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How a surge in ancient plagues 5000 years ago shaped humanity

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing where they come from and how they changed history

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Plans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic

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Anopheles gambiae, collected in Mauritius, in the 1950s. image shot by Mariam Ghani in the storage facility of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, The mosquitoes belong to a US Army collection of insects that is stored in that site.

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A visually rich documentary packs a punch about how we see disease

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Fatty liver. Coloured computed tomography (CT) scan of an axial section through the abdomen of a 66 year old woman suffering from fatty liver. At lower centre is a bone of the vertebra (white). The liver is the large organ occupying much of the abdomen at upper left to right (purple). Fatty deposits in the liver show up as blue patches. The liver cells become swollen by large fat droplets. This condition occurs in heavy drinkers and alcoholics, where high levels of alcohol in the blood disturbs normal fat metabolism. Fatty deposits in the liver can also be caused by hypoxia, toxins or diabetes mellitus.

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Why you may have a stealth liver disease and what to do about it

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Humans spread more viruses to other animals than they give to us

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Color enhanced light micrograph (LM) of Candida auris, a yeast responsible for many infections. Resistant to most antifungal drugs, this fungus causes several deaths worldwide.

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Blight review: The threat of a fungi-fuelled pandemic

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Endometriosis may be caused by bacterial infections

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EJMAXP Senior couple Nordic walking on rocky trail in the nature.

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We can treat age-related illness without calling ageing a disease

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MORCAMBE, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 22: Despite inclement weather pensioners raise a happy smile as they perform the famously British dance of comedians Morcambe and Wise next to a statue of Eric Morcambe, at Morcambe Bayon June 22, 2006, in Morcambe, England. Confidence & Happiness specialist, 杏吧原创 Cliff Arnall from the University of Cardiff has identified June 23, 2006 as being the happiest day of the year. His calculations were based on outdoor activity, nature, social interaction, childhood summers, positive memories, temperature and holidays. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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Ageing is inevitable, but we may soon treat it like any other disease

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MRSA could be prevented with genetically engineered antibodies

Genetic mutations to an antibody prevented MRSA infections in mice, and boosted the effectiveness of antibiotics for fighting the infection

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Pathogenesis review: How infectious diseases have moulded civilisation

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New DNA tests predict your disease risk 鈥� are we ready for them?

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Malaria outbreak in Ethiopia linked to invasive mosquito from Asia

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17th-century infant’s life and health revealed by ‘virtual autopsy’

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