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Poor neighbourhoods are driving health inequalities in children.
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. But could they be key in solving the antibiotic resistance epidemic?
The Hall technique requires no injections or drilling. And it works!
It’s important for babies to be in control of the pace and amount they eat.
Our team found that chemotherapy can be made more successful by treating nearby ‘normal’ cells with protein-blocking drugs in lymphoma and leukemia.
We found that women who had sex at least weekly or monthly were less likely to enter into early menopause compared to women who engaged in sexual activity less often.
The NHS workforce reconfiguration so far has been an accountant’s response – designed to save money rather than being based upon actual clinical need.
Can existing laws help if something goes wrong?
Smell – the strangest of all the senses.
Chinese scientists sequence coronavirus causing pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan. And it’s never been seen before.
These harmful pollutants are responsible for 20% of roadside pollution.
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the West.
Medical data will need to be treated as precious to our health as drinking water.
Research shows it generates future savings for society by lowering demand for health and social care services.
The age of the Industrial Revolution also saw a fitness revolution in Britain.
Precision medicine is all the rage, but it may only be effective at treating less common diseases.
Removing the “clock” gene makes immune cells more effective at fighting bacteria.
The lasting impact of neglect.
New research confirms the benefits, but few hospitals in the UK provide these services at present.
If one of your goals is to drink more water this year, then make sure you read this.
Are high profile celebrities trivialising bipolar disorder by linking it to creativity?
Studies of how people dependent on drugs and alcohol quit their habit can help the rest of us quit our own bad habits.
In 2020, try to forget external ambitions you can’t control and focus instead on cultivating the right frame of mind.
Proponents of ecotherapy say getting back to nature can improve our mental health, wellbeing, and self-esteem.