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I'm Jeremy Kenton. Now, e-cigarettes have had a lot of adverse publicity
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in the sense that they can produce a condition called popcorn lung
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which is where an oil builds up at the base of the lungs
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And it's been well known for many years that traditional cigarette smoking can make smokers 40% more likely
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to develop type 2 diabetes. But it seems that e-cigarettes may, also have an effect on blood sugar levels too
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So e-cigarettes could raise the risk of high blood sugar levels, putting users on the brink of diabetes
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And people who puff on these vaping devices are 22% more likely
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to have raised blood sugar level, known as pre-diabetes, compared with those who'd never use them
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So scientists want public health campaigns to discourage people from using the devices
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and a team from John Hopkins School of Public Health in Maryland and the USA
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have ysed data from 600,000 people in America and they looked for links between e-cigarette use and pre-diabetes
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and they have established this definite link. So they've revealed that not only were current e-cigarette users
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22% more likely to have pre-diabetes, they also found that former users still had a 12% percent
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risk. And doctors may one day be able to detect one of the deadliest and hardest to spot cancers
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by looking at your feces. Now, nearly 30 microorganisms in human excrement have been linked to
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the disease, regardless of whether it's an early or advanced stage. And we're talking of pancreatic
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cancer an incredibly painful condition normally with a very high fatality mortality mortality rate and the problem with pancreatic cancer is that it not spotted until it already too late to do anything about it
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which makes it a very serious and worrying condition. So currently only a quarter of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
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live for more than one year, and only 5% survive a decade
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So pancreatic cancer is currently diagnosed using blood tests, scans or surgery
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and symptoms which can include severe pain, abdominal pain, change in bowel habits and back pain
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And one of the big issues has been this way in which you can't spot it
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until it's already too late. So this team of European researchers have identified 27 species
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of microorganisms in the gut that can be spotted with one simple stool test
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So doctors may one day be able to detect. this deadliest form of cancer with a simple test
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And a new study concludes that music playlists combined with auditory beat stimulation
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can help alleviate symptoms of anxiety. And this is based on research done
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where an artificial intelligence source of producing a playlist played during operations
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has been found to reduce the anxiety levels of people post-operatively. And they've now advanced on this
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and that they're hoping that researchers hope that their findings will provide a simple
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and cost-effective way of people reducing their anxiety by listening to music
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And music is very soothing as we know. Thank you
