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A selection of beers and ciders

Health

Why we should celebrate Scotland’s minimum alcohol price plan

Death and ill health will be averted now Scotland's pioneering minimum alcohol policy has finally cleared legal hurdles, say John Holmes and Petra Meier

Comment

An older person doing a crossword

Health

Brain training game linked to lower dementia risk a decade later

News

Man working on an Old Amish farm

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Amish gene can make them live 10 years longer and avoid diabetes

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Health

Digital drug tells your doctor when you've taken your medicine

News

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Humans

Why the male infertility crisis could be good news for women

Leader

man and baby

Health

We're heading for a male fertility crisis and we're not prepared

Features

A newborn baby

Health

How long should you let a pregnancy run before being induced?

News

NHS reforms have failed to boost community-based care in England

Health

NHS reforms have failed to boost community-based care in England

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A woman eating salad

Health

Coffee and plant-based diets linked to lower heart failure risk

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A woman in a dark room

Health

How social stress makes your brain vulnerable to depression

Bullying and other social stresses may make it easier for inflammatory substances to enter your brain, altering your mood and leaving you susceptible to depression

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Health

Brain implant boosts human memory by mimicking how we learn

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Health

Medical cannabis vendors must stop making bogus health claims

Analysis

Health

Gluten-sensitive? It may actually be a carb making you ill

News

Health

Daytime injuries heal twice as fast as wounds sustained at night

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