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Why cant we cure the common cold?
The long read: After thousands of years of failure, some scientists believe a breakthrough might finally be in sight The common cold has the twin distinction of being both the worlds most widespread infectious disease and one of the most elusive. The name is a problem, for starters. In almost...
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Reality shrivels. This is your life now: 88 days trapped in bed to save a pregnancy
The long read: Months before she was due to give birth, disaster struck for Katherine Heiny. Doctors ordered her to lie on her side in bed and not move and gave her a 1% chance of carrying her baby to term When I was five years old, my parents decided...
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The joy of eggs how ‘nature’s multivitamin’ shook off the scare stories
Decades of dud healthy-eating guidance sent the humble egg into nutritional exile. But with new advice about runny yolks suggesting that salmonella in raw eggs is a thing of the past, its time to lick the cake bowl again Every morning for breakfast I eat a runny-yolked egg, often boiled,...
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The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life: the new sleep science
Leading neuroscientist Matthew Walker on why sleep deprivation is increasing our risk of cancer, heart attack and Alzheimers and what you can do about it Matthew Walker has learned to dread the question What do you do? At parties, it signals the end of his evening; thereafter, his new acquaintance...
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