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Health

Women need a rosy outlook? Then give us reason to be optimistic

Talking up the idea that women need to up their optimism to live longer is patronising in an age of stubborn gender inequality, says Lara Williams

Comment

age artwork

Health

Why your real age may be older – or younger – than your years

Features

Laboratory mice

Health

Research on male animals prevents women from getting best drugs

News

Living near noisy roads could make it harder to get pregnant

Health

Living near noisy roads could make it harder to get pregnant

News

Synthetic iris could let cameras react to light like our eyes do

Technology

Synthetic iris could let cameras react to light like our eyes do

News

Pieces of cabbage

Health

Special cells explain why cabbage and stress churn your guts

News

Radio powered by your own sweat hints at future of wearables

Technology

Radio powered by your own sweat hints at future of wearables

News

Two women posing for a selfie

Health

Don’t blame Instagram for the rise of botox and lip fillers

Analysis

Parkinson's

Health

Best evidence yet that Parkinson's could be autoimmune disease

News

smoking

Health

Smoking is finally dying out among young people in the UK and US

Now only 15.5 per cent of people in the UK are smokers. The largest declines have been seen in the first generation to grow up among anti-smoking laws

News

Health

Why bird flu risk is like the Grenfell Tower tragedy

Leader

Health

Can heightened empathy be a bad thing?

Culture

Health

Would you give one of your kidneys to a stranger?

Features

Health

Babies are dying during childbirth in the UK due to poor care

News