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How to read and understand your Japanese health check report

If you’ve lived in Japan for a while now, in one way or another you...

HIV prevention pill reaching more people who need it

More than one in nine people worldwide who might benefit from a daily pill to...

Autism prognosis: Parental genes 'incredibly useful'

While one main risk gene may make an individual susceptible to autism or another neurodevelopmental...

What do gut decisions reveal about us?

New research by the American Psychological Association shows that people who make decisions based on...

Toxic metals tied to increased heart disease risk

People with heavy exposure to arsenic, lead, cadmium or copper may be more likely to...

Just 6 hours of sleep loss increases diabetes risk

The importance of sleep is well-known. A recent study enforces this by demonstrating that sleep...

These supplements may actually harm your health

New research warns that a number of weight loss and workout supplements contain — without...

Early results boost hopes for historic gene editing attempt

Early, partial results from a historic gene editing study give encouraging signs that the treatment...

Gene therapy breakthrough wins world's largest vision award

Seven scientists in the United States and Britain who have come up with a revolutionary...

1.4 billion risk disease from lack of exercise: WHO

More than 1.4 billion adults are putting themselves at heightened risk of deadly diseases by...

1.4b people at health risk for inactivity: WHO

More than a quarter of the world's adults - or 1.4 billion people - take...

Drug-resistant superbug spreading in hospitals: study

A superbug resistant to all known antibiotics that can cause "severe" infections or even death...

Medtech firms gets personal with digital twins

Armed with a mouse and computer screen instead of a scalpel and operating theatre, cardiologist...

Scientists unpick how cannabis component may fight psychosis

British scientists have unravelled how a non-intoxicating component of cannabis acts in key brain areas...

Dental care before cancer surgery might be good idea

Patients undergoing major cancer surgery might reduce their risk of complications by seeing a dentist...

Antioxidants don't relieve muscle soreness after exercise

Consuming lots of antioxidants through foods or supplements may not reduce muscle soreness after exercise,...