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Boys and football coach in Thai cave are medically stable

4 July 2018

Twelve boys and their football coach were found in a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand on Monday after being missing for nine days


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NHS England considers plans to cut some surgeries

4 July 2018

Breast reductions and tonsil removals are among 17 procedures that may be restricted in England in a bid to save the National Health Service £200 million a year


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Facebook apologises after bug unblocks people who were blocked

4 July 2018

Blocking is often used to help Facebook users avoid abuse or harassment, but a bug meant 800,000 people lost this safeguard for a week


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Smoke from moorland wildfires may hold toxic blast from the past

4 July 2018

The UK’s largest wildfire for decades is almost under control, but peat burning below the ground risks spewing historical pollution back into the sky


Polycystic ovary syndrome linked to mother's health in pregnancy

Polycystic ovary syndrome linked to mother's health in pregnancy

29 June 2018

Women who are overweight or smoke during pregnancy are more likely to have daughters who develop polycystic ovary syndrome, a nationwide study has found.


People who keep seeing the same doctor have lower death rates

People who keep seeing the same doctor have lower death rates

28 June 2018

An analysis of 22 different studies has found that seeing the same family doctor, GP, or specialist over time is associated with better health outcomes


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Heroin users’ brains hint at a new treatment for narcolepsy

27 June 2018

Heroin users make too much of a “wakefulness” chemical in their brains. The finding hints that milder opiates may offer a new way to treat narcolepsy


Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua may be a comet, not an asteroid

Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua may be a comet, not an asteroid

27 June 2018

The path of the “interstellar asteroid” discovered last year can’t be explained by gravity alone - it was also pushed along by gas, so it might actually be a comet


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