Posts Tagged ‘british’

Parents ‘misled’ by food labels

Saturday, December 19, 2009 18:10 Comments Off

Nine out of 10 mothers questioned in a British Heart Foundation survey misunderstood the nutrition information on children’s foods.

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Fake blood product for soldiers

Thursday, December 17, 2009 21:13 Comments Off

Scientists say they have made a synthetic blood clotting agent that could help wounded troops and patients.

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CJD victim ‘had different gene’

Thursday, December 17, 2009 21:13 Comments Off

Scientists say a 30-year-old British man thought to have died from vCJD had a different genotype from previous cases.

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Four on Hajj killed by swine flu

Monday, November 23, 2009 4:15 Comments Off

Four people die of swine flu as they take part in this year’s annual pilgrimage to Mecca, reports say.

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‘Parents wrong’ on child fitness

Monday, November 23, 2009 4:15 Comments Off

Parents have huge misconceptions about the amount of exercise their children take part in, the British Heart Foundation says.

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Memory test ’spots pre-dementia’

Monday, November 2, 2009 20:15 Comments Off

Memory and language tests can reliably reveal “hidden” early dementia, says a British team of experts.

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Drug addiction

Friday, October 9, 2009 1:56 Comments Off

‘I spent £600 a month on cocaine’

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Generation 100

Friday, October 9, 2009 1:56 Comments Off

Can you really trust long life expectancy predictions?

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Royal ‘cursed’ blood disorder identified

Friday, October 9, 2009 1:56 Comments Off

DNA analysis reveals the identity of the “cursed blood” disorder that afflicted the British Royal Family

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Men queuing up for ‘moob’ surgery

Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:30 Comments Off

More than 1,000 British men have paid for cosmetic surgery to reduce their flabby breasts in the last year, a conference hears.

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