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Drinking more alcohol after a traumatic event may increase PTSD risk

It has long been believed that PTSD increases the risk for聽excess drinking, but in some cases it may actually be the other way around

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Landmark pig heart transplant was a big leap forward in 2022

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TOPSHOT - Staff members from the Hoshinoya Tokyo hotel demonstrate the "Lantern Dining Experience", where lanterns made by Kojima Shoten - a shop in Kyoto - are used to shroud diners for mask-free dining amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, during a media event at the hotel in Tokyo on February 28, 2022. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

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The covid-19 pandemic鈥檚 third year saw countries adopt new approaches

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A person has their temperature checked before entering a market in Coata, Peru, in July 2020

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Nearly 15 million excess deaths occurred globally in 2020 and 2021

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Amyloid plaques forming between neurons. Beta-amyloid protein disrupting nerve cells function in a brain with Alzheimer's disease

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Alzheimer鈥檚 disease progression slowed using CRISPR technique in mice

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Drinking "mistimed" expressed breast milk may affect a baby's sleep

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Timing of expressing milk and a baby drinking it affects infant sleep

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The stretchy and instantly adhesive patch that can cover holes in lungs

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Sticky plaster for punctured lungs stretches as they expand

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Alyssa on the day she received the base-edited cell therapy in May

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Experimental CRISPR technique has promise against aggressive leukaemia

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Stimulating the vagus nerve may reduce symptoms of multiple sclerosis

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Genetic variants may influence the likelihood we will smoke or drink alcohol

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Thousands of genetic variants may influence smoking and alcohol use

In a study of nearly 3.4 million people, almost 4000 genetic variants were linked to how much alcohol a person drinks a week, the age some start smoking and whether they quit the habit

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We鈥檙e rushing the use of psychedelics as medicine, researchers say

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The Seven-Day Sleep Prescription review: Getting real about sleep

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AI listens to toilet sounds to guess whether people have diarrhoea

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What we know so far about strep A child deaths in the UK

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