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Designer thyroid hormone as cholesterol lowering drug
An American- Swedish team lead by Professor John Baxter has shown that a designer thyroid molecule (KB 2115) is capable of lowering serum cholesterol in human subjects with moderately high cholesterol over a 14 day period. No side-effects were reported.
More details »Sleep deprivation and insulin resistance
Shortening the duration of the time you sleep to less than 6 hours is bad for your health and can lead to insulin resistance. And, according to Professor Eva van Auter of the University of Chicago, this can be brought about within a few days.
Read more ».Reducing core body temperature leads to increased life span in mice
Scientists have reported that genetically reducing the core body temperature of mice by 0.3-0.5 degrees C helps them to live 12-20% longer. The mice used in the study, published in the journal Science by researchers at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, were permitted to eat as much food as they wanted.
More details (external link) »Inhalable Insulin
The inhalable insulin Exubra ( made by Pfizer) is now available in the UK. We feel it is a major addition to insulin treatment for those patients who have phobias of injections or have problems with access.
Please contact us to find out more.Subacute Thyroiditis
Update (April 2008): The article below was written in September 2006. Professor Farid reports that, in 2008, he has yet to see a single case of sub-acute thyroiditis, emphasising that the environmental conditions conducive to the epidemic in 2006 no longer exist.
Recently, Prof. Farid has seen several patients with Subacute Thyroiditis in recent weeks. He speculates that we have seen this cluster of cases because of the very hot summer that simulated the climatic conditions around the great lakes.
Find out more about Subacute Thyroiditis.
How to Stop Failing our Children
In the first survey of its kind, published on 14 February 2007, Unicef has accused the UK of failing its children. It comes at the bottom of a league table for child well-being across 21 industrialised countries. So what can we do?
More details »Link to Unicef report (pdf)
