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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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Woman’s Hour – Child mental health services, Amanda Wakeley, murder of Annabel Rook – BBC Sounds
Available for over a yearBefore the potential Prime Minister has even taken up office, a draft letter has been written for Andy Burnham asking him to appoint as many women as men in his government. It's from the Women's...
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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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Resident doctors in England accept pay deal and end strikes
Resident doctors in England have voted to accept the government's offer on pay and jobs, bringing an end to three years of strikes. The offer includes more training jobs, faster pay progression and a plan to cover out-of-pocket expenses...
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How Indian scientists are mapping the brain’s last frontier
Anchor attempts to close that gap. Users can zoom from the whole brainstem seen on MRI down to individual...