�With some 20,000 UK children with Type 1 diabetes(i) around to go the
unexampled school class, new steering from the National Institute for Health and
Clinical Excellence (NICE) looks set to overturn the way children
manage
their diabetes, granting more than freedom and control for their condition, by
greater access to insulin pump therapy. The new recommendations finally
acknowledge key inquiry(ii) supported by Roche, that shows the positivist
impact of pumps on quality of life for sufferers and their families.
Roche, a world loss leader in diabetes care and management services, has
been
working close with diabetes healthcare specialists to arouse awareness of
pump therapy and encourage and support new users. Roche welcomes the new
guidelines that recommend greater access to insulin pump therapy to manage
Type 1 diabetes, particularly amongst children and young people, with
pumps
replacing traditional insulin injections which get been shown to
break
the school day(ternary).
Dr Katharine Barnard PhD, School of Psychology at the University of
Southampton, one of the UK's leading regime into calibre of life
issues
surrounding insulin pumps in Type 1 diabetes, who has worked with Roche
says:
"There are significant psychosocial benefits associated with insulin pump
therapy, particularly improved quality of life. The new NICE guidelines
should facilitate greater access to this therapy, which volition only be good
news for patients and their families. For children it should have got a
positive
impact on both their school and home life."
Benefits of replacing injections with insulin pump therapy include
fewer
hypoglycaemic episodes, the chance to enter in sports without
having to plan ahead and the alternative to eat on a wider variety of food as the
pump can be easily familiarised to supply the correct amount of insulin each
moment
of the day.
Britain is lagging behind other major countries in terms of diabetes
management with less than 1% of Type 1 cases using an insulin pump in the
UK,
compared to many other countries such as US and Germany where 15-20% use a
pump(iv). With a five-spot fold step-up in the number of under fives diagnosed
over the past tense 20 age(v), and 1 child in 1,000(vi) affected, access to
insulin pump therapy is essential for children to get the opportunity to
live as close to a normal a life as possible and feel less 'controlled' by
their diabetes as Dr Barnard's adolescent study amongst pump users found.
Dr Barnard continued: "The new guidance should hopefully receptive up access
to children and their families and pumps are then provided according to
need,
pick and suitability."
Insulin pumps are non suitable for everyone and they need thorough
explanation and training. People lav find prohibited more by visiting
hTTP://www.accu-chek.co.uk where they can experience the Accu-Chek Spirit
on-line simulator, the most advanced insulin pump from Roche which tight
mimics the pancreas by delivering insulin every threesome minutes(vii).
About Roche
Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is one of the world's
leading
research-focused healthcare groups in the fields of pharmaceuticals and
diagnostics. As the world's biggest biotech company and an trailblazer of
products and services for the early spying, prevention, diagnosing and
treatment of diseases, the Group contributes on a all-inclusive range of fronts to
improving people's health and quality of life. Roche is the world loss leader
in
in vitro diagnostics and drugs for cancer and transplantation, and is a
market leader in virology. It is also active in other major alterative
areas
such as autoimmune diseases, seditious and metabolic disorders and
diseases of the central nervous system. In 2007 sales by the
Pharmaceuticals
Division totalled 36.8 billion Swiss francs, and sales by the Diagnostics
Division totalled 9.3 billion Swiss francs. Roche Diabetes Care posted
2007
sales of 3.2 billion Swiss francs. Roche has R&D agreements and strategic
alliances with legion partners, including majority ownership interests
in
Genentech and Chugai, and invested over 8 one million million Swiss francs in R&D in
2007. Worldwide, the Group employs about 80,000 hoi polloi. Additional
info is uncommitted on the Internet at http://www.roche.com.
About Roche Diabetes Care
Roche Diabetes Care is a pioneer in the development of blood glucose
monitoring systems and a global leader for diabetes management systems and
services. For more than 30 years, the Accu-Chek brand has been committed
to
enable citizenry with diabetes to live life as normal and active as possible
as
well as to help healthcare professionals manage their patients' condition
in
an optimal way. Today, the Accu-Chek portfolio offers masses with diabetes
and healthcare professionals innovative products and services and
comprehensive solutions for convenient, efficient and effective diabetes
management spanning from blood glucose monitoring through information
management to insulin manner of speaking. The Accu-Chek brand encompasses blood
glucose
meters, insulin delivery systems, lancing devices and data management
systems.
http://www.accu-chek.com
All trademarks used or mentioned in this passing are de jure protected by
law.
(i) Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
(ii) Barnard, K.D., Speight. J. & Skinner, T.C. Impact of insulin pump
therapy on quality of life of children/adolescents with Type 1 diabetes
and
their parents: an overview study. Practical Diabetes International,
October
2008.
(iii) Barnard, K.D., discipline as in a higher place
(iv) Diabetes UK, Insulin Pump Services - Report of the Insulin Pumps
Working Group, March 2007
(v) University of Bristol, March 2007 (PJ Bingley, Department of Clinical
Science)
(vi) University of Bristol, March 2007 (PJ Bingley, Department of
Clinical Science)
(vii) Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases, Volume 3, p48. Insulin
Secretion Physiology. Elsevier Inc. 2004.
http://www.accu-chek.com
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Wednesday 3 September 2008
Thursday 14 August 2008
Sweet song of pain
ONE of the planet's hottest new musical acts has a message for any young African girl who now calls Australia home: "Go for it."
Asa, whose self-titled debut album was released yesterday, says she is "a young black girl with big dreams" who put her fear behind her and reached for the stars.
"I was living in Lagos when I sent a tape to the French Foreign Ministry Music Program," she says.
"It was a message in a bottle for me. I did not know if anyone would ever hear it. I just hoped and prayed for the best."
Asa's prayers must have worked, because her talent and sound was instantly recognised and she was signed to a major label in France.
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Wednesday 6 August 2008
Olympic Athletes: Trouble Breathing In Beijing?
� When the world's top athletes convene side by side month for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games,
Friday 27 June 2008
Pirates Of The Caribbean - Depp Ships Wine To Film Set
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN star JOHNNY DEPP missed his home comforts while working on a new movie in the U.S. - so he arranged for a shipment of wine to be sent over from his house in France.
The actor lives full time in the south of France with his French partner Vanessa Paradis and their two children - and the couple owns a vineyard where they produce their own wine.
And Depp couldn't stand being without his beloved bottles of wine while working on new crime film Public Enemies in Illinois - so he arranged for a shipment to be sent over to the movie set for him and his fellow cast and crewmembers to enjoy.
A source tells British newspaper the Daily Mirror, "Johnny's a fine wine buff and has his own vineyard. He's had 10 crates of his own wine shipped over to keep him going.
"He is very serious about his hobby and does everything himself - from selecting the grapes to working the machinery. Johnny's a connoisseur.
"It's fair to say that he's made filming a far more enjoyable experience."
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Thursday 19 June 2008
Jon Redfern wins second Arthur Ellis Award for historical crime novel
TORONTO - Alberta-born author, journalist and academic Jon Redfern has won his second Arthur Ellis Award for his historical crime novel "Trumpets Sound No More," about a killing in the theatre world of 19th century London.
Redfern is an English professor at Centennial College in Toronto and has worked as a freelance journalist for the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail, a story editor for the CBC and a children's playwright. His first novel, "The Boy Must Die," won the Arthur Ellis Award for best first crime novel in 2002.
This year's first-novel award went to Liam Duncan for "Garcia's Heart," the story of neurologist Patrick Lazerenko, who travels to The Hague to watch the trial of his mentor, Hernan Garcia, for war crimes.
Other winners announced Thursday night included Julian Sher for non-fiction for "One Child at a Time: The Global Fight to Rescue Children from Online Predators" and Shane Peacock for juvenile fiction for "Eye of the Crow," about an adolescent Sherlock Holmes.
The best short story award went to Leslie Watts for "Turner," published in the Kingston Whig-Standard and the best crime writing in French award went to Mario Bolduc for "Tsiganes."
This was the 25th annual awards ceremony sponsored by the Crime Writers of Canada. The award is named after the professional pseudonym of Canada's hangman.
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On the Net: www.crimewritersCanada.com
News from �The Canadian Press, 2008
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Friday 13 June 2008
Prosecutor: Winehouse spouse offered victim bribe
LONDON —
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Amy Winehouse's husband beat up a pub landlord and then offered him $400,000 to keep quiet about the attack, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Prosecution lawyer Sean Larkin said barman James King suffered a broken cheekbone in the June 2006 attack by Blake Fielder-Civil and another man - but was willing to accept money to spare his attackers jail.
King, 36, is on trial for conspiring to pervert the course of justice (the equivalent of obstruction of justice in the U.S.). He denies the charge, and says he was intimidated into withdrawing the assault claim.
Larkin told the jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court that a deal had been struck for King to retract his statement, leave the country and not show up for any trial, "and that Mr. King expected to be paid something in the order of 200,000 pounds."
Fielder-Civil, 26, pleaded guilty last week to perverting the course of justice, and also admitted assault. Three other men - James Kennedy, Anthony Kelly and Michael Brown - also pleaded guilty to involvement in the plot. All three face jail terms when they are sentenced later.
Larkin said Kennedy and Kelly contacted the Daily Mirror and tried to sell their story of the beating and the cover-up. The newspaper went to the police.
The lawyer said Daily Mirror journalist Stephen Moyes had asked whether Winehouse was involved.
"He was told by Kelly, `Who do you think is paying for it? Of course she is,'" Larkin said.
In December, police arrested and questioned Winehouse on suspicion of attempting to interfere with Fielder-Civil's case. The singer was released without charge, and Larkin said there was no evidence to suggest she was involved.
In a statement, King said he was pressured into making a video recording of himself withdrawing his allegation of assault.
"I was told that I would have to say that I was not under duress, which was as far from the truth as possible," King said.
"Apparently the video was for Amy Winehouse. It seems they were extorting her for money to make this go away," he said.
Winehouse and Fielder-Civil were married in Miami in May 2007. He was arrested in November and has been in jail ever since.
Winehouse, 24, released the Grammy-winning album, "Back to Black," in 2006. Her music has been overshadowed by reports of her troubled personal life.
In the latest tabloid storm, Winehouse defended herself against allegations of racism after a newspaper published footage of her singing a ditty loaded with racial epithets.
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Sunday 8 June 2008
McConaughey offered Magnum PI role
Matthew McConaughey has been offered the role of Thomas Magnum in Universal Pictures' adaptation of 'Magnum PI'.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the 'Reign of Fire' star is currently reading the script from writer/director Rawson Thurber ('Dodgeball').
McConaughey has yet to confirm whether he will play the role made famous by Tom Selleck in the original 1980s hit show.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the 'Reign of Fire' star is currently reading the script from writer/director Rawson Thurber ('Dodgeball').
McConaughey has yet to confirm whether he will play the role made famous by Tom Selleck in the original 1980s hit show.
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