“Babies who spend too long in the womb are twice as likely to suffer behavioural problems in early childhood,” the Daily Mail has warned today. The story comes from a large study exploring whether or not babies...
“Epidurals and spinal anaesthetics are much safer than previously realised,” The Times reported today. It said the first nationwide census of the procedures has
The long-standing ban preventing men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood is to be lifted, the Department of Health has announced. Restrictions put in place in the 1980s stated that men...
"Patients are a fifth more likely to die on wards where nurses have been replaced by untrained staff, a major study has found," the Daily Mail reports. This latest research into 243 hospitals across Europe...
The World Health Organization has issued a briefing note on its website discussing the safety of new pandemic vaccines, a topic that has been the subject of much media speculation in recent weeks....
“Insect repellents used by millions of holidaymakers each year are potentially toxic,” claims the Daily Mail, which says that scientists now say an ingredient of the sprays could cause fits in children and...
Behind the headlines article on news reports that a diabetes drug increases the risk of heart attack.
The MMR vaccine should be given to all unvaccinated schoolchildren aged from 10 to16 as part of a national catch-up campaign, the government has announced. This MMR vaccination catch-up campaign aims to prevent further...
Scientists have discovered that “Drugs which ensure that patients are unconscious during surgery can make them more sensitive to pain when they wake up”, The Daily