As the diabetes epidemic in Britain continues to expand, a new study from NHS Digital sheds further light on the debilitating condition.
'Prescribing for Diabetes' reports on and examines prescribing trends on medicines prescribed in primary care in England for the treatment and monitoring of diabetes during the period April 2006 to March 2017.
Diabetes is a high profile clinical area, as the prevalence is increasing and costs associated with treating patients with diabetes are also increasing.
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Public Health Wales has revealed that only around half of parents (51%) in Wales state hat they will definitely breastfeed their baby.
The survey was carried out earlier this year as part of Every Child Wales, Public Health Wales’ new programme to improve the health and wellbeing of children under five.
Beaufort Research undertook a survey on behalf of Public Health Wales consisting of a total of 1,503 telephone interviews with parents and carers of children aged 0 to 5 in Wales, between... Readmore
A new Public Health Wales programme, ‘Every Child Wales’, is being launched today in oder to improve the health and wellbeing of children, as new survey results reveal that parents do not always recognise when their child is overweight.
In the survey, just 4% of parents with children aged 4 to 5 described their child as being overweight for their age and height.
However, the 2015/16 Child Measurement Programme results show that just over a quarter (26%) of children aged 4 to 5 are overweight... Readmore
There has been strong criticism of the government by GPs concerned about the policy of failing to extend HPV vaccination to boys.
The Joint Committee for Vaccinations and Immunisations (JCVI) has announced that research commissioned by the organisation found that extending the HPV vaccination to males is “highly unlikely to be cost-effective”.
But HPV Action, a campaign group composed of 47 patient and professional organisations, believes that escalation of the vaccination should be considered... Readmore
British Pregnancy Advisory Service Warns on Contraception
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The Chief Medical Officer for England has spoken about the potential for a new era of personalised medicine for cancer based on genome-related treatment.
Professor Dame Sally Davies believes that genomics sequencing could become as commonplace as MRI and CT scans in the future.
With researchers making big strides, Davies suggests that it will eventually be possible for every cancer patient to have genome sequencing conducted.
This will become as standard in treating those with cancer as blood... Readmore
Diabetes UK Calls for Public to Have its Say in Future Treatment
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A new study has discovered a blood test that could strongly impact on the lives of people suffering with prostate cancer.
Researchers uncovered a new blood test which could detect those men with advanced prostate cancer who would benefit from a new drug treatment.
As part of the study, scientists analysed blood samples from around 50 men taking part in the trial of olaparib.
This was intended to examine whether the changes to tumour DNA circulating in the blood of the men could indicate... Readmore
Researchers have reportedly identified a new type of immune cell which could have a massive impact on lung cancer.
Scientists say that it will be possible to predict which lung cancer patients will benefit most from treatment with immunotherapy by utilising the newly discovered cell.
Cancer Research UK has been involved in the funding of the study, which has been published in the journal Nature Immunotherapy.
And researchers demonstrated that lung cancer patients with a high level of tissue-resident... Readmore
A new study has suggested that vegetarians lose nearly twice as much weight as those following a standard diet.
Researchers worked with subjects suffering from type II diabetes, and randomly assigned them to two groups.
All the participants had a body mass index (BMI) over 25, meaning they were overweight.
The first of the groups was then offered a vegetarian diet, with the other being provided with a standard weight loss diet.
And those on the vegetarian diet lost more weight and body... Readmore
NHS England has unveiled the second tranche of the Diabetes Prevention Programme.
This will involve 30 new areas delivering the scheme to those patients considered to be at risk of developing the debilitating condition.
Recent data has indicated that Britain has experienced a diabetes epidemic over the last few years.
And the new initiative is intended to tackle this growing problem.
The Diabetes Prevention Programme is run collaboratively by NHS England, Public Health England and Diabetes... Readmore