As we move towards the end of the year, like all news sources, we fall back on that classic space filler – the list story. So without further ado, here is the official Behind the Headlines Top Five of Top Fives stories of 2013...
Doctors will take industrial action over changes to their pension scheme, the British Medical Association has confirmed. The first day of industrial action is set for June 21, and will...
"A young woman in Belgium has become the first to give birth to a healthy baby after having her fertility restored by a transplant of ovarian tissue that was removed and frozen when she was a child," The Guardian reports…
“A drug to dramatically cut the risk of HIV infection during sex would save the UK around £1bn over the next 80 years,” reports BBC News
"More than 30,000 scientific studies could be wrong due to widespread cell contamination dating back 60 years," reports the Mail Online.
'Expectant mothers should sleep on their side towards the end of pregnancy' the Daily Mirror reports. A small sleep study suggests that sleeping on your back may restrict oxygen supply to the baby.
“'Fertility MOTs' are a waste of money,” reports the Daily Telegraph. Researchers in the US found that hormones tested in “ovarian reserve” fertility test kits bore no relation to how likely women were to get pregnant, at least in the early months of trying to conceive.
“Shocking figures show there are now 124 million obese children worldwide,” reports The Guardian. A pooling of records of height and weight in children from 200 countries found the numbers of children who are obese has risen from less than 1% in 1975, to 5.6% of girls and 7.8% of boys in 2016.
"Honey from across the world is contaminated with potent pesticides known to harm bees," The Guardian reports.