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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.

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Sorry, having sex won’t start labour – but rubbing your nipples might

Having sex might have helped start your pregnancy but it’s not going to help you when push comes to shove

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Experimental tuberculosis vaccine could save millions of lives

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There is little evidence that cannabis helps mental health problems

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Blood proteins reveal your age – and could lead to anti-ageing therapy

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A biased algorithm is delaying healthcare for black people in the US

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A common antibiotic seems to have a strange effect on our memories

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Researchers are concerned about genetic privacy

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Genetic privacy attack could reveal DNA secrets from genealogy sites

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Blood transfer from active mice gives lazy ones benefits of exercise

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Vaccines have helped us eradicate another strain of wild polio virus

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Genome sequencing guides people with metastatic cancer to best therapy

By sequencing the genomes of tumours from more than 2000 people with advanced cancer, researchers have helped many of them find the best treatment option currently available

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Mice fed a high salt diet lose the ability to perform simple tasks

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Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours

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Benzodiazepines and z-drugs are prescribed more in poorer areas

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Taking blood pressure drugs at night may make them more effective

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