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Having an 'overweight' BMI may not lead to an earlier death

A large US study has found that being overweight but not obese carried a slightly lower risk of dying within the study period than being a supposedly healthy weight

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T861Y1 CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing complex, illustration

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The high cost of CRISPR therapy will stop it getting to most patients

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How CRISPR therapy could cure everything from cancer to infertility

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How CRISPR therapy could cure everything from cancer to infertility

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, CA - May 26:Aysha-Samon Stokes and her daughter Nyla, 6, watch Midwife Allegra Hill and student Midwife Maryam Karim take the heartbeat of two-week-old Nikko during a postpartum visit to the South Los Angeles birthing center, Kindred Space LA, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 where he was born on Mothers Day night. With fear of another C-section and fear of the high mortality rate in the hospitals among women like herself Stokes found her midwife in her third trimester. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

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The maternal death rate in the US has more than doubled since 1999

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Hormone injection may stem age-related memory decline

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A person wearing scrubs talks on a hospital phone

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Why so much medical care is years out of date – and how to fix it

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An older man weight training

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Muscle fibres become misshapen as we age but exercise can restore them

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Diary cow looking at the camera in herd on lush green grass

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Innovation, sustainability and the future of dairy

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Microscope image of Krause corpuscles

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Neurons that respond to vibration discovered in the clitoris and penis

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Genetic marker discovered for the severity of multiple sclerosis

Analysis of data from more than 22,000 people with multiple sclerosis helped researchers identify a genetic variant that is associated with the severity of the disease

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First cell therapy for type 1 diabetes approved for use in the US

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Giving birth aged 23 to 32 cuts risk of some congenital conditions

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Opioids no better than placebo for short-term lower back and neck pain

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Bird flu viruses have mutations that might help them spread to humans

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