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nurses

Health

Is donating your DNA to the NHS worth the privacy risks?

NHS England's national DNA database could improve the health of millions of people, but concerns over privacy could easily scupper the project's success

Insight

mind artwork

Health

How menopause and Alzheimer’s change the brain in similar ways

Features

All you need to know about the menopause (but nobody tells you)

Health

All you need to know about the menopause (but nobody tells you)

Features

A car controlled by AI

Technology

Fatal AI mistakes could be prevented by having human teachers

News

rat's maze

Health

We've seen how our brains file away memories for the first time

News

Photos of skinny women affect people’s minds in just 15 minutes

Health

Photos of skinny women affect people’s minds in just 15 minutes

News

<i>Hellblade</i>, a game route into the world of psychosis

Technology

Hellblade, a game route into the world of psychosis

Culture

Australia plans random drug tests for people receiving welfare

Health

Australia plans random drug tests for people receiving welfare

News

someone washing their hands

Health

Stainless steel faucets may up risk of legionnaires' disease

News

Egg of the Paragonismus westermani fluke

Health

Mummy autopsy reveals earliest known case of liver parasite

The mummified remains of a man who died in 1642 had a liver infection caught by eating raw shellfish, perhaps in the hope of curing measles

News

Health

Eat a seasonal diet and your gut microbes may change in sync

News

Health

Will Google’s targeted depression tests really help people?

Analysis

Health

Stressed out GCSE kids need more mental health help

Comment

Health

Doing meth raises the risk of strokes in young people

News