Health Check: will intermittent fasting diets help you lose weight?
Dec 14, 2015 17:57 pm UTC| Health
Intermittent fasting diets involve periods of fasting cycled with periods of feeding. Fasting involves a zero or reduced calorie intake from foods and drinks. Feeding can involve food and drink consumption under strict...
Don't believe the hype – your complementary medicines are unlikely to deliver
Dec 14, 2015 17:45 pm UTC| Health
We recently submitted a complaint about the promotion of Ease-a-Cold products, which claim to be clinically proven to shorten your cold. The complaint highlights a number of long-standing problems with the regulation of...
What a man eats can affect his sperm – and future generations
Dec 14, 2015 16:30 pm UTC| Health
A previously discredited evolutionary theory, called Lamarckism, is being revived thanks to a new understanding of heredity called epigenetic inheritance. In 1809, the French evolutionist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck put...
Drinking on the gay scene: why we need to take it more seriously
Dec 11, 2015 15:26 pm UTC| Health
Gay bars and clubs have been at the heart of LGBT culture in the modern era. But where chemsex has received much of the attention in recent months, voices within the LGBT community have also raised concerns about levels of...
Thalidomide: the drug with a dark side but an enigmatic future
Dec 11, 2015 04:05 am UTC| Health
The drug thalidomide has a notorious past. It was used between 1957-62 as a sedative and to treat morning sickness in early pregnancy but a serious side effect resulted in over 10,000 children born with severe birth...
When is an aspirin a day to prevent heart attacks too risky?
Dec 10, 2015 11:32 am UTC| Health
Weve known for a long time that aspirin can help prevent damage from a heart attack or a stroke if taken during one of those events. In fact, you might have seen ads about how aspirin can be lifesaving during a heart...
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