The Daily Mail has reported that "routine testing for prostate cancer in middle-aged men does not save enough lives to justify the harm". The news is based on a 20-year Swedish study that found screening did not reduce overall death rates or death...
BBC News has reported that "clean living", such as avoiding smoking and eating more healthily, could prevent most cases of atrial fibrillation, the most common type of heart rhythm disturbance. The condition causes an abnormal heart rhythm, and is...
DIY health testing kits have made headlines, with several newspapers reporting that they could do more harm than good. Home test kits designed to detect ailments from high cholesterol to cancer, can be misleading, offer false reassurance or trigger...
"A single protein may trigger autistic spectrum disorders,", BBC News has reported. According to the news, when mice were bred to lack a protein called Shank3, which normally aids the transfer of signals between brain cells, they showed classic...
Britons are living longer than ever before despite concerns about obesity and health problems, according to the Daily Mail. Average life expectancy has soared to 80 years old, it reports - eight years higher than in the 1970s. The story is based on...
Gene therapy has been proven to work for Parkinson's disease, The Independent has reported. A number of other newspapers also express the hope offered by the new procedure, which is intended to boost levels of a brain chemical called GABA, which is...
Wednesday March 16 2011 "A good old belly laugh can help heal leg ulcers," BBC News has reported. However, the eye-catching claim is only a theory offered by researchers who said the treatment is probably more effective than ultrasound, the...
Eating a Mediterranean diet "can reduce the risk of developing conditions such as diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure", The Daily Telegraph has today reported. Mediterranean diets are typically high in fruit and vegetables, low in meat and use...
Taking ibuprofen just a few times a week could cut the risk of developing Parkinson's disease by a third, according to The Daily Telegraph. The news is based on the publication of a large study that followed 136,197 middle-aged to elderly people...
"Young people who use cannabis are doubling their risk of developing psychotic symptoms," the Daily Mail has reported. Mental health problems may also persist among continual users, it added. The news is based on a study involving nearly 2,000...
The Daily Mirror has reported that "experts are calling for boys to be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus (HPV) after a study has found that 50% of men are infected with the virus". Some strains of HPV have been linked to cancers,...
Friday February 25 2011 "Stress and tension does not prevent women undergoing infertility treatment from becoming pregnant," reported The Daily Telegraph. This news story is based on a review of previous studies, which investigated whether anxiety...
Thursday February 24 2011 "Mobile phones are a brain cell killer," reported The Sun. The newspaper claimed that a study of hundreds of mobile users found that the signals emitted during calls can cause a 7% rise in chemical changes in the brain. It...
Wednesday February 23 2011 The Guardian reports that "alternative tests for children's food allergies - such as hair analysis or muscle weakness - must be avoided because there is little evidence they work." The advice comes from new guidelines from...
Friday February 18 2011 The Daily Telegraph reported that "exercise and therapy can help ME sufferers". Several other news sources reported on research which has shown that behavioural therapy and exercise can be effective in helping people with ME,...
Today's children are a junk food generation facing a "diabetes timebomb" according to The Daily Mail. The newspaper says that research into the modern diet of UK children also shows that many consume just half of their recommended fruit and...
Wednesday February 16 2011 "Hearing loss could be an 'early warning' for dementia," reported The Daily Telegraph. It said that this finding from a new study "could lead to early interventions against Alzheimer's disease". This news report is of a...
"Energy drinks could be dangerous for children and teenagers," The Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper said that the use of high-caffeine drinks has been linked to "seizures, mania, stroke and sudden death". The news is based on a study that...
"Lack of sleep is a 'ticking time bomb'," The Independent reported. The newspaper said that people who regularly sleep less than six hours a night "have a 48 per cent greater chance of developing or dying from heart disease". The news is based on...
"Sleepwalking is in sufferers' DNA," reported The Daily Telegraph. It said research has found that people who sleepwalk have a faulty chromosome and that scientists believe this latest discovery raises hopes for a cure. The news story is based on a...
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