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Pedestrian-friendly cities have lower rates of diabetes and obesity

A review of 170 studies finds consistent evidence that people are less likely to be obese or have diabetes if they live in cities where walking and cycling is safe and convenient

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Dog owners are half as likely to develop a disability in older age

Mandatory Credit: Photo by CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Shutterstock (10963111a) Dr. Mohammed Abdul-Hussein (R) and CT technician Hanan Jamal examine lung images at al-Shifaa Center in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 12, 2020. In a specialized COVID-19 hospital in Iraqi capital of Baghdad, a Chinese-donated CT scan, mobile X-ray equipment, and other medical supplies are saving lives in the front-line battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Already 400 patients have benefited from the important medical donation. TO GO WITH "Spotlight: Chinese-donated CT scan, mobile X-ray save lives in specialized COVID-19 hospital in Iraq" Iraq Baghdad Hospital China Donation Ct Scan - 12 Oct 2020

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Long covid – the best thing that ever happened to functional disorders

BOLTON, ENGLAND - MAY 26: People shop and go about their daily life in Bolton town centre as surge testing and rapid coronavirus vaccinations continue on May 26, 2021 in Bolton, England. The UK government amended earlier advice asking people to avoid non-essential travel to and from Bolton and seven other places in England experiencing spikes in Covid-19 cases. New guidance asks that people minimise travel to such places, whose local authorities were largely surprised by the initial rule change, published without fanfare on a government website on May 14. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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Boris Johnson announces ‘living with covid’ plan for England

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Purple ‘superfood’ tomato could finally go on sale in the US

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Baby boomers are the unhappiest generation in the UK

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We’re closing in on the causes of long covid and possible treatments

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Boris Johnson announces ‘living with covid’ plan for England

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Allison Bailey/Shutterstock (12626939f) Members of Herndon Reston Indivisible call for abortion rights at the Supreme Court as the justices hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. JWHO is challenging the constitutionality of a Mississippi law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks, claiming that it violates the 1973 Roe decision by banning abortion before fetal viability. Pro-choice and pro-life protests at Supreme Court for Mississippi abortion case, United States Supreme Court, Washington, DC, USA - 01 Dec 2021

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People opposed to abortion in the US would still help a friend get one

Dr. Aizhou Wang demonstrates the enzymes delivery to an Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) system. (Credit: UHN)

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Lung with switched blood type is step towards universal donor organs

Using two enzymes, researchers changed a donated lung from type A to type O, which can be accepted by any recipient

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Map of pain neurons may lead to more effective drugs for chronic pain

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Why everything you thought you knew about posture is wrong

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We seem to find people with a strong immune system more attractive

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How Australia has cut child cancer deaths – and hopes to get to zero