News article about a study which investigated whether vaccinating mothers against flu provided protection for their babies
"Flu vaccines for all children," BBC News has reported. The BBC’s story is based on a report by independent expert advisers ...
"Having a pet dog…can help reduce the child's chances of developing allergies and becoming obese in later years," claims the Daily Mirror, in a somewhat misleading report. Researchers did find a link between pet ownership and an increased…
“Vitamin D boosts sperm quality,” the Daily Mail has reported. The newspaper says that vitamin D made sperm “better at swimming towards the egg, have greater speed and be more penetrative.” The research...
An article the risk of deep vein thrombosis being reduced by taking statins, which was reported by some newspapers.
"Regular awe-inspiring experiences may improve our mental health and make us nicer people," reports The Independent. The newspaper also says that these findings by psychologists suggest that "awe therapy" could be used to...
A man paralysed from the chest down “is now able to stand with electrical stimulation of his spinal cord,” BBC News has reported. Ron Summers, 23, had been paralysed in a road traffic accident five years ago, but after two years of...
"Early HIV drugs 'may not stop virus'," BBC News reports. The report is based on a study of HIV treatments in monkeys, and has been linked by the BBC to the emergence of HIV in a four-year-old girl thought to have been cured of the virus as the...
"Date-rape" drugs such as rohypnol are “an urban myth” according to a front-page story in The Daily Telegraph. The Daily Mail also featured the controversial