A story that you will probably not be reading in your daily paper anytime soon casts serious doubts on the reliability of mainstream medical and health journalism. A study found that over half of all news stories were subject to some form of 'spin'…
There have been several reports in the media suggesting that some doctors in British clinics are agreeing to abortions solely because of the foetus’ gender...
“Obesity is the biggest driving force behind the most common form of breast cancer,” BBC News has reported. Alcohol and then cigarettes are the next largest culprits, it added. The news is based on research...
“The male of the species is a wimp over colds,” according to the Daily Mail. The newspaper says that working men are far more likely to succumb to “man flu” when under stress but that woman will...
“Mobile phone radiation ‘protects’ against Alzheimer’s,” the BBC has reported. This story is based on research that looked at the effects of exposing genetically modified mice to the same frequency of electromagnetic...
It has been claimed that being overweight could make you live longer. We examine the research behind this contraver
A study has found that “ginkgo biloba does not prevent dementia” according to The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper reports that thousands of elderly people taking
The Daily Telegraph reported that there could be a good reason why the television presenter Richard Hammond, who suffered a brain injury in a high-speed car crash,
Breastfeeding in the first few months of life can “boost children’s IQ by seven points”, the Daily Mail and other newspapers reported. The effect only occurs in