Health

Doctors in Cambridge believe they may soon have a cure for peanut allergies. The largest ever trial to find a treatment for potentially fatal peanut allergies is to give sufferers tiny amounts daily to build up tolerance. The Addenbrookes team will give increasing doses of peanut flour to 104 British children, up to the equivalent of five nuts a day. Twenty... [Read more of this review]

The NHS should stop funding homeopathy, MPs say. The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee said using public money on the highly-diluted remedies could not be justified. The cross-party group said there was no evidence beyond a placebo effect, when a patient gets better because of their belief that the treatment works. But manufacturers... [Read more of this review]

The government is preparing to announce a major shift in mental health policy in England with a new emphasis on tackling and preventing depression. The 10-year strategy is expected to call for better identification of those most at risk and wider access to psychological therapies for patients. Depression or anxiety affect one in six people at some point... [Read more of this review]