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Man struggling to remember

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A common antibiotic seems to have a strange effect on our memories

A study looking at how antibiotics could be used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder has revealed gaps in our understanding of how memories form

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Researchers are concerned about genetic privacy

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Genetic privacy attack could reveal DNA secrets from genealogy sites

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mouse on a wheel

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Blood transfer from active mice gives lazy ones benefits of exercise

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Baby receiving vaccines

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Vaccines have helped us eradicate another strain of wild polio virus

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Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours

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Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours

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woman preparing for chemotherapy

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Genome sequencing guides people with metastatic cancer to best therapy

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food and salt

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Mice fed a high salt diet lose the ability to perform simple tasks

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Diazepam is a type of benzodiazepine drug

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Benzodiazepines and z-drugs are prescribed more in poorer areas

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Taking blood pressure drugs at night may make them more effective

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veg and pulses

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Choline: The forgotten vital nutrient we’re not getting enough of

Standard nutritional advice to cut down on meat and dairy may be stopping us getting enough of an essential nutrient named choline. Should we be worried?

Insight

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Abortion is now no longer illegal in Northern Ireland

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Changing a child's route to school can halve exposure to air pollution

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Doctors could team up with AI to spot dangerous brain bleeds faster

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CRISPR upgrade could make genome editing better and safer

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