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Breastfeeding and covid-19 vaccines - will they affect your baby?

20 May 2021

Those breastfeeding in the UK have been given the green light to get vaccinated against covid-19, but how might it affect babies, asks Penny Sarchet
So-called ‘holy grail’ cancer test would miss thousands of cases

So-called ‘holy grail’ cancer test would miss thousands of cases

1 June 2018

Newspaper reports have hailed a blood test for detecting several types of cancer as the “holy grail of cancer research”, but it is far from accurate enough

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