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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.

mouse in exercise wheel

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Nicotine exposure in male mice may trigger ADHD in their offspring

Mice are more active and have attention problems if their fathers had nicotine in their diet, perhaps because the chemical triggers epigenetic changes in sperm

Cannabis plant

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Half-hearted cannabis legalisation move leaves patients in limbo

Hands holding wheat

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Wheat flour to be fortified with folic acid in the UK

algal cells

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We can harness algae with magnets to deliver drugs inside our bodies

mouse and butter

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Mice eat too much food if their great grandmother did the same

Forensic sampling

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Police can now use millions more people’s DNA to find criminals

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Contagion: How the world’s biggest flu pandemic makes sense as dance

A mouse with two genetic fathers

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We are a step closer to making babies with same-sex genetic parents

A cannabis plant

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Medicinal cannabis will be available in the UK from next month

Food handling

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Colour-changing spray tells you when food is past its best

Food safety checks can be expensive and cumbersome. A new spray test for harmful bugs could improve hygiene and reduce waste

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We need to get better at supporting people who lose a pregnancy

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What is 鈥榩roblem internet use鈥� and is it really a problem?

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Swallowing a vibrating capsule could help relieve constipation

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IVF success boosted by drug that helps embryos implant in the womb