A simple blood test “can spot heart failure years in advance,” The Daily Telegraph has reported. The test can identify problems “before any outward symptoms appear, allowing doctors to...
"Obese women show signs of food learning impairment," is the headline on the BBC News website. It reports on a behavioural study involving 67 individuals of normal weight and 68 obese individuals…
A single gene could hold the answer for tackling obesity, news sources reported. A research team has identified a particular gene called adipose that affects whether
Alzheimer’s could be eased by “the return of electric shock therapy” The Daily Mail has today reported. The newspaper says that “in a small-scale study, regular fleeting pulses of electricity stopped the brain shrinkage...
“Feverish texting by your teenager may be a dangerous sign – they are more likely to have sex and binge drink,” reported The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper said a new study suggests that teenagers who ‘hyper-text’...
The injectable drug liraglutide is reported to be almost twice as effective as other treatments in tackling obesity.
"Social jet lag is driving obesity" is the misleading headline in The Daily Telegraph. A new study only found a link between "social jet leg", obesity and metabolic markers that may indicate a person has an increased risk of obesity-related diseases…
“TV habits 'can predict kids' waist size and fitness,'” reported BBC News, while the Metro carried the balder headline: “Two-year-olds who watch too much television ‘will get fat’.” So does the amount of time your toddler spends...
The Guardian reported that the largest ever investigation into how obesity affects mortality has found that obese people “die up to 10 years early”. The newspaper