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Health News: A nicotine patch to help heal your wounds faster and how almonds can cut cholesterol levels - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"Health stories from around the world this week include a German study that found nicotine patches used just four weeks before surgery can help wounds heal faster. Also, patients who ate a handful of almonds every day reduced their bad cholesterol by more than 30 per cent."
The cholesterol cutters: Health spreads really do lower heart risk - Daily Mail 23rd October 2009
"The makers of two leading brands of spreads have been cleared to carry on claiming their products can reduce cholesterol.
Benecol and Flora pro.activ contain plant ingredients which EU health watchdogs now agree can help lower the risk of coronary heart disease. "
7m have diabetes early warning signs - The Independent 19th October 2009
"An estimated seven million people in the UK have early warning signs of diabetes, researchers warned today.
The condition - called prediabetes - means their blood sugar is higher than normal and makes them up to 15 times more likely to develop full blown Type 2 diabetes, charity Diabetes UK said. "
7m people in UK have early signs of diabetes - Daily Telegraph 19th October 2009
"Seven million people in Britain have early signs of diabetes which could be putting their health at risk, a charity has warned. "
PETER DUNCAN: Statins? No thanks... I never even take an aspirin - Daily Mail 17th October 2009
"When I was ten, my father Alan suffered a heart attack. He was 49. The treatment in the early Sixties for coronary thrombosis was hospital bed rest and blood-thinning tablets.
Cholesterol and the most widely prescribed drug in humankind - the statin - had not been invented yet. "
First step to personalised medicine as statin users offered genetic tests - The Times 25th September 2009
Patients taking statins for high cholesterol are to be offered genetic tests in a study to assess whether their DNA influences their risk of serious side-effects.
The results could pave the way for personalised medicine in which patients are prescribed drugs according to genetic profiles that help to predict whether they will be safe and effective.
Middle-aged smokers risk life span - The Guardian 18th September 2009
Middle-aged smokers with high cholesterol and high blood pressure could see their lives cut by a decade, according to researchers.
The three combined risk factors cut life expectancy by 10 years among over-50s compared with people who do not smoke and have normal blood and cholesterol levels.
Middle-aged people could die 15 years earlier because of lifestyle, study says - The Times 18th September 2009
Middle-aged people who are overweight, smoke and have raised blood pressure and high cholesterol will die on average 15 years sooner than those without such problems, research suggests.
A study of 19,000 men has calculated the impact of different risk factors on life expectancy, and how many years are lost once a person is past the age of 50.
High cholesterol? Try a splash of rapeseed oil on your salad - Daily Mail 7th September 2009
Adding rapeseed oil to the diet may lower the cholesterol and blood fat levels of patients who have had high cholesterol from birth.
The metabolic condition, known as familial hypercholesterolemia, affects around 60,000 Britons. It can lead to an increased risk of developing atherosclerosis or furring up of the arteries, and heart disease.
Sales of one per cent fat milk jump - Daily Telegraph 1st September 2009
One per cent fat milk sales have jumped to record levels this year as health conscious Brits are increasingly switching from other varieties.
Sales of 'one per cent fat' milk soar as parents take watchdog's advice to heart - Daily Mail 1st September 2009
Full-fat milk used to be a staple of the school day, considered so nutritious it was given away free to pupils for decades.
But these days its health benefits are rather less certain, with warnings that it can lead to heart disease and clogged arteries.
Mediterranean diet pill to help prevent heart disease - The Sunday Telegraph 30th August 2009
A pill designed to help prevent heart disease by giving users the benefits of following a Mediterranean diet is being entered into a large number of new trials after promising early results.
The tomato pill diet: Daily dose is as good for the heart as Mediterranean food- Daily Mail 31st August 2009
British scientists have developed a groundbreaking pill which provides all the health benefits of a Mediterranean diet. \n\nOne capsule of Ateronon taken daily can break down fatty deposits in the arteries and help prevent heart disease and strokes, potentially saving millions of lives.
Which 'healthy' cereal has more fat than fried egg on toast, and more sugar than a Coca-Cola? - Daily Mail 29th August 2009
Supermarket aisles heave with boxes of breakfast cereals promising they are 'high in fibre', 'organic', ' cholesterol-lowering' - and, enticed, we spend a collective £1billion a year. So we should be getting our mornings off to the healthiest of starts.
Not so, according to a new report by consumer group Which?. It found that 31 of the bestselling cereals had more than four teaspoons of sugar per serving - that's more than a bowl of chocolate ice cream.
Low-carb diets 'damage arteries' - BBC Health News 24th August 2009
Low-carb slimming diets may clog arteries and increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, a study suggests.\n\nDiets based on eating lots of meat, fish and cheese, while restricting carbohydrates have grown in popularity in recent years.
Low-carb diet damages arteries, study shows - The Independent 25th August 2009
Low-carbohydrate diets may damage arteries and increase the risk of heart attacks, research suggests. Scientists believe cutting carbs on Atkins-style diets impairs the regrowth and repair of blood vessels.
The discovery was made by a team whose leader was on a low-carb diet until he saw the results. Researchers used mice to test three diets. One group of mice was fed a basic mouse diet. A second was fed a "Western" diet of 43 per cent carbohydrate, 42 per cent fat, 15 per cent protein and 0.15 per cent cholesterol. A third was fed only 12 per cent carbohydrate and 43 per cent fat, 45 per cent protein and 0.15 per cent cholesterol.
Heart disease warning over cholesterol found in junk food - Daily Telegraph 21st August 2009
A form of junk food cholesterol virtually unknown to the public may pose the biggest threat of heart disease, research suggests.
Most people with high cholesterol blame a bad diet - but Gloria Hunniford found the cause was far more suprising - Daily Mail 14th July 2009
Gloria Hunniford has proved time and again that she is one of life's fighters. Professionally, the 69-year-old has managed the rare feat of being a successful showbiz personality for nearly 50 years.
Personally, she's had to deal with tragic family health problems.
Cholesterol gene research could boost heart disease fight - The Telegraph 8th July 2009
Scientists have uncovered 20 "cholesterol control" genes that could help point to important new risk factors for heart disease.
Scientists identify cholesterol-regulating genes which could be 'switched off' to reduce heart disease - Daily Mail 8th July 2009
Scientists have uncovered 20 genes which increase people's risk of having a heart attack - raising the prospect of 'exciting' new treatments in the coming years.
The genes regulate the amount of cholesterol - a chemical which increases the risk of heart disease - produced by the cells.
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