Category Archives: Nutrition

Dementia diagnosis trial planned

Posted on November 5th, 2012

New medical technology that is said to slash the time it takes to diagnose dementia from 18 months to just three is to be tested in a Government-backed trial. Scientists developing the cutting-edge process say it will double the current diagnosis rates if rolled out nationally, giving hundreds of thousands of sufferers better support and [...]

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Tea cuts bowel cancer risk

Posted on November 5th, 2012

Green tea may lower the risk of colon, stomach and throat cancers in women’, says the Daily Mail, perhaps causing readers to rush to put the kettle on. The Mail reports on a large, long-term observational study of people’s tea drinking habits and their risk of developing cancers of the digestive system. However, the findings [...]

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Is bad digestion putting you at risk of anaemia and osteoporosis?

Posted on November 1st, 2012

Millions of Brits could be putting themselves at risk of chronic conditions including anaemia and osteoporosis by ignoring common digestive problems. The warning comes after a study revealed 83 per cent of the people notice they react to certain foods. But most either ignore symptoms such as bloating, trapped wind and diarrhoea, or self-medicate. More [...]

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Does breast screening do more harm than good?

Posted on October 31st, 2012

The media reports that breast cancer screening is “harming thousands”, with The Guardian claiming “breast cancer screening causes more damage than previously thought”. These headlines have been prompted by the findings of an independent panel that reviewed the benefits and harms of breast cancer screening in the UK. The panel was set up to examine the [...]

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Dementia Roadshow tour visits Wales to provide lifeline to local families

Posted on October 29th, 2012

The Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Community Roadshow has begun a tour of Wales. With more than 43,614 people estimated to be living in Wales with dementia, Alzheimer’s Society’s Roadshow is an essential service which will provide much needed information and advice about the condition. The vehicle, funded by Tesco, will be touring Wales in October and [...]

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Cold Weather Plan for England 2012 published

Posted on October 29th, 2012

The Cold Weather Plan aims to prepare for the effects of winter weather on people’s health. It provides advice for individuals, communities and agencies on how to prepare for and respond to severe cold weather. And it is supported by a Met Office cold weather alert service that starts on 1 November and runs until [...]

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Fund to create and modernise homes for independent living

Posted on October 26th, 2012

The Department of Health today opened a £300 million fund to provide new and modernised homes designed to meet the needs of older people and people with disabilities. Local authorities will be able to bid for money from the fund to build specially designed new homes and to modernise existing specialised housing to bring it [...]

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Single system for nutrition labelling announced

Posted on October 25th, 2012

The Department has announced proposals for front-of-pack nutrition labelling that clearly displays: how much fat, saturated fat, salt and sugar and how many calories food products contain. The new proposed system includes using: colour coding guideline daily amounts (%GDA) high/medium/low text Many retailers already use variants of a hybrid system. However they each display the [...]

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£11 million for parenting programme

Posted on October 22nd, 2012

A pioneering programme helping young parents give their children a healthier start in life is to be rolled out across Scotland. The Family Nurse Partnership, which supports first-time parents aged 19 and under, will be up and running around the country by 2015 thanks to a £11 million investment over the next two years. The [...]

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Antipsychotics ‘still given to too many with dementia’

Posted on October 22nd, 2012

“‘Chemical cosh’ drugs given to 50pc more dementia patients than thought,” The Daily Telegraph reports, while the Daily Express runs with a rather more tasteless headline “Shocking rise in dementia patients on ‘zombie’ drugs”. The news items are prompted by a study into the use of a class of medication known as antipsychotics, which are [...]

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