Category Archives: Society
Flabby fellas in rush for testosterone
The Sunday Times 24 November 2013 THOUSANDS of men are receiving testosterone on the NHS to combat the male menopause even though there is little evidence it has any health benefits and may even increase their risk of a heart attack or stroke. In recent years testosterone has been seized upon by overweight, middle-aged males […]
Hey, handsome, that’s a big pay packet you’ve got
The Sunday Times 10 March 2013 LOOKS can earn a handsome man 22% more than his plainer colleagues doing an identical job, according to new research. The penalty for below-average looks, or outright ugliness, is even greater and can reduce a man’s earnings by 26%, compared with someone of average looks in the same job. […]
Laser test to tell us when we will die
The Sunday Times 11 August 2013 SCIENTISTS have patented a “death test” that can tell people how long they have left to live. The simple, non-invasive test is the first of its kind in the world. A painless laser pulse is applied to the surface of the skin through a wristwatch-style device. This measures how […]
The women told they’re depressed when in fact it’s ‘menstrual psychosis’
The Daily Mail 11 June 2013 Symptoms include irrational fear of death and extreme self-loathing Some suggest it is a hormonal disorder rather than a psychiatric one Treatments include increasing female hormone levels or a hysterectomy The joy of new motherhood turned to terror when four days after giving birth, Sarah Hall became convinced she […]
Epilepsy drug link to brain damage in 17,500 babies
The Sunday Times 3 February 2013 Lois Rogers AN ESTIMATED 17,500 babies with mental development disorders have been born to mothers using the anti-epilepsy drug Epilim in pregnancy, according to a new study. It is estimated that more than one in three babies born to mothers using Epilim since its launch in 1973, have suffered […]
‘I will do everything to protect our baby from evil’
Daksha Emson set fire to herself and her baby daughter. She had been suffering from a postnatal psychosis that can turn mothers into murderers The Sunday Times 13 January 2012 Lois Rogers David Emson began an otherwise unremarkable autumn afternoon threading his way impatiently through London’s rush-hour crowds. A hospital radiographer, full of the joys […]
Britain’s power women are getting slimmer
The Sunday Times Published 24 June 2012 Lois Rogers IT IS the phenomenon that is providing experts with plenty of food for thought: while everyone else is piling on the pounds, professional women are slimming down. According to official figures from the National Obesity Observatory (NOO), an organisation established in 2007 to provide authoritative data […]
Man gives birth to baby
The Sunday Times Published: 12 February 2012 Lois Rogers A man who was born as a woman has become Britain’s first “male mother” by giving birth despite his sex change operation. The man, in his thirties, delivered the child last year after having hormone treatment to reactivate his womb, according to a charity advising him. […]
Flash, bang, dollop – ingredients used in film ‘stop signs of ageing’
The Sunday Times Published: 22 January 2012 Lois Rogers The chemical process that stops old photographic negatives from fading has been adapted to do much the same for people, a cosmetics manufacturer claims. With digital cameras killing off traditional photographic film, the Japanese company Fujifilm has partly reinvented itself as a supplier of anti-ageing treatments […]
The Cameron Fat Tax Diet (Lose pounds fast!)
The Sunday Times Published: 9 October 2011. Lois Rogers. Should we tax curries, butter and other fatty foods to curb rising obesity? Ministers are watching as other nations impose levies Like many people, Denise Townsend knew she was eating too much. She was fat and depressed, but the temptations were just too great. In every […]