Behind the Headlines : Archive

All news stories for April 2012 are shown below.

• Air pollution 'kills 13,000 per year'
• Alzheimer's: statin cure claims unfounded
• 'Autism drug' research still early
• Baby obesity study: no need to panic
• Breast cancer 'is 10 different diseases'
• Breast screening risks and benefits
• Bullying 'linked to self-harm'
• Can exercise stop mental decline?
• Cell jab restores sight in mice
• Childbirth deaths 'higher in London'
• 'Depression blood test' still experimental
• Details lacking on 'new Alzheimer's test'
• Device 'could repair nerve damage'
• Diabetes costs predicted to rocket
• Do night shifts 'give you diabetes'?
• Does aspirin fight bowel cancer?
• Early prostate treatment success
• Fast food 'linked to depression'
• Happiness 'boosts heart health'
• Home births 'are cost-effective'
• Hospital discharge times to be probed
• Insect bite remedies 'lack evidence'
• Is 'cuddle drug' really the new Viagra?
• Mixed results for mobile stroke treatment
• Mobile phone cancer link 'unproven'
• New drug 'stops common cold asthma deaths'
• New genetic clue to pancreas cancer
• NHS 'failing gay and bisexual men'
• No cancer rise in hip implant patients
• Pain 'is good for heart attacks'
• Pessary postpones premature births
• Rare species DNA in Chinese remedies
• Study 'links autism to maternal obesity'
• Tai chi heart benefits examined
• Walking 'may ease depression'
• Weight gain after diets researched
• Whooping cough deaths warning
• Womb cancer up by 43% since 1990s
• X-ray 'brain tumour risk' uncertain