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Scotland’s commitment to providing all students with free monthly supplies is showing the world how period poverty can be tackled.
Pandemic and bird flu viruses are more deadly than seasonal flu. Scientists may have finally discovered why.
A urine test for ovarian cancer could increase survival rates from 20% to 90%.
People who depend on auditory implants to hear struggle to understand speech in noisy places. A new device could change that.
Approximately 10,000 people have been diagnosed with cancer due to 9/11. What support is available to this community, and is it working?
A new study offers hope.
Two large nutritional studies seem to have reported contradictory findings on carbs. But only if you believe the headlines.
Healthy food isn’t just about organic food and so-called superfoods.
Can happiness really be mapped?
Even seemingly non-invasive cosmetic facial procedures have their risks.
Blind people don’t have superhuman ears but their brains can rewire themselves to give them an edge over those who can see.
In the event of pandemic flu, poor countries will suffer the most.
Many probiotic bacteria don’t manage to colonise the gut, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have positive health benefits.
Symptoms for Huntington’s disease typically only start to be experienced in mid-adulthood.
Alexander Fleming’s work has helped countless people over the last nine decades.
A common smoking cessation drug doesn’t appear to work for shisha smokers.
We don’t control our heart – it’s an involuntary muscle – but special pacemaker cells help keep it ticking away.
In one sense, the brain feels no pain. In another sense, it feels all the pain.
If you want to remain lean, this study of mouse diets suggests your fat intake should make up just a fifth of your overall calorie intake.
For nearly 50 years academic and popular writers ignored the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. A hundred years later, historians can’t get enough of it.
It’s been trendy for some time – but these nuts are filled with saturated fat.
Abusive bosses might be to blame for the growing epidemic of mental ill health among UK workers.
Research confirms what the world’s elite sports stars already know – being kinder to yourself, and to others, and being grateful is good for your mental health.
When you eat is as important as what you eat. The mounting evidence for chrononutrition.