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Dr Michelle's very popular column returns after a
summer siesta. This month, she answers a reader's
question with her familiar wit and wisdom:
I hear that I should be seeing an Endo? I don't know what an Endo could offer that my GP doesn't? |
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Australian playwright Ben Ellis, 31, is taking
London by storm with the world-premiere of his new
play, Poet No. 7, which is now playing at The
Latchmere Theatre.
Ben gives us the High & Lowdown on life with D as a jet-setting, award-winning, inspiration-filled playwright. From giant green condoms to amoeba, via orange cults and coffee. |
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The Diabetes Transplant Unit at UNSW continued there
years of innovative research by announcing (and
showing the world!) an exciting new procedure.
Janice Stewart, a nurse with Type 1, was injected with human islet cells that had been coated in a seaweed extract - this is hoped to protect the cells from the immune system attack which causes our diabetes in the first place. |
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See what people are making of the seaweed news on
our website. Ask questions. Chat about whether
it's kelp all round for us.
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A Japanese geneticist has kindly spent the last few
years of his life finding the concrete evidence for
what Reality Check has been telling you for years
.... Laugh!!
Kazuo Murakami has discovered 23 genes that respond to laughter, many of which are also connected with the immune system. His work has been shown to be particularly relevant to people with diabetes. He says, "it won’t be a joke to see patients receive a prescription for a comedy video at a pharmacy”. |
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Hope you enjoy some of those bits and pieces.
There's a link below to make it easy to share this with friends and family who might enjoy it too. Cheerio, Kate |
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