‘Giant leap’ towards type 1 diabetes cure, and other top health stories this week.
International health news
- ‘Giant leap’ towards diabetes cure — A cure is within reach for type 1 diabetes where the body’s immune system attacks cells which regulate blood sugar.
- Additional screenings, but no travel bans – Greater screening methods for people travelling from the 3 West African countries hardest hit by Ebola to be introduced.
- Talk about mental health – Around 450 million people have a mental illness, and with the stigma surrounding mental health many more are undiagnosed.
Health advice
- How to keep your brain healthy – What can the latest neuroscience studies tell us? Are the keys to maintaining cogitative ability a daily sudoku, Mediterranean diet and drugs?
Country health updates
- USA: Enterovirus kills second child – Enterovirus D68 has infected over 500 people, mostly children, and has been linked with respiratory illnesses in Canada.
- Spain: Becoming more vegetarian-friendly? – Famous for its ham, is Spain becoming more veggie-friendly as the number of vegetarian and vegan restaurants grows by 94%?
- USA: Health worker tests positive for Ebola – The worker contracted Ebola after caring for a Liberian man who died from the disease in a Dallas hospital.