Health
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Spain’s huge pork industry seeks salvation from swine fever threat
Jordi Saltiveri gazes across his farmland, on which he keeps 8,000 pigs, and remembers the day late last year when…
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What you need to know before taking weight-loss drugs
Weight-loss drugs are not the quick fix solution that many people believe, especially if you hope to keep the pounds…
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Isometric exercise: The most efficient fitness regime?
Isometric exercises – which involve holding certain poses – can build strength and reduce our blood pressure. All you need…
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An end to hay fever? The new wave of effective cures for seasonal allergies
Is it possible to train the body to resist seasonal allergies? That’s the hope promised by a new line of…
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These diseases were thought to be incurable. Now AI is unlocking new treatments
Artificial intelligence is inventing new drugs against Parkinson’s disease, antibiotic-resistant superbugs and many rare diseases – progress that many scientists…
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How ultra-processed foods affect our gut microbiome
The additives added to processed food to keep it fresher for longer might be having an unexpected effect on the…
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Intermittent fasting may make little difference to weight loss, review finds
Intermittent fasting may not help people who are overweight or obese lose weight, a large review suggests. The researchers say…
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Olive oil and bone broth: Do viral gut health foods actually work?
Gut health has become one of social media’s favourite buzzwords. From drinking chia seed water first thing in the morning…
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Brain bran: The protective effect that fibre has on cognition
Eating fibre can improve health, lengthen lifespans, and even protect our brains. Yet many of us are still coming up…
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The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people…
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