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Alzheimer’s may start with inflammation in the skin, lungs or gut

The Alzheimer’s field is being turned on its head as mounting evidence points to the disease beginning outside the brain many years before symptoms start. This may mean we have to totally rethink how we approach preventing and treating the condition

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The surprising vaccine side effects that can improve long-term health

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Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds

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Statins don't cause most of the side effects listed on their labels

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Why people can have Alzheimer's-related brain damage but no symptoms

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How an 1800s vaccine drive beat smallpox in Denmark in just 7 years

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Our brains play a surprising role in recovering from a heart attack

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Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis

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Humans

Roman soldiers defending Hadrian’s Wall had intestinal parasites

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Environment

Volcano eruption may have led to the Black Death coming to Europe

Climate data and historical accounts suggest that crop failures in the 1340s prompted Italian officials to import grain from eastern Europe, and this may have carried in the plague bacterium

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Health

How deliberately giving people illnesses is supercharging medicine

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Walking 3000 steps a day seems to slow Alzheimer's-related decline

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Stem cell therapy lowers risk of heart failure after a heart attack

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Men may have to exercise more than women to get same heart benefits

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