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Why spending time near water gives us a powerful mental health boost

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Why spending time near water gives us a powerful mental health boost

We have long known that connecting with nature in green spaces is great for our mental health. Now fresh research is showing that time near water – by the coast, rivers and even fountains in the park – is even more restorative

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Hungry and angry woman

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We really can become ‘hangry’, suggests first real-world test of idea

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Deep brain stimulation involves implanting electrodes in the cerebral lobes of the brain, linked through the scalp to wires that lead to a battery implanted below the skin that send electrical impulses to specific areas of the brain

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Brain electrodes may be a long-lasting aid for severe depression

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Carbon monoxide foam in a petri dish

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Carbon monoxide foam in the rectum eases bowel disease in mice

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2BKMNTM Close up of woman hands eating cereal bowl with fruit after intermittent fasting sitting on a table at home

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Intermittent fasting linked to better gut and liver function in mice

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Computer artwork showing how irritable bowel syndrome affects the digestive tract

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Faecal transplants ease irritable bowel syndrome for three years

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Vitamins and dietary supplements are a waste of money for most people

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More than 1 in 7 people worldwide have had Lyme disease

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A cell sample being pipetted into a multi-well plate containing growth nutrient medium

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Experimental umbilical cord stem cell therapy treats rare disease

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DENVER, CO. - JUNE 16: Edna Abraham Gezahegne is scolded by a man she found slumped over his wheelchair on the 16th Street Mall in Denver, CO, June 16, 2014. The man was angry at Edna for calling 911. She was sure the man needed medical attention and suspected he might have some mental health issues,

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Mental health emergency responder programme cut crime rates in Denver

A six-month pilot programme in Denver, Colorado, that had mental health specialists instead of police respond to non-violent emergency calls reduced non-violent crime by 34 per cent

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We are finally starting to understand brain fog and how to treat it

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Can you take the trip out of psychedelics and still treat depression?

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Which US laws have been shown to cut gun violence and mass shootings?

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Firearm suicides are rising in the US despite declining globally

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