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New Scientist - Health
New Scientist - Health
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Rare gene variants can change your height by up to 7 centimetres
Gene variants that have an unusally large effect on some people's heights have been discovered by analysing the genomes of more than 300,000 individuals
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Ultrasound can push vaccines into the body without needles
Vaccinations could be made less painful by treating skin with a vaccine-laden liquid and using ultrasound to push it into the body
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Music created from bioelectric recordings of cancer-treating plants
Musical artist Helen Anahita Wilson records the bioelectric signatures of cancer-treating plants as a way to understand her own cancer journey
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Why does weed give you the ‘munchies’? Here's what the science says
There may be several reasons why cannabis encourages people to eat, including the fact that the psychoactive compound in the drug affects the neurons that control hunger
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Painkillers seem to work better if you have unpleasant side effects
People found a nasal spray painkiller more effective when it caused a slight burning sensation. This suggests that deliberately increasing some drugs' unwanted side effects could enhance their therapeutic benefits
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Cannabis probably doesn't help you sleep better
Many people take cannabis to help them sleep, but there is little evidence that the drug makes a difference
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Why some medical conditions are due to evolutionary design flaws
Rather than assuming medical conditions happen because something in the body has “gone wrong”, considering evolutionary explanations for illnesses and symptoms may help us better understand how to treat them
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A new way to estimate our maximum lifespan could help us extend it
The maximum lifespan of mammalian species such as humans can be estimated from so-called epigenetic markers - and altering those might extend our longevity
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Why it's healthy for older people to be slightly overweight
UK dietitians say people over 65 need more fat reserves, but why are they going against most other healthy weight guidelines?
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H1N2 swine flu: UK's first human case recovers after mild illness
Infected person has made full recovery but officials are investigating where they caught the virus and whether they may have passed it to other people