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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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Your boss not saying ‘thank you’ could be bad for your health

If you love your job and work hard but feel you get little recognition or reward, you could be on the road to chronic stress, burnout and other health issues

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New CRISPR method could take gene editing to the next level

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Hot yoga’s high temperature may not have any health benefits

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Breathing in a nanoparticle spray could prevent heart damage

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How ‘stem cell’ clinics became a Wild West for dodgy treatments

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The Amazonian arrow poison that made modern anaesthesia

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Swollen eye is setback for blindness treatment using stem cells

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Source of world’s biggest listeria outbreak still unknown

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Bowel cancer test may be a much better way to screen for polyps

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Johann Hari doesn’t know depression’s real causes – no one does

Taking a view on unsettled science is always likely to cause controversy, but the fiery debate Johann Hari's new book has sparked is worth having, says Samantha Murphy

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Blindness treatment will insert algae gene into people’s eyes

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Copycat justice has turned US counties into execution hotspots

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Surfers may be swallowing bacteria and spreading it to others

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A single gene can either raise or lower Crohn’s disease risk

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