A study has found that “ginkgo biloba does not prevent dementia” according to The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper reports that thousands of elderly people taking
"Drug companies and medical researchers are putting patients' lives in danger by failing to publish unfavourable results from clinical trials, MPs have warned," The Guardian reports. The news follows...
The shortage of organs available for transplant would not be solved by introducing a new system of “presumed consent” of organ donation, a government appointed taskforce
“Wrinkle fillers 'can give you arthritis' warn doctors”, reads the headline in the Daily Mail today. It says that injections of polyalkylimide (PAI) – a “facial
"A study of 153 brain scans has linked a particular furrow, near the front of each hemisphere, to hallucinations in schizophrenia," BBC News reports. While schizophrenia is commonly associated with hallucinations…
News article about a study investigating whether taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, is linked to a reduction in the risk of Parkinson's disease
“Multiple sclerosis patients may benefit from statins,” The Guardian reports. A UK study has found that statins may slow brain shrinkage in people living with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Behind the headlines article about news coverage of a study into the herpes simplex virus and Alzheimer's disease.
A potential crisis in hospital care is widely reported in the media today, with BBC News reporting that standards of hospital care are slipping throughout England. The Daily Mail states that elderly patients are being shunted between beds “like parcels”...