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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.

Cancer cells. Computer illustration of cancer cells, showing the blood vessel formation providing the cells with oxygens and nutrients. The cells with their nuclei are shown in blue.

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Vaccines could usher in a precise and kinder era of cancer treatment

For too long the leading treatments for cancer have been pretty brutal for patients, but personalised vaccines are showing promise for destroying tumours with few side effects

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Does your ability to stand on one leg predict your risk of dying soon?

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Circulating breast cancer cells. Fluorescence light micrograph of a cluster of circulating tumour cells (CTCs, red) and white blood cells (green) from the blood of a patient with breast cancer. CTCs are an important focus of cancer research because they provide a key target for new treatments. By identifying the molecular adaptations and genetic mutations that allow CTCs to spread (metastasize), it may be possible to develop strategies to block metastatic cancer on a patient-by-patient basis.

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Breast cancer is more likely to spread during sleep

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Protein from plant-based ‘meat’ may be less well absorbed by the body

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Personalised cancer vaccines are finally beating hard to treat tumours

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Vitamins and dietary supplements are a waste of money for most people

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Teenagers with unhealthy lifestyles age faster than healthier peers

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A person collects a covid-19 lateral flow test kit in London in December 2021

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Long covid risk with omicron variant may be half what it is with delta

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Solar storms may cause up to 5500 heart-related deaths in a given year

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Online tool predicts impact on your life expectancy from 1800 diseases

A new online atlas can predict how life expectancy is affected by contracting one of 1800 diseases – although the tool may work well only for people in Denmark

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Vaping v smoking: Why the FDA may limit access to flavoured vapes

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Children to get CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease in trial

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Exercising before or after a flu vaccine may make it work better

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How big a covid-19 wave could omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 cause?

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