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A family in Italy doesn’t feel pain because of a gene mutation

Six members of the same family have a reduced sensitivity to pain, meaning they don’t notice when they break bones. Now the gene responsible has been identified

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TB, or not TB? At last, a urine test can diagnose it quickly

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Restarting dead people’s hearts lets doctors reuse their organs

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dog vaccine

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Stopping rabies in its tracks

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Antisense therapy promises to slow Huntington’s disease

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England’s shift to opt-out organ donation will save many lives

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Fentanyl Citrate

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Fentanyl considered for execution cocktail by two US states

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Anti-vaccination protest

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Anti-vax views must not derail France’s compulsory vaccine law

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Weaponised microwave may be behind alleged sonic attacks in Cuba

Headaches, nausea and hearing loss felt by US diplomats in Cuba might be the result of a beam of pulsed microwaves in which the microwaves are heard as sound

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Joke Christmas medical journal papers make unfunny bad science

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Fasting may boost brainpower by giving neurons more energy

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Daughters of older mums are more likely to never have children

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Gruesome eyeball wounds patched up with squirt of smart glue

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