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Polycystic ovary syndrome

Health

A better understanding of PCOS offers fresh hope for new treatments

New insights into polycystic ovary syndrome are revealing more about the causes of this common but misunderstood whole-body condition, and these could lead to new treatments

Features

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Humans

Why it is important to explore the outer limits of knowledge

Leader

Cross section of the skull (top) and outer layer of the brain, showing the subarachnoid lymphatic-like membrane in green

Health

We've just discovered a new part of the brain's waste disposal system

News

2FM22K7 The joy is evident on the face of this young orangutan. BORNEO: THIS BRITISH photographer has spent TWENTY years snapping Borneo?s cutest orangutans.

Life

Living in trees may have given great apes vocal skills for consonants

News

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Humans

The Song of the Cell review: A love letter to life's most basic unit

Culture

CTBXC4 Closed eye.

Health

Human hibernation sounds fanciful, but it may now be saving lives

Leader

A series of hominoid crania (counterclockwise from the L): juvenile Australopithecus, adult Australopithecus, adult chimpanzee, juvenile chimpanzee, adult Homo erectus (center). Specimens photographed at the UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

Humans

Our ancestors’ prenatal growth sped up after we split from chimps

News

Geneticist Svante Pääbo has been awarded a Nobel prize for his work on evolutionary genetics

Health

Nobel prize awarded for study of human evolution using ancient DNA

News

Woman is standing on bathroom scales with happy smiling face on display, over colored background, top view of feet. Weight measurement and control. Concept of healthy lifestyle, dieting and fitness

Health

Weight loss advice isn't based on good evidence

Comment

^BHormone replacement therapy.^b Close-up of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) pills in a circular dispenser. HRT pills are synthetic hormones used to treat menopausal women. They counteract the hormone deficiency that occurs at menopause. These pills contain oestrogen, and often progestogen, drugs. HRT helps to prevent ^Iosteoporosis,^i ^Iatherosclerosis^i and ^Iatrophic vaginitis^i (where the vagina becomes thin and dry). Pills are taken daily on a monthly basis to coincide with the menstrual cycle. Adverse effects include nausea, tenderness of the breasts, fluid retention and leg cramps.

Health

Outdated research on HRT is letting people down

It's time to be clear about the evidence around hormone replacement therapy and let people make up their own minds

Leader

Humans

Scientific illustrations illuminate work by Galileo, Einstein and more

Regulars

Humans

Human ancestors may have walked on two legs 7 million years ago

News

Humans

Chewing can increase your body's energy use by up to 15 per cent

News

Humans

Losing parts of our voice box may have helped humans evolve to speak

News