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Gut Bacteria Influence Fairness Perception

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Sarah Carter

Summary: A new study finds that manipulating gut bacteria through probiotic and prebiotic supplements can increase altruistic punishment behavior in humans. Participants ...

As global life expectancy is predicted to increase by FIVE years by 2050, our interactive map shows how long YOU might live, depending on where in the country you are

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Sarah Carter

By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline 16:23 17 May 2024, updated 16:26 17 May 2024 Britain’s stark life expectancy divide was ...

Pandemic scientists urge removal of Covid-era warning signs

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Sarah Carter

Baroness Fox, one of the peers calling for a campaign to rid the country of Covid-era warnings, said: “During the pandemic we ...

‘My mum had to tell me I had HIV’: the former blood transfusion poster boy campaigning for infected victims | Contaminated blood scandal

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Sarah Carter

Andy Evans was 13 when his mum took him for an unexpected drive in the countryside. “I thought: this is weird. Why ...

The 4 inflammation-busting foods that can delay the ageing process

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Sarah Carter

INFLAMMATION is an essential part of our immune system’s response to injury or illness, but it’s been linked to diseases and ageing ...

I deliberately let a two-metre long tapeworm live in my gut for two months, writes DR MICHAEL MOSLEY. Here’s what it felt like…

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Sarah Carter

Parasites, such as leeches and tapeworms, often get a bad press, but I find them fascinating. So much so, a few years ...

29-year-old claims medics ‘gaslit’ her into believing she had IBS for two years when the real culprit was agonising hormone condition endometriosis

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Sarah Carter

By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline 12:57 17 May 2024, updated 13:52 17 May 2024 A woman who looked ‘five months ...

High cholesterol: Symptoms include xanthelasma

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Sarah Carter

An NHS doctor has spoken out after a growing number of people reported the same symptom of high cholesterol on their face. ...

Danger warning issued to Brits planning to travel abroad for cut-price surgeries

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Sarah Carter

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons has urged Brits thinking about travelling abroad for cheaper surgeries to carefully consider their options ...

Doctor in blood scandal says patients infected with HIV and Hepatitis C is ‘worst thing you can imagine’ | UK News

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Sarah Carter

Edward Tuddenham is one of the few remaining haemophilia specialists to have treated patients at the beginning of the infected blood scandal ...