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Menstrual cycle length can vary between people of different ethnicities

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Menstrual cycle lengths vary between people of different ethnicities

Cycles may be 1.6 days longer in people who identify as Asian compared with their white non-Hispanic counterparts

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A liver transplant

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Transplanted livers can keep working for a total of over 100 years

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The mucus in cows' salivary glands may have anti-viral properties

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Personal lubricant made from cow mucus may protect against HIV

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Pain that affects the gut lining of mice may have some protective properties

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Gut pain may help to maintain a healthy microbiome in mice

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Kate Bingham

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UK isn't prepared for the next pandemic, says ex-vaccine chief

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CTBXC4 Closed eye.

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Human hibernation sounds fanciful, but it may now be saving lives

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ACRABD A woman sitting on a bench among Autumn trees at Westonbirt Arboretum Gloucestershire UK

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The Long Covid Handbook review: Examining a debilitating condition

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Okra partly sliced up on a chopping board

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Gel made from okra stops bleeding in damaged hearts

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Human hibernation is a real possibility - this is how it might work

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Human hibernation is a real possibility - this is how it might work

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Allowing the monkeypox virus to spread raises the risk it may mutate to become more transmissible

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Monkeypox: A dangerous variant circulating in the DRC could go global

There have been 120 suspected deaths from monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this year, and the virulent Clade I virus may be to blame. There are fears it could follow the milder Clade II and go global

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Smartphones turned into electronic stethoscopes to record heartbeats

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Athletes may have higher risk of concussion on artificial grass

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Smoking and body mass are together linked to 226 medical conditions

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