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If I have a disease-causing gene, should my doctor tell my family?

Genetic testing is undermining medical norms as people sue their doctors for either telling them or not telling them a relative鈥檚 diagnosis, says Laura Spinney

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Don鈥檛 go bananas: Should we be cutting down on the fruit we eat?

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Your genes help determine how much sleep you need

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DNA mutation lets some people live healthily on only 4 hours’ sleep

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Red wine may be better than other alcoholic drinks for your microbiome

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Red wine drinkers have more diverse gut bacteria than other drinkers

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The back pain epidemic: Why popular treatments are making it worse

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Norovirus

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A smartphone app can detect tiny amounts of norovirus in water

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Tests at 3 years old could predict how well your brain will age

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Live, weakened virus is used in some forms of the polio vaccine

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Wild polio has been eradicated in Nigeria but infections will continue

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It's good to get up and move around

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Sitting for nine and a half hours a day linked to early death

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The Vagina Bible: Beating bad science on women’s sexual health

Top Twitter gynaecologist Jennifer Gunter's new book, The Vagina Bible, attacks the bad science and downright ignorance she believes bedevil women's sexual health

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Why are people still dying of malaria when we have a treatment?

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Can we halt multiple sclerosis? Catherine Lubetzki is finding out how

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High blood pressure in your 40s linked to smaller brain size at 70

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Is air pollution causing mental health conditions like depression?

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