“Taking a daily fish oil capsule can stave off mental illness in those at highest risk,” BBC News has reported. The news comes from a study that enrolled 81 people at high risk of psychosis, and randomly...
"Streaming instead of dreaming: Using phones and tablets before bed stops kids from sleeping and can lead to health issues" is the rather poetic headline from the Mail Online. A review of previous data found significant…
“Capsules containing frozen faecal material may help clear up C. difficile infections,” BBC News reports. While the prospect may sound stomach-churning, swallowing somebody else’s "poo" may help treat symptoms such as chronic diarrhoea…
'700,000 travellers 'at risk of typhoid due to dud jab' The Daily Telegraph warns. The news comes after manufactures of the vaccine announced that some batches could be too weak, putting some at potential risk of infection…
"Heroin addicts are being 'bribed' with £30 in shopping vouchers for agreeing to undergo vaccinations," The Daily Telegraph reports, while the Daily Mail said addicts were to get a "£10 supermarket 'bribe' to stay clear of…
"The last line of antibiotic defence against some serious infections is under threat," The Guardian reports, after researchers found that E.coli bacteria from food products in China has developed resistance to colistin, a polymixin antibiotic…
The Daily Express reported today that “hundreds of thousands of children may need booster injections against meningitis after the discovery of three new “superbug”
The Independent reported today that a vaccine for malaria could be available within five years. It said two extensive trials of a vaccine called RTS,S were carried
As with all influenza viruses, the Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus is of particular risk to pregnant women, and especially those in their third trimester. This review