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Scientists are beginning to understand the food preferences of our gut microbes.
Conflict happens far too frequently between the parents of very sick children and hospital teams.
How to interpret the readings to tell if you have high blood pressure.
Shoppers struggle to make sense of food labels – and aren’t always sure what they’re eating.
For lesbian couples or trans men, the ‘unexpected’ gender of one parent causes difficulties for maternity services where notions of ‘normal’ are increasingly out of step with the times.
John Carlisle’s method for spotting potentially fraudulent figures has already been adopted by two top medical journals.
New research uncovers the reasons for the chronic underspending on young people’s mental health services.
Proper support for breastfeeding is an environmental imperative.
Red meat and processed meat seemed to get the all clear in a recent study but not everyone agrees.
New research reveals that routine sparring can have immediate effects on the brain, putting athletes at greater risk of injury when brain-muscle communication is impaired.
Individual gut microbe species are less important for our health than teams of microbes working together.
Music for pleasure, self-expression and emotional regulation.
Nutritious fish are being diverted away from countries that could benefit from them the most.
Your memory may be unreliable – but that can be an advantage.
New research suggests the partners of UK military personnel may experience greater levels of depression and binge-drinking compared to women in the general population.
The government should work with drug companies, not against them.
Sugar taxes may not prevent obesity and associated conditions overnight, but they can be part of the solution.
Here’s what parents should look out for if they are worried about their baby’s language development.
Placebos come in different shapes, colours that can all have different effects.
Ageing may be caused by hyperfunctioning genes.
This breakthrough could be key in fighting antibiotic resistance.
Everyone will benefit from wider HPV vaccinations.
Clinical trials are used to establish that medicines work. But these don’t take into account the genetic differences between us that can mean very different outcomes for different patients.
Many things can cause tinnitus – which makes coming up with a cure difficult.