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$Women have a higher risk of bone fracture after menopause$

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Social stress linked to bone density loss in postmenopausal women

Postmenopausal women with high social stress and poor relationships may be at higher risk of bone fractures due to stress hormones lowering bone density

person running

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Do you run with bent arms? Turns out it doesn’t make much difference

Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria

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Chlamydia may spread through the gut to infect new parts of the body

Amyloidosis involves the build-up of sticky protein

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Gene-silencing drug for rare hereditary disorder approved for NHS use

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HPV vaccine to be offered to UK boys as well as girls from September

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Immunotherapy may help treat some resistant bowel cancers

Cannabis dispensary

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US teens may be finding it harder to buy cannabis after legalisation

Brazilian Thamires Cristina dos Santos Ferreira da Silva, 29, plays with her two-year-old son Matheus Silva, who was born with microcephaly, at their apartment in Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, on November 30, 2018.

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Half of babies affected by Zika virus are developing normally by age 2

sperm under microscope

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Extracting sperm directly from testicles could help infertility issues

Air pollution may be having more of an effect on health in Birmingham than in some other UK cities

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Air pollution in Birmingham may cut months off life expectancy

A child born in Birmingham, UK, in 2011 may die between two to seven months early due to predicted pollution concentrations, according to a report

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Nerve surgery helps people with paralysis control their hands and arms

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Exclusive: Five couples lined up for CRISPR babies to avoid deafness

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Astronauts don’t seem to be dying from exposure to space radiation

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Is organic food better for you? Here’s the truth about the benefits