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Discover the latest health news, scientific discoveries and big ideas about the human body and treating diseases, covid-19, diet, fitness, exercise, wellness and how to live a healthy life.
Spoon scooping up sugar

Health

Sugar in your diet: The not-so-mouthwatering truth

Does sugar make you hyper, or cause cancer? From obesity to sweeteners, we sort through the science on all things sweet

Features

We may be able to use Zika virus to attack brain cancer cells

Health

We may be able to use Zika virus to attack brain cancer cells

News

A man wincing in pain

Technology

Computer knows how much pain you are in by studying your face

News

person inhaling a balloon in front of houses of parliament

Health

UK's bad drug law flounders, which is no real surprise at all

Comment

We still don’t really know what CRISPR does to human embryos

Health

We still don’t really know what CRISPR does to human embryos

News

Pioneering gene therapy approved for leukaemia in the US

Health

Pioneering gene therapy approved for leukaemia in the US

News

Daniel Kish walks down narrow path flanked by trees

Health

This is how some blind people are able to echolocate like bats

News

Daniel Kish, human echolocator

Health

Blind children should be allowed to learn to echolocate like me

News

Immigrant protections have halved kids’ mental health problems

Health

Immigrant protections have halved kids’ mental health problems

News

A teenager at a school desk stretching back and yawning

Life

Your teenager's biology demands later school starts and lie-ins

Schools in the US and beyond are right to consider a later start time for teenage students given growing evidence about adolescent body clocks, says Russell Foster

Comment

Health

Will psychedelics for depression be just another false dawn?

Comment

Health

Human blood and skin cells used to treat Parkinson's in monkeys

News

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Health

We need a more grown-up conversation about the menopause

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