Can a glass of milk really ‘slash’ your risk of type 2 diabetes?
Duane Mellor, Coventry University The news media love nutrition stories. There is something appealing about the idea of a single
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Curious Kids: how does our heart beat?
Adam Taylor, Lancaster University This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children of all ages. The Conversation
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Does the brain really feel no pain?
Janet Bultitude, University of Bath The brain has no nociceptors – the nerves that detect damage or threat of damage
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Key to lifelong good mental health – learn resilience in childhood
Karen Newbigging, University of Birmingham Poor mental health among young people is on the rise in the UK, while access
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Brain implant could stop epilepsy seizures
Christopher Proctor, University of Cambridge For many people who suffer from neurological disorders, such as epilepsy, there are no viable
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Stem cells may hold the key to fixing a mutated gene that causes blindness
Stacey Moses, University of Cape Town and Raj Ramesar, University of Cape Town Stem cell research is being used in
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I spent three days as a hunter-gatherer to see if it would improve my gut health
Mounting evidence suggests that the richer and more diverse the community of microbes in your gut the lower your
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Could ageing immune systems be a better predictor of cancer than genetic mutations?
Sam Palmer, Heriot-Watt University and Thea Newman, University of Dundee It has long been known that cancer arises when genes
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Human embryonic stem cells grown from skin tissue
Fron Jackson-Webb, The Conversation Scientists have successfully reprogrammed human skin cells to become embryonic stem cells capable of transforming into
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Caesarean section versus natural birth – an obstetrician examines a new review
Stefan Hansson, Lund University Births by caesarean section are rising, worldwide. The latest figures (2016) show that 25% of births
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