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Health
How rain can make you happier and healthier
Apart from a few sunny days recently, it feels like it has not stopped raining for...
Melanoma skin cancer cases rising in UK
A cancer charity is warning people to do more to protect themselves from the sun...
Electric pulses may ease paralysis after broken neck
Melanie Reid’s left hand had "flopped like a bunch of bananas" since she broke her...
The human brain has been shrinking – and no-one quite knows...
The brains of modern humans are around 13% smaller than those of Homo sapiens who...
Are there long-terms health risks to using Botox?
Botox is a common – and largely safe – cosmetic treatment. But it has emerged there...
Why forgetting is beneficial
Imperfect memory and false recollections are essential elements of a flexible mind,...
A 70-year-old system could help us prepare a bird flu vaccine...
The widespread presence of bird flu in US cattle and milk has vaccine scientists...
Millions more middle-aged are obese, study suggests
Millions of middle-aged people have been mistakenly led to believe they are not...
Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies
The first man to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two...
Birth trauma report calls for new maternity tsar
An inquiry into traumatic childbirths has called for an overhaul of the UK's maternity...
AstraZeneca to withdraw Covid vaccine
After more than three billion doses, the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is being...
Assisted dying: Mum with cancer shares support following...
A mother who lost her seven-year-old to cancer who now has her own terminal diagnosis...
Assisted dying debate terrifying for disabled people, says...
The black leather sofa in the corner of Dr Ellen Wiebe's office looks out of place...
Patient praises robotic hysterectomy recovery time
A woman who had a robotic-assisted hysterectomy said she was "gobsmacked" at how...
Women from Wales have to travel to England for abortions
A woman who had to travel from Wales to England for an abortion says it made her...