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• Some statins 'raise diabetes risk'

  Some drugs taken to protect the heart may increase the risk of developing Type-2 diabetes, according to researchers in Canada.

• Cancer cell enzymes are 'good cops'

  Enzymes released by cancerous cells have a protective function and are not one of the 'bad guys', say researchers from the University of East Anglia.

• Higher IQ link to good concentration

  People with higher IQs are faster at detecting small moving objects but slower at noticing larger background ones, say US researchers.

• Inquiry call over NHS 111 'debacle'

  An independent inquiry is needed into the NHS non-emergency 111 phone line "debacle" in England, GPs say.

• WHO urges sharing over coronavirus

  The WHO urges countries with possible cases of novel coronavirus to share information amid concern over patent rights held by commercial labs.

• GPs 'will not shore up unsafe NHS'

  Family doctors are not prepared to shore up an emergency health care system left unsafe by "political meddling", a GP leader has warned.