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Statins and Diabetes
Statins ‘raise your chance of diabetes’… but the benefits still outweigh risks, say doctors.
Patients taking statins face an increased risk of developing diabetes, warn researchers.
The first review into a suspected link with cholesterol-lowering drugs shows a nine per cent rise in the chance of acquiring one form of the disease.
Cancer blood test hope
Personalised blood tests which could track whether cancer treatment is working or if the disease has come back have been developed by US researchers.
The test identifies tumour DNA “rearrangements” which are specific to the individual patient.
In the future, this “genetic fingerprint” could be used to pick out tiny remnants of a tumour, Science Translational Medicine reports.
Heart patients and swine flu
Following the announcement of a National Flu Service to help relieve pressure on the nation’s health services, Judy O’Sullivan, cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: “There is no evidence that people with heart disease are more likely to catch swine flu than the rest of the population. However, once they’ve got it, their risk of having an acute cardiac event may be increased”.
Insurance for heart patients
The British Heart Foundation strongly recommends that you consult with your GP before purchasing health insurance over the phone or via the internet. The health declarations are in extreme detail and require information of conditions and medications going back years.
The cost of growing old
COPING with one of the UK’s sharpest rises in elderly patients will soon be a key priority for staff at Basing-stoke hospital.
However, rather than seeing this daunting prospect as a problem, medical director Dr Andrew Bishop is confident that the hospital’s staff are ready to rise to the challenge.
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