World Health Day is on 7th April 2016 and is organised by WHO (World Health Organization).
This year’s focus is to raise awareness about the rise in diabetes and the consequences the noncommunicable disease has.
Diabetes is a condition when a person’s blood sugar levels become too high.
The lifelong condition is incurable but can be treated and controlled.
It is estimated that 1 in 11 people have the disease and is more common in men than women.
From 1980 to 2014, the number of adults worldwide with diabetes had quadrupled from 108 million to 422 million.
Experts believe the huge rise is due to growing obesity rates.
It is estimated that 5 million people will have diabetes in the UK by 2025.
There are a number of medical conditions associated with diabetes such as heart disease, kidney disease and erectile dysfunction.
Dr Etienne Krug, of WHO, to the BBC: ‘Diabetes is a silent disease, but it is on an unrelenting march that we need to stop.
‘We can stop it, we know what needs to be done, but we cannot let it evolve like it does because it has a huge impact on people’s health, on families and on society.’
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According to NHS Choices, psoriasis is a skin condition that affects around 2% of people in the UK.
Psoriasis causes raised, flaky, red patches on the skin.
The patches can appear anywhere on your body, but are typically on the elbow, scalp, knees and lower back.
Scientist have now revealed that men with psoriasis have a higher chance of suffering from erectile dysfunction.
Erectile dysfunction is a condition where the penis does not harden and expand when a man is sexually excited.
Experts studied the sexual function in 191 men with psoriasis and 191 men who do not have the skin condition.
The results showed that 53% of men with psoriasis suffered from erectile dysfunction, compared to only 40% of those without psoriasis.
It is known that men with psoriasis are often obese or have other cardiovascular risk factors that may restrict blood flow in the body including the penis – which causes erectile dysfunction.
Ever wondered what’s happening to your body when you eat food with a lot of sugar? Now you can find out…
From triggering thrush to weakening the immune system, this useful tool reveals exactly how sugar can harm your health.
While the current recommended daily sugar intake for adults in the UK is 30 grams per day, many people are consuming almost double this amount: The current average daily UK adult intake of sugar is 58.8 grams.
A new online tool by Benenden, a healthcare and insurance provider, highlights some of the health problems or medical conditions that excessive sugar intake can cause, or contribute to, either directly or indirectly, as follows…
Women:
– Yeast infections, such as thrush
Men:
– Erectile dysfunction
– Lethargy and lack of sex drive
Children:
– Heart disease
– Porous bones and osteoporosis
– Weakened immune system
General:
– Obesity
– Diabetes and hyperglycemia
– Increased risk of cancer
– Tooth decay, abscesses, and oral diseases
– Kidney damage (leading to kidney failure)
– Non-alcoholic fatty liver (leading to liver failure)
– Hardening of the arteries
– Atherosclerosis (thickening of the artery walls)
– High blood pressure
– High cholesterol
– Increased risk of stroke
– Increased risk of heart disease
– Increased risk of heart attack
– Digestive issues (gas, cramps, bloating, irritable bowel syndrome)
– Exacerbates depression and anxiety
– Contributes to mood disorders
– Weakens immune system
– Could contribute towards dementia
– Might accelerate skin ageing & acne
The UK Chief Medical Officer has now warned that roll-up cigarettes are no less harmful for you than standard pre-packaged cigarettes bought over the counter. This information is contrary to many smokers belief that roll-up cigarettes were less harmful for them than pre-packaged cigarettes.
It has now been claimed by the Chief Medical Officer that any form of smoking, whether it is roll-up or pre packaged cigarettes, is bad for you and will ‘rot’ the body from the inside.
Where’s the fuss come from?
A lot of health officials are getting more and more worried with the rise of people smoking roll-up cigarettes as they are a cheaper alternative to pre-packaged cigarettes. In a recent study, figures showed that 40% of male smokers and 23% of female smokers use roll-up cigarettes.
What is worrying the health officials, is that 49% of the people involved in the study believed that smoking the roll-up cigarettes was less harmful for them than smoking the pre-packaged cigarettes.
What are they doing about it?
In order to get their point across about roll-up cigarettes being just as harmful, the government has started an aggressive advertising campaign that is designed to shock people that smoke roll-up cigarettes and make them think about the damage being caused to their bodies.
Image used by the NHS in their Smokefree campaign
In one of the adverts, roll-up cigarettes are shown with rotting body tissue coming out of them, whilst in another of the adverts, a smoker inhales from a roll-up cigarette, then you see an x-ray image of their insides with contaminated blood rushing through his body from their lungs to their heart and brain.
Stop smoking and stop the ‘rot’!
The earlier a smoker quits, the better chance they have of reversing some of the damage that has already been done to their body. Recent studies have shown that around one in five british people smoke, which is the lowest recorded figure in nearly 80 years!
It looks like the government and health officials are looking to try and get this figure even lower with their shock and awe advertising tactics.
If you are looking to try and quit smoking, you can get excellent advice and help by visiting the NHS Smokefree website.
Let us know what you think of this campaign by commenting below…
Two UK inventors think so, and have been very busy developing a new device specially for men.
The Aim-Straight is being marketed as the little device that could save millions of lives… so we thought it would be good to look and see what all the fuss is about!
The Aim-Straight device seems to do everything!
In addition to potentially detecting prostate cancer and diabetes, Aim-Straight inventors Michael Shelton and Peter Maxwell also believe that the device helps to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STI’s) and reduce the amount of cases of drink driving.
What is it?
The Aim-Straight device is a disposable paper cone that pops over the penis, and not only helps you pee straight (which in itself will save millions of arguments), it can also detect prostate cancer and diabetes. And it’s biodegradable and flushable after use.
It seems that this little cone does has everything!
How it Works
There are a number of tiny particles known as reagents contained on the surface of the cone. These react when they come into contact with other agents that could be present in your urine stream such as blood or glucose. These would would then cause the paper on the inside of the device to change colour.
If the device does change colour during use, the wearer should contact their GP or local healthcare professional for further advice. The colour it changes to helps the healthcare professional decide how to proceed.
So – Would you wear it?
Studies done in Japan found that 71% of the men studied agreed that the Aim-Straight device was a good invention and that they would be happy to use it! And if it does everything mentioned we can see why….Hey, no-one needs to know do they? And what price for peace of mind?
So it seems it does have everything!
The company also say that the device has hypo-allergenic antibodies incorporated into it, which can clean,dryand medicate the penis, which helps to promote good sexual health for men of all ages due to decreased chances of STI’s being transmitted.
The initial purpose of the device was to reduce any unhygienic splash back of urine as men were going to the toilet, but has grown to be so much more since the device was first created back in 2007.
The company has taken huge steps in trying to promote the device as a combatant to STI’s and as an assistant for GP’s and other healthcare professionals in the early discovery of prostate cancer and diabetes.
All in all this device will be a great help to many men that have problems when urinating, and could also be the difference between life or death if you have an underlying condition that may not have been diagnosed as yet by your GP.
Don’t forget that if you have any problems or have any questions that you want to ask, our community are always here to help, and will be happy to assist you and offer advice to anything that you might otherwise feel uncomfortable discussing face to face with your GP.
