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Scientists can HALT diabetes: Scientists PROVE condition can be STOPPED in six months

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A CURE for diabetes is within reach after scientists proved the debilitating condition can be stopped for six months.</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scientists believe that they could have found a jab-free solution to diabetes</td></tr>
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Hundreds of thousands of sufferers have been given hope after world-first research showed implanting insulin-producing cells reversed the condition.</div>
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The breakthrough could signal the end of painful daily jabs for those with Type 1, the unpreventable autoimmune disease.</div>
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In “significant” tests experts were able to stop the body’s immune system attacking its own insulin production by using human cells implanted into mice.</div>
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Crucially, US researchers prevented the cells being rejected. They are now in a race against time to replicate the results in people whose lives are blighted by the condition</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Currently insulin has to be injected to treat type 1 diabetes</td></tr>
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Lead researcher Daniel Anderson, associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said: “We are excited by these results and are working hard to advance this technology to the clinic.”</div>
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The forward leap in understanding the treatable but as yet irreversible illness comes a year after experts discovered how to make huge quantities of insulin-producing cells.</div>
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That research was led by Harvard professor Doug Melton, who has searched for a cure since his son was diagnosed with Type 1 as a baby.</div>
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The human islet cells used in this latest experiment were generated from human stem cells developed by Professor Melton.</div>
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After they were implanted in mice, the cells immediately began producing insulin in response to blood glucose levels and were able to maintain blood glucose within a healthy range for 174 days - the length of the study.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The results have been promising in mice so far</td></tr>
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In one test alginate, a material originally derived from brown algae, was used to prevent the body triggering an immune response which can lead to the build-up of scar tissue and cells being rendered useless.</div>
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Scientists created a library of almost 800 alginate derivatives and evaluated the immune response to each of them. </div>
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This led them to focus on triazole-thiomorpholine dioxide (TMTD), which had a minimal immune response in mice and large animals.</div>
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The researchers then implanted human islet cells encapsulated in TMTD in mice, which provided the success for the study.</div>
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The findings are published in the journals Nature Medicine and Nature Biotechnology and were made possible with funding from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rising levels of obesity has caused an increase in diabetes sufferers </td></tr>
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Julia Greenstein, vice president of discovery research, said: “Encapsulation therapies have the potential to be ground-breaking for people with Type 1 diabetes.</div>
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“These treatments aim to effectively establish long-term insulin independence and eliminate the daily burden of managing the disease for months, possibly years, at a time without the need for immune suppression.</div>
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“JDRF is excited by these findings and we hope to see this research progress into human clinical trials and ultimately a potential new Type 1 diabetes therapy.”</div>
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There are two types of diabetes. Type 1 is when sufferers cannot produce insulin.</div>
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Around 90 per cent have Type 2, which develops because diabetics do not produce enough insulin or the insulin they produce doesn’t work properly.</div>
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It is caused almost entirely by chronically unhealthy lifestyles and was once known as adult-onset diabetes but now affects commonly affects children.</div>
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<section class="text-description">Professor Alan Sinclair, director of Diabetes Frail, said: “These studies are incredibly exciting and may lead to large numbers of people, both young and old, being able to reduce their daily injectable insulin requirements and the need for intense blood sugar monitoring.</section><section class="text-description">"As beta cell encapsulation delivery mechanisms improve combined with more selective immune suppression, I can see Type 1 diabetes becoming largely a curable metabolic condition.”</section><section class="text-description">The NHS spends £10billion a year tackling diabetes, £8bn of which goes on treating complications associated with the condition.</section><section class="text-description">There are now 4.05m sufferers of both types with a further 12m at increased risk of developing the Type 2 version.</section><section class="text-description">It means 25 per cent of the population has, or is prone to, an illness that can lead to blindness, amputations, heart and kidney disease, stroke and death.</section><section class="text-description">The dire statistics comes as specialists claim highly variable standards of care have placed sufferers at the mercy of a “postcode lottery”, with 24,000 dying early in Britain each year.</section><section class="pull-quote on-right"><blockquote class="nointellitxt ctx_blocked" id="nointellitxt">
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</section><section class="text-description"> </section><section class="text-description">Anna Morris, of Diabetes UK, said: “Transplanting insulin-producing islet cells into a person with Type 1 diabetes is a life-changing treatment for some, but transplant rejection is still a challenge. </section><section class="text-description">“This research highlights one potential way to hide the transplanted islet cells from the immune system, without the need for immunosuppressant drugs that can come with harmful side effects.</section><section class="text-description">“If successful, it could open exciting possibilities for people with Type 1 diabetes.”</section><section class="text-description">Jenny Hirst MBE, co-chairman of charity InDependent Diabetes Trust, said: “If this research can be translated into humans it would represent a significant breakthrough.”</section><script async src="//
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Scientists can HALT diabetes: Scientists PROVE condition can be STOPPED in six months

A CURE for diabetes is within reach after scientists proved the debilitating condition can be stopped for six months. Scientists...

Your weekend LIE-IN could REDUCE diabetes risk – and here’s how to drift off

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HITTING snooze on your alarm may stave off the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers have found.</h2>
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Having a lazy lie-in might not always seem like the best idea, but getting a couple of extra hours shut-eye on a weekend could REVERSE the risk for those on the verge of developing type 2 diabetes.</div>
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Unlike physical inactivity and a poor diet, an unhealthy sleep pattern is not commonly associated as a contributing factor to the disease.</div>
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However researchers discovered after four nights of sleep deprivation participant’s insulin sensitivity dropped by 23 per cent and risk of diabetes shot up by 16 per cent.</div>
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The study examined 19 healthy male volunteers who slept for 8.5 hours a night for four nights. During a second session the participants were only allowed to sleep for 4.5 hours a night for four nights.</div>
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The men were then allowed a ‘catch-up’ sleep and slept for an average of 9.7 hours for two nights, by which time their risk of diabetes returned to normal.</div>
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Many other studies support this research and indicate a lack of sleep worsens existing diabetes in patients with the type 2 disease, but also increases the risk of healthy people developing the condition.</div>
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Senior author Dr. Ezra Tasali said: “The metabolic response to this extra sleep was very interesting and encouraging. It shows that young, healthy people who sporadically fail to get sufficient sleep during the work week can reduce their diabetes risk if they catch-up on sleep during the weekend.</div>
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"Going forward, we intend to study the effects of extended weekend sleep schedules in people who repeatedly curtail their weekday sleep."</div>
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Although it was a short-term study, the results highlight the need to incorporate healthy sleeping patterns, with good diets and physical activity. </div>
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Lead study author Josaine Broussard of the University of Colorado Boulder added: “It gives us some hope that if there is no way to extend sleep during the week, people should try very hard to protect their sleep when they do get an opportunity to sleep in and sleep as much as possible to pay back the sleep debt.”</div>
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On top of diabetes, chronically sleep-deprived people are also more likely to develop other health problems, such high blood pressure, obesity and disrupted cognitive function advised the researchers. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sleep Foundation recommend several tips in order to sleep better</td></tr>
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For a better night’s sleep, the Sleep Foundation recommends:</div>
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1. Practicing a bed time ritual - find a relaxing, routine activity that separates sleep from day time activity</div>
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2. Avoiding napping - eliminating even cat naps can help if you’re a poor sleeper</div>
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3. Exercise daily - vigorous activity is best, but mild to moderate can boost sleep</div>
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4. Evaluate your room - is it cool, free from noise and light? </div>
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5. Sleep on comfortable mattresses or pillows - the life expectancy of a mattress is nine to 10 years</div>
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6. Use bright lights to manage circadian rhythms - avoid bright light at night and expose yourself to sunlight in the mornings</div>
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7. Avoid caffeine, cigarettes and heavy meals in the evening</div>
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Potatoes could cause DIABETES, pregnant women told – here’s what to eat instead

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EATING potatoes in pregnancy could lead to gestational diabetes in pregnant women, the latest research has claimed.</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Potatoes have been linked to gestational diabetes in a recent study</td></tr>
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Those who eat two to four servings of potato at risk are thought to be around 27 per cent MORE likely to suffer diabetes in pregnancy - even after the researchers took in to account, age, family history, diet, and body mass index (BMI).</div>
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Even one serving a week appeared to increase the risk by 20 per cent compared with women eating less than one serving a week, once BMI was taken into account.</div>
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Worryingly, those eating more than five servings a week had a 50 per cent increased risk.</div>
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Women who regularly eat potatoes are at increased risk of suffering diabetes in pregnancy and are better placed to replace these starchy carbs - at least a couple of times a week - with other vegetables or lentils, the research suggests. </div>
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When women substituted two servings a week with other vegetables, pulses such as beans, lentils and peas, and whole grain foods, the women lowered their risk by nine to 12 per cent lower risk.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One serving a week appeared to increase the risk by 20 per cent compared with women eating less</td></tr>
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Experts said higher potato consumption before pregnancy "was significantly associated with an increased risk" of the condition but found no specific link for eating fries alone.</div>
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The experts said: "Though potatoes are rich in vitamin C, potassium, dietary fibre and some phytochemicals, unlike other vegetables they can have detrimental effects on glucose metabolism because they contain large amounts of rapidly absorbable starch."</div>
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They added high potato consumption had already been associated with insulin resistance and an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes.</div>
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The authors stressed the study did not prove that potatoes caused diabetes.</div>
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The NHS estimates up to 18 per cent of women giving birth in England and Wales are affected by gestational diabetes.</div>
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It usually develops in the third trimester (after 28 weeks) and usually disappears after the baby is born.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NHS estimates up to 18% of women in England and Wales are affected by gestational diabetes</td></tr>
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However, women who develop the condition are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes later in life.</div>
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Gestational diabetes often does not cause any symptoms and women are screened in pregnancy. The condition can increase the risk of stillbirth, miscarriage and premature labour.</div>
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Emily Burns, research communications manager at Diabetes UK, said: "This study does not prove that eating potatoes before pregnancy will increase a woman's risk of developing gestational diabetes, but it does highlight a potential association between the two.</div>
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"What we do know is that women can significantly reduce their risk of developing gestational diabetes by managing their weight through eating a healthy, balanced diet and keeping active."</div>
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The study - published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) - followed more than 21, 693 pregnancies over a 10-year period.</div>
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Experts analysed total potato consumption, including baked, boiled, mashed and fried.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The key thing to take out of this study is the importance of a balanced diet, say experts</td></tr>
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One serving included one baked or boiled potato, 237ml of mashed potatoes or 113g of fries.</div>
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Of the pregnancies, 854 women were affected by gestational diabetes. </div>
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The women in the study were asked about potato consumption in the previous year as part of a questionnaire, looking at how often they ate certain foods.</div>
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Janet Fyle, professional policy adviser at the Royal College of Midwives, said: "We cannot draw definitive conclusions from this research nor apply the findings to everyone.</div>
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"The key message from the research should be about varying the diet. Potatoes are a healthy food group. We need to tailor our messages to pregnant women so that they are able to have a well-balanced diet and not be put off eating them.</div>
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"We would encourage women who are pregnant or are thinking of becoming pregnant to have a healthy, varied diet including fresh fruit and vegetables, alongside taking folic acid supplements."</div>
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Number of UK diabetics reaches all time high and has the potential to 'cripple' the NHS

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THE amount of people living with diabetes in the UK has reached record heights and could place an incredible strain on NHS, reveals shocking research.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For the first time ever, the number of diabetic Britons has topped four million</td></tr>
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For the first time ever, the number of diabetic Britons has topped four million - an increase of over 60 per cent in a decade.</div>
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Data analysed by Diabetes UK, shows 4.05million people are now living with the life-threatening condition - this includes 3.5m adults who have been officially diagnosed and some 549,000 people are also believed to have Type 2 diabetes but are currently undiagnosed.</div>
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Figures have shot up 119,965 on last year’s figures and increased by 65 per cent in just a decade.</div>
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If this worrying trend continues, an estimated five million people will have diabetes by 2025 - bringing with it a very serious public health risk.</div>
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Type 2 diabetes is linked to unhealthy lifestyles, including obesity. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obesity is one of the main causes of type 2 diabetes</td></tr>
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Experts have called for a concerted effort led by the Government to take active steps to address the fact that almost two in every three people in the UK are overweight or obese and are therefore at increased risk of Type 2 diabetes.</div>
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Chris Askew, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said: "With four million people in the UK now living with diabetes, the need to tackle this serious health condition has never been so stark or so urgent.</div>
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"Basic measures such as making healthy food cheaper and more accessible, introducing clearer food labelling and making it easier for people to build physical activity into their daily lives would have a profound influence."</div>
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It is a potentially fatal condition. According to Diabetes UK, more than 24,000 people with diabetes die prematurely every year due to failures in accessing the best type of care.</div>
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This includes receiving eight annual checks in areas such as foot care and eyesight.</div>
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The checks - which only 60 per cent of people with diabetes currently receive - are designed to prevent complications which can lead to limb amputation, blindness, kidney failure and even death.</div>
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The charity also warned that people are missing out on education courses designed to help them best manage their condition, with more than a third of regions in England still not running them.</div>
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Hospital care for people with diabetes is consistently poor and puts some lives at risk, it said.</div>
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Almost 80 per cent of the £10bn spent on diabetes every year by the NHS goes on treating complications that may have been preventable.</div>
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Mr Askew said: "Tragically, we are continuing to see too many people with diabetes suffering serious complications, and even dying before their time, and we know that key reasons for this are that they are being denied both the care and access to education that would help them to manage their condition well.</div>
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"It is vital that we start to see people with diabetes receive good quality care wherever they live rather than them being at the mercy of a postcode lottery."</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doctors warn this steep rise could put immense strain on an already burdened NHS</td></tr>
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He added: "With a record number of people living with diabetes, there is no time to waste in getting serious about providing better care and diabetes education.</div>
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"Until this happens, the rising number of people with diabetes will continue to be denied the best chance of living long and healthy lives and the NHS will continue to be crippled under avoidable but escalating costs of treating poorly-managed diabetes."</div>
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Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said: "Sadly, too many people suffer from Type 2 diabetes and its serious health consequences.</div>
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"We must help prevent those at high risk of developing it from doing so.</div>
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"The NHS diabetes prevention programme, due to begin national rollout in the spring, will help people make the lifestyle changes that lessen their risk - eating more healthily, being more physically active and achieving a healthy weight and waist size."</div>
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Loneliness is as big a KILLER as diabetes

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SCIENTISTS have discovered social isolation can greatly DECREASE life expectancy.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loneliness can increase your risk of hypertension, says study</td></tr>
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A new study has revealed the potentially deadly impact feeling alone can have on your health.</div>
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Social isolation in later life can prove fatal by exacerbating health problems.</div>
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And not having a solid network of family and friends can ‘vastly elevate’ someone’s risk of life-threatening conditions, like heart disease, stroke and even cancer.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those who have poor social networks even have a lower life expectancy</td></tr>
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The research also revealed that loneliness - not clinical risk factors, such as diabetes - is more likely to cause hypertension in later life.</div>
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In particular, a good group of friends and family can reduce your risk of hypertension by 54 per cent. </div>
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The team found that during adolescence, BMI and waist size were higher among the participants who perceived themselves to be lonelier. </div>
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On the other hand, people with a social network are less likely to develop these health conditions AND have a longer life expectancy. </div>
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The research found loneliness had the greatest impact in adolescence and old age. For adolescents, loneliness had the same health implications as inactivity. </div>
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In middle age, scientists discovered social isolation was less important.</div>
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Dr Kathleen Mullan Harris, of UNC and the Carolina Population Center, said: “‘The relationship between health and the degree to which people are integrated in large social networks is strongest at the beginning and at the end of life, and not so important in middle adulthood, when the quality, not the quantity, of social relationships matters.”</div>
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The team advise that health professionals should make a concerted effort to help the public understand the extent to which strong social bonds protect our health throughout the course of our lives. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A recent study highlighted the importance of ensuring dementia sufferers have strong social bonds</td></tr>
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The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.</div>
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A similar piece of research published last week highlighted the importance of a strong social network for dementia sufferers. </div>
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Spending time with loved ones is important because it can stimulate feelings of familiarity, happiness, comfort and security, advised the study’s authors.</div>
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Are YOU a sucker for a baked spud? Alarming study finds potatoes could trigger DIABETES

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THE RESEARCH found that a daily serving of the root vegetable raises diabetes risk by 33 per cent.</div>
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In bad news for spud-lovers, it seems the war against potatoes is still stewing. </div>
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New research has revealed that the starchy vegetable may also lead to type 2 diabetes. </div>
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The study, from the Osaka Centre for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, found that eating seven or more servings of spuds in a week raises the risk of diabetes by a whopping 33 per cent. </div>
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And dishearteningly, a moderate intake of two to four serves a week still ups the risk by seven per cent.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The research found daily consumption of the starchy veg ups diabetes risk by 33 per cent</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French fries were reportedly the worst offender, according to researchers</td></tr>
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French fries were reportedly the worst offender. Potatoes seemed to do less damage when in mashed, boiled and even baked form. </div>
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But it’s not all bad news for those who would rather not cut carbs. </div>
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Researchers also concluded that replacing three weekly servings of spuds with wholegrains - from rice, wheat, corn or quinoa - could in fact lower the risk of type 2 diabetes by a significant 12 per cent. </div>
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Dr Isao Muraki, who authored the study, advised that potatoes should not be regarded as a key component of a healthful diet and instead a refined carbohydrate. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A moderate intake of two to four serves a week still increases chances of diabetes</td></tr>
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Speaking to HealthDay, Dr Muraki said: “Potatoes contain a large amount of starch and a relatively small amount of fibre, vitamins (and) minerals). </div>
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“Lower quality and quantity of carbohydrate is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes.” </div>
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What’s more, spuds served hot are easily digestible and thus raise blood glucose levels faster. So it’s not looking good for the jacket potato. </div>
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The research was published in the journal Diabetes Care. </div>
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For decades, health advice has been riddled with warnings against all things containing fat. </div>
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From skim-milk, to ‘diet’ yogurts to anti-butter campaigns, fat has well and truly been branded the bad guy. </div>
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But more recently, the anti-sugar bandwagon has been picking up pace and gaining serious support along the way. </div>
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Health experts are preaching their praises for the once-shunned nutrient for its benefits when it comes to weight loss. Now, according to experts, we can add diabetes prevention to the list. </div>
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A study has revealed that increasing butter consumption can actually be good for you. </div>
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The research, published in PLOS One journal, has revealed that butter can help stave off diabetes. </div>
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How? It comes down to a specific type of saturated fat, called heptadecanoic acid.</div>
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Reportedly, this component lowers insulin levels and blood glucose, thus warding off the unwanted disease. </div>
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According to experts, the best sources of this nutrient are yoghurt, full-fat milk and - most of all - beloved butter. </div>
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Researchers from the study suggest that the trend for low-fat and fat-free dairies has created a deficiency.</div>
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This, in turn “may be playing a role in the global diabetes pandemic.”</div>
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In possibly the best news for brunch lovers, heptadecanoic acid can also be found in fish and rye. So now you can enjoy your Eggs Royale guilt-free. </div>
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TYPE 2 diabetes could prove more deadly for women than man, explains scientific statement.</div>
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Women with the illness are twice as likely to have coronary heart disease than their male counterparts, a new scientific statement by the American Heart Association has revealed.</div>
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The scientific statement warned that women with type 2 diabetes have more heart attacks at earlier ages than men and are more likely to die after a first heart attack.</div>
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On top of this, women are less likely to undergo procedures to open clogged arteries, less frequently take cholesterol-lowering statins or aspirin, and are not as likely to have their blood sugar levels under control.</div>
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The statement’s authors explain that, although the report reveals some differences between the sexes, more research is necessary - especially why women react differently to men to some medication.</div>
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Chair of the statement and professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver Judith G. Regensteiner said: "To improve health equity in women and men with diabetes, we need to understand and improve both the biological reasons for the disparities and also control cardiovascular risk factors equally in both women and men.</div>
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"This statement is a call for action to do the compelling research that is so important for all people with diabetes.”</div>
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As a result of the scientific statement, women with the disease are advised to take part in more frequent and intense physical activity to lower their heart attack and stroke risk. Improved diet and a healthy lifestyle are also recommended.</div>
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According to diabetes.co.uk, type 2 diabetes is known as adult-onset diabetes due to many people being diagnosed over the age of 40 even though the disease is becoming more common with young adults and children. </div>
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In the UK, 2.7 million people are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and a further 750,000 are believed to have symptoms but haven’t yet been tested. </div>

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DIABETICS are at major risk of losing their teeth, according to a first-of-its-kind study which highlights the frightening list of health problems brought on by the condition.</div>
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On top of an increased risk of many health problems diabetics have to contend with, people suffering from the condition are also more at risk of poor dental health.</div>
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Pioneering research released in Preventing Chronic Disease looked at tooth-loss trends from more than 37,000 people over the age of 25 between 1971 and 2012.</div>
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The 40-year study discovered there were “substantial differences in tooth loss” between adults with diabetes and people living without the disease.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In one year, diabetics were 34 per cent more likely to have less teeth than non-diabetics</td></tr>
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Between 1999 and 2000, people with diabetes were a third less likely to have at least 21 teeth, compared to non-diabetic adults.</div>
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Tooth-loss, perhaps unsurprisingly, was less prevalent in younger diabetics, with researchers suggesting that this was due to better access to dental care, more awareness and knowledge of oral health, technological change and improvements in dental hygiene.</div>
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<section class="text-description">Although researchers couldn’t pinpoint exactly why there’s a link between diabetes and tooth loss to stop it from happening, some experts believe that gum disease might be a complication that can affect diabetics.</section><section class="text-description">One in three diabetics suffer from periodontitis, a form of gum disease that can erode the bone around the tooth and even the tissue, if more severe, diabetes.co.uk estimates.</section><section class="text-description">High blood glucose levels and medication also contribute to the risk of developing gum disease, say the website.</section><div style="text-align: justify;">
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EXCLUSIVE: Coffee could banish your risk of developing THIS potentially fatal disease

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DRINKING coffee every day could be a life saver for people who are at risk of suffering from Type 2 diabetes. </div>
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Hearing you've got diabetes is never an easy conversation to have with a doctor, but a simple dietary habit could stave off the disease for longer.</div>
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Type 2 diabetes can lead to health conditions that reduce life expectancy - serious complications can develop in Type 2 sufferers, and it can be fatal if left untreated.</div>
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NewsNewsBlog.blogspot.com spoke exclusively to Professor Wasim Hanif who is a Professor of Diabetes & Endocrinology - and a Consultant Physician, Clinical Director - in diabetes at University Hospital Birmingham.</div>
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Also the spokesperson for the British Coffee Association, Professor Wasim explained how a cup of the brown stuff could save your life.</div>
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<strong>How does coffee affect your body? </strong></div>
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PW: “Coffee is one of the most heavily researched products in the world today and over 70 million cups of coffee are consumed in the UK alone. Coffee contains caffeine which is a mild stimulant which acts on the central nervous system and some other organs of the body.</div>
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<section class="text-description">"It is readily absorbed into the bloodstream and does not accumulate in the body, being rapidly metabolised and excreted. The stimulant effects of a small amount (say one cup of coffee) take effect after 15 – 45 minutes and last normally for about four hours. </section><section class="text-description">"As well as helping us feel more alert, the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence suggests that moderate coffee consumption (4-5 cups of coffee per day, 400mg of caffeine), can contribute to a healthy, balanced diet and may confer other health benefits.”</section><section class="text-description"><strong>And what is the link between coffee and diabetes? </strong></section><section class="text-description">PW: “One of the first things most of us do on waking in the morning is reach for a coffee to get us started. What many do not appreciate is that as well as boosting our alertness and concentration coffee can also help protect against Type 2 diabetes. </section><section class="text-description">"Published research has concluded that long-term coffee consumption is associated with a statistically significantly lower risk of Type 2 diabetes. One study found that consuming three or more cups of coffee per day lowered the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 37%.”</section><section class="text-description"> </section><section class="text-description"></section><section class="text-description"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</section><section class="text-description"></section><section class="text-description"><strong>Explain a bit more about how it might prevent diabetes</strong></section><section class="text-description">PW: “While the mechanisms behind this are not clear at present, there are a number of potential physiological processes that may lead to the reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes, such as caffeine’s effect on glucose metabolism and effect on insulin sensitivity. </section><section class="text-description">"Research into the relationship between coffee drinking and the development of Type 2 diabetes continues and many studies have been published that add considerable knowledge to this area of research.” </section><section class="text-description"><strong>What are the symptoms of Type 2 diabetes? </strong></section><section class="text-description">The main symptoms of diabetes which you should look out for include:</section><section class="text-description"><ul>
<li>urinating more frequently than usual, particularly at night</li>
<li>feeling very thirsty</li>
<li>feeling very tired</li>
<li>unexpected weight loss</li>
<li>itching around the penis or vagina, or frequent episodes of thrush</li>
<li>cuts or wounds that heal slowly</li>
<li>blurred vision (caused by the lens of the eye becoming dry)</li>
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"Although most patient with type 2 diabetes have no symptoms, if you have family history of diabetes, are overweight or belong to BME communities or over 40 years in age than you should discuss with your GP about having a simple blood test that diagnosis diabetes."</div>
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<strong>What other health benefits does coffee/caffeine hold? </strong></div>
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PW: “Coffee can have plenty of other health benefits including improving alertness, concentration, performance, hydration levels and heart health. Coffee has also been shown to decrease the risk of certain cancers and neurodegenerative diseases. So you can continue to enjoy your coffee safe in the knowledge you may also be benefitting your health.”</div>
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If you’re confused about caffeine and want more information about the health benefits of coffee visit the British Coffee Association website (<a href="http://www.britishcoffeeassociation.org/">www.britishcoffeeassociation.org</a>)</div>

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