Health news 4th-6th December 2010

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Love it or hate it, eating Marmite can help heart attack victims live longer
Heart attack victims could boost their chances of *survival thanks to a vitamin in everyday foods such as Marmite, experts believe. A derivative of vitamin B1 speeds up the healing of tissue following heart damage, a study suggests. Separate research found the substance ? called benfotiamine ? can prevent heart failure as a complication of diabetes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...te-help-heart-attack-victims-live-longer.html

Study offers hope of 'repairing' MS damage

Scientists have identified a way of prompting nerve system repair in multiple sclerosis (MS).

Studies on rats by Cambridge and Edinburgh University researchers identified how to help stem cells in the brain regenerate myelin sheath, needed to protect nerve fibres.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11913689

Dementia nursing care needs overhaul, says King's Fund

Nursing care for people with dementia is in need of a radical overhaul, a leading think tank has warned. The King's Fund says people with Alzheimer's and dementia in England are having NHS-funded care withdrawn in the later stages of their illness.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11916549
 
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