The silver scent of fear
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Have scientists really edged closer to treating HIV?
A recent clinical trial testing a new treatment for the disease has shown promise after a patient appears free of the…
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A friend bet a fiver on me writing this story – but it’s still taken me 25 years
“It’s like Trevor’s on a tightrope,” said my boyfriend, “but the tightrope is only a foot above the ground”.
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Hope in the fight against Alzheimer’s? A new drug focuses on prevention of the disease
A newly developed antibody-based therapy offers new insight on an old method in the race to develop an effective drug…
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Junior doctor strikes: 4 reasons we need to talk about the NHS
Britain is changing, but the NHS isn’t changing with it.
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Fitter, dumber, more productive
How the craze for Apple Watches, Fitbits and other wearable tech devices revives the old and discredited science of behaviourism.
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You snooze, you lose: why sleep is back on the agenda
A history of sleep from the premoderns to today’s health geeks reveals that today’s “sleep revolution” is not as radical…
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The New Vegetarianism: why we need a different approach to reducing meat consumption
It’s time to replace the government’s lacklustre stance on reducing meat-eating, and the “vegan-or-bust” message of some activists, with a new…
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