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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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Bad memories stick around if you sleep on them

Students shown disturbing images found it hardest to suppress memories of them after a kip, hinting that sleep deprivation could help after traumatic events

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Making cells ignore mutations could treat genetic diseases

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Being popular is good for health – in monkeys, at least

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Brain stimulation guides people through an invisible maze

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Why diet drinks with aspartame may actually help make you fatter

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Hurt blocker: To treat chronic pain, look to the brain not body

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Why some itches can’t be scratched – and how to combat them

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Let’s take on untreatable diseases, says gene therapy pioneer

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Treatment for chronic pain can be lethal, but there is an answer

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Killer bird flu has spread across Europe – are humans next?

Threatwatch is your early warning system for global dangers, from nuclear peril to deadly viral outbreaks. Debora MacKenzie highlights the threats to civilisation – and suggests solutions

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Zika is no longer an emergency – it’s worse than that, says WHO

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Google’s DeepMind agrees new deal to share NHS patient data

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GM mosquitoes approved for field trial release in Florida

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Gut tissue wired up with nerves created in lab for first time

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