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smear test

Health

Australia to cut cervical cancer risk with less regular tests

From 1 December, instead of the 2-yearly Pap smear – also known as a Pap test or smear test – Australian women will have a 5-yearly human papillomavirus (HPV) test instead

News

First results from young blood Alzheimer’s trial are criticised

Health

First results from young blood Alzheimer’s trial are criticised

News

Alzheimer’s may be able to spread through blood transfusions

Humans

Alzheimer’s may be able to spread through blood transfusions

News

A young child crying

Health

Climate change will kill millions but you knew that already

News

Donor organs created by dissolving and rebuilding pig livers

Health

Donor organs created by dissolving and rebuilding pig livers

News

Hey Trump, the 1970s called and it wants its drug policies back

Health

Hey Trump, the 1970s called and it wants its drug policies back

Comment

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

Life

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

News

A group of people, two in space suits, on a parabolic flight

Space

Space changes how your brain thinks and it starts right away

News

Trump signs memorandum on opioids

Health

Opioid crisis: Trump suggests telling young people drugs are bad

News

Field of wheat being sprayed

Earth

Ban on weedkiller glyphosate won't save anyone from cancer

Unfounded health fears mean Europe is on the brink of banning the herbicide, risking greater soil damage and higher carbon emissions

Analysis

Health

Brain-zap therapy may throw people with depression into a rage

News

Technology

Robot carers are a reality: I only wish my mum got one

Comment

Technology

Gaming addiction probably isn’t a real condition, study suggests

News

Health

What drove the WHO to make Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador?

Comment