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AI-assisted mammograms cut risk of developing aggressive breast cancer

Interval cancers are aggressive tumours that grow during the interval after someone has been screened for cancer and before they are screened again, and AI seems to be able to identify them at an early stage

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Our lifespans may be half down to genes and half to the environment

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Faecal transplants could boost the effectiveness of cancer treatments

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Fascinating but flawed book explores how sickness shapes our lives

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How your health is being commodified by social media

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How your health is being commodified by social media

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It would be a mistake to rush into an under-16 social media ban

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It would be a mistake to rush into an under-16 social media ban

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This virus infects most of us – but why do only some get very ill?

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We're getting closer to growing a brain in a lab dish

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To halt measles' resurgence we must fight the plague of misinformation

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Our brains play a surprising role in recovering from a heart attack

A newly discovered collection of neurons suggests the brain and heart communicate to trigger a neuroimmune response after a heart attack, which may pave the way for new therapies

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Menstrual pad could give women insights into their changing fertility

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Bone cancer therapy unexpectedly makes tumours less painful

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Why singing, dancing and engaging with art is good for your health

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Why biological clocks get our 'true age' wrong – and how AI could help

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