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9 things you didn’t know about ovarian cancer

Given the alarming increase in ovarian cancer, we take a look at new things you may not know about the disease.

What a doctor in the 1780s would have prescribed

Health and medical advice from the 1780s (it’s generally not pretty)

You Are… What Your Friends Eat?

Are you friends making your healthy lifestyle difficult?

How fructose increases high calorie cravings

Eating these food might lead to bad meal choices later

Chemo brain: What does chemotherapy do to your brain?

Survivors joke about the symptoms of “chemo brain” but now a study has found real evidence of the effect.

World first natural birth for diabetic woman with artificial pancreas

A diabetic woman has become the first in the world to give birth using an artificial pancreas.

Hope for a vaccine against Parkinson’s disease

The world could be getting closer to a vaccine against Parkinson’s disease

Is baby brain really just another way that women put themselves down?

Is baby brain another way that women pretend they’re actually not good at things?

The best exercise for living a long life

The key to living longer? Really short, but intense bursts of exercise

Is this officially the happiest time of the day?

Around the world there’s a time that most people are at their happiest

Paracetemol ineffective for back pain and osteoarthritis

Have bad back pain? Take paracetemol to treat it? You may want to read this.

Eating your greens helps to maintain sharp mental ability

A new study reveals that warding off potential cognitive decline can be as easy as upping your green leafy vegetable intake.

1,000-year-old eye remedy kills antibiotic resistant bacteria

An eye salve from a 9th century Anglo-Saxon manuscript was found to kill MSRA.

There is a scientific reason behind all the beards we’re seeing

Science can explain why your barista, boyfriend and boss have all decided to grow a beard

Evolution to blame for men’s curve preference?

Evolution might be the reason why men prefer curvy spines

Nearly 3 million whales killed in the 20th century alone

The total number of whales killed in the 20th century is much, much higher than you thought

Bionic heart invention provides hope for heart disease

Brisbane is leading the way with a ground breaking artificial heart tipped to save lives within three years

One glass of wine will make you more attractive, according to science

The exact amount of alcohol you need to drink in order to appear more attractive

Couples more likely to divorce if wife gets sick

In sickness and in health? Not always…

Insulin a cure for Alzheimer’s?

An insulin nasal spray may provide a promising new treatment for Alzheimer’s, researchers say.

HIV is becoming less deadly and less infectious

As HIV spreads, it is evolving to become less deadly and much less infectious.

Experminetal drug cures terminal bladder cancer

A new experimental drug makes cancer vulnerable to the body’s immune system.

Drowning: the hidden childhood killer

What claims more than 300,000 children’s lives each year – more than tuberculosis or measles?

A single kiss shares 80 million bugs

A single 10-second kiss can transfer as many as 80 million bacteria, a study by Dutch scientists has found.

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