Behind the Headlines

New meningitis B vaccine approved for UK use

Wednesday Jan 23 2013

Many of the newspapers and news websites are reporting the announcement that a new meningitis B vaccine has been licensed for use in the UK. It is currently uncertain whether the vaccine will be provided free-of-charge by the NHS…

Breast cancer drugs set for preventative use

Tuesday Jan 15 2013

Almost all of the newspapers and their websites are leading with the news that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published draft guidelines recommending that women with a high risk of familial breast cancer...

Pill-size camera may make cancer diagnosis easier

Monday Jan 14 2013

'Doctors have made a pill-sized device that can take detailed microscopic images of inside the gullet' BBC News explains. It is hoped that this new technology will make diagnosing digestive system cancers easier…

New strain of norovirus detected

Thursday Jan 10 2013

The emergence of a new Australian strain of norovirus – the ‘winter vomiting bug’ – has featured in most newspapers today. The Daily Telegraph reports that the new strain is to blame for the record number of cases of the virus seen this winter...

2012 Quiz of the Year

Monday Dec 31 2012

Have you been paying attention to the health news during 2012? If so, why not try our quiz of the year…

Calls for cosmetic surgery shake-up

Monday Dec 31 2012

Public calls for tighter regulation of the cosmetic surgery sector in the wake of the PIP breast implant scandal have been widely reported in the media.

The year in headlines: 2012

Friday Dec 28 2012

Here are our favourite, most popular, most controversial and most diverting stories that we've delved into over the course of 2012...

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The Behind the Headlines' Top Five of Top Fives

Thursday Dec 27 2012

As we move towards the end of the year, like all news sources, we fall back on that classic space filler – the list story. So without further ado, here is the official Behind the Headlines' Top Five of Top Fives stories of the year...

The 'news in numbers' – a 'statistical snapshot' of a week's news

Monday Dec 24 2012

We love numbers at Behind the Headlines – statistics are our stock-in-trade. So as a fun experiment we decided to take a look at an average week of health news, break it all down, stick in a spreadsheet and see what patterns emerged…

New NHS planning guidance puts patient first

Tuesday Dec 18 2012

Many of the newspapers are reporting on the publication of new planning guidance for the NHS, released by the NHS Commissioning Board, which they say will "drive a revolution for patients…giving them greater control of their health"...