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A California judge ruled coffee should carry a cancer warning label but the evidence says something very different.
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A new study in rats adds to the evidence that artificial sweeteners may be bad for your health.
Rheumatoid arthritis.
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The risk of heart attack and stroke is increased for women with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, and for men with psoriasis.
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The after effects of brain injury can turn lives upside down.
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The problem of antimicrobial resistance won’t go away as long as people in poor countries don’t have access to clean water.
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Official advice to prediabetics on the best diet to avoid type 2 diabetes suggests that there is only one option. The latest research suggests otherwise.
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Health researchers fact check the idea that running a marathon suppresses your immune system.
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The condition is nothing short of a public health emergency.
What’s cooking?
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Tracking contamination routes showed where the trouble can start.
Rett syndrome affects one in 10,000 girls.
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New evidence that old beliefs about people with conditions that prevent them from speaking or moving are not always right.
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Scrapping nurses’ bursaries was met with almost universal condemnation. But could it be a good thing?
Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte at a hospital in Normandy, ahead of the launch of a new autism strategy.
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France has launched a new autism plan – but why does the country lag behind in its provisions for the condition?
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Do you suffer from sound rage?
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That pre-sleep herbal tea may be doing many people a lot of good.
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Current guidance is not leading to cost-effective practice.
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A mother is suing a doctor for circumcising her infant son without her consent.
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Drinking one unit of alcohol reduces your life expectancy by 15 to 30 minutes.
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Running (or walking) with others is good for health and social connections. But you don’t have to aim for marathons.
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New research with elite sportswomen found half use hormonal contraceptives.
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When British parents are informed of the risks of HPV, they want their sons to be vaccinated against the virus.
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More young people are using Xanax – but overdose, addiction and side effects present serious risks.
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10-20% of young people are estimated to experience persistent PTSD after exposure to a single incident of trauma.
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Medicine is an innovative, rapidly progressing field. Unfortunately, medical language is often stuck in the past.
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Overstretched ambulance services are increasingly being called out for non-emergencies.
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Why you might soon be paying more for your favourite sugary drink.