WHO reverses decision to elect Robert Mugabe as ambassador
25 October 2017
The decision to rescind the appointment of the Zimbabwe president has raised questions over the leadership of the WHO’s first African director general Tedros Adhanom
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Head transplant mavericks must be scrutinised, not ignored
25 October 2017
Whether or not you believe neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero and his claims about head transplants, journalism has a democratic duty to hold public figures up to the light
Inside the mind of the man who wants to transplant human heads
25 October 2017
Neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero likens himself to Peter Parker and Victor Frankenstein, and controversially claims that a successful human head transplant is imminent
Marijuana compounds made in GM yeast could help epilepsy
25 October 2017
Sneaking cannabis DNA into yeast can create enormous quantities of any marijuana component, from those with medical applications to the ones that get you high
Your autopilot mode is real - now we know how the brain does it
23 October 2017
Ever realised you’ve driven yourself home but haven’t really been paying attention? Brain scans have shown how wandering minds switch into autopilot mode
Chronic back pain stem cell treatment could cut need for opioids
23 October 2017
A stem cell treatment could bring relief to millions of people with chronic lower back pain. If it works, it may help curb the opioid painkiller epidemic
Scotland has banned smacking children - so should everyone else
20 October 2017
Spanking children doesn’t make them better behaved – but it can put them at risk of mental illness, and should be outlawed everywhere
A home test kit may let you diagnose endometriosis years earlier
20 October 2017
It can take years to diagnose extreme period pain as endometriosis. The longer it goes untreated, the more it affects fertility - could a spit test change that?
Self-harming has risen dramatically among UK teenage girls
18 October 2017
In every 10,000 teenage girls in the UK, more than 37 have self-harmed. The large rise in rates of self-harming may be due to stress or mental health problems
Hunger-blocking injection lets fat monkeys quickly lose weight
18 October 2017
A protein injection that decreases appetite has been found to help obese monkeys slim down fast, and to cut their risk of developing diabetes
