"Children suffer significantly more face-to-face bullying than online abuse," reports the Mail Online. UK researchers questioned nearly 300,000 15-year-olds about their experiences of bullying in the biggest study of the subject to date. They found 30% of the teenagers who replied experienced regular "traditional" physical, verbal or relationship bullying, while 3% experienced both traditional and
"Drinking three cups of coffee a day could add years to your life, suggest studies," reports the Metro. It follows the results of European and US studies that looked at the relationship between how much coffee people drink and death. The European study included more than 450,000 people. Researchers found men who drank the highest amounts
"Meningitis vaccine may also cut risk of ‘untreatable’ gonorrhoea, study says," is the headline in The Guardian. The news comes from the results of a study in New Zealand that found people who’d been given an old version of the meningitis B vaccine were less likely to be diagnosed with gonorrhoea. But no protective effect was
"Sense of purpose aids sleep, US scientists find," The Guardian reports on a new study that explored the relationship between having a sense of purpose in life and quality of sleep in older adults. The study analysed data from 800 older adults with an average age of 80 in the US. Researchers found that generally,
"Gonorrhoea fast becoming ‘untreatable’, WHO experts warn," reports Sky News. Analysis of data from 77 countries by the World Health Organization (WHO) found antibiotic resistance exists against almost all antibiotics currently used to treat the sexually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhoea. In the past, gonorrhoea infections were treated effectively with a one-off dose of antibiotics. Nowadays,
"Ejaculating at least 21 times a month significantly reduces a man’s risk of prostate cancer," is the headline on the Mail Online. This is based on research from the US that asked men how often they ejaculated per month and subsequent reporting of prostate cancer. They found that men who ejaculated 21 times or more
"Abnormal deposits that build up in the brain during Alzheimer’s have been pictured in unprecedented detail by UK scientists," reports BBC News. Alzheimer’s disease is characterised by two proteins that take abnormal forms and build up in the brain: beta amyloid plaques and tangles of tau protein, both of which are thought to contribute to the
"A common ingredient of soap and toothpaste could be causing antibiotic resistance and fuelling the spread of superbugs," the Mail Online reports. This news follows the results of a study that looked at whether there could be a common reason why some gut bacteria have resistance to both the quinolone class of antibiotics and the chemical triclosan.
"Millions of people taking common heartburn and indigestion medications could be at an increased risk of death," The Guardian reports after a US study found people taking proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) had a slightly higher risk of death than the control group. PPIs reduce the amount of acid in the stomach. As well as being
"Brain training games boost the memory and may reduce the risk of dementia, new research suggests," The Daily Telegraph reports. Researchers used an app called Game Show to treat people with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Amnestic mild cognitive impairment, which is characterised by problems with short-term memory worse than expected for a person of that age,
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