Behind the Headlines
Diabetes
25 Apr 2012
“Diabetes could ‘bankrupt’ the NHS in 20 years,” the Daily Mail has reported.
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12 Apr 2012
“Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes and obesity,” according to the BBC
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24 Jun 2011
“A crash diet could end the misery of type 2 diabetes for millions of sufferers,” reported the Daily Mirror. It said a study has found that a “special 600 calories-a-day eating plan cuts fat in the pancreas and prompts insulin...
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22 Jun 2011
“High doses of statins could increase risk of diabetes,” the Daily Mail reported. The newspaper said that people taking intensive courses of statins, the cholesterol-lowering medicines, are 12% more likely to...
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15 Jun 2011
Researchers have developed a “nasal spray vaccine” that might stop children developing diabetes, the Daily Express has reported. The “remarkable breakthrough” can stop the body’s immune system from attacking insulin-producing cells...
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27 Apr 2011
BBC News has reported that “diet can ‘reverse kidney failure’ in mice”. It said that a diet high in fat and low in carbohydrate can repair kidney damage in diabetic mice. The research looked at...
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12 Apr 2011
“Big wrists could be a warning of heart danger for your child,” according to the Daily Mail. The news story is based on an Italian study that assessed whether children’s wrist circumference...
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08 Apr 2011
The Daily Mail reported today that eating tangerines could protect against heart attacks, diabetes and stroke, as well as staving off obesity. It said that researchers have identified a flavonoid chemical in tangerines called nobiletin.
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18 Mar 2011
BBC News reports that researchers have said that “a drug to treat diabetes, Actos, would be a "sensible alternative" to one which was banned last year”. It said that Avandia, also known as rosiglitazone...
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08 Mar 2011
“A poor diet during pregnancy may increase the risk of a woman’s children and grandchildren developing type 2 diabetes in later life”, reported the Daily Mail. It said a study has suggested that mothers who eat unhealthily could “programme”...
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