"Being lonely won't just make you miserable; it could also suppress your immune system and knock years of your life," the Daily Mail reports. This headline was prompted by a laboratory study in humans and rhesus macaque monkeys, which aimed to…
"Very fit men in their late 40s are less likely to get lung cancer and colorectal cancer than unfit men," says BBC News as it reports on a new US study…
“Take TV-free days to combat obesity, health experts urge,” The Guardian reports. This is one of a range of new recommendations from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)…
"It's official: Sitting around really does give you a fat behind," the Mail Online reports. While this may seem logical, it should be pointed out that the study behind the headlines involved mice, not humans…
“Breast cancer survivors who cut short preventative treatment ‘risk early death’,” The Guardian reports, saying that women who have only three years of preventative treatment rather than five are more likely to die earlier...
Music therapy for depression
“Scientists have scotched the notion that taking the contraceptive pill can make women fatter,” the Daily Express has reported. This news story relates to research that looked at weight changes...
“Talking on a mobile phone could dramatically increase the risk of the agonising ear disorder tinnitus,” says the Daily Mail. This news story was based on a very small study that...
Playing Mozart to premature babies can help them gain weight, according to The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper said that new research has shown that babies hearing