"Ovarian cancer pill 'effective' at treating men with prostate cancer," The Independent reports after a small trial found the drug olaparib slowed tumour growth in men with a certain type of prostate cancer…
"How depression affects our sense of time: Hours drag on and even stand still," is the somewhat over-hyped headline from the Mail Online. As the old saying goes – Time flies when you’re having fun. So does the reverse also ring true?…
“Scientists believe they have answered the decades long debate on whether wearing a bra can increase your risk of cancer,” reports The Daily Telegraph. There is an "urban myth" that wearing a bra disrupts the workings of the lymphatic system…
"Graphic images don't deter young smokers," says BBC News, reporting that picture warnings depicting the dangers of smoking have little impact on underage smokers. While the headline correctly reflects ...
"Smoking halves in 40 years," BBC News tells us, while The Guardian reports a fall in the number of heavy drinkers. Both headlines are based on an official national survey, which, as the Daily Mail points out, also found that people…
People “can be obese yet physically healthy and fit and at no greater risk of heart disease or cancer”, according to BBC News. This counterintuitive headline stems from a study that was...
“Scientists have shown how some cells in the body can repel attacks from HIV by starving the virus of the building blocks of life,” BBC News has reported. The news is based on a study that had discovered...
“The discovery of why sunburn hurts could lead to new treatments for conditions like arthritis and cystitis,” reported The Daily Telegraph. The article said that scientists have identified a molecule that appears to...
A simple blood test may soon be able to “predict Alzheimer's disease up to 10 years before symptoms appear”, says The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper says researchers have discovered...