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Weight-loss drugs lower impulse to eat 鈥� and perhaps to exercise too

Popular weight-loss medications including Ozempic and Wegovy contain a drug that seems to decrease cravings for food and drugs 鈥� and now there鈥檚 evidence that it might make exercise less rewarding, too

GB. England. Bristol. 2021. Bristol Royal Infirmary. Martin Parr's cancer treatment. Chemotherapy transfusion.

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A sharp interrogation of why we retreat from other people’s illnesses

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Next-generation technology is a critical mid-step in dementia care

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Your toothbrush is teeming with hundreds of types of viruses

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The US is ramping up bird flu surveillance 鈥� but will it be enough?

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Slowing growth in life expectancy means few people will live to 100

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Nobel prize for medicine goes to the pair who discovered microRNA

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MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD 鈥� what went wrong?

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Stem cell transplant gives hope for treating age-related sight loss

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Rapamycin could make an epilepsy drug much safer during pregnancy

The epilepsy medication sodium valproate is linked to developmental problems in fetuses, but lab studies may now have found a way to prevent this

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Exercise supplement creatine could be grown in edible plants

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Parkrun events could boost your life satisfaction

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Radioactive ion beam could target tumours more precisely

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CBD shows promise as pesticide for mosquitoes