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Telling us to stop washing our hands is dangerous and unacceptable

5 April 2019

Media misinterpretations of the hygiene hypothesis are encouraging us to stop washing our hands - and it's undermining our public health, says Sally Bloomfield
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Had a genetic test? You should be told if its implications change

4 April 2019

Some genetic test results that seemed life-threatening now look less risky. We need to rethink what patients get told, say Rachel Horton and Anneke Lucassen

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