Monthly Archives: July 2012

New Gloveman Supplies Ltd Website Launched

Posted on July 25th, 2012

Following the success of our website and the raised demands on our staff with web orders, we have redesigned it using our in-house design department so it integrates directly on to our accounts and ordering system. Using the latest in secure payment technology and data transfer technologies, the design team, headed by Steve Champion, with [...]

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‘Fatty blood’ early warning sign of Alzheimer’s

Posted on July 25th, 2012

“High levels of fat in the blood could be an early warning of Alzheimer’s disease,” says the Daily Express. The newspaper reports that people with high levels of a fatty compound called ceramide in their blood are 10 times more likely to develop the disease than people with the lowest levels. This news is based [...]

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1948 London Olympics torch bearer remembers his day of pride

Posted on July 17th, 2012

Earnest Lowden with the Olympic torch in 1948. Ernest Lowden, aged 88, will be watching for news of the Olympic flame on its visit to Surrey with special interest this week because, in 1948, Eric was one of the torch bearers in the games that were set to unite the world after the horrors of [...]

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Trouble With A Capital ‘D’

Posted on July 16th, 2012

Guest post written by Heather Baggaley – (RC Hyp, Dip Hyp, GQHP) http://www.Motivate-Plus.com Hand in hand with the obesity crisis goes ‘D’iabetes, and confusion reigns supreme in the minds of many sufferers as the research media machine spews out yet more findings. It seems every day, at least ten times a day, the steady trickle [...]

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Sitting less can add years to life

Posted on July 11th, 2012

New research has found that spending too much time sitting down is linked to health problems and a shortened lifespan. According to Peter Katzmarzyk, associate executive director for population science at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana, sitting down too much is a risk factor for disease. He said a sedentary life, which means that [...]

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Diabetes drug metformin ‘could aid Alzheimer’s’

Posted on July 11th, 2012

Today’s Daily Express headline claims that a “2p diabetes pill could hold key to Alzheimer’s cure”. The headline accompanies a story about a potential new use for the drug metformin. The story is based on a study that examined the effect metformin had on promoting the growth of new nerve cells in the brain. The [...]

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Handbags and Gladrags

Posted on July 9th, 2012

Guest post written by Heather Baggaley – (RC Hyp, Dip Hyp, GQHP) http://www.Motivate-Plus.com Women’s trouble. I still smile when I think how many times I have heard that expression. It’s almost like half of the population don’t ‘get’ women and their troubles. We won’t go into the argument about the other half of the population [...]

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New care objectives for improving our health and healthcare

Posted on July 6th, 2012

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley today set out his new care objectives for the improvement of health and healthcare, with the publication of his draft mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board. “Our NHS care objectives: a draft mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board”, sets out the Health Secretary’s expectations for the health service and marks the [...]

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Five babies die from whooping cough

Posted on July 6th, 2012

The Health Protection Agency has urged parents to ensure they get their babies vaccinated against whooping cough after five deaths from the condition. In what is thought to be the biggest outbreak in two decades, 1,781 adults and children have had the illness, according to HPA figures, compared to 2010 when there were just 137 [...]

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Home testing for HIV ‘is now a reality’

Posted on July 6th, 2012

“US approves first over-the-counter HIV home-use test,” BBC News has reported, adding that the new test could go on sale in the US “within months”. The BBC said that 1.2 million people in the US are estimated to be living with HIV infection, with about 50,000 new HIV infections being diagnosed every year. About one [...]

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