Following the Christmas day bomb attempt on a US aircraft, the British and American governments have vowed to tighten airport security, including plans for CT body scanners. This has raised concerns – not least that the images generated by the sca…
Magical powers are always being squeezed from fruit. The latest is derived from the pomegranate, which is said to tackle drug-resistant infections such as MRSA.
This claim, by a team from the University of Kingston in Surrey, tells me two things. First…
I do think that Karsten Jorgensen and Peter Gotzsche deserve a medal. Over the years they have worked in the Nordic Cochrane Centre they have published, unwaveringly, what their research has shown. This is, namely, that breast screening is not very eff…
By Rebecca Knight
Most of the time blogging for FT.com’s health section is a lot of fun. I get to write about cool breakthrough technologies and therapies that might change the way our bodies fight disease. I get to learn about the latest studies…
An early contender for the most annoying research publication of the year has been delivered courtesy of the Journal of Medical Screening. Entitled Barriers to cervical screening attendance in England: a population-based surveythe researchers interview…