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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.

Building in Rennes, France, where drug trial took place

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Drug may have hit wrong brain target in French clinical trial

An initial report into a drug trial that left one person dead and five with brain damage says a very high dose may have led to "off-target" effects

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Consultant pathologist Waney Squier

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‘Shaken baby’ expert witness found guilty of misleading courts

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Close-up of someone's hand taking out some copper-coloured, mean-looking pointy bullets from a case

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Could three gun laws cut US firearm deaths by 90 per cent?

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Chemotherapy drip

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Gene test can tell people with breast cancer if they need chemo

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Disused building in Pripyat

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Wildlife heaven or nuclear hell: Chernobyl’s future up for grabs

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Contrast-enhanced confocal image of the mouse dentate gyrus. Newborn cells are labeled in red

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Newborn neurons observed in a live brain for first time

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MRSA bacteria

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MRSA superbug’s resistance to antibiotics is broken

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Tap the placebo effect to unlock your body’s healing powers

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I can tell you how to heal yourself with hypnosis

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cell electricity

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Animal Electricity: How the forces inside cells actually behave

When it comes to understanding how electricity works at cell level in living creatures, we need more popular science reads like Robert Campenot's one

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Pop-up show apes beauty brands to highlight egg-freezing issues

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Zika virus disease renamed to reflect range of impacts on fetus

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Banned drug used by Sharapova staved off fatigue in animal tests

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Environment

China unveils vision of greener future in its five-year plan

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