“It could be possible to reverse the muscle damage seen in children with a form of motor neurone disease,” according to BBC News. The condition in question - spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)...
The Daily Telegraph has reported that scientists are a “step closer” to a universal flu vaccine following the discovery of a “super antibody” in a patient’s blood. The news is based on a laboratory study...
A faulty gene has been linked to more than a third of all kidney cancers, The Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper says that the discovery may help researchers understand the development of kidney cancer...
“Houseproud women with spotless bathrooms could be twice as likely to get breast cancer,” reported The Sun. This research asked women with and without breast cancer about their prior use of household cleaning products.
“Europeans are the world’s biggest boozers,” reported the Daily Mirror, which said that we typically drink 21.5 units of alcohol a week, nearly twice the global average. According to...
News article about research carried out in mice that found that long carbon nanotubes have a similar immune response to asbestos
Behind the headlines article on news coverage of a study on health and BMI
“Fitness trackers may not help weight loss,” reports Sky News on a new trial which investigated whether using wearable technology helped people lose more weight compared to standard weight-loss programmes...
"No one diet fits all," the Daily Mail reports. Israeli researchers monitored 800 adults to measure what is known as postprandial glycemic response – the amount by which blood sugar levels increase after a person eats a meal…