Health
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How precision medicine is revolutionising healthcareThe Explainer Data-driven genomic mapping is the ‘future of tailored, bespoke medicine’
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McConnell breaks silence on hospitalizationSpeed Read The 84-year-old senator revealed that he fell at home last month
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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The gendered impact of heatwavesThe Explainer High temperatures can bring greater medical complications and increase domestic violence incidents, with women ‘at the sharp end’
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Britain’s first drug consumption roomThe Explainer The Thistle in Glasgow provides a safe, clean space for users to inject illegal drugs
By The Week UK Published
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A parasitic stomach bug is spreading in the USThe explainer Cyclosporiasis is passed through contaminated food and water
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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An Antarctic sea squirt could help treat melanomaUnder the radar The organism may help produce a cancer-killing toxin
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Sick leave around EuropeThe Explainer Germany is clamping down on number of days workers take off for illness
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Men get postpartum depression tooUnder the Radar Some dads are suffering in silence through the early perinatal period
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published
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A copper drug could boost memory in Alzheimer’s patientsUnder the radar It clears toxic proteins in the brain that cause memory loss
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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‘Abysmally inadequate’ maternity care laid bare in NottinghamThe Explainer Donna Ockenden found that babies and mothers died after ‘systemic’ failings
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Hookworm therapy: parasites that could secrete medicineUnder The Radar Scientists think swallowing worms could – one day – make us better
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The Wegovy weight-loss pill: what you need to knowThe Explainer ‘Game-changing’ oral drug has similar success rate to injections but also comes with potentially serious side-effects
By The Week UK Published
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Big Tobacco may have jump-started the ultraprocessed food industryUnder the radar Cigarettes and food have the same marketing team
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Scientists renew the search for measles drugs amid low vaccination ratesThe Explainer There is currently no FDA-approved measles drug. But researchers are optimistic.
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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