'Cycling does not negatively affect men's sexual health or urinary function, a study has found' BBC News reports
"One cigarette 'may lead to habit for more than two thirds of people'," reports The Guardian, while the Mail Online goes further, claiming that "one puff of a cigarette is enough to get you hooked"
"It’s been scientifically proven that people are more likely to find smokers less attractive" The Independent reports
"Back pain behind 'more disability than any other condition'," ITV News reports after a new study found that the condition may now be the leading cause of disability worldwide…
“The conventional flu jab could be replaced by a skin patch,” says The Guardian. The patch, which is coated in microscopic dissolving spikes, is designed to deliver the flu vaccine into the skin without the need for a syringe. The news...
“FitFu wants to get you exercising at your desk,” states a headline in TechCrunch. “HealthyApps has launched an app to provide people with MRSA and C. difficile infection rates at their local hospitals...
Swine flu has claimed the lives of 10 British adults in recent weeks, newspapers report. The Independent and the Daily Mail say there are signs that the virus ‘is back’, raising fears of ‘a new epidemic’.
On a sobering note during the festive period, the BBC today reported that homeless people “die 30 years younger” than the national average. The Daily Telegraph said that “homeless women die ‘by age 43’”...
"Menopause lasts 'up to 14 years'," the Daily Mail reports, with The Daily Telegraph reporting a similar figure – but according to The Guardian, it's "12 years"…