"You won't bee-lieve it! Could manuka honey beat drug-resistant superbugs?" asks the Mail Online website, prompted by a new study into the bacteria killing potential of honey. The study looked at the effects of different types…
"Vaccine 'clears HIV-like virus' in monkeys," reports BBC News. It says that the US researchers involved "say they now want to use a similar approach to test a vaccine for HIV in humans" ...
“Women with poorly managed asthma have a higher chance of giving birth early or having a small baby,” reported BBC News. This news is based on a systematic review that combined data...
As many as one in seven women could have postnatal depression, The Daily Telegraph reports, citing one of the largest screening studies of the condition carried out in recent times. US researchers interviewed...
"Children are suffering damage to their hearts as early as 12 due to poor diets, a study has warned," the Mail Online reports. A US study suggests that an unhealthy diet in childhood can quickly lead to a deterioration in "heart health"…
"A health watchdog is warning that thousands of people have been sent hoax emails." BBC News reports. The emails, purporting to come from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), wrongly warn people they may have cancer.
“Swine flu could lead to a universal vaccine,” reported The Independent. It said that a study has found that people infected with H1N1 swine flu “have an extraordinary immune response, producing antibodies that...
“Sleeping for less than seven and a half hours a night can raise the risk of heart disease by up to four times” reports the Daily Mail today. It said that in a study
BBC News reports a "third [of people] given wrong initial heart attack diagnosis", while The Sun makes the totally unsupported claim that "Doctors miss heart attacks in women 'because they expect victims to be fat, middle-aged men'."…