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Discover the latest health news, scientific discoveries and big ideas about the human body and treating diseases, covid-19, diet, fitness, exercise, wellness and how to live a healthy life.

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There is little evidence that cannabis helps mental health problems

New research raises doubts around the use of cannabis for mental health conditions, prompting concerns that the benefits are being oversold

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Blood proteins reveal your age 鈥� and could lead to anti-ageing therapy

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A biased algorithm is delaying healthcare for black people in the US

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Man struggling to remember

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A common antibiotic seems to have a strange effect on our memories

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Researchers are concerned about genetic privacy

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Genetic privacy attack could reveal DNA secrets from genealogy sites

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Blood transfer from active mice gives lazy ones benefits of exercise

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Vaccines have helped us eradicate another strain of wild polio virus

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Genome sequencing guides people with metastatic cancer to best therapy

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Mice fed a high salt diet lose the ability to perform simple tasks

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Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours

We鈥檝e long known that viruses can target cancers in our bodies. Now, thanks to gene editing, we鈥檙e using them as tumour search and destroy agents 鈥� and getting our immune systems to join the fight too

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Benzodiazepines and z-drugs are prescribed more in poorer areas

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Taking blood pressure drugs at night may make them more effective

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Choline: The forgotten vital nutrient we鈥檙e not getting enough of

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Abortion is now no longer illegal in Northern Ireland

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