Medical research
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Condition is leading cause of death in UK in months before and weeks after childbirth, says audit led by medical Royal Colleges
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Researchers in life sciences, fundamental physics and mathematics share awards from prize founders Yuri Milner, Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin
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British scientists are limited to research on embryos under 14 days old – until recently no one was able keep an embryo alive that long. But now an ethical struggle looms
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Research indicates regular badminton and tennis are sports most protective to health, while football and running are bottom of the table
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Thousands of patients not being offered procedure that can dramatically reduce disability after a stroke, research suggests
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A new medical device that give a patient’s own blood back to them could, its makers say, save lives and money, and is already being used around the world. So why isn’t the NHS buying any of them?
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New vaccine trial in South Africa builds on previous RV144 study to bring in more effective prevention of infection
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Researchers have created a vacuum cleaner-like exercise device to prevent problems associated with weightlessness on long-distance space missions
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The fastest growing subset of people dying from lung cancer is young women who have never smoked. We need less stigma around the disease, and more hope
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Final-stage results dash hopes that solanezumab, an injectable antibody, would provide treatment breakthrough
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Letters: I’m grateful the judge had the good sense to realise this was not about whether cryonics worked
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Research into the controversial science of freezing humans is being stifled by close-minded scientific community, it is claimed
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In the absence of religion, people find other ways to face death. This girl, and the mother who supported her fight, deserve nothing but sympathy
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Man blames former partner for also stopping him seeing body before it was embalmed and frozen
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350 corpses stored in liquid nitrogen await immortality. But detractors say the brain’s complexity is a major stumbling block
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Court decision to let dying teenager have body frozen could have unintended effect of giving people false hope, says professor
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From digital assistants to ‘smart’ medicine bottles, a new wave of connected devices could help people live independently for longer
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Royal College of Surgeons explores 3D hologram headsets and other hi-tech devices to replace cadaver-based tuition
Strobe lighting provides a flicker of hope in the fight against Alzheimer’s