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We need to change how we produce, ship, eat and waste food to improve our health and that of the planet.
Andy Murray's bid to overcome his hip injury has been ongoing for almost two years.
The 'egg timer' blood test reveals the quantity of eggs women have, not the quality, which declines with age. It's also expensive and can give false low readings.
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Your tongue, saliva and nose work together to help you taste your food.
Monkey dust is in the "bath salts" family. Here's what that means.
Our bodies have a set of defenses that are finely tuned for killing invading microbes. With rising cases of drug-resistant bacteria, maybe boosting our natural defenses is the best medicine.
Too often athletes are forced into a narrative in which their sport overtakes everything, to the detriment of their health and future happiness.
Thousands of Australians contract Ross River virus each year. Mozzies can infect us with their bites, but only after they've bitten an infected animal host.
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With several music festival patrons dying this year the pill testing debate is in full swing. Yet people can already purchase legally available test kits. Do they work?
There are arguments against pill testing. But none are as compelling or evidence-based as the arguments for it.
There's good evidence to suggest a midlife crisis exists, though it's hard to define what the midlife is. And perhaps crises that occur during midlife might equally have occurred before or after.
There are arguments against pill testing. But none are as compelling or evidence-based as the arguments for it.
With several music festival patrons dying this year the pill testing debate is in full swing. Yet people can already purchase legally available test kits. Do they work?
CRISPR harnesses the natural defence mechanisms of some bacteria to cut human DNA strands. Then the DNA strand either heals itself or we inject new DNA to mend the gap. This is gene editing.
Genome editing technology has, and will always have, limits. Limits that are related not to the technology itself but to the intrinsic complexity of the human genome.
A new study found the Cas9 gene editing scissors don't stop cutting after we tell them to.
Adenomyosis is a different condition to endometriosis, though many women who have one will have the other.
There are more than 30 different types of contraceptive pills. But brand names such as Microgynon, Levlen, Yaz and Brenda give little indication of the ingredients, dose or who should use them.
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