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Bandages laser-bonded to your skin may fix wounds better than stitches

Most flesh wounds are repaired with sutures, but they cause extra damage to the skin. A bandage made of silk and gold, sealed with laser light, could solve that

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Alcohol advisers threaten to quit health body due to industry links

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Life

A startling sexual side-effect to yawning – and other past stories

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Portrait of Kath Sansom, a young, lively-looking woman, outside a house

Life

‘The pain was instant’: The devastating impact of vaginal mesh surgery

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Opioid crisis: powerful but non-addictive drug could replace morphine

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Technology

A trip into the past: Swiss watches, Korean ginseng and UK tea breaks

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Technology

Subtle patterns in your typing could reveal early signs of Parkinson’s

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We dream even when under general anaesthetic

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We dream even when under general anaesthetic

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Women in England to be allowed to have abortions at home

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Mind

Why taking ayahuasca is like having a near-death experience

A psychedelic drug produces effects similar to near-death experiences. The finding suggests changes to brain activity may explain such paranormal phenomena

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Health

Ecstasy-like drugs might relieve social difficulties in autism

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Deaths caused by the opioid fentanyl are rising in the UK

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Health

The medical cannabis debate is a chance to put science before dogma

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Life

Time travel to Augusts past: cold cod, thawing mammoths, frozen nerves

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