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NHS Choices Behind the Headlines
- Children with regular bedtimes ‘less likely to become obese’
“Regular bedtimes make children less likely to be obese as adults,” is the slightly misleading Mail Online… - Reported link between diet drinks and dementia and stroke is weak
“Diet drinks triple your risk of stroke and dementia,” the Daily Mail reports, as US research found a… - Cycling commuters have lower rates of heart disease and cancer
“Want to live longer? Reduce your risk of cancer? And heart disease? Then cycle to work,” BBC News advises,… - Two older drugs could be ‘repurposed’ to fight dementia
“Depression and cancer drugs offer hope for dementia sufferers,” Sky News reports. The headline is prompted… - Frog slime could protect us against future flu epidemic
“‘Potent’ new molecule in frog slime may give us new way to beat flu epidemics, say boffins,” The Sun… - Touchscreen-using toddlers may sleep less
“‘Touchscreen-toddlers’ sleep less,” BBC News report. Results from a survey of UK parents suggest every… - Being either under or overweight may increase migraine risk
“People who are too fat or too thin are ‘more likely to suffer from migraines’,” reports The Sun. Researchers… - Could your tattoos put you at risk of heat stroke?
“Do you have a tattoo? You may be at-risk of heat stroke as inked skin produces significantly less sweat… - Daily diet of fresh fruit linked to lower diabetes risk
“Eating fresh fruit daily could cut risk of diabetes by 12%,” the Mail Online reports. A study of half… - Brain cell reprogramming therapy shows promise for Parkinson’s
“New technique in which brain cells are reprogrammed could one day provide a cure for Parkinson’s disease,”…
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