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Puzzle solving 'won't stop mental decline'

Woman doing crossword puzzle

A new study suggests that doing intellectual activities throughout life is best.

  • 11 December 2018
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'Scales help fight festive weight gain'

Researchers said self-weighing and other simple tips were effective at helping to beat the Christmas bulge.

  • 11 December 2018
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Child advice chatbots fail sex abuse test

Two leading chat apps also struggled with questions about drugs and bulimia.

NHS told to ditch 'absurd' fax machines

  • 9 December 2018
  • From the section UK

Transplanted organs gave patients cancer

  • 10 December 2018
  • From the section Tees

Push to take up 'well-matched' flu jab

  • 9 December 2018
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Features

'I was aged 24, and dead for five minutes'

  • 11 December 2018
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‘I’ve got two months to find a donor’

  • 9 December 2018
  • From the section UK

A blind inventor and a suitcase that 'sees'

  • 7 December 2018
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Why do people experience phantom rectum?

Meet the people 'hacking' their bodies

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‘I use my scars and pain to help others’

  • 5 December 2018
  • From the section Europe

Analysis

How do you tackle stress in the workplace?

Hugh Pym Health editor
  • 5 December 2018
  • From the section Health

Six key questions Brexit poses for the NHS

Nick Triggle Health correspondent
  • 29 November 2018
  • From the section Health
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How do we incentivise people to be healthier?

Hugh Pym Health editor
  • 28 November 2018
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