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A certain amount of cognitive decline with age is inevitable, but there are ways to radically slow this decline.
Promising scientific consensus is a perilous principle on which to found meaningful engagement between experts and the public.
The symptoms of ‘schizophrenia’ are very real, but experts are looking for a better way to define them.
The actress knows it’s not all about creams.
A new study has found a link between high doses of vitamin B6 and B12 and lung cancer – but only in men.
Statues of a racist medical experimenter are an affront to the American public.
It’s not that difficult to support breastfeeding mums - but governments need to take charge.
Using the right metaphor in science is important.
Venom from lizards such as the Komodo dragon has the potential to treat heart attacks, strokes and blood clots.
Research into intermittent fasting suggests it’s not a health gimmick.
A new study finds a link between cloudy tap water and outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness, such as norovirus.
The spread of a multidrug-resistant fungal infection is rapid and alarming.
A new study reveals the risks of vaping in non-smoking teenagers.
A study in mice shows it is possible to delete extra chromosomes in a range of conditions that are associated with infertility, including Down’s syndrome.
An Australian woman recently died as a result of taking too much protein supplement. But that doesn’t mean these sorts of supplements should be avoided.
Drug deaths in Scotland are now among the highest in Europe. What can be done?
Watching their babies via webcams eases parents’ anxiety and helps them connect in the absence of physical contact
Fruit cake may last a century, but it’s got nothing on honey.
A new BBC drama manages to capture the flawed, but sometimes brilliant, men of Victorian medicine.
… and does it work?
Harnessing the medicinal benefit of the body’s own cannabis-like substances may provide an alternative to medicinal marijuana.
Transplant experts have serious concerns over a new organ donation website.
It depends where you live whether pharmacies can offer services like emergency contraception and health checks.
Saints’ relics, locks of hair, the laying of flowers: keeping the dead close took many forms in the past. We could learn from them today.