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Fast food consumption is on the rise among US children and adolescents

Children in the US gain an average of 14 per cent of their daily calories from fast food – up from about 11 per cent a decade ago – according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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The surprising ways little social interactions affect your health

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The surprising ways little social interactions affect your health

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We don't know how accurate the UK's new rapid coronavirus tests are

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We don't know how accurate the UK's new rapid coronavirus tests are

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2AT6JKF Fentanyl transdermal 50mcg/hr timed release skin patch and foil wrapper. Credit: MedStockPhotos/Alamy

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Fatal cardiac arrests could be hiding opioid overdose deaths in the US

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The real reasons miscarriage exists – and why it's so misunderstood

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The real reasons miscarriage exists – and why it's so misunderstood

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Forget about blame with miscarriage: its function is entirely natural

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Forget about blame with miscarriage: its function is entirely natural

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Disease-carrying animals thrive on our farmed land and in our cities

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Boosting gut microbes helps protect mice against Alzheimer’s disease

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Boosting gut microbes helps protect mice against Alzheimer’s disease

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A volunteer in Seattle takes part in a trial for a vaccine developed by Moderna

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Coronavirus vaccine hope rises after a flurry of positive results

There are more than 160 coronavirus vaccines in development, and we don't yet know if any will work, but a string of promising results offers hope for the long run

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Bill Bryson on the miraculous human body

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Megan Rossi, the Gut Health Doctor

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Research is our best weapon in the fight against covid-19 and obesity

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What is the best way to lose weight and keep it off for good?

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