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Hot yoga鈥檚 high temperature may not have any health benefits

Despite all the extra effort and sweat, a study suggests that the high temperature used in hot yoga classes may聽not have any useful effect

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Breathing in a nanoparticle spray could prevent heart damage

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syringes

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How ‘stem cell’ clinics became a Wild West for dodgy treatments

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The Amazonian arrow poison that made modern anaesthesia

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Swollen eye is setback for blindness treatment using stem cells

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Source of world鈥檚 biggest listeria outbreak still unknown

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Bowel cancer test may be a much better way to screen for polyps

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A person with an umbrella standing in the rain in front of an advert that says "All cloud no silver lining"

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Johann Hari doesn’t know depression’s real causes 鈥� no one does

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Blindness treatment will insert algae gene into people’s eyes

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A restraining bed for an execution

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Copycat justice has turned US counties into execution hotspots

Criminals assigned the death penalty are five times more likely to be executed in some US counties than in others 鈥� a trend that some argue is unconstitutional

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Surfers may be swallowing bacteria and spreading it to others

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A single gene can either raise or lower Crohn鈥檚 disease risk

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Robotic implant could help children with rare disorder eat again

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The doctor who took on big pharma to stem the US opioid epidemic

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