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'Junk food' may increase cancer risk in 'healthy weight' women
3:30pm Friday 18th August 2017
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"Women who eat junk food such as burgers or pizza are increasing their risk of cancer even if they're not overweight, new research has warned," reports the Daily Mail. The story is based on research from the US looking at the diet of postmenopausal women…
People who regularly groom their pubic hair at risk of injuries
4:30pm Thursday 17th August 2017
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"A quarter of Americans are injured and hospitalized by tidying up 'down there'," the Mail Online reports. The headline is prompted by a survey which asked 7,570 adults about pubic hair removal and "grooming" (such as waxing)…
'Alternative cancer therapies' may increase your risk of death
3:30pm Wednesday 16th August 2017
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"Cancer patients who use alternative medicine more than twice as likely to die," is the stark message from The Independent. Researchers found that people who chose alternative medicine instead of conventional cancer treatments…
'Fat but fit' people may still be at risk of heart disease
4:45pm Tuesday 15th August 2017
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"Concept of being 'fit but fat' is a myth, researchers say," ITV News reports after a Europe-wide study looked at associations between body weight, metabolic health and heart disease…
Reports that antibacterials in pregnancy are 'harmful' unfounded
4:30pm Monday 14th August 2017
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"Warning to pregnant women, don't use antibacterial soap! Chemicals in the products can make children fat and disrupt their development," is the alarming, yet entirely unsupported, headline from the Mail Online...
Gene editing brings pig organ transplant closer
4:30pm Friday 11th August 2017
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"Gene editing to remove viruses brings transplant organs from pigs a step closer," The Guardian reports after researchers used the new CRIPSR gene editing technique. CRIPSR acts like a set of molecular scissors…
Vitamin B3 found in Marmite not proven to prevent miscarriage
4:02pm Thursday 10th August 2017
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"Like it or loathe it, but Marmite could help prevent millions of miscarriages and birth defects around the world," is the overly optimistic headline in The Daily Telegraph. The news is based on research into just four families…
Saliva 'may speed healing' but 'kissing it better' probably won't
11:00am Thursday 10th August 2017
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"Kissing it better really works: Saliva found to have properties that help speed up the healing process," reports the Mail Online. Researchers in Chile investigated how human saliva may help wounds to heal more efficiently…
'Exercise pill' could potentially help people with heart failure
4:15pm Wednesday 9th August 2017
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"Pill that mimics effects of going to the gym could transform lives of heart failure patients," the Daily Mirror reports. While the news sounds promising, it is important to make clear the research involved rodents, not people…
Software used to screen social media photos for depression signs
4:30pm Tuesday 8th August 2017
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"The images you put up on Instagram could be used to diagnose if you're depressed," the Mail Online reports. Researchers attempted to see if computer-driven image recognition could diagnose depression based on…
Alcohol linked to an increased risk of skin cancer
3:45pm Monday 7th August 2017
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"Drinking just one glass of beer or wine a day could give you skin cancer, scientists have warned," the Mail Online reports. Researchers pooled the results of previous studies and found a small, but significant, association between alcohol…
Diabetes drug may be helpful for Parkinson's disease
3:16pm Friday 4th August 2017
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"A drug commonly used to treat diabetes could help those living with Parkinson's disease," The Guardian reports. A small study suggests a drug called exenatide may have a modest beneficial effect on motor (movement) symptoms…
Gene editing used to repair diseased genes in embryos
4:30pm Thursday 3rd August 2017
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"Deadly gene mutations removed from human embryos in landmark study," reports The Guardian. Researchers have used a gene-editing technique to repair faults in DNA that can cause an often-fatal heart condition…
Kitchen sponges may be a 'bacteria hotspot' – but no need to worry
11:30am Thursday 3rd August 2017
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"Study finds just a sugar-cube sized piece of kitchen sponge can contain 54 BILLION bacterial cells," the Mail Online reports. A German study sampled a number of different kitchen sponges and found they contained far more bacteria than expected…
Could discovery of 'fat switch' cure obesity?
4:40pm Wednesday 2nd August 2017
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"Obesity cure possible after discovery of fat 'switch'," is the somewhat premature headline in The Daily Telegraph. Researchers have identified a "biological switch" that controls when fat cells convert fat into energy for the body…
More older adults 'may benefit from taking statins,' study reports
5:00pm Tuesday 1st August 2017
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"Nearly all men over 60 and women over 75 eligible for statins, analysis suggests," The Guardian reports. This is the finding of a study that aimed to see how many people in England…
Calls for GPs to offer HIV screening in high-risk areas
4:30pm Monday 31st July 2017
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"Offering routine HIV tests to people when they register with new GP surgeries in high-risk areas is cost-effective and could save lives," The Guardian reports. The news comes from the findings of a large trial in the London Borough of Hackney…
Reports that frequent drinking prevents diabetes are inaccurate
5:30pm Friday 28th July 2017
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"Drinking a moderate amount of certain drinks such as wine three to four times a week reduced diabetes risk by about 30%," The Guardian reports. That was the main reported finding of a Danish study looking at the impact of alcohol on diabetes risk…
Questions over advice to finish courses of antibiotics
4:50pm Thursday 27th July 2017
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"Should you finish a course of antibiotics?" asks BBC Online. The question is prompted by a new review suggesting concerns around antibiotic treatment are driven by fears of under-treatment, when we should instead be concerned about over-use...
Eye screening linked to fall in sight loss in people with diabetes
2:30pm Thursday 27th July 2017
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"The proportion of diabetics who go blind or suffer sight loss has almost halved since a new national retinopathy screening programme started in 2007," BBC News reports…
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