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A child in Peru takes candy from a shelf

Health

Child obesity is now more common than undernutrition – what do we do?

Childhood obesity rates have surpassed those of undernutrition for the first time, suggesting efforts to combat malnutrition will have to shift gears.

Analysis

Health

Hedonistic habits could turn you into a mosquito magnet

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Health

Antibody cocktail could work as a universal flu treatment

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Participants prepare kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of spicy fermented cabbage and radish, during a kimchi making festival held amid snowfall at the Jogyesa Temple in Seoul on November 27, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Health

Tim Spector's guide to fermentation is meticulous and persuasive

Culture

Why your nose could be the perfect window into your mental state

Health

Why your nose could be the perfect window into your mental state

Comment

Matt Richtel grapples with how modern life is warping adolescence

Health

Matt Richtel grapples with how modern life is warping adolescence

Culture

Which perimenopause treatments actually work?

Health

Which perimenopause treatments actually work?

Features

Health

Tiny structure in the brain could be driving how much you eat

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Two people's faces are shown, chin to chin, with their heads tilted back. A firefighter stands on the face of the person on the left, spraying a hose that is hooked up to the nose of the person on the right,

Health

Can a strange new treatment finally relieve chronic sinus infections?

Features

Strength training

Health

Resistance training may strengthen your gut microbiome

People who made the greatest gains in muscle power over eight weeks of resistance training also improved the balance of bacteria in their gut

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Health

Florida's anti-vaccine push leads dangerous shift for US public health

Analysis

Health

A modified hot glue gun can mend broken bones

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Health

A single dose of LSD seems to reduce anxiety

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Health

Smartphone scrolling on the toilet could increase risk of haemorrhoids

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