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   Jul 10

As alarming new figures reveal one in ten people with high blood sugar will develop type 2 diabetes, PROFESSOR NAVEED SATTAR explains how to avoid this debilitating disease

People with pre diabetes are 15 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes  The NHS currently spends £10bn a year  – 10pc of its budget – on diabetes  Some 122,000 people under 40 in England and Wales have type 2 diabetes   It is a condition that hits millions but causes no symptoms. Most of those […]

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   Jul 09

Adding salt to food could reduce life expectancy by more than two years, study finds

Men aged 50 stand to lose around two years and three months of their life by consuming extra salt, while women of the same age could see their life expectancy drop by around a year and a half, the research concluded. People who put salt on their food face an increased risk of dying early, […]

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   Jun 15

Vitamin D Deficiency Leads to Dementia – Neuroscience News

Summary: Researchers found an association between low vitamin D levels and reduced brain volume. Lower vitamin D was also linked to an increased risk of stroke and dementia. Up to 17% of dementia cases could be prevented by increasing vitamin D. Source: University of South Australia Dementia is one of the major causes of disability […]

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