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This connection could explain why foods which are good for gut health can also be beneficial for our muscles.
Opt-out organ donation was meant to boost the supply of organs for transplant. New figures suggest that isn’t the case.
Meal prep can be useful. By following these tips, you can also ensure your meals are safe.
Doctors outside malaria zones often don’t think to test for it, while symptoms, rapid tests and drug resistance can all complicate diagnosis and treatment.
Florence Buchanan helped transform the study of the nervous system, yet no authenticated portrait of her was known until now.
Hospital journeys can be costly, exhausting and hard to plan. The timing and location of appointments can determine whether lower-carbon travel is possible.
The availability of treatment, rapid testing and contact tracing mean the outlook of plague is very different today.
Parasitic worms have evolved a way to calm the immune system, and scientists want to copy it.
Growing up in disadvantaged circumstances is linked to higher death rates decades later, according to a review of 102 studies involving 8.5 million people.
Reading draws on brain systems involved in language and imagination. Studies are exploring how it relates to wellbeing and understanding others.
Why do smokers get Parkinson’s less often? New evidence from half a million adults in China points to carbon monoxide, not smoking itself.
Pennsylvania counts five measles deaths this year, the CDC two. Without an agreed definition, the confusion hits hardest where vaccination rates are lowest.
Effective treatment means people with HIV can live long lives and cannot sexually transmit the virus when undetectable, yet stigma persists.
Antidepressant tachyphylaxis describes the loss of a treatment response that was once effective. Here’s what scientists know so far.
England and Denmark are both wealthy, welfare-minded nations – so why is one catching dental problems early, and the other catching up?
Removing endometriosis does not always relieve pelvic pain. Other conditions and increased sensitivity in the nervous system may help explain why.
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won for optogenetics, a technique that uses light to switch brain cells on and off.
What matters most when it comes to healthy ageing is overall diet quality maintained consistently over time.
Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, is now turning up in heroin, diazepam and fentanyl across the UK and US.
When free-floating patches of seaweed are pushed together by currents and winds, seaweed strandings can inundate the coastline with often devastating consequences.
A study of 4.2 million people found a strong link between substance-use disorders and suicidal behaviour, with family patterns offering further clues.
How football sold us beer and betting.
New research suggests some UTI-causing bacteria can survive antibiotics deep in bladder tissue, helping explain why infections sometimes return.
Retinal images could contain information about future cardiovascular risk, including atrial fibrillation.