances are also often poisonous to humans.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7965736/New-antibiotics-developed-from-frog-skin.html
Top eight cancer signs pinpointed
The eight unexplained symptoms most closely linked to cancer have been highlighted by researchers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11098184