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'Hidden' group of gut bacteria may be essential to good health

51��s have pinpointed a group of bacteria that consistently appear in high numbers in healthy people, suggesting that these could one day be targeted through diet or probiotics

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Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can

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Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can

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Why exercise isn't much help if you are trying to lose weight

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Moving inductions to early morning could shorten labour by 6 hours

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Statins don't cause most of the side effects listed on their labels

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Vegan toddlers can grow at the same rate as omnivores

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Nasal spray could prevent infections from any flu strain

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Personalised medicine is yet to deliver, but that must start to change

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Personalised medicine is yet to deliver, but that must start to change

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How clinical research is still failing underrepresented communities

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How clinical research is still failing underrepresented communities

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Treating cancer before 3pm could help patients live longer

The most robust evidence to date shows that people with a type of lung cancer lived longer if they received immunotherapy before 3pm

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The secret signals our organs send to repair tissues and slow ageing

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Melatonin gummies as sleep aids for children: What are the risks?

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Why people can have Alzheimer's-related brain damage but no symptoms

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How an 1800s vaccine drive beat smallpox in Denmark in just 7 years

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