Topic: London (England)

My quest to become a MAMIL (Middle-aged Mum In Lycra)

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 508 days ago
It was the fluffy-antlered deer that distracted me. Ours is to Brussels via Amsterdam and Harwich, a 280km three-day jaunt, in the company of a group of Mamils - middle- aged men in Lycra, a breed sharply on the rise, according to ...

Human rights and publicly funded care

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 583 days ago
The article reports on the protection provided by the Human Rights Act for people living in publicly funded dwellings in Great Britain. The charity has criticised the government for failing to prioritise early identification of Type 2 diabetes, a challenge set out ...

Dem bones dem bones

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 583 days ago
The article reviews the exhibition " London's Buried Bones," on view at the Wellcome Collection, London, England, through September 28, 2008. But although today we make links between obesity and poverty, such a dis- ease, back in the harsher realities of Victorian ...

Candesartan Benefits Diabetes-Related Retinopathy

Modern Medicine - 1228 days ago
Patients with type 1 diabetes and no existing retinopathy are less likely to develop the condition if they are treated with candesartan, but the drug does not have a beneficial effect in patients who already have retinopathy, according to a report published ...

Candesartan Can Increase Regression of Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes and Reduce Incidence of Retinopathy in Type 1 Diabetes (Direct Studies)

Drugs.com - 1229 days ago
Treatment with candesartan can increase regression of retinopathy in type 2 diabetes and reduce incidence of retinopathy in type 1 diabetes. In the first of the two Articles, Professor Nish Chaturvedi, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon, London, ...