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John Grummit cycles from John O?Groats to Lands End in aid of Diabetes UK
"On a sunny afternoon, I reached Land?s End after what was an epic journey," John Grummit tells ChiswickW4.com. "The gales and driving rain of John O?Groats seemed a very distant memory. The Vice Chair of Diabetes UK cycled 1,008 miles from John O?Groats to Lands End to mark the Diabetes Week and help raise vital funds for the leading health charity.
http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=chiswickcharity014.htm
Find out more about diabetes
IN THE week that shock new estimates claim that undiagnosed diabetes in England has doubled, the Diabetes UK Measure Up roadshow was in Torquay. The travelling campaign was in Lower Union Lane helping people find out more about the disease and discover whether they are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. It encourages people to measure their waists to see if they are at risk of Type 2 diabetes, as having a large waist means you are up to 12 times more likely to develop the condition. Huw Beale, Media Officer, quoted.
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/diabetes/article-2378072-detail/article.html
Muscle cramps? Bad breath? Fatigue? They can all be caused by a lack of vitamins or minerals - so here's how to eat yourself healthy
Most of us suffer from one of these annoying, minor health niggles at some point, little realising that a lack of vitamins or minerals may be to blame. Although it's well known that some deficiencies can be dangerous - such as a severe lack of vitamin C causing scurvy - a slight lack in a vitamin or mineral can also have a noticeable impact on your health. 'Diet and poor nutrition are often overlooked by health practitioners despite being related to everyday health complaints,' says Professor David Kennedy, psychobiologist at Northumbria University.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ack-vitamins-minerals--heres-eat-healthy.html
Eating fruit and veg cuts smokers' cancer riskBy Daily Mail Reporter
Eating fruit and vegetables regularly may lower the risk of lung cancer. Research based on 700 people shows that those who ate the most were significantly less likely to develop the disease compared with those who ate the least. This was true for smokers and non-smokers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1292330/Fruit-veg-cuts-smokers-cancer-risk.html
The NHS may not survive this volcano of ideology
The NHS has a chronic disease ? politicians' obsessive compulsive disorder, compelling them to reorganise the whole machine. Ideologically "perfect" new systems require everyone to move places at the NHS Mad Hatter's tea party. Distracted staff spend a year reapplying for their old jobs under new nameplates and settling into different hierarchies instead of focusing on what matters ? good, clean, cost-effective care. Each time it happens good people quit. One public health director in the south-west had to reapply for his job seven times in Labour's era.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/06/nhs-survive-lansley-volcano-ideology
Forget homeopathy, doctors need to make up their minds about placebos
Last week we were treated to the sight of hundreds of British doctors voting on whether homeopathy has a place in the NHS ? a surreal spectacle on a par with watching a geologists' union arguing what their position on the likelihood of a flat Earth should be. Naturally BMA members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the motion that homeopathy should not be provided on the NHS, but many among their ranks were sceptical of the move, and not all of them were believers in 18th century magic.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jul/05/homeopathy-doctors-placebos
Students and academics increasingly using 'smart drugs' to boost performance
A growing number of students and academics are using ?smart drugs? bought over the internet to improve their performance in exams, a senior drug adviser has warned. 'Smart drugs' are increasingly being used by students to improve their exam grades Barbara Sahakian, professor of clinical neuropsychology at the University of Cambridge, said British students are buying prescription drugs such as modafinil and Ritalin from suppliers as far afield as India.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/educatio...y-using-smart-drugs-to-boost-performance.html
"On a sunny afternoon, I reached Land?s End after what was an epic journey," John Grummit tells ChiswickW4.com. "The gales and driving rain of John O?Groats seemed a very distant memory. The Vice Chair of Diabetes UK cycled 1,008 miles from John O?Groats to Lands End to mark the Diabetes Week and help raise vital funds for the leading health charity.
http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=chiswickcharity014.htm
Find out more about diabetes
IN THE week that shock new estimates claim that undiagnosed diabetes in England has doubled, the Diabetes UK Measure Up roadshow was in Torquay. The travelling campaign was in Lower Union Lane helping people find out more about the disease and discover whether they are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. It encourages people to measure their waists to see if they are at risk of Type 2 diabetes, as having a large waist means you are up to 12 times more likely to develop the condition. Huw Beale, Media Officer, quoted.
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/diabetes/article-2378072-detail/article.html
Muscle cramps? Bad breath? Fatigue? They can all be caused by a lack of vitamins or minerals - so here's how to eat yourself healthy
Most of us suffer from one of these annoying, minor health niggles at some point, little realising that a lack of vitamins or minerals may be to blame. Although it's well known that some deficiencies can be dangerous - such as a severe lack of vitamin C causing scurvy - a slight lack in a vitamin or mineral can also have a noticeable impact on your health. 'Diet and poor nutrition are often overlooked by health practitioners despite being related to everyday health complaints,' says Professor David Kennedy, psychobiologist at Northumbria University.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ack-vitamins-minerals--heres-eat-healthy.html
Eating fruit and veg cuts smokers' cancer riskBy Daily Mail Reporter
Eating fruit and vegetables regularly may lower the risk of lung cancer. Research based on 700 people shows that those who ate the most were significantly less likely to develop the disease compared with those who ate the least. This was true for smokers and non-smokers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1292330/Fruit-veg-cuts-smokers-cancer-risk.html
The NHS may not survive this volcano of ideology
The NHS has a chronic disease ? politicians' obsessive compulsive disorder, compelling them to reorganise the whole machine. Ideologically "perfect" new systems require everyone to move places at the NHS Mad Hatter's tea party. Distracted staff spend a year reapplying for their old jobs under new nameplates and settling into different hierarchies instead of focusing on what matters ? good, clean, cost-effective care. Each time it happens good people quit. One public health director in the south-west had to reapply for his job seven times in Labour's era.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/06/nhs-survive-lansley-volcano-ideology
Forget homeopathy, doctors need to make up their minds about placebos
Last week we were treated to the sight of hundreds of British doctors voting on whether homeopathy has a place in the NHS ? a surreal spectacle on a par with watching a geologists' union arguing what their position on the likelihood of a flat Earth should be. Naturally BMA members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the motion that homeopathy should not be provided on the NHS, but many among their ranks were sceptical of the move, and not all of them were believers in 18th century magic.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jul/05/homeopathy-doctors-placebos
Students and academics increasingly using 'smart drugs' to boost performance
A growing number of students and academics are using ?smart drugs? bought over the internet to improve their performance in exams, a senior drug adviser has warned. 'Smart drugs' are increasingly being used by students to improve their exam grades Barbara Sahakian, professor of clinical neuropsychology at the University of Cambridge, said British students are buying prescription drugs such as modafinil and Ritalin from suppliers as far afield as India.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/educatio...y-using-smart-drugs-to-boost-performance.html