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Hi All, We are planning to move to West Sussex soon, Storrington to be exact. Do any of our members have any experience, good or bad, about the medical facilities and attitudes I can expect there from GPs and local hospitals? Please feel free to PM me if you don't want to post something public.

Ji Jan and a warm welcome to you. As you are now no doubt aware, the pain you have been experiencing is diabetic neuropathy, but the good news is that this is reversible with a diet that allows you to reduce your blood sugar levels. You've made a great first step in finding this site and we...

For those of you who are looking to reduce your salt intake, this extract from Norfolk County Council Health Dept might be of interest (at least it was news to me!). 2010 salt targets in bread, pork sausages, beef burgers and takeaway meals - Bread is the largest source of salt in the UK diet...

Following the introduction of the Corporate Manslaughter law last year, Health and Safety has tightened with the introduction of new penalties from January 16 2009. The Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 raises the maximum penalties that can be imposed for breaching health and safety...

You may be interested in this link to the current NICE Clinical Guidelines for treatment of type 2 diabetes. They are dated May 2008 and the NICE website makes no mention of any more recent changes. http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG ... idance.pdf

Any of you who have read the latest issue of DUK's Balance magazine may have seen an article implying that treatment with Byetta carries an increased risk of pancreatitis. THERE IS NO TRUTH IN THIS WHATSOEVER. This idea originated in the US when a Lehman Bros employee (with no medical or...

The American FDA (Food & Drug Administration) in August issued a statement in which they expressed concerns over the safety of Byetta because there have been 30 cases of pancreatitis amongst the 700,000 patients who are prescribed Byetta in the US. The week after their statement was made I...

For the past 5 years my wife and I have had worldwide annual travel insurance with Norwich Union and have had no hesitation in recommending it to others, including on this forum. Our annual renewal is due and when we tried to renew today, we were advised that NU have embarked on a complete...

Let me put my cards firmly on the table. I work in the financial services industry so I have an interest in the subject of pensions – but I am not attempting to sell anything to anyone. This thread is purely for information. Something we all have in common on this forum is that we have...

Newworka1, Your postings have been removed and you have been barred from the forum because you are using the forum as a blatant platform to advertise a website service. Please do not attempt to post on this forum again.

Can you please remove the commercial advertising from your profiles immediately or you will be barred from this forum. Dennis (Forum moderator)

I see that the subject of Stevia has cropped again recently. As some of you who have been with the forum a long time may remember, Stevia is a sweetener that is banned throughout the EU (including the UK). However it is widely used in Japan and South America. In the US it is licenced but with...

In a link that someone posted, I came across Jenny Ruhl's book Blood Sugar 101: What They Don't Tell You About Diabetes. I wondered if anyone has read this? Considering that Fergus and I have often commented that Dr Bernstein's works are so readable and informative they should be compulsory...

I have deleted the original posting from this thread as it was very obviously spam. Dennis

Your link to the curcumin website is commercial advertising, which is not allowed on this forum. If you wish to continue participation in this forum please remove the link to the website from your profile.

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that the time shown against postings is always an hour behind whatever my PC says? Is the site server based in Reykjavik?

Many of you may have noticed an item in the news yesterday about health risks associated with Bisphenol A (or BPA) which is used in the manufacture of babies plastic feeding bottles. One thing that immediately struck me was the instant response from government safety experts that, based on their...

I think this is rampant discrimination - what about us chocaholic guys then? :mrgreen:

Went for a walk this lunchtime and spotted that Boots have a half price offer on the OneTouch Ultra2 blood glucose monitor - £7.63. Test strips seem to be around £21 for 50 for those that can't get them on NHS. Haven't used this model myself so can't comment on quality, etc, but would be worth...

Hi Guys, You may not have spotted a question from sraynor titled "Newbie - How long to get up from Hypo?". I wondered if any of you might be able to advise a worried mum about how long it should take her son to recover from a hypo? You have all probably been there yourselves!