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mental health

Chromosome caps presage the brain's decline

Health

Chromosome caps presage the brain's decline

The length of telomeres – stretches of DNA that get shorter as cells divide – may predict a decline in our cognitive abilities as we age

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A gene for Alzheimer's makes you smarter

Life

A gene for Alzheimer's makes you smarter

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Psychiatry's draft new 'bible' goes online

Health

Psychiatry's draft new 'bible' goes online

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Health

Breast cancer and depression treatments don't mix

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Health

Star students, beware bipolar disorder

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Health

Damning verdict on doctor who linked MMR and autism

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Health

Drug for depression tried on stressed-out rats

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Health

Flu in pregnancy changes fetal brain

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How the US exports its mental illnesses

Health

How the US exports its mental illnesses

Opinion

It's lack of balance that makes skunk cannabis do harm

Health

It's lack of balance that makes skunk cannabis do harm

Street cannabis has been made stronger by breeding out a compound that seems to have antipsychotic powers, argue Amanda Feilding and Paul Morrison

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Life

Zebrafish make good 'guinea pigs' for human drugs

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Health

Early signs of Alzheimer's are in the eye

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Health

Cellphone radiation is good for Alzheimer's mice

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Life

CFS patients in UK show no signs of suspect virus

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