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Aussie flu: Just what the doctor ordered?

Health

Aussie flu: Just what the doctor ordered?

A really bad but not pandemic flu season could be the wake-up call the world needs

Leader

tinnitus

Health

A daily blast of sound and electrical pulses may tame tinnitus

News

Health

Research on short-fall injuries quashes ‘shaken baby’ verdict

News

With political will, we can solve the global vision crisis

Health

With political will, we can solve the global vision crisis

Leader

reading book

Space

The books and ideas that will shape the year ahead

Culture

using smartphone to photograph eye

Health

Eye phone: The doctor using tech to restore the world’s sight

Features

trastuzumab

Health

NHS is switching to cheaper mimics of expensive cancer drugs

Insight

Can listening to a low hum destroy Alzheimer’s brain plaques?

Health

Can listening to a low hum destroy Alzheimer’s brain plaques?

News

Blood test spots ovarian cancer years before it is usually found

Health

Blood test spots ovarian cancer years before it is usually found

News

Number 10 on Xmas decoration

Health

It's never too late to get a tattoo, an implant – or new senses

From altering your body, enhancing your senses or improving cognitive function, you need to be a risk-taker to plug into the dark arts of body modification

Culture

Health

Californians can now buy marijuana for recreational use

News

Health

Pandemics past: Seven times flu has become a mass killer

Features

Health

Waiting for the big one: A new flu pandemic is a matter of time

Features

Health

Jab in the dark: Why we don’t have a universal flu vaccine

Features