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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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Synthetic iris could let cameras react to light like our eyes do

The iris in our eyes shrinks the pupil in bright light and enlarges it in the dark, and now an artificial version could do the same for both eyes and cameras

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Special cells explain why cabbage and stress churn your guts

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Radio powered by your own sweat hints at future of wearables 

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Don’t blame Instagram for the rise of botox and lip fillers

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Would you give one of your kidneys to a stranger?

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Can heightened empathy be a bad thing?

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Why bird flu risk is like the Grenfell Tower tragedy

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Smoking is finally dying out among young people in the UK and US

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Best evidence yet that Parkinson’s could be autoimmune disease

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Babies are dying during childbirth in the UK due to poor care

Three-quarters of babies who die or are brain damaged during childbirth in the UK might have been saved with better medical care, an inquiry has concluded

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Antibacterials in soap should be regulated globally, say experts

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DNA variants that are bad for health may also make you stupid

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A bird flu pandemic looms but the US is holding back the fight

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Anxiety drug may prevent common virus that causes birth defects

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