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‘Shin splints’ may not be caused by running up and down hills

Shin pain is common for runners, but it's unclear what parts of training most contribute. It turns out that pressure on shin bones is more severe when runners up their pace compared to when they train on hills

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Health

Why the causes of poor mental health may share a common root

Features

AI is helping to draft doctor messages

Technology

Doctors are using AI to draft messages without telling patients

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A clinical doctor talking to a couple of patients in her office at the hospital.

Health

As awareness of 'hidden' conditions rises, research must keep up

Leader

A scanning electron micrograph of the delta SARS-CoV-2 variant (pink dots) budding from a human gut cell

Health

The covid-19 virus affects our gut – but we still don't know how

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Mind

ADHD: What's behind the recent explosion in diagnoses?

Features

Pill that zaps stomach cells could treat nausea and lack of appetite

Health

Pill that zaps stomach cells could treat nausea and lack of appetite

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UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1900: Giovanni Grewembroch - XVIII century. Manuscript: Doctor in Venice at the time of the plague. Watercolor. (Photo By DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini via Getty Images)

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Pathogenesis review: How infectious diseases have moulded civilisation

Culture

Red melatonin gummies spill out of a clear container in front with a white background

Health

Melatonin gummies in the US contain far more of hormone than listed

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Neurons in the brain

Health

Lack of neuron ‘pruning’ may be behind many brain-related conditions

Brain scans show that adolescents with more symptoms of certain mental health conditions, autism or ADHD have undergone less pruning than usual of synaptic connections between neurons

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Role-play therapy: Can Dungeons & Dragons help improve mental health?

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Mind

How to stop procrastinating and start getting things done

Regulars

Health

Ghana is the first country to approve highly effective malaria vaccine

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Health

Legal marijuana in the US may be less potent than packaging claims

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