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The health benefits of sunlight: Can vitamin D help beat coronavirus?

Join Sam as he gets reacquainted with the sun and explains how light can have a profound effect on our mental and physical health.  The good news? A little daylight goes a long way.

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Dick Johnson

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Dick Johnson Is Dead review: A moving tragicomic film about dementia

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Stimulating the ears and tongue may reduce severity of tinnitus

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Have we been thinking about covid-19 symptoms all wrong?

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Covid-19 doctor’s diary: I hope we got the winter flu vaccine right

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Bad balance: why dangerous falls are on the rise around the world

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Emmanuelle Charpentier at the Max Planck Institute, Germany and Jennifer Doudna

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Nobel prize in chemistry goes to the pioneers of CRISPR gene editing

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Nobel prize for medicine goes to discoverers of the hepatitis C virus

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Black children in the US more likely to die from surgery complications

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Can vitamin D supplements help protect against covid-19?

There is no definitive evidence that vitamin D protects against covid-19, but the case for its use is growing – and most people should take a daily supplement anyway, for bone strength

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Electronic blood vessels could replace damaged arteries

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Babies are being fed mother’s poo in effort to boost gut bacteria

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Raised by Wolves review: Stunning sci-fi set on a real exoplanet

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How your computer can help defeat the coronavirus while you sleep

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