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Before the advancement of scientific data storage and collaboration via the cloud, medical investigators seeking health research breakthroughs had to overcome significant obstacles to collaboration and key clinical data gathering. Data were siloed and difficult to distribute, so those looking...

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Available for over a yearRight now, research is gathering pace in revolutionising our understanding of inflammation, which could transform the treatment of so many chronic diseases - cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, depression, type 2 diabetes and many more.So,...

Aoísha O'Neill, 18, who is Pearse's sister says establishing a dedicated minister for women's safety and health at Stormont would bring together women's issues "so they can be tackled in a more efficient way".It would be similar to the...

Available for over a yearIn Kenya, a young lawyer is bringing a legal case against the Kenyan government, regulator, and several multinational agrochemical companies. He’s working alongside activists and health practitioners, and they claim that hazardous pesticides and herbicides,...

The morning-after pill, known as emergency contraception, external, is medication designed to prevent unwanted pregnancies. It usually has to be taken within three to five days of having unprotected sex. The sooner it is taken, the more effective it...

Chatbots are designed to make you feel like your conversations are personal. They're highly agreeable, and over-friendly, and simulate the experience of chatting...

Who doesn't love a banana in their smoothie? It adds sweetness and does wonders for the texture. Well, not Rhonda Patrick, who proudly...

Andy Burnham has told the BBC "the NHS will collapse" if social care is not reformed but he said he could not put a timeline on changes.In his first major interview since becoming prime minister, Burnham said he would...

Burnham first proposed a universal system of social care in England in 2009 when he was health secretary under Gordon Brown. He has vowed to spend political capital on the issue as prime minister.However, he is not the first...