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Fever can help the immune system, so what should we do if we have one?

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Fever can help the immune system, so what should we do if we have one?

Fever is a pain, quite literally, but new evidence hints at its purpose. Here’s what you need to know

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Blood pressure elderly

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Blood pressure drugs may do more harm than good for some older people

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A working ECMO machine in an intensive care department

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Coronavirus treatment: What drugs could work and when can we get them?

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Coronavirus treatment: What drugs could work and when can we get them?

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Pearse Keane at New Scientist Live 2019

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How DeepMind's artificial intelligence is reinventing the eye exam

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The secret to killing cancer may lie in its deadly power to evolve

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The secret to killing cancer may lie in its deadly power to evolve

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Drugs may be able to fix our romantic lives when things go wrong

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Drugs may be able to fix our romantic lives when things go wrong

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Brain activity can help predict who'll benefit from an antidepressant

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The flawed experiment that destroyed the world's faith in psychiatry

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The flawed experiment that destroyed the world's faith in psychiatry

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Taking Viagra in early labour reduces the need for emergency caesarean

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Taking Viagra in early labour reduces the need for emergency caesarean

A study has found that taking Viagra at the beginning of labour increases blood flow to the baby and halves the chance of needing an emergency c- section

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Skin cream applied to mosquito bites stops viruses infecting mice

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Severed nerves repaired in monkeys thanks to tubes of growth protein

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The global failure to push PrEP is hindering the fight against HIV

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Small wonder: See the microscopic knotted beauty of a surgical stitch

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