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'Growing out of autism' claim unfounded
Heart attack signs vary by sex “Heart symptoms differ in women,” BBC News has today reported. The broadcaster says that women having a heart attack are less likely to experience chest pain, compared with men. A heart attack...
Dieting 'takes twice as long as expected' Losing is weight “twice as hard as previously thought”, according to media reports today. Current government weight-loss guidelines “mislead” overweight people about...
Pancreas cancer drug shows promise An experimental drug combination may provide “a new weapon against pancreatic cancer”, BBC News has reported. In a search for new ways to fight the aggressive cancer, scientists combined...
Is immunity linked to the body clock? “Not sleeping enough can damage your immune system and make you ill,” according to the Daily Mail. This somewhat sweeping statement is based purely on an animal study looking at how mice body clocks affected their immune...
Thousands of booze deaths 'avoidable' Medical experts say “210,000 people could die from alcohol abuse in next 20 years”, according to the Daily Mirror. Several other newspapers have highlighted the estimate, based on the latest alcohol-related...
Medicine microchips tested in humans BBC News says we are a step closer to microchips that can be “implanted under a patient’s skin to control the release of drugs”. The news was based on a study that tested the use of advanced...
Pregnant women with dogs walk more “Dogs are a woman’s best friend too!” according to the Daily Mail, which said that research has ‘proved’ that expectant mothers with a pet pooch are more physically active than those...
Cereals 'packed with too much sugar' Children’s breakfast cereals are “so full of sugar they should be in the chocolate biscuit aisle of supermarkets,” the Daily Express has warned. Several newspapers have reported the findings of...
Turmeric in curry 'fights dementia' The Daily Mail reported today that “eating a curry once (or twice) a week could stave off dementia.” Sadly, this mouth-watering headline is not a good representation of the research. The study in question tested...

'Growing out of autism' claim unfounded

Heart attack signs vary by sex

“Heart symptoms differ in women,” BBC News has today reported. The broadcaster says that women having a heart attack are less likely to experience chest pain, compared with men. A heart attack...

Dieting 'takes twice as long as expected'

Losing is weight “twice as hard as previously thought”, according to media reports today. Current government weight-loss guidelines “mislead” overweight people about...

Pancreas cancer drug shows promise

An experimental drug combination may provide “a new weapon against pancreatic cancer”, BBC News has reported. In a search for new ways to fight the aggressive cancer, scientists combined...

Is immunity linked to the body clock?

“Not sleeping enough can damage your immune system and make you ill,” according to the Daily Mail. This somewhat sweeping statement is based purely on an animal study looking at how mice body clocks affected their immune...

Thousands of booze deaths 'avoidable'

Medical experts say “210,000 people could die from alcohol abuse in next 20 years”, according to the Daily Mirror. Several other newspapers have highlighted the estimate, based on the latest alcohol-related...

Medicine microchips tested in humans

BBC News says we are a step closer to microchips that can be “implanted under a patient’s skin to control the release of drugs”. The news was based on a study that tested the use of advanced...

Pregnant women with dogs walk more

“Dogs are a woman’s best friend too!” according to the Daily Mail, which said that research has ‘proved’ that expectant mothers with a pet pooch are more physically active than those...

Cereals 'packed with too much sugar'

Children’s breakfast cereals are “so full of sugar they should be in the chocolate biscuit aisle of supermarkets,” the Daily Express has warned. Several newspapers have reported the findings of...

Turmeric in curry 'fights dementia'

The Daily Mail reported today that “eating a curry once (or twice) a week could stave off dementia.” Sadly, this mouth-watering headline is not a good representation of the research. The study in question tested...