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Homemade cotton masks can prevent

99.9% of coronavirus droplets

MORE evidence has emerged What's more, even the home- 'However, when we looked spe-
that wearing masks can prevent an made single-layer cotton mask ci cally at those larger droplets
infected person from spreading the reduced the number of infectious that are thought to be the most
novel coronavirus to others. droplets by more than 1,000-fold. dangerous we discovered that even
A new study found that home- e team, from the University of the simplest handmade single-lay-

made cotton face coverings stop Edinburgh's Roslin Institute in the er cotton mask is tremendously
99.9 percent of contagious drop- UK, says the ndings show the im- e ective.'

lets from spraying into the air portance of wearing a face covering Dr Paul Digard, the Chair of Vi-
when someone coughs or speaks - in public so that, if you are infected rology at the University of Edin-
and surgical masks prevented 100 with COVID-19, you are not sick-
percent of droplets. ening others. burgh said :'Wearing a face cover-
Tests showed a person standing 'We knew face masks of various ing will reduce the probability that
Shake diet offered on NHS to six feet away from someone with- materials are e ective to a di er- someone unknowingly infected

with the virus will pass it on.'
out a mask was up to 1,000 times ent extent in ltering small drop-
fight type 2 diabetes greater risk of inhaling droplets lets,' said lead researcher Dr Ig- Several reports have found that
than someone standing 1.5 feet nazio Maria Viola, a reader at the various types of masks can prevent
away from a coughing person wear- University of Edinburgh's School droplets from entering the respira-
THOUSANDS of diabetics will England data, and more than 12.3 ing a mask. of Engineering. tory system.
be given access to a soup and million people in the UK are at risk
shakes diet plan as the NHS steps of developing the disease. Being

up e orts to tackle a condition that overweight or obese greatly in-
costs the health service billions a creases the chances of developing Honeybee venom 'kills some breast cancer cells'
year. type 2 diabetes.
Some 5,000 patients will be en- Professor Jonathan Valabhji, AUSTRALIAN scientists say
couraged to enrol on the weight- NHS national clinical director for the venom from honeybees has
loss programme after NHS England diabetes and obesity, said: “ is been found to destroy aggressive

said results from a trial showed al- is the latest example of how the breast cancer cells in a lab setting.
most half of people who undertook NHS, through our Long-Term e venom - and a compound

the plan saw their type 2 diabetes Plan, is rapidly adopting the lat- in it called melittin - were used
go into remission after a year. est evidence-based treatments to against two cancer types which are
As part of the year-long plan,
patients who have been diagnosed help people stay well, maintain a hard to treat: triple-negative and
healthy weight and avoid major
HER2-enriched.
with the condition in the last six e discovery has been described

years and meet other eligibility cri- diseases...” as "exciting", but scientists caution

teria will be given so-called “total e new diet plan came after a that further testing is needed.
diet replacement products” such as recent trial revealed body mass in- Breast cancer is the most com-
shakes and soups for three months. dex (BMI) is a much more powerful mon cancer a ecting women

Earlier this summer, it was an- risk factor for type 2 diabetes than
nounced people at risk of develop- genetics. around the world.
While there are thousands of
ing type 2 diabetes would be able to Most cases of the disease could chemical compounds which can
self-refer to specialist services in a either be prevented or reversed ght cancer cells in a lab setting,

bid to curb one of the biggest risk if someone’s BMI was kept be- scientists say there are few which

factors in Covid-19 deaths. low their personal cut-o point at can be produced as treatment for
A third of people who died in which abnormal blood sugar levels
hospital with the virus had dia- are triggered, an expert behind the humans. tist described the research as "in- nature can be used to treat human
Bee venom has previously been
betes, according to Public Health study said. credibly exciting". diseases."
found to have anti-cancer proper- "Signi cantly, this study demon- But the researchers warn more

ties for other types of cancer such strates how melittin interferes work is needed to see if the venom
as melanoma. with signalling pathways within could actually work on scale as a
e study by the Harry Perkins breast cancer cells to reduce cell cancer- ghting drug.

Male suicides reach highest Institute of Medical Research in replication," said Prof Peter Klink- "It's very early days," said Associate
Other cancer researchers concur.
Western Australia was published
rate in 20 years in Nature Precision Oncology, a en. Prof Alex Swarbrick, from the Gar-
peer-reviewed journal.
"It provides another wonderful van Institute of Medical Research
Western Australia's chief scien- example of where compounds in in Sydney.
MALE suicides in England and women, the rate was 5.3 deaths
Wales were at their highest rate per 100,000 - the highest since

in two decades last year, o cial 2004, but again consistent with
gures show. the previous year. Price of plastic carrier bags set to double next year

e suicide rate for women was In total, there were 5,691 su-
also the highest since 2004, ac- icides registered in England
cording to data from the O ce and Wales in 2019, with an THE government is to double that the current 5p levy, which ap- wildlife, which is why we are taking

for National Statistics (ONS). age-standardised rate of 11 the charge for single-use plastic plies to any retailer employing 250 bold and ambitious action to tackle
Men accounted for around carrier bags in England from 5p or more people, had led to a 95% this issue head-on.

three-quarters of suicide deaths deaths per 100,000 population. to 10p and end the exemption for cut in plastic bag use in England’s “ e UK is already a world leader

registered in 2019 - 4,303 com- Across all age groups, men aged smaller shops from April 2021, as major supermarkets since 2015. in this global e ort, and our carri-

pared with 1,388 women. 45 to 49 had the highest suicide it steps up e orts to tackle plastic Announcing the doubling of the er bag charge has been hugely suc-
e male suicide rate of 16.9 rate at 25.5 deaths per 100,000, pollution. charge and its extension following cessful in taking billions of harmful

deaths per 100,000 people was while the highest rate among Since the introduction of the a consultation, the environment plastic bags out of circulation. But
the highest since 2000, but is women was 50 to 54-year-olds at charge in October 2015, shoppers secretary, George Eustice, said: we want to go further by extending

in line with 2018's gures. For 7.4 deaths per 100,000. have used billions fewer thin-gauge “We have all seen the devastating
plastic shopping bags. impact plastic bags have on the this to all retailers so we can con-
Recent government data revealed oceans and on precious marine tinue to cut unnecessary waste.”