Behind the Headlines
Heart/lungs
11 May 2012
Thousands of heart attack survivors are too worried to have sex because they fear it will trigger another attack, the Daily Mail has reported today.
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24 Apr 2012
“Air pollution from exhaust fumes kills more than twice as many people as road accidents,” The Daily Telegraph has reported. The paper said that around 1,850 people die in traffic accidents annually, but that each year over 5,000 people will die as a result of heart attacks and lung cancer caused by vehicle exhaust fumes.
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20 Apr 2012
UK scientists have created a “Drug that slashes the risk of colds killing asthmatics”, the Daily Express dramatically reported today.
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17 Aug 2011
BBC News has reported that scientists have “stumbled on a potential new treatment for delayed asthma attacks”. Delayed attacks, also known as late asthmatic response (LAR), can occur several hours after...
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03 Aug 2011
“Bear bile could help prevent arrhythmia in heart attack sufferers,” reported the Daily Mail. This headline is based on a laboratory study investigating the effects of bile acid on the electrical signals of...
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02 Aug 2011
“Pregnant women who use hairdryers, microwaves, vacuum cleaners or who live near pylons could be putting their babies at risk of asthma,” reported the Daily Mail. “Exposing unborn children to potentially harmful...
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21 Jul 2011
“Heart patients who stop taking prescribed aspirin are two thirds more likely to suffer another attack,” the Daily Express has reported. Taking low-dose aspirin each day is a...
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15 Jul 2011
The Daily Mail reported today that ‘diesel fumes increase the risk of heart attacks’. The news story is of a small trial in 16 healthy young men. The men carried out exercise in a purpose-built chamber while...
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13 Jul 2011
“Women with poorly-managed asthma have a higher chance of giving birth early or having a small baby”, reported BBC News.
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06 Jul 2011
The Daily Express has today claimed that “salt is safe to eat”, and that, after years of lecturing, the “health fascists” have been proved wrong. This news is based on a systematic review that combined data from seven earlier...
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