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People with Alzheimer's disease benefit from spending time with horses

Horse therapy helps people with Alzheimer's disease socialise and improves their mood to a greater extent than music therapy, which is more established for supporting people with dementia

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Humans

The plague may have wiped out most northern Europeans 5000 years ago

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Gene therapy could prevent the tau tangles linked with Alzheimer's

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New anti-ageing vaccines promise to prevent diseases like Alzheimer's

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New anti-ageing vaccines promise to prevent diseases like Alzheimer's

Features

Transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (teal) within an infected cell

Health

Dangerous mpox strain spreading in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Martin Rees: Why challenge prizes can solve our most pressing issues

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Martin Rees: Why challenge prizes can solve our most pressing issues

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Health

Muscle zapping during exercise helps people recover after a stroke

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Risk of bird flu outbreak in cows causing pandemic is less than feared

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Magnetic resonance imaging scan showing plaques (dark areas) in the centre of the brain of someone with Parkinson's disease

Health

Parkinson’s disease could be prevented by a recent tetanus vaccine

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Why we still don't know exactly how bird flu is spreading between cows

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Why we still don't know exactly how bird flu is spreading between cows

Early evidence suggests that a bird flu virus called H5N1 may be infecting dairy cows through contaminated milking equipment – but poor surveillance has made it nearly impossible to rule out other possibilities

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Ultrasound therapy could treat lung condition linked to heart failure

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Lack of US bird flu tracking in cows may raise risk of human infection

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Implantable heart pump could let children wait for transplants at home

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Life

Red squirrels were hosts for leprosy in medieval England

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