Sleeping pills are linked to a raised risk of death, according to several high-profile news reports in today’s newspapers. Several front page stories have covered the link, reporting a four-fold death risk among users of the drugs...
"Most family doctors have given a placebo to at least one of their patients," BBC News reports. The news is based on a large survey of UK GPs...
BBC News reports that one in 10 people diagnosed with HIV who receive early treatment could be 'functionally cured'. The news is based on a French study that found that 14 people achieved a functional cure three months after they started treatment...
'Surgery shock' announces the Daily Mirror, warning that, '150 patients woke up during operations last year and many couldn't alert the doctor.' It's unsurprising that a tabloid headline plays on our nightmares...
"Bacteria found in honeybee stomachs could be used as alternative to antibiotics," reports The Independent. The world desperately needs new antibiotics to counter the growing threat of bacteria developing resistance...
"Calcium supplements don't work, say experts," The Daily Telegraph reports. While this headline is not strictly true, new research has shown that for most healthy people, calcium supplements will make little difference...
Vaccination programmes to protect against cervical cancer are “likely to cut the numbers who get the disease”, The Guardian has reported. In 2008, the UK began such a programme, offering teenage girls...
“The body's natural defences can be ‘re-educated’ to stop them attacking organ transplants,” The Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper said the development could remove...
News article about a follow up study looking at the effects of prescribing antibiotics for preterm labour