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It’s less about making more friends and more about changing the way we see the world.
The new me.
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Health coaching looks like more than a fad – it comes with impressive research findings and is winning over the NHS.
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A new study shows that writing about positive experiences for 20 minutes a day can reduce stress and anxiety.
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Over the past 16 years, GPs have got much better at diagnosing and treating people with atrial fibrillation. And it’s saving lives.
Sleeping like a baby.
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A new study claims that an early start on solids can help babies sleep – but established research has proven the risks outweigh any benefit.
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With attacks on paramedics on the rise, the public needs to be educated about the consequences of such senseless crimes.
Gut microbe composition is fairly similar across a range of diseases.
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Certain gut microbes have been associated with certain diseases, but a new study finds that the pattern of microbes is consistent across a range of diseases.
Appearance has become entwined with our perceptions of health.
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A woman’s work on her body will never be done if she wants to live a normal life.
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Specially designed computer games might improve the lives of people with Huntington’s disease.
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When sports coaches use psychological techniques and ideas that are based on shaky evidence, everyone loses.
Swedish pharmacologist and Nobel laureate, Arvid Carlsson.
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Unravelling the story of how a simple neurotransmitter led to the development of a drug for Parkinson’s disease.
Found after nine days. Now rescue plans have begun.
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The looming prospect of a long stay in the cave has increased fears for the boys’ mental health.
High tech plus ‘bucket and spade’ employed in the fight against malaria.
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High-tech drones and low-tech ‘bucket and spade’ are helping Malawians fight malaria.
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Britain’s health service will soon cost £200 billion. Don’t mope, it’s cause for celebration.
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Sepsis can maim or kill within hours. Here’s how to identify the condition.
There’s nothing broken that needs to be fixed.
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Theresa May has pledged to ban gay conversion therapy as part the government’s new LGBT Action Plan.
Anenurin Bevan, Minister of Health, on the first day of NHS at Park Hospital Davyhulme near Manchester.
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A historian tells what really inspired the NHS.
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Healthcare in the interwar period in the UK was surprisingly good.
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Everything you need to know about the NHS, as it enters its 70th year of existence.
Healthy homes.
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Improving social housing can help reduce emergency hospital admissions – and more.
Psoriasis is linked with psychosis.
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Certain autoimmune disorders are linked to psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia. But some appear to be protective.
Schistosomiasis is second to only malaria in parasitic diseases.
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A new treatment which targets proteins in cells could be key for future schistosomiasis treatment.
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Sometimes exercise can be as effective at improving pain and mobility as surgery.
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How to talk to people who are experiencing suicidal thoughts.
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There are many indications that old age is at its limits.