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Discover the latest health news, scientific discoveries and big ideas about the human body and treating diseases, covid-19, diet, fitness, exercise, wellness and how to live a healthy life.

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Why is it hard to count the number of deaths caused by the pandemic?

A new estimate by the World Health Organization suggests that deaths from the pandemic are much higher than official figures – but that is because these figures are unreliable in many places

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Man who received pig heart transplant has died after pig virus found

MRI brain scan of someone with Parkinson's disease

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Brain cells that are linked to Parkinson’s disease finally identified

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Anti-vaccine views may soften after people hear extreme implications

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Just 1 in 20 adults in England exercise their muscles enough

Epstein-Barr virus causes glandular fever and is increasingly being linked to multiple sclerosis

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Vaccine may protect against the virus behind multiple sclerosis

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A new weight loss drug could be used to prevent obesity. Will it work?

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Child hepatitis outbreak shows the pandemic can still surprise us

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How repealing Roe v Wade in the US will lead to more women’s deaths

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Obesity drug achieves average weight loss of 24 kg in clinical trial

People who had weekly injections of a drug that mimics natural appetite-suppressing hormones lost 22.5 per cent of their body weight on average

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A single genetic mutation made humans more susceptible to cancer

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How to Prevent the Next Pandemic review: Bill Gates’s timely blueprint

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Vegetarian children are slightly more likely to be underweight

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We may know why some childhood cancers resolve on their own