| 06/02/2013 |
| Daily Mail |
| By: Presswatch |
| UK drug could halt childhood diabetes |
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A drug being developed at King's College London and Cardiff University could mean that children can be prevented from developing diabetes, which would in turn have significant benefits for a person's long-term health. The drug tries to bring the immune system back under control by boosting numbers of a second, protective type of immune cell. In a trial that is under way, 24 diabetics will be given vaccination-type injections every two weeks for six months. An earlier trial found the drug to be safe and to produce 'encouraging' changes in the immune system. |
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| 06/02/2013 |
| Daily Telegraph |
| By: Presswatch |
| Health benefits of butter |
| A new analysis of a study conducted in the late 1960s and early 1970s has revealed that people who substituted margarine in place of butter died sooner than those who made no change to their diet. A fresh analysis of the Sydney Diet Heart Study - a randomised controlled trial conducted from 1966 to 1973 - found that participants who replaced saturated animal fats with omega-6 polyunsaturated vegetable fats were almost twice as likely to die of cardiovascular disease as those who did not change their diets. The researchers from the National Institutes of Health in the US say in the British Medical Journal that their findings could have "important implications for worldwide dietary recommendations." |
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| 06/02/2013 |
| Daily Telegraph |
| By: Presswatch |
| Traffic pollution link to underweight birth |
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Babies born to mothers living in cities with high levels of traffic pollution are more likely to be underweight, according to a study by Newcastle University. The study found that breathing in traffic fumes significantly increases the risk of having a baby weighing less than 5lb 8oz (2.5kg). Babies born below this threshold are more likely to suffer from conditions like heart disease and stroke as well as a host of chronic illnesses. |
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| 06/02/2013 |
| Daily Telegraph |
| By: Presswatch |
| Why obesity increases the risk of bone disease |
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Researchers from the UCL Institute of Child Health in London say obesity can lead to vitamin D deficiency, raising the risk conditions such as rickets. Researchers found that a 10 per cent increase in body mass index results in a four per cent drop in vitamin D levels. Previous studies had linked obesity and vitamin D deficiency but did not know which condition caused the other. Writing in the PLOS Medicine journal, the scientists said the most likely explanation was that vitamin D can be stored in fat, meaning obese people will have lower amounts circulating freely in their body. |
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| 06/02/2013 |
| The Guardian |
| By: Presswatch |
| GSK commits to publishing all drug trials |
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GlaxoSmithKline yesterday committed itself to publishing clinical trial data. It is the first major pharma firm to yield to the demands of a high-profile campaign led by Ben Goldacre, a doctor and Guardian columnist, who helped expose drug firm's manipulation of clinical trial data in relation to Seroxat, where the company allegedly tricked and bribed doctors into prescribing the drug to children despite it not being safe for this purpose. The company said it would publish CSRs for clinical outcomes trials for all approved medicines dating back to 2000. |
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| 06/02/2013 |
| The Sun |
| By: Presswatch |
| Fat dads a risk to kids |
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A new study has claimed that overweight fathers could increase their children's chances of developing cancer later in life. Scientists have found that being overweight can damage the genetic coding in sperm which is believed to protect a baby from the disease. Dr Cathrine Hoyo, of Duke University, North Carolina, US, which carried out the survey, said: "Nutrition and lifestyle can have a direct effect on a child's development and health." |
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| 06/02/2013 |
| By: Presswatch |
| NHS and Health Sector News |
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The Daily Telegraph reports that an official inquiry into the scandal at Stafford Hospital will today recommend that NHS hospitals should face prosecution if their medical staff fail to disclose any concerns on patients receiving poor care. Separately, an official report has revealed that hospital consultants are being paid up to £200 an hour for overtime due to the 2003 consultants' contract which enables them to refuse out-of-hours work. The Times reports that the Prime Minister will today order a new Chief Inspector of Hospitals onto wards to root out degrading patient care. David Cameron will create the post in reaction to a devastating report into shock failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust. |
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