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Discover the latest health news, scientific discoveries and big ideas about the human body and treating diseases, covid-19, diet, fitness, exercise, wellness and how to live a healthy life.

Young mice and mother

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Newborn female mice live longer if they smell older females’ urine

The scent of older females causes young female mice to reach puberty later and extends their lifespan 鈥� the first known case of smell affecting lifespan in mammals, though males aren't affected

E. coli bacteria

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Vaccine to prevent UTIs could be taken as a dissolving tablet

A baby in a neonatal intensive care unit is held by its mother

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Immediate skin-to-skin contact advised for premature newborns by WHO

Children in the UK may be more at risk of infections and other health complications this winter compared with previous years

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Flu, RSV and cost of living will all harm UK child health this winter

Two pupils of primary school walk hand in hand

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Specific brain markers could help diagnose children with ADHD

Permafrost in Alaska

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A 48,500-year-old virus has been revived from Siberian permafrost

Mini lab-grown adrenal glands

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Lab-grown adrenal glands could help treat hormone-related conditions

Psychedelics and mental health 鈥� your questions answered

A person with tetraplegia uses a mind-controlled wheelchair as part of a trial

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People with paralysis navigate a room via a mind-controlled wheelchair

A person with diabetes injecting insulin

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Drug that delays onset of type 1 diabetes gets approval in US

In an ongoing trial, the drug teplizumab delayed the onset of type 1 diabetes in children and adults by nearly three years, compared with a placebo

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Psychedelic drugs may reopen critical learning periods in the brain

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Myopia linked to five genetic variants and going to university

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Acid produced by the brain could drive disease-related psychosis

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Why emotions can feel so painful 鈥� and what it means for painkillers