“Just one alcoholic drink a day could shorten your life,” reports BBC News. A huge study of almost 600,000 drinkers showed that people who drank more than 12.5 units (100g) of alcohol a week were likely to die sooner than those who drank no more than this amount. The results applied equally to women and
“Tinned tuna could wreck your guts as it has up to 100 times more zinc than is safe,” is the headline from The Sun. The report was prompted by a laboratory experiment that aimed to test whether the levels of zinc found in the linings of some food containers were leaking into the contents and
“Night owls are ten per cent more likely than early risers to die young,” reports The Sun. Researchers who studied more than 433,000 UK adults in middle to older age found that those who described themselves as “definite evening types” had a small increased risk of dying during the following 6.5 years, compared to those
“People who suffer brain injuries are at increased risk of dementia later in life, a large study suggests,” BBC News reports. The story is based on a study of nearly 3 million people in Denmark. Researchers identified people who’d experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and those who hadn’t, and followed them up for an
“Just one bad night’s sleep ‘increases your chances of Alzheimer’s’,” is the misleading headline in The Sun, which the Mail Online more than matches with the baseless claim that “Just one sleepless night could spark Alzheimer’s”. The study that prompted the claim involved only 20 people, none of whom had Alzheimer’s disease. They were tracked
“Women who jog while expecting are not more likely to have babies born prematurely or of a low birthweight, according to the largest study of its kind,” reports the Mail Online. This follows a new UK study investigating whether participating in recreational running during pregnancy increased the risk of premature birth and low birthweight. The
“Type 2 diabetes drug could be used to treat nicotine withdrawal for people trying to quit smoking,” reports the Mail Online. This follows a study, carried out in mice, that explored whether the diabetes drug metformin could ease nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Prior research has shown nicotine activates a particular chemical pathway (AMP-activated protein kinase, or
“Research has shown eating broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and brussels sprouts to be particularly beneficial for the hearts of elderly women,” The Guardian reports. Australian researchers investigated the potential benefits of a vegetable diet in general, as well as specific types of vegetables, on artery health. They found that women who ate the most vegetables had
“Eating pasta may help with weight loss,” The Independent reports. But what the headline fails to make clear is that researchers were looking at pasta in the wider context of people following a low glycaemic index (GI) diet. A low-GI diet involves eating foods that don’t release a large amount of sugar into the blood
“Cutting out red meat significantly reduces people’s risk of bowel cancer, study finds,” is the somewhat misleading headline from the Mail Online. The news website was reporting on a new UK study that aimed to assess whether different diets are associated with cancers of the colon and rectum (bowel cancer) in women. Bowel cancer (colorectal
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