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One million brain scans used to assess dementia risk

One million brain scans used to assess dementia risk

Scientists are hoping that access to more than 1.6 million brain scans collected...

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Anthony Fauci recovering from West Nile virus

Anthony Fauci recovering from West Nile virus

Anthony Fauci, the face of the US government's response to the Covid pandemic, is...

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Nanoplastics linked to heart attack, stroke and early death, study finds

Nanoplastics linked to heart attack, stroke and early death,...

People with microplastics or nanoplastics in their carotid artery tissues were twice...

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'Mpox made my throat so painful I couldn’t sleep'

'Mpox made my throat so painful I couldn’t sleep'

Egide Irambona, 40, sits bare-chested on his hospital bed, next to the window, in...

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Tiny shards of plastic are increasingly infiltrating our brains, study says

Tiny shards of plastic are increasingly infiltrating our...

Human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards...

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Lung cancer patient is first in UK to receive experimental vaccine

Lung cancer patient is first in UK to receive experimental...

A lung cancer patient has become the first in the UK to receive a new experimental...

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How worried should we be about mpox?

How worried should we be about mpox?

The rapid spread of mpox – what used to be called monkeypox – in parts of Africa...

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Alzheimer's drug lecanemab that slows decline given green light in UK - but won't be available on NHS

Alzheimer's drug lecanemab that slows decline given green...

A drug that can slow the debilitating symptoms of Alzheimer's has been approved...

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Drop in people coming to UK to work in NHS and social care

Drop in people coming to UK to work in NHS and social care

Official statistics reveal fewer people are seeking to come from abroad to work...

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What we know about sloth virus - and where it's spreading

What we know about sloth virus - and where it's spreading

There have been more than 10,000 cases reported this year, with 19 in Europe, and...

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Indian doctors strike over rape and murder of colleague

Indian doctors strike over rape and murder of colleague

Doctors in India have held a national strike, escalating the protest against the...

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A 10-month-old has contracted Gaza’s first case of polio in 25 years

A 10-month-old has contracted Gaza’s first case of polio...

Doctors in war-torn Gaza have detected a case of polio for the first time in 25...

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Yemen was already a hard place to raise an autistic daughter. Then war started

Yemen was already a hard place to raise an autistic daughter....

Sanaa, Yemen — In his house on the outskirts of Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Mothafar...

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Allergy sufferers tell of 'traumatic' experiences ordering food after mistakes led to teenagers' deaths

Allergy sufferers tell of 'traumatic' experiences ordering...

Think back to the last time you went to a restaurant. Did the waiter ask you if...

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Pregnant women urged to get vaccine that could prevent thousands of baby hospitalisations

Pregnant women urged to get vaccine that could prevent...

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - which causes symptoms resembling a cold - accounts...

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