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Reducing high blood pressure can cut risk of dementia

Common medications for keeping blood pressure down, including ACE inhibitors, diuretics and calcium channel blockers, also lower the risk of dementia and cognitive impairment

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A dramatic rethink of Parkinson鈥檚 offers new hope for treatment

A woman eating a bowl of fruit while wearing exercise clothes

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Should your menstrual phase dictate what you eat and how you exercise?

preparing a vegan meal

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Vegan diets have good levels of key amino acids, but there’s a catch

A light micrograph cross-section showing cholesterol-containing plaque in a heart artery

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One-off gene-editing therapy could permanently lower cholesterol

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Digital devices may help ward off cognitive decline in older people

Illustration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria releasing DNA (blue) with antibiotic resistance genes (yellow)

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Drug-resistant gonorrhoea could be treated with a UTI antibiotic

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The evolution of easier births means slower walking and pelvis issues

What a medical professional sees when they oversee the procedure via a livestream

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World’s first baby born by IVF done almost entirely by a machine

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Doctors need to listen to the evidence about bed rest in pregnancy

Bed rest is commonly prescribed for high-risk pregnancies. It can't hurt and might help, right? Wrong, says Jacqueline Sears

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A political take on cancer provides a tough but much-needed analysis

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Blood test suggests preeclampsia risk using RNA

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Experimental medication helps treat cocaine addiction

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We’re finally uncovering fibre’s remarkable benefits for body and mind