The UK is in the grip of a ‘happy pill boom’ according to the Daily Mail, with ‘almost 50 million’ antidepressants prescribed in 2011. The headlines are based on figures released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)…
"Health MOTs routinely offered to over-40s on the NHS may be a waste of time," the Mail Online reports. The report says researchers have found no difference in the prevalence of diseases such as diabetes in GP practices that offer NHS Health Checks…
News article about a study which looked at incidence of viral illness in children up to the age of six and related it to incidence of asthma
"Heart risk link to SSRI antidepressants confirmed," BBC News reports. The BBC goes on to say that "some but not all antidepressant drugs known as SSRIs pose a very small but serious heart risk"...
"Disney princesses such as Elsa from Frozen can damage young girls' body esteem," the Daily Mail reports – inaccurately. The study the news comes from actually found a more complex pattern of influences on both girls and boys...
“Children who drink full-fat milk are less likely to become overweight than those who drink the skimmed version,” reported the Daily Mirror. It said that a study
Article on news reports on a study finding that measuring calcium deposits in the arteries is a good predictor of heart disease.
A potentially alarming figure that emerged in the UK news last week was that "1 million" UK adults may have been wrongly diagnosed with asthma...
Article on news reports that prolonged exposure to baby milk powder increases the risk of breathing problems.