SciePro/ShutterstockScientists recently announced that they have developed embryo models using just stem cells. No sperm or egg cells (oocytes) were...

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Semaglutide: beware of buying the weight-loss drug online

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A few years ago, celebrity weight-control practices were out of most people’s reach. Live-in chefs and personal trainers, not to...

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Keto diet may slow cancer tumour growth in mice – but not without potentially deadly consequences

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The keto diet is very low in carbohydrates. SewCreamStudio/ ShutterstockThe ketogenic (keto) diet has been popular in recent years among...

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Abortion restrictions put hospital ethics committees in the spotlight – but what do they do?

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Ethics decisions are among the hardest hospital staff need to make. Thomas Barwick/Stone via Getty ImagesMany states have imposed sweeping...

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Can we train our taste buds for health? A neuroscientist explains how genes and diet shape taste

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Researchers are increasingly learning that early diet can shape taste preferences but that our taste buds can also be trained...

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The lesser-known risk factors for heart disease

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Daisy Daisy/ShutterstockMost people know that the risk factors for heart disease are high blood pressure, smoking, raised cholesterol and being...

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Food insecurity already affects 12 million US homes — and reductions in SNAP benefits won’t help

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Of the 34 million Americans who suffer from food insecurity, 9 million are children. Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Digital Vision via...

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American Indians forced to attend boarding schools as children are more likely to be in poor health as adults

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Research reveals what generations of tribes know firsthand: that forced assimilation and unhealthy conditions at compulsory boarding schools takes a...