"Social isolation is associated with a higher risk of death in older people regardless of whether they consider themselves lonely," BBC News has reported. Previous research has suggested that people who have limited social contact are at increased risk...
"Britain will become the first country in the world to offer a nationwide vaccination programme against meningitis," The Independent reports. A vaccine against the potentially life-threatening bacterial infection will be provided later this year...
“Free bus passes are spreading good health among older people,” the Daily Mail reported today. The story is based on research that found that older people who had a free bus pass were more likely to take part in what the researchers describe as “active travel”...
“Pregnant women who use hairdryers, microwaves, vacuum cleaners or who live near pylons could be putting their babies at risk of asthma,” reported the Daily Mail. “Exposing unborn children to potentially harmful...
News article about back pain being relieved as quickly by paracetamol and walking as anti-inflammatory drugs and spinal manipulation
Today, several news sources reported the dangers of Britain’s soaring temperatures, which are set to hit 32°C later in the week. It has also been reported that thick...
"Got kidney stones? Ride a roller coaster! Study shows it is the most pain-free cost-efficient way to pass them," say the Mail Online of a study carried out in the US which tested riding roller coasters as a way of passing kidney stones...
"Being lonely won't just make you miserable; it could also suppress your immune system and knock years of your life," the Daily Mail reports. This headline was prompted by a laboratory study in humans and rhesus macaque monkeys, which aimed to…
“Smoking may be addictive but quitting is contagious, according to a provocative study of why people give up the weed”, reported The Times today. It says that the