Health
New ‘You & Type 2’ Initiative for South Londoners Aims to Improve Lives of Diabetes Patients
A new joint project from the National Health Service, local medical clinics and private technology firms is looking to redefine how South Londoners with Type 2 diabetes contend with their condition. The 2019 ‘You & Type 2’ initiative blends private and personalised health care with technology-based solutions to give individuals living with Type 2 diabetes a more effective way to manage their lives and keep healthier. Indeed, the project is a response to skyrocketing diabetes rates and an increasing strain...
Anorexia in children as young as eight has doubled in the past decade
The annual number of new cases of 8 to 12 year olds suffering from weight-linked mental illness since the previous estimate in 2006.
Prostate cancer could be caused by eating too much dairy food
A study of more than a million men found those who consumed most butter, milk, cheese and yoghurt were more likely to develop the disease.
Lyme disease vaccine ‘close to reality’
Researchers say that a jab for the tick-born infection that can cause killer complications such as meningitis is coming nearer.
Vaping ‘triggers lung damage – within four weeks’
Even short-term use causes the inflammation that can lead to tumours and respiratory diseases, say scientists
Air pollution can raise the risk of a miscarriage by more than 50 percent
A study of over a quarter of a million pregnant women found living on a busy road was more dangerous to the health of their baby than smoking.
Skin cancer above the neck ‘more likely to spread’
The most dangerous type of skin cancer - malignant melanoma - was nine times more likely to spread in study patients who had the disease above the neck, according to new research
Viagra could be used to make painful bone marrow transplants easier on patients
The drug, best known for treating erectile dysfunction, has been found to help get life saving stem cells out of bones faster
Alzheimer’s disease reversed in mice with drug that targets the brain’s immune cells
The breakthrough could lead to a cure for the devastating neurological illness, say scientists