Behind the Headlines

Do heart benefits of statins outweigh diabetes risk?

Friday Aug 10 2012

‘Heart benefits of statins outweigh diabetes risk’ reports the Telegraph. This is the finding of a large trial from the US. Good news for statin users or are statin advocates trying to ‘sugar the pill?’…

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'Pump iron not insulin' – weightlifting reduces men’s diabetes risk

Tuesday Aug 7 2012

"Pumping weights five times a week can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by a third," The Daily Telegraph has reported. The news is based on the results of a large US study which found that men who performed weight training reduced their risk...

Can a diet of cheese 'beat diabetes'?

Tuesday Jul 24 2012

Just two slices [of cheese] a day could reduce risk of diabetes, claims the Daily Mail. The news is based on the results of a Europe-wide study that aimed to determine whether eating a diet high in dairy products...

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'TOWIE lifestyle' link to type 2 diabetes

Tuesday Jul 17 2012

“TOWIE girls watch out! Women who use nail varnish and hairspray ‘may have higher risk of diabetes’,” is the headline in the Daily Mail. The Mail’s focus on high-maintenance The Only Way Is Essex girls being at risk of diabetes seems...

Diabetes costs predicted to rocket

Wednesday Apr 25 2012

“Diabetes could ‘bankrupt’ the NHS in 20 years,” the Daily Mail has reported. The newspaper said that most spending on the condition is due to avoidable complications. A number of other newspapers...

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Do night shifts 'give you diabetes'?

Thursday Apr 12 2012

“Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes and obesity,” according to the BBC, which reported new research showing that changes to normal sleep can cause the body to...

Rice 'diabetes risk' overstated

Friday Mar 16 2012

New research has found that “eating white rice could raise your risk of type 2 diabetes” according to the Daily Mail. The starch-rich staple can potentially release high amounts of sugar into the blood...

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Diabetes 'increases birth defect risk'

Monday Feb 6 2012

“Diabetic mothers-to-be have high risk of giving birth to children with congenital abnormality,” The Guardian said today. The news is based on UK research that compared the rates of birth defects in women with and without diabetes. It found...

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Does maternal diet up diabetes risk?

Monday Jan 9 2012

A bad diet during pregnancy raises an unborn child’s risk of developing diabetes in later life, The Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper said that a mother’s poorer diet in pregnancy reduces...

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24,000 'excess' deaths from diabetes

Wednesday Dec 14 2011

As many as 24,000 people with diabetes are dying unnecessarily each year, many of the papers have reported today. This shock statistic was a conclusion from the National Diabetes Audit...

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