Diabetes patients may soon be able to take a pill to control their condition instead of repeated injections. UK company Diabetology, with experts at Cardiff University, says it has solved a crucial problem with oral insulin. The capsule's special coating protects the drug from acids in the stomach, allowing it to pass into the small intestine where it is absorbed.
A decision by the government's health watchdog to deny Alzheimer's drugs to patients with mild-stage disease is being challenged at the High Court. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) ruled the medicines - donepezil, rivastigmine and galantamine - were not cost effective. But critics argue the decision process was flawed and did not take into account the benefits to carers. It is the first time a judicial review has been sought on a NICE decision.
The BBC are reporting that Folkestone and Sandgate based Saga, which sells holidays and other products to the over-50s, is to merge with motoring giant AA in a deal valuing the combined firm at £6.15bn.
Dundee LibDem West End councillor Fraser Macpherson has today (Monday 25th June) hit out at graffiti vandals who have defaced much of the Seabraes area of the West End and in particular the viewing platforms.
Zahid Shah, the Liberal Democrat's Focus Team leader in St Peter's Ward, asked Cllr Robin Lawrence to join him on a brief walk round the ward. Within minutes they had found plies of dumped rubbish in an area of over grown waste land. Concealed in the long grass and nettles there were piles of black bin bags full or household waste and an old carpet.
Commenting on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee report published today, highlighting the impact of diversion of over £160 million from the arts and heritage to the London 2012 Olympic Games, Liberal Democrat Culture Spokesperson Paul Holmes MP said:
