A fatal flaw?
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In fact, even a happy heart can break.
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Many gene variants have been associated with schizophrenia, but we should be wary of these findings.
Scale drawing.
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Don’t confuse studies doubting some of the benefits with the bigger picture.
Superfood or superhype?
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A study claims that getting 15% of your calorie intake from walnuts can help lower LDL (‘bad’) cholesterol – an expert takes a closer look at the results.
Illness makes us think.
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Illness can have a major impact on our view of the world. Sometimes, it can be enlightening.
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The cost of cancer drugs is killing patients and it needs to stop
That’s enough, mum.
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British toddlers are heading for health problems, unless we change their diet now.
Researchers have found the sunshine vitamin plays a key role in heart health.
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New research shows that a daily dose of vitamin D3 can improve heart function in people with chronic heart failure.
Nothing to be embarrassed about.
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Too many people literally are dying of embarrassment.
The malleable brain.
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Without the ability to rewire itself, the brain wouldn’t be able to grow or recover from injury.
A united city deal for Manchester.
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The city of Manchester now has control over it’s NHS budget, but what does this mean in real terms?
Sweets for my sweets …
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If only it were as simple as sweetness.
Autism. It’s not just a boy thing.
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Many girls with autism go undiagnosed, perhaps because they’re good at camouflaging their autistic traits.
Feeling nauseous?
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Warning: gross but highly sharable pictures of holes that might fill you with disgust.
Make up your mind.
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Nutrition guidelines keep changing. Here are five foods nutritionists have changed their minds about.
It’s complicated.
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The new alcohol guidelines limit of 14 units a week for men and women hides a more complicated story.
There doesn’t need to be a choice between palliative care or assisted dying.
The assisted dying debate usually focuses on the moment of death - not those leading up to it.
Lighting up.
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Using light to manipulate cells is leading to some startling findings.
Blame epigenetics.
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The link between season of birth and the risk of having allergies is well known. A new study sheds light on why this link exists.
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Suicide on the railways costs lives – and prevention is about much more than erecting more fencing.
Jessica McClelland delivering rTMS to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is an approved treatment for depression. A new study suggests that it may be effective at treating anorexia too.
What’s in the bag?
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Changing drugs laws can have some very unexpected consequences.
Psychogenic fugue – when you can’t remember anything from your past.
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People lose their memory in many different ways. A neuropsychologist explains the lingo.
The beverage industry provided shops in Mexico with free fridges.
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All eyes have been on Mexico since they imposed a tax on sugary drinks – and now the data is in.
Prediabetes in a cup.
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One in three people in the UK has prediabetes. A tax on sugary drinks is welcome, but long overdue.