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Can a 10-second finger workout help keep your brain healthy?
Dr Oscar is back with the latest health headlines.Can a 10-second finger workout help keep your brain healthy? Plus, the surprising ways stress can affect your body, and why humans can regenerate some tissues better than you might think.To...
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The best new science-fiction novels published in July 2026
I am on holiday later this month, so I’m pleased to find there’s a really wide range of intriguing...
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Women with PMOS should have yearly NHS checks, says health watchdog
The guidelines recommend when to suspect PMOS, how to assess women and how to diagnose the condition.They also say PMOS should not be discounted in women who have been through the menopause. PMOS is thought to be more common...
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‘Normal birth drive’ criticism removed from maternity report, expert claims
A review into maternity safety in England was changed just days before publication to remove criticism of a "normal birth drive", according to a former member of the inquiry team.The campaign, which encourages vaginal birth without any medical intervention...
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Why I Always Check the Wet Bulb Temperature Before Exercising Outside in Summer
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The Out of Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What Does ‘TLPUR’ Mean?
This week's trip into the hall-of-mirrors of modern youth culture features a new piece of post-meaning slang, another poisonous dispatch from the incel...
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‘We can’t continue like this’: Inquiry demands NHS maternity overhaul
The National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, external was set up last summer by the then-health secretary, Wes Streeting.The aim to was produce a report to drive through improvements across England after a series of maternity scandals undermined the trust...
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Two MIT faculty members named 2026 Pew Biomedical Scholars
Whitney Henry and Harikesh Wong have been named 2026 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. The Pew Charitable...
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Humans sleep the least of all apes – is it the secret to our success?
I am napping in a chimpanzee nest, 12 metres above the ground in Uganda’s Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve. Sleep comes...
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Former NFL star Chris Johnson says he has been diagnosed with ALS
Former NFL star Chris Johnson announced that he's been diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Johnson, now 40, said he received the diagnosis last year. He shared the news in a "Good Morning...
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Ukraine hits major oil terminal in Russia’s St Petersburg
Ukraine has struck a major oil terminal in Russia's second city of St Petersburg and other targets in the...