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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Diabetes cure hope as gene link is foundTHE genes that trigger Type 1 diabetes have been identified by new research. Scientists hope they can now start to develop new treatments for the disease, which affects more than 300,000 people in Britain. The experts have pinpointed not just one gene that may be responsible but an entire network, giving them a new insight into which of the genes are the ?key players? when it comes to diabetes.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/198342/Diabetes-cure-hope-as-gene-link-is-found
Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's'
A new study suggests high doses of B vitamins may halve the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing some of the warning signs of Alzheimer's disease. Brain shrinkage is one of the symptoms of mild cognitive impairment, which often leads to dementia. Researchers say this could be the first step towards finding a way to delay the onset of Alzheimer's.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11232356
Vitamin 'may help prevent' spina bifida
Scientists have begun a study to determine if an everyday vitamin supplement could help prevent one of Britain's most common birth defects. Every year about 100 children in the UK are born with spina bifida and other neural tube defects. Prospective mothers are advised to take folic acid as a way of preventing the condition. However, scientists think the vitamin inositol, taken with folic acid, may be more effective at preventing defects.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11230642
What is the EU doing to our doctors?
A rigid EU directive restricting the hours junior doctors can work has led to a crude rota system that bewilders patients and damages medical training.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7991012/What-is-the-EU-doing-to-our-doctors.html
Music on prescription could alleviate illness
Patients with pain or depression could be prescribed specific kinds of music to help alleviate their symptoms as a result of new research. Scientists at Glasgow Caledonian University are using sound engineering and psychology to see how music can convey emotion and regulate mood. The researchers hope to discover how music therapy can be tailored to individual patients to tackle conditions such as depressive illnesses.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...-on-prescription-could-alleviate-illness.html
Cancer sufferer amazes medics by going into remission BEFORE starting treatmentA retired teacher has astonished doctors after his body rid itself of cancer without treatment. Peter Crane, 60, was diagnosed with a form of leukaemia 18 months ago. He was warned that the disease cannot usually be cured but that chemotherapy could help.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...edics-going-remission-starting-treatment.html
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/198342/Diabetes-cure-hope-as-gene-link-is-found
Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's'
A new study suggests high doses of B vitamins may halve the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing some of the warning signs of Alzheimer's disease. Brain shrinkage is one of the symptoms of mild cognitive impairment, which often leads to dementia. Researchers say this could be the first step towards finding a way to delay the onset of Alzheimer's.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11232356
Vitamin 'may help prevent' spina bifida
Scientists have begun a study to determine if an everyday vitamin supplement could help prevent one of Britain's most common birth defects. Every year about 100 children in the UK are born with spina bifida and other neural tube defects. Prospective mothers are advised to take folic acid as a way of preventing the condition. However, scientists think the vitamin inositol, taken with folic acid, may be more effective at preventing defects.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11230642
What is the EU doing to our doctors?
A rigid EU directive restricting the hours junior doctors can work has led to a crude rota system that bewilders patients and damages medical training.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7991012/What-is-the-EU-doing-to-our-doctors.html
Music on prescription could alleviate illness
Patients with pain or depression could be prescribed specific kinds of music to help alleviate their symptoms as a result of new research. Scientists at Glasgow Caledonian University are using sound engineering and psychology to see how music can convey emotion and regulate mood. The researchers hope to discover how music therapy can be tailored to individual patients to tackle conditions such as depressive illnesses.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...-on-prescription-could-alleviate-illness.html
Cancer sufferer amazes medics by going into remission BEFORE starting treatmentA retired teacher has astonished doctors after his body rid itself of cancer without treatment. Peter Crane, 60, was diagnosed with a form of leukaemia 18 months ago. He was warned that the disease cannot usually be cured but that chemotherapy could help.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...edics-going-remission-starting-treatment.html