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Illustration of nanotube structure

Technology

Tiny nanoelectrodes record brain's activity without damaging it

Electrodes help treat epilepsy and Parkinson's disease, but can damage the brain and slowly stop working. Nanotube electrodes are safer and should last longer

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Health

Parkinson's disease may start in the gut and travel to the brain

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Electric fields can stimulate deep in your brain without surgery

Health

Electric fields can stimulate deep in your brain without surgery

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Technology

‘I’m more confident’: Paralysed woman’s life after brain implant

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First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

Technology

First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

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Ebola rapidly evolves to be more transmissible and deadlier

Life

Ebola rapidly evolves to be more transmissible and deadlier

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World war on superbugs can only be won by a UN-led global effort

Health

World war on superbugs can only be won by a UN-led global effort

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Doctors must let patients decide whether to take statins

Health

Doctors must let patients decide whether to take statins

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Superfast evolution could save Tasmanian devils from extinction

Life

Superfast evolution could save Tasmanian devils from extinction

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Health

The scary reality of medical U-turns, and how to stop them

From peanut allergy to cancer, total reversals in medical advice are strikingly common. Why did it go so wrong, and how can we make sure we get it right next time?

Features

Health

Heart disease deaths have fallen by 70 per cent in a generation

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Health

Just a few hours’ exercise a week makes your heart grow bigger

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First diagnosis of dinosaur arthritis shows it lived in pain

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Health

Desk job death risk is eliminated by an hour's walk or cycle

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