“Kits allowing people to test themselves for HIV at home can be bought over the counter in the UK for the first time,” BBC News recently reported. The UK government has amended the law so “do it yourself” home testing kits…
Children with type 1 diabetes are nearly 10 times as likely to have a particular viral infection than children without diabetes, BBC News has reported. This news is based on a high-quality review of...
"NICE urges doctors to treat dying patients as individuals," BBC News reports. The headline is prompted by the publication of new guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on end of life care…
Article on news coverage of a study of an experiment on monkeys and a thought controlled robotic arm,
“HIV is evolving to become less deadly and less infectious,” BBC News reports. A new study showed that HIV adapts to a person’s immune system, and that some of these adaptations may reduce the virulence of the virus…
A new “SARS-like” virus has been detected in the UK, according to widespread media coverage. The headlines are based on press releases from the UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Patients with a common type of metal hip implant should have annual health checks for as long as they have the implant, according to the UK body for regulating medical devices. The all-metal devices...
“Patients are accurately predicting which hospitals have high death rates and super-bug infections when they rate their treatment on a TripAdvisor-style website,” The Daily Telegraph has reported...
A just-for-fun quiz testing knowledge of health stories that made the news in 2011.