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Patients referred to the NHS’s national diabetes prevention programme in England have seen improvements in key cardiovascular risk factors including reductions in blood glucose levels and body weight, a study1 published in Nature has reported. US researchers said their evaluation of the scheme offered causal evidence that behaviour change programmes are a viable prevention strategy for type 2 diabetes. Lead author Pascal Geldsetzer told The BMJ , “We find that intensive lifestyle counselling for prediabetes, when implemented at scale in routine care, has beneficial effects on health measur...

One of the world’s biggest campaigns to prevent diabetes through behaviour change holds promise for public-health gains. One of the world’s biggest campaigns to prevent diabetes through behaviour change holds promise for public-health gains.

The NHS programme appears to help patients lose weight and reduce blood pressure, as well as reduce their sugar levels.

People receiving flu shots appear less likely than the unvaccinated to develop dementia

A number of studies have found that people receiving vaccinations for flu and several other infectious diseases appear less likely than the unvaccinated to develop dementia, although scientists aren't sure why.