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New Alzheimer's drugs offer hope for bleak diagnosis but...
Estimates by Alzheimer's Research UK suggest 575,000 people in the UK would meet...
Weight-loss jabs investigated for suicide risk
Europe's drugs regulator has told BBC News it is conducting a review of some weight-loss...
Why syphilis is rising around the world
Syphilis is one of the oldest known sexually transmitted infections. Once thought...
MDMA: Australia begins world-first psychedelic therapy
Earlier this year, researchers raised eyebrows when Australia's traditionally conservative...
HRT used for menopause linked to dementia - but it may...
The nationwide study from Denmark, published in the British Medical Journal, appears...
New TB vaccine in 100 years advances as Gates, others fund...
Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced funding, to advance...
Pill made from freeze-dried faeces to be taken by liver...
Around 300 people are expected to take part in the trial and will be randomly assigned...
She was denied an abortion in Texas - then she almost died
A Texas law that bans all abortions - except in dire medical circumstances - is...
Skin cancer: Smartphone camera lens technology to be used...
The tiny device can take detailed images of moles or skin legions, and is set to...
Ghana patients in danger as nurses head for NHS in UK -...
The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is "out of...
Lung cancer pill cuts risk of death by half, study finds
The drug, developed by AstraZeneca, if taken daily after surgery, dramatically reduces...
Covid: Top Chinese scientist says don’t rule out lab leak
The possibility the Covid virus leaked from a laboratory should not be ruled out,...
Mozambique cholera: Why outbreaks have sparked unrest
False claims about the spread of a cholera outbreak in northern Mozambique have...
US and Mexico sound alarm over cosmetic surgery-linked...
US and Mexican authorities are urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare...
NHS to deliver world first blood-matching test to aid sickle-cell...
Transfusions are a common way to treat both conditions but inadequately matched...