The study of 1,066 type-2 diabetics, presented today at Diabetes UK’s annual conference in Glasgow, showed that experiencing severe hypoglycaemic episodes lowered memory, logic and concentration levels.

Lead researcher Dr Jackie Price, from the University of Edinburgh, said: ‘These findings suggest that exposure to severe hypoglycaemia is associated with cognitive decline in people with type-2 diabetes aged between 60 Read more »

A rare occurrence where a routine ear piercing goes horribly wrong.

Keloids are fibrous growths that uncommonly occur in cases of wound healing. They present predominantly in blacks, and any type of skin piercing can affect those predisposed to the disease.

The lesions can be severely disfiguring and painful, and often recur after treatment. The first-line therapy is injection of steroids into the keloid, Read more »

Interesting story emerging from New York surrounding actor Jeremy Piven.

Apparently, a twice daily sushi habit, along with ingesting Chinese herbs, has given him mercury levels 6 times the upper limit of normal. He went to see his doctor complaining of fatigue and nausea, and was subsequently “ordered” off the play he was starring in.

There is some dubious speculation about the claim, with a doctor suggesting that Piven’s mercury Read more »