Health news

Media reporting of health news can be confusing as they tend to publish the highlights to tempt the reader, and often don't make it very clear where the story originates from, eg the original reseach study, so you don't get the full picture.

NHS Choices' Behind the Headlines resolves this issue by giving you an unbiased and evidence-based analysis of health stories that make the news. Each day the NHS Choices team selects health stories that are making headlines. These, along with the scientific articles behind the stories are sent to Bazian, a leading provider of evidence-based healthcare information. Bazian's clinicians and scientists analyse the research and produce impartial evidence-based assessments, which are edited and published by NHS Choices.

Each summary provides the background to the story, explaining where the story originally comes from, and which newspapers have covered the story. There is a description of the type of research and how it has been applied to the topic, followed by a summary of the results, a description of how the results were interpreted, and a conclusion. The summary then provides links to the newspaper headlines, and then to the original scientific research. Where appropriate, there are links to support groups.

All of this is only a couple of pages long, so it is quick to read, and more reliable than the newspaper headlines. Categories of content include life style, parts of thebody, medical practice, and clinical conditions.