“Eating broccoli and plantain could reduce bouts of Crohn’s disease,” reported The Daily Telegraph . It said researchers have found that certain types of soluble fibre from these plants can help to prevent bacteria from sticking to the gut’s walls, thereby limiting the progress of the disease. This study looked at whether fibres from various edible plants affected the transport of E

“People who suffer from a severe form of migraine are more likely to die of heart disease and strokes,” reported The Daily Telegraph. It said that people who had migraine with aura were 28% more likely to die from coronary heart disease and 40% more likely to die of stroke. The Icelandic study asked people about their migraine history when they were middle aged and then followed them for up to 40 years.

A predictive blood test for tuberculosis (TB) is “a step closer”, according to BBC News. The article said that a “DNA fingerprint in the blood shows promise in identifying which carriers of TB will go on to get symptoms and spread the infection”. This study is important and illustrates the power of a relatively new technique called “genomic transcriptional profiling”, but it is too early to know in practice how many of the TB patients identified by the test will go on to develop the disease. After some fine-tuning in London, the test was repeated in patients from South Africa, which increases confidence in its accuracy.

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“Keeping one’s brain active, trying not to become depressed and eating a diet rich in fruit and vegetables are the best ways to ward off developing dementia,” reported The Daily Telegraph. This study was set up to estimate how eliminating specific risk factors for dementia could reduce the number of people developing the condition

“Disabled people could soon re-grow damaged or diseased limb joints,” said the Daily Mirror. The newspaper said that the prospect of a new technique, using people’s own stem cells rather than transplanted ones “offers hope to millions suffering crippling pain”.

Many newspapers have reported on new official guidelines for how women can manage their weight before, during and after pregnancy. The advice comes from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). The importance of the guidelines is borne out by figures suggesting that more pregnant women than ever are overweight or obese

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“The precise cause of the immune reaction that leads to coeliac disease has been discovered,” BBC News reported. It said that three key substances in gluten have been found to trigger the condition, and researchers believe them to be a potential new target for developing treatments and possibly a vaccine.

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