“Breast-fed babies grow into more intelligent children, with IQs up to eight points higher than those who are bottle fed,” the Daily Mail said today. Several newspapers
News article about the rate of winter hospital admissions and the amount of patients who have had the flu jab
"Simple saliva test for dementia 'shows promise' in bid to diagnose the disease early," the Daily Mirror reports. This news is based on a laboratory study that took saliva samples from 12 healthy adults, nine adults with Alzheimer’s disease…
"Millions of Brits face dying early because of something they did when they were children," says the Daily Mirror's needlessly alarming headline. The newspaper reports on a study which found that a head injury causing concussion…
"Alzheimer's drug may keep late-stage sufferers out of nursing homes," The Guardian reports. A study found people with Alzheimer's who continued to take a drug called donepezil were less likely to be admitted into care than...
A UK military healthcare worker who was infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone has been flown home and is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London...
“Halve sugar intake, say health experts,” The Daily Telegraph reports, while The Guardian tells us that “a can of coke a day is too much sugar”. The widespread media reports follow new draft international guidelines looking at...
“A quick and simple breath test can diagnose stomach cancer,” BBC News accurately reports, saying it ‘could revolutionise and speed up the way this cancer is diagnosed’. Currently, the only way…
“IVF embryos that were frozen may result in healthier babies,” reports The Guardian. The news is based on a study that combined the results of previously published studies to look at outcomes for the mother and child during pregnancy and just after birth...