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Type 2 diabetes: more than one type of diet can help people achieve remission
Low-carbohydrate diets have also been shown to help people achieve remission. Elena Shashkina/ Shutterstock Until recently, type 2 diabetes has mainly been managed by controlling risk factors – such as high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar (glucose) levels – usually by prescribing drugs. But this approach doesn’t address theContinue Reading
Hannon to ‘Reign’ supreme again at his beloved track!
Oh Herberts Reign, trained by two-year-old specialist Richard Hannon and again mount of long-serving stable jockey Pat Dobbs, improved from debut experience five weeks ago and is all set to make it third time lucky in division two of the Maiden Stakes over seven furlongs of ‘good to soft’ NewburyContinue Reading
SARS-CoV-2 mutations: why the virus might still have some tricks to pull
The Sars-CoV-2 virus creates about half a mutation per infection. Adao/Shutterstock The pandemic has enabled us to study the details of how evolution happens – in real time. Scientists have generated more than two million genome sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, allowing us to dissect the minutiae of evolutionary changesContinue Reading
Afghanistan: what the conflict means for the global heroin trade
The long war in Afghanistan reached a potential watershed on August 6 when Taliban fighters took over Zaranj, a dusty frontier town with a population of some 63,000 on the Afghan-Iranian border. Though geographically and politically marginal, Zaranj was the first provincial centre to fall during a month of rapidContinue Reading
COVID masks: how and when to ask someone to wear one – without getting into a fight
Faber14/Shutterstock Most people in the UK plan to keep wearing masks on public transport or in crowded indoor areas to avoid spreading COVID-19. However, when mask mandates lift – as they have done largely across England – some people say they will no longer wear one if they don’t haveContinue Reading
COVID vaccine weekly: do British teenagers really need vaccinating more than adults overseas?
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Close to 40 million people in the UK have had two COVID vaccine doses. This gives Britain one of the highest rates of coverage in the world, with nearly 60% of the population fully vaccinated. And with vaccines soon to be rolled out to 16- and 17-year-olds,Continue Reading
Ultrarunner aiming to set new world record in the fight against child abuse
Welsh Ultrarunner, Rhys Jenkins, is attempting to set a new world record running from John O’Groats to Land’s End whilst summiting each of the highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales to help in the fight against child abuse. On 13th July 2021, Rhys Jenkins (33, Penarth, South Wales), began hisContinue Reading
The worry walk initiative
Back in 2019 BLEND Bude youth collective took on a challenge of raising funds for PAPYRUS prevention of youth suicide. They decided to incorporate a gruelling walk along the coastal path with raising awareness of the stigmas surrounding mental wellbeing. And so the idea of the Worry Walks began. CreatingContinue Reading
It’s all about selecting the right ‘Tip!’
My Little Tip represents an each-way ‘steal’ in the eight-runner Novice Stakes over six furlongs of Chelmsford polytrack tonight and this is a real ‘humdinger’ in my book, following on from another intriguing two-year-old race on ‘good to soft’ Beverley earlier; my only worries, regarding a double, will be ‘non-runners!’Continue Reading
Chelsea boss Tuchel shown yellow after arguing over aggressive Rudiger tackle
CHELSEA boss Thomas Tuchel was shown a yellow card during the Super Cup after arguing about a challenge made by Antonio Rudiger. The 28-year-old produced a crunching tackle to take both the ball and Villarreal winger Yeremi Pino during the first half of the European tie. 4 Thomas Tuchel wasContinue Reading