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Social media platforms can identify children who are most interested in or vulnerable to junk food and its advertising.
Time to put calories on the menu.
Drinking coffee before exercising could make you run faster and lift heavier - if you’ve the right genes.
Guidelines for screening and treating diabetic foot are based on low-quality evidence and this is putting millions of people at risk of losing a foot.
An unexpected breakthrough looks promising for finding new drugs to treat two deadly diseases.
Mutated bone marrow stem cells could double your risk of having a heart attack.
Daydreaming may seem like a fun, harmless way to pass time, but evidence suggests that it could be bad for your mental health.
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The audio version of a long read on the historical mistakes and cover ups that hampered the response to the devastating Ebola outbreak of 2014.
Millions of pounds are being wasted each year by the NHS on management consultants who are causing a service already under pressure to be less efficient.
Childhood adversity doesn’t just affect our choices – according to new research, it also weakens the body’s fundamental ability to stay healthy in old age.
Martial arts help boost both brain and body.
The statistics point remorselessly towards obesity being a symptom with an underlying social cause. That should completely change the approach to dealing with it.
Cannabis use among the baby boomer generation is on the rise, here’s why.
Anticipating a future event is just as good for you as the thing itself.
Women’s rights and poverty cannot be ignored.
Parasites are not only a personal health problem – they are political too.
The latest study linking diet with cancer has many flaws.
Tokophobia is a pathological fear of pregnancy and can lead to avoidance of childbirth.
Why kitchen hygiene is just as important for athletes as what is on their plate.
Nearly 50% of cross-country skiers suffer from exercise-induced asthma.
How simple positive psychology methods combined with traditional therapy can make all the difference.
The shame of incontinence and why no one wants to talk about it.
Critical standards of evidence must be met to merit the WHO’s new diagnostic category for addicted gamers.
Does the heart really have cockles or heartstrings? An anatomist clears up some misconceptions…and lends credence to others.