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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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How to clean up the dirty water Puerto Ricans are drinking

Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria, many people on Puerto Rico are still without clean drinking water and have resorted to wells on a contaminated site

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Sex addiction isn’t an illness, treating it as one is a bad idea

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Magic mushroom extract changes brains of people with depression

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Sperm age calculator tells men how decrepit their sperm are

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The body suit and pack designed at Panasonic Research

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Skin-tight exoskeleton is worn like Spanx and lets you turn left

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Air pollution blamed for 500,000 early deaths in Europe in 2014

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Women don’t need to ‘switch off’ to climax, orgasm study shows

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A baby being born by C-section

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Caesarean sections cause obesity and microbiome changes in mice

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Top tips to get a better night’s sleep and improve your health

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Most versatile stem cell ever may help us understand miscarriage

The first stem cells capable of making placenta could enable researchers to better understand the biological mechanisms behind many failed early pregnancies

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The strange beauty of piles of waste awaiting a brand new life

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Sleeping too little is no badge of honour – it harms our brains

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Wake-up call: How a lack of sleep can cause Alzheimer’s

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