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Malaria deaths 'underestimated'
“Malaria deaths twice as high as was thought,” The Independent has reported today.
New 'flesh-eating bug', papers claim
Britain is in the grip of a new “flesh-eating bug spread by sneezes and coughs”, according to the front page of today’s Metro.
Call to 'tax sugar like alcohol'
“Sugar is so harmful that it should be controlled and taxed in the same way as tobacco and alcohol,” according to health experts quoted in today’s Daily Express.
Scientists 'discover how to read minds'
“Mind-boggling! Science creates computer that can decode your thoughts and put them into words,” The Daily Mail’s headline exclaimed today, while the Daily Telegraph heralded an era in which a “mind-reading device could become a reality”...
PPI heartburn drugs 'up hip fracture risk in smokers'
“Heartburn pills taken by thousands of women ‘raise risk of hip fractures by up to 50 per cent’”, the Daily Mail reported today.
Milk 'boosts cognitive function'
“Drinking just one glass of milk a day could boost your brain power,” the Daily Mail has reported today.
Vitamin D 'helps fertility'
A “sunny break may be alternative to IVF,” the Daily Mail has reported.
'Toxic' hip replacement fears
Today many newspapers and TV stations have reported that medical regulators have launched an investigation into a type of hip replacement called a “metal-on-metal” (MoM) device (DePuy ASR hip replacement implant).
More men have oral cancer virus
Men are far more likely to have the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) in their mouths than women, the Daily Mail has reported.
Autism detected in infants
“Signs of autism can be detected in six-month-old babies by measuring brain activity”, the Daily Mail has reported.