Behind the Headlines

Our health news predictions for 2015

Friday Jan 2 2015

A few days ago we looked at The Guardian’s health news predictions for 2014. So we decided to see if we could better the newspaper’s efforts by providing our own health predictions for 2015…

Behind the Headlines 2014's Top Five of Top Fives

Wednesday Dec 31 2014

As we move towards the end of the 2014, 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 2014...

How accurate was The Guardian’s crystal ball?

Tuesday Dec 30 2014

In January 2014, The Guardian took the brave, and possibly foolhardy, step of predicting the six big health breakthroughs of 2014. We're taking a look at just how accurate the paper's crystal ball turned out to be...

Behind the Headlines 2014 Quiz of the Year

Monday Dec 29 2014

In 2014, Behind the Headlines covered more than 500 health stories that made it into the mainstream media. Test your knowledge of 2014's health news with our month-by-month quiz...

The top 10 most popular news stories of 2014

Wednesday Dec 24 2014

In this 'end of year report' we count down the top 10 most-read Behind the Headlines stories of 2014…

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Our guide to hitting the headlines

Monday Dec 22 2014

Boffins, are you have trouble communicating the fruits of your labour to a wider audience? Well, worry no more. Drawing on decades of journalistic experience we have drawn up the definitive guide to getting your work in the news…

'Electromagnetic smog' unlikely to harm humans

Thursday Dec 18 2014

The Daily Telegraph reports: "mobile phones are unlikely to harm human health", adding to the ongoing coverage of the potential health impact of what some have called electromagnetic smog…

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Shift workers more likely to report poor health

Thursday Dec 18 2014

"Higher rates of obesity and ill-health have been found in shift workers than the general population," BBC News reports. These are the key findings of a survey into health trends among shift workers; defined as any working pattern outside…

Can we count on counting calories?

Monday Oct 13 2014

It's a concept at the cornerstone of most diets: counting the calories of your food intake so you don't go over the limit. But just how accurate are calorie labels...

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Phone consultations do not reduce GP workload

Monday Aug 4 2014

Over-the-phone medical consultations “don’t cut the pressure” on busy GP surgeries, BBC News and The Daily Telegraph report. They were reporting the findings of a two-year study into the effectiveness of phone consultations with a GP or a nurse...