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These stories sound bizarre, but they highlight the battle for marginal gain in competition.
How has the UK’s health changed since 2001?
An Ebola vaccine designed for a different species is now being trialled against the outbreak in the DRC and Uganda.
A healthy heart can still hide a fatal electrical fault. Genetic testing is helping families uncover the hidden risk behind sudden adult death syndrome.
A new survey of UK adults finds most of us track our health at home, but not everyone is equally likely to benefit.
From referred pain to migraine, here’s what research reveals about the sudden headache that can follow an enthusiastic bite of ice cream.
Digestion produces heat, drinks can affect hunger and children’s intake naturally varies. Here’s what parents need to know.
Struggling to get children to drink enough in hot weather? Water-rich foods can help top up their fluid intake alongside regular drinks.
From AI models to synthetic DNA screening and outbreak surveillance, there are several points where emerging biological risks could be reduced.
Luckily, there are many things you can do to help your brain cope.
Eclipse glasses, a colander or two pieces of card can all help you watch the 12 August eclipse safely. Ordinary sunglasses cannot.
AI helped design a working virus that kills bacteria. Researchers explain what it could mean for the fight against antibiotic resistance.
E-scooters look harmless, but trauma data suggests head injuries are common.
Researchers used AI to design working bacteriophages for the first time, raising questions about antibiotic resistance and biosecurity.
Heat exhaustion and heatstroke can both happen when the body overheats, but they are not the same. Here’s how to spot the difference and what to do.
AI-generated attractiveness scores raise concerns about body image, privacy, child safety and coercive control.
The morning-after pill is now easier to get than ever. But how does the new NHS pharmacy service work?
Heat stroke doesn’t just overheat the body. It unleashes an inflammatory chain reaction that can damage organs even after the temperature returns to normal.
Increased public awareness of ADHD, better diagnostic care and the availability of new and improved medications may all partly explain the trends.
A Danish trial found small memory gains at age ten, but no rise in intelligence and does not support a high-dose routine in pregnancy
Canada’s assisted-dying law has expanded since 2016. What can England and Wales learn about safeguards, eligibility and social pressure?
For many people, the mental benefits of a runner’s high even outlast the run itself.
A weekly oral pill would give people living with HIV greater treatment choice.
You spend eight hours a night in the one room nobody ventilates. That’s bad for your sleep, and ideal for mould.