Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Month's National Awareness Daze
ICE cream, tea and mangos... all of these were "celebrated" in June with special national days, weeks or months. In fact, there were more than 50 of these celebrations last month alone - and it was my job to join in every single one. National Hat Day, National Beard Week, World Heart Rhythm Week and National Wrong Trousers Day, I got behind them all. Diabetes Week mentioned (in print only)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3038014/Months-National-Awareness-Daze.html
More than a million in the UK have undiagnosed diabetes
The estimate of the number of people in the UK who have type 2 diabetes -but don't yet know it - has doubled to 1.1 million, according to Diabetes UK. The charity uses figures from Diabetes Health Intelligence at the Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory which suggest 820,000 adults in England have undiagnosed diabetes. When applied to the whole UK population, Diabetes UK calculates that the figure is one million. Douglas Smallwood, CEO, quoted.
http://www.webmd.boots.com/diabetes...a-million-in-the-uk-have-undiagnosed-diabetes
Diabetes Time-Bomb Warning
Nearly a million Britons are living their lives unaware they have developed diabetes, campaigners warned today. The new analysis suggests the numbers of undiagnosed people is twice previous estimates. Researchers based in Yorkshire have been attempting to identify the number of people who do not know they have developed type 2 diabetes - which is often caused by unhealthy lifestyles. Douglas Smallwood, CEO, quoted.
http://www.staffnurse.com/nursing-news-articles/diabetes-time-bomb-warning-4119.html
Caribbean party raises funds for Diabetes UK Cymru
Around 80 guests enjoyed the scorching weather at the Diabetes UK Cymru summer party
The summer weather helped Diabetes UK Cymru's Caribbean Party in Cardiff Bay. Around 80 people attended the night at Cardiff Bay Yacht Club, Grangetown, and were treated to Caribbean music, disco and dinner. Dai Williams, National Director of Diabetes UK Cymru, said: "We would like to thank everyone who attended and helped to organise our first Caribbean Summer Party.
http://yourcardiff.walesonline.co.uk/2010/07/01/caribbean-party-raises-funds-for-diabetes-uk-cymru/
Olive oil protects against breast cancer by launching multiple attacks against tumours
A drizzle of olive oil a day could help keep breast cancer at bay. Research shows that the Mediterranean oil mounts a multi-pronged attack on the tumours, stunting their growth, driving their cells to implode and protecting against potentially-cancerous damage to DNA. The Spanish scientists, from the Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona, set out to find out why previous studies had linked an olive oil-rich diet, to lower odds of various cancers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...cancer-launching-multiple-attack-tumours.html
Ministers 'wasted millions on stockpile of swine flu drugs for epidemic that never arrived'
More than ?1.2billion of taxpayers' money was spent on the swine flu pandemic that never materialised, a report has found. The Government was forced to squander vast sums on vaccines based on dire predictions that never came true.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ayers-spent-1-2bn-swine-flu-pandemic-was.html
Life expectancy gap 'is widening'
Resources to help people quit smoking "should be better targeted" The gap between average life expectancy and that of the poorest in England is widening despite efforts to close it, a National Audit Office report says. Life expectancy is now 77.9 years for men and 82 years for women but in poor areas it falls to 75.8 and 80.4 years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/10475835.stm
Kidney cancer patients denied drug that can extend their lives
Kidney cancer patients will not be allowed a new drug that could extend their lives by up to three months because it is too expensive, the NHS drug rationing body has said. The National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence has turned down the drug called everolimus, also known as Afinitor, saying it does not offer enough benefit to patients to justify the cost. Each pack of the drug costs ?2,822 and the manufacturer, Novartis, had offered the first pack free to the NHS and a five per cent discount on following ones.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...-denied-drug-that-can-extend-their-lives.html
ICE cream, tea and mangos... all of these were "celebrated" in June with special national days, weeks or months. In fact, there were more than 50 of these celebrations last month alone - and it was my job to join in every single one. National Hat Day, National Beard Week, World Heart Rhythm Week and National Wrong Trousers Day, I got behind them all. Diabetes Week mentioned (in print only)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3038014/Months-National-Awareness-Daze.html
More than a million in the UK have undiagnosed diabetes
The estimate of the number of people in the UK who have type 2 diabetes -but don't yet know it - has doubled to 1.1 million, according to Diabetes UK. The charity uses figures from Diabetes Health Intelligence at the Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory which suggest 820,000 adults in England have undiagnosed diabetes. When applied to the whole UK population, Diabetes UK calculates that the figure is one million. Douglas Smallwood, CEO, quoted.
http://www.webmd.boots.com/diabetes...a-million-in-the-uk-have-undiagnosed-diabetes
Diabetes Time-Bomb Warning
Nearly a million Britons are living their lives unaware they have developed diabetes, campaigners warned today. The new analysis suggests the numbers of undiagnosed people is twice previous estimates. Researchers based in Yorkshire have been attempting to identify the number of people who do not know they have developed type 2 diabetes - which is often caused by unhealthy lifestyles. Douglas Smallwood, CEO, quoted.
http://www.staffnurse.com/nursing-news-articles/diabetes-time-bomb-warning-4119.html
Caribbean party raises funds for Diabetes UK Cymru
Around 80 guests enjoyed the scorching weather at the Diabetes UK Cymru summer party
The summer weather helped Diabetes UK Cymru's Caribbean Party in Cardiff Bay. Around 80 people attended the night at Cardiff Bay Yacht Club, Grangetown, and were treated to Caribbean music, disco and dinner. Dai Williams, National Director of Diabetes UK Cymru, said: "We would like to thank everyone who attended and helped to organise our first Caribbean Summer Party.
http://yourcardiff.walesonline.co.uk/2010/07/01/caribbean-party-raises-funds-for-diabetes-uk-cymru/
Olive oil protects against breast cancer by launching multiple attacks against tumours
A drizzle of olive oil a day could help keep breast cancer at bay. Research shows that the Mediterranean oil mounts a multi-pronged attack on the tumours, stunting their growth, driving their cells to implode and protecting against potentially-cancerous damage to DNA. The Spanish scientists, from the Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona, set out to find out why previous studies had linked an olive oil-rich diet, to lower odds of various cancers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...cancer-launching-multiple-attack-tumours.html
Ministers 'wasted millions on stockpile of swine flu drugs for epidemic that never arrived'
More than ?1.2billion of taxpayers' money was spent on the swine flu pandemic that never materialised, a report has found. The Government was forced to squander vast sums on vaccines based on dire predictions that never came true.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ayers-spent-1-2bn-swine-flu-pandemic-was.html
Life expectancy gap 'is widening'
Resources to help people quit smoking "should be better targeted" The gap between average life expectancy and that of the poorest in England is widening despite efforts to close it, a National Audit Office report says. Life expectancy is now 77.9 years for men and 82 years for women but in poor areas it falls to 75.8 and 80.4 years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/10475835.stm
Kidney cancer patients denied drug that can extend their lives
Kidney cancer patients will not be allowed a new drug that could extend their lives by up to three months because it is too expensive, the NHS drug rationing body has said. The National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence has turned down the drug called everolimus, also known as Afinitor, saying it does not offer enough benefit to patients to justify the cost. Each pack of the drug costs ?2,822 and the manufacturer, Novartis, had offered the first pack free to the NHS and a five per cent discount on following ones.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...-denied-drug-that-can-extend-their-lives.html