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Abolishing locked psychiatric wards could put patients at risk
Brain Scanner is Simon Oxenham's weekly column that sifts the pseudoscience from the neuroscience
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Why men should ignore Ben Stiller’s call for cancer test
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Could sex hormones help addicted women stop taking opioids?
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World war on superbugs can only be won by a UN-led global effort
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Why women are more at risk of PTSD – and how to prevent it
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Deaths from 9/11-related illness are set to exceed initial toll
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Placenta’s alarm clock signals when it’s time for birth to begin
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World’s first ‘nanofish’ could be used as guided drug missiles
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Hackers stealing and selling your health records must be stopped
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Zika vaccine trials begin – but fears remain over virus’s impact
The trial comes amid warnings that even infected babies born with normal-sized heads could be at risk of developmental disorders
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Mind-controlled nanobots could release drugs inside your brain
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Evidence-based policy is good medicine for society’s ills
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The scary reality of medical U-turns, and how to stop them
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First wearable brain scanner to probe people with amazing gifts
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