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Teenagers with unhealthy lifestyles age faster than healthier peers

Smoking, regularly drinking alcohol, doing little exercise and having a high BMI make teenagers age two to five weeks a year faster biologically, according to a large DNA study

A person collects a covid-19 lateral flow test kit in London in December 2021

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Long covid risk with omicron variant may be half what it is with delta

A solar storm

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Solar storms may cause up to 5500 heart-related deaths in a given year

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Online tool predicts impact on your life expectancy from 1800 diseases

JERSEY CITY, NJ - JANUARY 02: E-cigarettes devices are display in a local store on January 2, 2020 in Jersey City, New Jersey. The Trump administration will announce this week the ban for mint-, fruit- and dessert-flavored e-cigarette cartridges, but allow menthol and tobacco flavors to remain on the market. Flavored liquid nicotine used in open tank systems can continue to be sold. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

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Vaping v smoking: Why the FDA may limit access to flavoured vapes

Sickle-cell disease is a recessive genetic blood disorder that affects red blood cells

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Children to get CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease in trial

A woman lifting two 15-pound dumbbells.

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Exercising before or after a flu vaccine may make it work better

A person wearing a mask sits on a tram in Krakow, Poland, in May

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How big a covid-19 wave could omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 cause?

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Origin of Black Death finally found in bacteria from Kyrgyzstan graves

Polarized light micrograph of phenylalanine

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Appetite-suppressing molecule helps obese mice lose weight

Lac-Phe, an altered form of an amino acid produced by mice and humans after exercise, can help obese mice lose weight by suppressing their appetite

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Severe covid-19 symptoms linked to more than 1300 genetic variants

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More than 1 in 7 people worldwide have had Lyme disease

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Parts of the brain form a circuit that may fuel smoking addiction

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One epigenome-editing injection could cut cholesterol level for years