Behind the Headlines - your guide to the science that makes the news, from NHS Choices

Less sleep 'could increase' teens’ diabetes risk

6:02pm Monday 1st October 2012

“Teenagers who stay up all night playing video games could be putting themselves at increased risk of diabetes,” the Daily Mail has reported.


Huge rise in gout cases

5:03pm Monday 1st October 2012

'Disease of kings' is on the rise as more people get gout due to rising rates of obesity, according to the Daily Mail.

Acrylamide in frozen chips 'cancer risk'

10:36am Monday 1st October 2012

Frozen chips ‘are a cause of cancer' is the somewhat premature and scary claim in The Daily Telegraph. So when you answer ‘yes’ to that perennial question ‘Do you want fries with that?’ are you really increasing your risk of cancer?

Widely used sleeping pill 'increases dementia' risk

10:36am Monday 1st October 2012

Sleeping pills taken by millions are linked to dementia, according to The Daily Telegraph. Given that an estimated 10 million to 11 million prescriptions for benzodiazepines are reported to be issued each year in the UK, could we be at risk of “sleepwalking” into a public health disaster?

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