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Health Weekly




Sweet ... but deadly

January 16 - 22, 2008
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Natalie Hilton, a physical education teacher at Bahrain's St Christopher's School, has joined the GulfWeekly team with a mission to help our readers get fitter. As well as holding a physical education degree she has written a thesis about body image and was co-founder and co-editor of a university newsletter. The 36-year-old has also written health and fitness columns for Australian newspapers. Diabetes is a top ten cause of death in developed nations and is on the increase.





Trial boosts hopes for new cholesterol busting drug

January 16 - 22, 2008
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A drug that boosts the body's natural ability to lower cholesterol could help protect against heart attacks and strokes, according to new research.