Article on news coverage of a study on extracts from spinach and the body's conversion of protein into muscle mass.
Broccoli could prevent skin cancer, reported the Daily Mail and other newspapers on October 23 2007. The extract from the vegetable “could be better protection
"A revolutionary drug that could stop people from ever developing Alzheimer's disease has been unveiled," the Daily Mail reports. The drug, aducanumab, encourages the immune system to attack the abnormal plaques of protein linked to Alzheimer's disease…
"A vaccination for meningitis is to be offered to all 14-18 year-olds in England and Wales, after a spike in a rare strain of the disease," The Guardian reports. The strain – meningitis W (MenW) – is described as rare, but life-threatening…
"Just a five-minute walk every hour helps protect against damage of sitting all day," the Mail Online reports. Researchers found that people who took five-minute “standing breaks” every hour had improved blood flow…
"Exercise advised for lymphoedema after breast cancer," reports BBC News. The headlines follow the publication of new draft recommendations by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence...
"E-cigarettes 'as effective' as nicotine patches," BBC News reports, while The Independent suggests that they are actually more effective. The well-designed, if relatively small, research behind the headlines looked at ...
Drugs that could help people 'to live to 150' could soon be a reality, according to headlines in The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail. The news comes from molecular-level research into the compound...
“Bad sleep may predict Alzheimer’s,” the BBC has reported, saying that “problems sleeping may be an early sign of Alzheimer’s if a study in mice also applies to people”. This news is based on research into the association between sleep patterns...