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Losing weight is good for your health – even if you regain it

People who have obesity and lose weight through behavioural weight loss programmes have lower risks for heart disease and type 2 diabetes years later, despite regaining some weight

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An embryo developing in the uterus at 8 weeks, 9 weeks and 10 weeks

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Miscarriages may be more likely to occur with slow developing embryos

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Wastewater samples at BioBot's lab

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Inside the lab that looks for viruses in wastewater from US homes

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Cell types in a mouse's brain, coloured according to their subclass

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Most detailed map of mouse brain includes 5200 different types of cell

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We may finally know why people tend to regain weight after losing it

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Close up someone injecting Botox in a woman's forehead

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Botox injections in forehead alter brain activity linked to emotions

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Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler

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Ludwig von Beethoven’s DNA reveals he probably died of liver damage

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The key to deeper sleep might be a high-protein diet

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Around 2 billion people don’t have access to clean drinking water

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A transmission electron micrograph of a colony of Gardnerella vaginalis , bacteria that are found in vaginas and the urethras of men who have vaginal sex

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The microbiome inside the penis can be altered by vaginal sex

The penis plays host to a collection of bacteria known as the penile microbiome, and an analysis of urethral swabs has found that men who have vaginal sex can pick up bacteria normally found in the vagina

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Your early life shapes the mix of good and bad viruses in your gut

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Women show signs of cellular ageing at 19 that hit men at age 40

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Protein fragments that repair skin damage could be added to cosmetics

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Covid-19 may have started in raccoon dogs, new DNA evidence shows

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