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CPR makes someone more likely to survive cardiac arrest

Health

Women who have cardiac arrests are more likely to die than men

Women who have a cardiac arrest outside of hospital are less likely to be resuscitated by a bystander and more likely to die than men

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How Willem Einthoven gave doctors a window on the heart

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How Willem Einthoven gave doctors a window on the heart

Regulars

Inability to distinguish odours could be a sign of ill health

Health

A bad sense of smell predicts early death but we don’t know why

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The symbiotic pacemaker based on implantable triboelectric nanogenerator.

Technology

Battery-free pacemaker harvests energy from pig hearts in first tests

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Statins may not lower cholesterol enough in half those who take them

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Statins may not lower cholesterol enough in half those who take them

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A heart monitor

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Your heartbeat may help you sync up with other people to cooperate

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Polygenic risk scores estimate your likelihood of developing some health conditions

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Genetic risk scores on their own aren't that good at predicting health

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Joy Milne

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Meet the super-smeller who can diagnose Parkinson's at a sniff

Features

Parkinson’s drug pumped directly into brain fails to pass key tests

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Parkinson’s drug pumped directly into brain fails to pass key tests

Analysis

Blood from young people may have proteins with rejuvenating powers

Health

Young people’s blood is being tested as a treatment for Parkinson’s

The Californian firm Alkahest has begun a trial to see if injections of an extract of younger adults’ blood can improve Parkinson’s symptoms in older people

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Gene therapy eases Parkinson’s symptoms by rewiring parts of the brain

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Breakdown of brain's autopilot mode may explain Parkinson's disease

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Diabetes can be diagnosed by simply shining a light on your skin

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Technology

New Apple Watch heart monitor sounds great – here's why it may not be

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