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Sexual desire may be triggered by gentle touch sensors in your skin

Nerve endings in your skin that detect gentle touch may also be responsible for triggering sexual desire

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Sarah works in her community garden on Saturday, September 25, 2021. PHOTOS BY JOHN LOK / for UCSF

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Woman’s depression treated by an implant responding to brain patterns

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Knee osteoarthritis

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Lubricating arthritic knees with synthetic fluid may help tissue heal

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David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021.

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Medicine Nobel awarded for explaining how we sense heat and touch

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Breast cancer cells

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First map of proteins in tumour cells pinpoints cancer therapy targets

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Coming off antidepressants risks relapse – but so does staying on them

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A vaccination clinic at an elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, in April.

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Prioritising covid vaccines for people of colour may have saved lives

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Japan 2011 earthquake and tsunami linked to increased risk of dementia

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The stem cell revolution isn’t what you think it is

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A nurse (L) prepares to administer a Pfizer booster vaccine to at a vaccination centre in Derby, central England on September 20, 2021. - Frontline health and social care workers, older people and the clinically vulnerable in Britain started on Monday to receive a booster jab against Covid 19. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Should you get a covid vaccine booster shot if you’re offered one?

As the UK and US embark on large-scale coronavirus vaccine booster programmes, the evidence so far suggests it is a good idea to get a booster shot if you are offered one

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Secrets of a long and healthy life reside in your gut microbiome

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DNA markers reveal if you shared a womb with twin that didn’t survive

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Parasite evolution is making it harder to detect and treat malaria

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Children with more books at home have less mental decline when older

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