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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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Adderall might improve your test scores – but so could a placebo

Some students take ADHD drugs to improve their academic performance. A trial suggests Adderall can work in this way, but it’s largely due to the placebo effect

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Refusing boys HPV vaccine saves the NHS cash but is bad science

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Robot physical therapist helps people walk again after a stroke

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Everyone gets lonely. We must admit it or bear the consequences

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An app a day keeps the doctor away

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Blood test detects Alzheimer’s plaques building up in brain

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Feeling lonely? You’re not on your own

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The death of smoking: how tobacco will be eradicated for good

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UK government wants only 12 per cent of adults to smoke by 2022

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Prenatal test spots genetic anomalies linked to miscarriage

A fetal test for Down’s syndrome has been extended to chromosomal anomalies across the whole genome. The test may help prepare parents for difficult pregnancies

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Rising life expectancy in England has slowed since recession

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At least 75 per cent of our DNA really is useless junk after all

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What is chemsex and why is the UK government worried about it?

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Hundreds charged in huge opioid and healthcare fraud crackdown

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