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Alzheimer鈥檚, stroke, depression: The preventative power of sauna

Sustained heat stress is bad for our health and can be deadly. But we鈥檙e discovering that heat therapies like sauna, when used in the right way, have surprisingly wide-reaching benefits for health

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Game that reduces dementia risk may clear amyloid from men’s brains

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a vertical section through the head of a child with a glioma brain cancer (dark red, centre)

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Four children with terminal brain cancer saved by new cell therapy

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Resuscitated human retinas respond to light 10 hours after death

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Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) micrograph of Down's syndrome chromosomes (red) in a foetus' cell nuclei (blue). The FISH technique enables individual chromosomes within the nuclei to be tagged with a fluorescent dye. Here, three copies of chromosome 21 are seen in each nucleus, the cause of Down's syndrome. In a healthy human, each nucleus contains only two copies of chromosome 21. Chromosomes are the parts of a nucleus responsible for carrying the genetic code. Down's syndrome is a genetic disease which causes mental retardation and typically flattened features. It affects around 1 in every 650 babies.

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Injection halves risk of chromosome error common in older human eggs

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Light micrograph of a section through follicles in an ovary. The immature eggs (orange) are surrounded by a fluid-filled cavities (light pink) and granulosa cells (dark pink), which provide immature eggs with nutrients and hormones

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Our fertility window could be extended by making ovaries softer

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Lambs born via IVF using highly immature eggs in major breakthrough

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Ovary identity shift after menopause may contribute to inflammation

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5 things to know about sunscreen, according to a skin cancer expert

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Beetroot juice is trending 鈥� its benefits go beyond the hype

Some marathon runners and other athletes swear by beetroot juice shots, but is there evidence they really do anything for our bodies? Columnist Alice Klein investigates

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New 杏吧原创 recommends an unsettling deep dive into forensic science

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A type of fibre that stimulates GLP-1 release approved for use in food

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I鈥檓 the first person whose life was saved by CRISPR base editing

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Your menstrual cycle may affect how well vaccines work

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