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A bowl of fried chicken

Health

Backstreet fried chicken shops must stop using killer trans fat

Cheap fast food in deprived pockets of the UK has slipped through the net in the war on harmful trans fats. Time to dish up a solution, says Anthony Warner

Comment

Sleeping less in old age may be adaptation to survive in wild

Health

Sleeping less in old age may be adaptation to survive in wild

News

Meningitis B vaccine

Health

Meningitis B vaccines may fight the rise of super-gonorrhoea

News

A brain-training app

Technology

Brain-training game fails test against regular computer games

News

open drug capsule with beads falling out

Health

People are hacking antidepressant doses to avoid withdrawal

News

CRISPR

Health

CRISPR gene editing technique is probably safe, study confirms

News

Yemeni women wait to fill jerrycans with drinking water

Health

A cholera pandemic has raged for 56 years. Time to stamp it out

Comment

Eating lots of sugar when pregnant may raise risk of allergies

Health

Eating lots of sugar when pregnant may raise risk of allergies

News

person having their head bandaged

Health

Serious head injuries nearly double your risk of dementia

News

Staphylococcus aureus on human skin

Health

Bad eczema flare-ups may be caused by strains of bacteria

Healthy skin has a mix of bacteria living on it, but increases in particular strains of Staphylococcus has been linked to bad eczema flare-ups in children

News

Health

Cancer vaccines could prime our own bodies to fight tumours

News

Health

Using light to reset the body clock can treat brain disorders

News

Earth

60 Seconds

News

Health

UK National Health Service should do more to exploit genomics

News