QUIZ ANSWERS

1. a) The flu vaccine – Hopkins argued that the spray, offered to her eight-year-old son by his school as part of the national vaccination programme, was only 60 per cent effective and therefore unnecessary.

2. Calvin Harris – he tweeted Dr Ellie claiming she was misinforming the public by not telling them about ‘neurotoxin’ mercury in vaccines. She gave him short shrift, as this is a myth. Harris deleted his tweets.

3. Antibiotics – Dame Sally echoed concerns from health experts that we are facing a ‘post antibiotic apocalypse’ as illness-causing bacteria become more resistant to the drugs.

4. Loneliness – Nine million adults suffer from damaging loneliness, according to the report. It said that isolation had a similar effect on health to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

5. a) Cotton buds, which can jam in and clog wax, drying it out and solidifying it so that it cannot move.

6. c) The free app, called GP At Hand, allows patients to arrange a Skype appointment with a GP within a matter of hours.

7. Eggs – the Government’s foodsafety watchdog changed its ruling on eggs almost 30 years after the UK salmonella crisis led to a warning to only eat them well cooked. Raw or lightly cooked eggs are fine to consume provided they are produced under the British Lion code of practice.

8. b) Prof Taylor’s study proved that in 80 per cent of cases, type 2 diabetes patients who lost more than ten per cent of their body weight over an eight- to 12-week programme brought the disease under control without the need for any medication.

9. c) Cambridge University researchers assessed glasses dating back centuries, and found they now hold measures far larger than before. The average wine glass in 1700 contained just 66ml – today they hold an average 449ml.

10. Coffee. Three cups a day is also associated with a lower risk of neurological problems.

11. Ten portions a day. Eating up to 800g of fruit and vegetables – equivalent to ten portions and double the recommended amount in the UK – was associated with a 24 per cent reduced risk of heart disease, a 33 per cent reduced risk of stroke, a 28 per cent reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, a 13 per cent reduced risk of total cancer, and a 31 per cent reduction in premature deaths.

12. d) Spanish company Eurobanan unveiled a low-fat avocado. The company claim that its fruit has 30 per cent less fat than a regular avocado.

13. c) Aerial yoga – which involves swinging from silk hammocks suspended from the ceiling. Four-times-married Janet said: ‘People think that after 60, your bits drop off and that you stop having sex, but it’s simply not true.’

14. Ballet – At Thomas’s, dance, art, music, drama, French and PE are all taught by from a pupil’s first day in the classroom.

15. Crossfit – Theresa May, 60, was reported to do a session once a week with coach Lee Carnaby.

16. Yoga – Meghan told Women’s Health that her mother is a yoga instructor, that she started the discipline as a child, and has continued doing it ever since.

17. Skinny jeans – The BCA claimed they reduce mobility and natural shock-absorbing qualities in your walk, causing pressure in your joints.

18. An American girl, now aged three, was born at 21 weeks and four days, while a Korean girl, now five, was born at 21 weeks and five days. Full-term babies are born at about 40 weeks.

19. Chlorine. America has no laws governing amounts of space poultry have in farms so bacterial infection is rife. Washing chickens in chlorine kills any micro-organisms.

20. According to a survey, a whopping 41 per cent walk for less than ten minutes a month.