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Hand crushing a raw egg

Health

Netflix vegan hit What the Health serves up lots of bad science

Campaigning vegans will change nothing if they embrace bad science and conspiracy theories when making the health case for their diet, says Anthony Warner

Comment

a mouse feeling fine

Technology

Tiny robots crawl through mouse's stomach to heal ulcers

News

Two women having a conversation

Health

England will need over 71,000 extra care home places by 2025

News

How US diplomats may have been attacked by sonic weapons in Cuba

Technology

How US diplomats may have been attacked by sonic weapons in Cuba

News

An overweight person on a treadmill

Health

Even ‘healthy’ overweight people have a higher cardiac risk

News

Childhood exercise may protect against memory loss in old age

Life

Childhood exercise may protect against memory loss in old age

News

Vials of homeopathic products

Health

Choosing alternative cancer treatment doubles your risk of death

News

False-colour x-ray of the abdomen showing the large intestine (colon)

Health

Activated charcoal drug can protect microbiome from antibiotics

News

A woman washing her hands with handwash

Technology

Smart cameras spot when hospital staff don’t wash their hands

News

baby being born healthy

Health

Why UK midwives are back-pedalling on natural childbirth

For decades, women have been encouraged to give birth naturally – that means avoiding all medicines and interventions. Now the Royal College of Midwives is changing its position

Analysis

Health

Trump says he’ll declare US opioid epidemic a national emergency

News

Health

CRISPR makes piglets that may be better organ donors for humans

News

Health

Side effects kill thousands but our data on them is flawed

News

Health

This is why the first CRISPR baby won't be born in the US

Comment