Health (bbc.co.uk)
- Antioxidants ‘cannot slow ageing’
Diets and creams which claim their antioxidant properties could cheat the advances of time may be worthless, researchers suggest. - Web searches feed health fears
Health information online is breeding a generation of cyberchondriacs, say researchers. - Drink-fuelled attacks alarm A&E
Reseachers at a hospital casualty unit say the proportion of facial injuries related to alcohol has doubled in 10 years. - Group therapy ‘beats depression’
Group-taught meditation is as effective as medication for stopping people slipping back into depression, say scientists. - Heart disease ‘reversed in mice’
Scientists have halted the advance of heart disease in mice - and even reversed some of its effects. - Papua mulls microchips for HIV
Papua province in Indonesia mulls the introduction of a law allowing microchips to be implanted in people living with HIV. - S Africa unveils new Aids fight
South Africa’s new heath minister pledges to increase the availability of treatment for HIV and Aids. - ‘Man boob’ ops on the increase
One of the UK’s top doctors says he’s seen a rise in the number of men having breast reduction surgery. - Swiss approve prescription heroin
Swiss voters overwhelmingly back a radical health policy that offers prescription heroin to addicts on a permanent basis. - Cheap sex - the credit crunch is biting under the sheets
As the credit crunch hits, Britons may turn to sex as a cheap way to pass the time a charity survey suggests.
