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Health

How neuroscience and bad studies have fuelled intensive parenting

Motherdom is the latest book to lay bare the shaky science pressuring parents to perfectly steer their children's development from birth. It's a welcome reality check, finds Penny Sarchet

Culture

Colorectal cancer cells. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of cancer cells from the human colon (large intestine). Cancer of the colon is also known as colorectal cancer. Symptoms include rectal bleeding and abdominal pain. Treatment is with surgery to remove the affected area. Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in the Western world. Magnification: x 3000 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

Health

Health scares for a new generation must be tackled with solid science

Leader

The alarming rise of colorectal cancer diagnoses in people under 50

Health

The alarming rise of colorectal cancer diagnoses in people under 50

Features

Health

Does milk and other dairy really reduce the risk of colorectal cancer?

Analysis

Health

Why the world’s longevity hotspots may not be all they seem

Features

Health

Extreme heat may speed up biological ageing in older people

News

Health

People in industrial societies get more sleep than hunter-gatherers

News

PR1RKC Resting T lymphocytes. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of resting T lymphocytes from a human blood sample. T lymphocytes, or T cells, are a type of white blood cell and components of the body's immune system. They mature in the thymus. T lymphocytes recognise a specific site on the surface of pathogens or foreign objects (antigens), bind to it, and become activated to produce antibodies or cells to eliminate that antigen. Specimen courtesy of Professor Greg Towers, University College London, UK. Magnification: x7000 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

Health

Inside the new therapies promising to finally beat autoimmune disease

Features

Health

US stops sharing flu data with WHO amidst one of its worst flu seasons

News

Human embryonic stem cell-derived brain organoids grown on an organ-on-chip system

Health

Mini-brains have been fused to resemble that of a 40-day-old fetus

By fusing different human organoids, researchers have created “mini-brains” containing most of the cell types found in fetal brains

News

Health

Why being bilingual really does seem to delay dementia

Analysis

Health

USAID funding freeze devastates reproductive healthcare worldwide

News

Health

Why exercising outdoors is better for your health

Regulars

Health

How both your genes and lifestyle alter risk of age-related diseases

News