“Fat consumption is the only cause of weight gain!” declares the Mail Online, reporting on a study where mice were exposed to different diets and monitored for weight gain and increased energy intake. Around 30 different diets, all highly controlled, were given to mice over a period of 12 weeks. The diets varied in the
Reports of virtual reality headsets being used to help cure people’s fear of heights have attracted a lot of media attention. Fear of heights (acrophobia) is a common phobia, affecting an estimated 1 in 5 people. This new study randomised 100 people with fear of heights to no treatment or to receive 6 sessions of
“Vitamin D does not protect against dementia,” the Mail Online reports. This headline was prompted by a review of previous research that investigated the effects of vitamin D on neurological diseases. Researchers were specifically interested in Alzheimer’s disease, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. They struggled to find any conclusive evidence on either
“Emerging sex disease MG ‘could become next superbug’,” reports BBC News about a sexually transmitted bacterial infection (STI) called mycoplasma genitalium (MG), which is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. Meanwhile the Mail Online described it as the “‘stealth’ STI that makes women infertile” because it can trigger pelvic inflammatory disease, which can lead to infertility
“Feeding your baby solids early may help them sleep,” states The Guardian, which may catch the eye of many a sleep-deprived new parent. The headline is based on the results of a new study that looked at 1,300 healthy, exclusively breastfed 3-month-old babies in England and Wales. The babies were assigned at random to either
“HIV vaccine human trials leave scientists ‘cautiously pleased’,” The Independent reports, following the results of a new clinical trial that tested a HIV vaccine in both humans and monkeys. Researchers recruited 393 people from a number of countries to take part in the trial. These people were healthy and considered at low risk of HIV-1
“Mums with five healthy habits are less likely to have obese children,” the Mail Online reports. The headline is prompted by a new US study involving children aged 9 to 14. More than 24,000 children were studied, only 5% of whom were obese. The study found that children were less likely to be obese if,
“Sleep apnoea may contribute to dementia by starving the brain of oxygen at night, suggests study,” is the headline from The Independent. Obstructive sleep apnoea is a condition where people’s airways become partially or completely blocked while asleep, which can regularly interrupt breathing and sleep. Symptoms include excessive snoring and daytime tiredness. In this latest
“New blood-thinning drugs [anticoagulants] ‘could be far safer than the commonly-prescribed warfarin’,” reports the Mail Online. UK researchers looked at what happened to almost 200,000 people taking the anti-clotting drugs warfarin, apixaban, dabigatran and rivaroxaban. Warfarin, the oldest of these drugs, has been used for decades to prevent blood clots, which lead to stroke, heart
“Hundreds of women will be spared from cervical cancer every year when a new test replaces conventional screening,” reports the Mail Online. A study from Canada found that an initial test for human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes almost all cases of cervical cancer, led to the discovery of more pre-cancerous lesions than were found
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