Scare Stories: iPod, Gastric Bandits And Killer Surgeons
MEDIA SCARE STORIES: THE Daily Mail searches news wires, medical reports and research notes for scare stories, and finally its quest bears dividends:
TUESDAY:
“SWEETENER ‘makes you fat’”
“The Ipod generation – That’s insecure pressurised, over-taxed and debt-ridden”
“THE GASTRIC BANDITS – Increasing numbers of women are going abroad for radical weight-loss surgery they can’t have here because they’re not fat enough. As this woman found, the results can be disastrous”
“Western diet raises the risk of a heart attack by 35%”
“The mothers risking their babies sight” – STDs make your babies go blind
“University and challenging job may stave off Alzheimer’s’” – people with no degree and boring job more likely to get Alzheimer’s
“MY BONES ARE LIKE GLASS” – Don’t jump on Ursula Andress
“What your winter cough could be trying to tell you – Look out for the “unexplained cough”
“Disease that stole by family – When her loving GP husband started becoming irrational and bad-tempered Fiona thought it might be the pressures of work. But as she was to discover, he suffered from a fatal degenerative illness, and there was even worst to come…”
“Some surgical units kill FOUR times as many patients as others. In a new book a leading safety campaigner asks: HOW SAFE IS YOUR SURGEON?”
“Those low-energy bulbs made me ill”
Posted: 21st, October 2008 | In: Reviews Comments (2) | TrackBack | Permalink
