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Why we urgently need answers about artificial sweeteners and health

Artificial sweeteners have been shown to help people maintain their weight and improve their health, but they have also been linked to conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. Nutrition scientist Allison Sylvetsky has been unpicking the evidence

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Turmeric supplements have become increasingly popular after small studies suggested their active ingredient may ease some inflammatory conditions

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Turmeric supplements have been linked to liver damage in five people

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People who use cannabis may experience more pain after surgery

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The app Nerva may ease irritable bowel syndrome symptoms

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Hypnotherapy app eases irritable bowel syndrome symptoms in six weeks

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Hair follicles grown in the lab in a step towards hair loss treatment

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Your smartphone could be used to estimate your risk of dying

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Dyslexia has been linked to 42 genetic variants

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Dyslexia linked to 42 genetic variants in biggest study of its kind

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Red Cross workers place a coffin, containing someone who died of Ebola, into a grave on October 11 in Mubende, Uganda

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Uganda introduces its first Ebola lockdown while it waits for vaccines

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Gut bacteria may reduce harmful effects of nicotine on the liver

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A female Aedes aegypti mosquito may be attracted to people with more carboxylic acids in their sweat

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Acids in our body odour make some people more attractive to mosquitoes

Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which transmit yellow fever and Zika, may be more attracted to people with high levels of carboxylic acids in their body odour

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Covid-19 appears to affect memory less than other aspects of cognition

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Over a million people in the US ration insulin because of high costs

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Covid jab rates vary in England in children of different ethnicities

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Menstrual cycle lengths vary between people of different ethnicities

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