Treating serious gum disease in diabetics can help to lower their blood sugar levels, a new study has found.
Edinburgh University scientists have found reducing gum inflammation in people with diabetes can help minimise complications with the condition.
It is thought when bacteria infect the mouth causing inflammation the chemical changes reduce effectiveness of insulin and [...]

By Maddy SavageBBC News

Some 65% of doctors say they can "rarely" offer psychological therapy to depression sufferers within two months of referral, a study suggests.
The Royal College of GPs survey of 590 UK doctors also found 15% said access to psychological services was only "usually" possible in that timeframe.
The survey is part of a [...]

By Jane ElliottHealth reporter, BBC News

When keen golfer Marlene Evans started to suffer excruciating pain in her hips she feared the worse.
"Even if I turned over slightly in the night, a shooting pain from my hip would wake me," she said.
"The final straw came when I was forced to take up to eight painkillers [...]