Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The ?sausage skin? that cures diabetes: Device designed to beat obesity has surprising spin-off
An implanted sleeve that looks like a giant sausage skin is being used to tackle the most common form of diabetes. The 2ft-long device, developed as an incision-less alternative to a type of weight-loss surgery known as a duodenal switch, can reverse the disease within weeks.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...esigned-beat-obesity-surprising-spin-off.html
(there's that word 'cure' again, grrr!!!)
Exercise should be 'standard part of cancer care'
All patients getting cancer treatment should be told to do two and a half hours of physical exercise every week, says a report by Macmillan Cancer Support. Being advised to rest and take it easy after treatment is an outdated view, the charity says.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14417084
Morning smoking has cancer risk
People who smoke soon after getting up in the morning are more likely to develop cancer than those who light up later in the day, say US researchers. A study of 7,610 smokers, published in the journal Cancer, said the effect was independent of other smoking habits.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14411744
New drug treatment beating ovarian cancer
A new type of intensive chemotherapy is proving highly effective in treating women desperately ill with ovarian cancer, scientists announced today. The pioneering treatment is successful in 80% of patients whose first-line chemotherapy had failed, compared to rates of less than 15% under current therapies.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-96824/New-drug-treatment-beating-ovarian-cancer.html
Health trusts pay ?1m to STOP patients getting expensive drugs
Health trusts have been accused of paying ?1million of taxpayers? money to a lobby group to stop patients getting vital drugs. The Commissioning Support Appraisals Service gives training and advice on how trusts can avoid paying for expensive drugs approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the NHS rationing body.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...1m-STOP-patients-getting-expensive-drugs.html
Volunteers offer diabetes advice in Weston-super-Mare
Diabetics in Weston-super-Mare are being trained so they can offer advice to other people with the condition. Under the programme, volunteer peer advisors offer basic advice to help those newly diagnosed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-14441257
Family pay tribute to "strong and fearless" Horatio
...The family told how he wanted to become a doctor in order to find a cure for type one diabetes as his youngest brother has the condition. ..
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/n...pay_tribute_to__strong_and_fearless__Horatio/
Diabetes sufferer wins special award
A Corsham man has received a prestigious Lawrence Medal from Diabetes UK in recognition of his 60-year battle with the condition.
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/9181381.Diabetes_sufferer_wins_special_award/
An implanted sleeve that looks like a giant sausage skin is being used to tackle the most common form of diabetes. The 2ft-long device, developed as an incision-less alternative to a type of weight-loss surgery known as a duodenal switch, can reverse the disease within weeks.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...esigned-beat-obesity-surprising-spin-off.html
(there's that word 'cure' again, grrr!!!)
Exercise should be 'standard part of cancer care'
All patients getting cancer treatment should be told to do two and a half hours of physical exercise every week, says a report by Macmillan Cancer Support. Being advised to rest and take it easy after treatment is an outdated view, the charity says.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14417084
Morning smoking has cancer risk
People who smoke soon after getting up in the morning are more likely to develop cancer than those who light up later in the day, say US researchers. A study of 7,610 smokers, published in the journal Cancer, said the effect was independent of other smoking habits.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14411744
New drug treatment beating ovarian cancer
A new type of intensive chemotherapy is proving highly effective in treating women desperately ill with ovarian cancer, scientists announced today. The pioneering treatment is successful in 80% of patients whose first-line chemotherapy had failed, compared to rates of less than 15% under current therapies.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-96824/New-drug-treatment-beating-ovarian-cancer.html
Health trusts pay ?1m to STOP patients getting expensive drugs
Health trusts have been accused of paying ?1million of taxpayers? money to a lobby group to stop patients getting vital drugs. The Commissioning Support Appraisals Service gives training and advice on how trusts can avoid paying for expensive drugs approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the NHS rationing body.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...1m-STOP-patients-getting-expensive-drugs.html
Volunteers offer diabetes advice in Weston-super-Mare
Diabetics in Weston-super-Mare are being trained so they can offer advice to other people with the condition. Under the programme, volunteer peer advisors offer basic advice to help those newly diagnosed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-14441257
Family pay tribute to "strong and fearless" Horatio
...The family told how he wanted to become a doctor in order to find a cure for type one diabetes as his youngest brother has the condition. ..
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/n...pay_tribute_to__strong_and_fearless__Horatio/
Diabetes sufferer wins special award
A Corsham man has received a prestigious Lawrence Medal from Diabetes UK in recognition of his 60-year battle with the condition.
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/9181381.Diabetes_sufferer_wins_special_award/