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Your body wash may make you more attractive to mosquitoes

Better understanding the ingredients in personal care products that ward off the insects may lead to more effective mosquito repellents

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MORCAMBE, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 22: Despite inclement weather pensioners raise a happy smile as they perform the famously British dance of comedians Morcambe and Wise next to a statue of Eric Morcambe, at Morcambe Bayon June 22, 2006, in Morcambe, England. Confidence & Happiness specialist, Scientist Cliff Arnall from the University of Cardiff has identified June 23, 2006 as being the happiest day of the year. His calculations were based on outdoor activity, nature, social interaction, childhood summers, positive memories, temperature and holidays. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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Ageing is inevitable, but we may soon treat it like any other disease

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PRJWHE Nutrition facts label on box of crackers - USA

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The weird truth about calories and why food labels get them so wrong

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Flowers petals and leaves forming brain shape inside male's head silhouette made out of grass on yellow background.

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

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C. difficile spore in gold emerges from a bacterium in turquoise

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New antibiotic may clear Clostridium difficile and stop reinfection

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The CD47 molecule, which tells the immune system not to attack

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Stem cells treat diabetes without triggering immune response in mice

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A child receives the RTS malaria vaccine in Gisambai, Kenya, in March

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Dozens of countries have tamed malaria, but can we eradicate it?

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Calorie boost may explain why adults evolved ability to digest milk

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Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, says WHO

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World’s first RSV vaccine approved in the US for older adults

An RSV vaccine has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and should be available to people 60 years and older later this year

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New drug donanemab slows cognitive decline in early Alzheimer’s

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Brain surgery before birth fixes abnormal blood vessel in fetus

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As awareness of ‘hidden’ conditions rises, research must keep up

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MRSA could be prevented with genetically engineered antibodies

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