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AI can predict if you'll die soon – but we've no idea how it works

Technology

AI can predict if you'll die soon – but we've no idea how it works

Artificial intelligence can predict a person’s chances of dying within a year by looking at heart test results, but doctors can't work out what patterns it’s picking up

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Baby plays with DNA double helix

Health

Sequencing the genome of every UK baby would be an ethical minefield

Analysis

Immunofluorescence imaging of hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes grown in microgravity aboard the ISS

Space

Spaceflight alters heart cells but they quickly recover back on Earth

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flavivirus

Health

Experimental dengue vaccine cuts infection rates in real-world trials

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A contraceptive patch uses 100 tiny needles to inject drugs

Health

Would you use a patch of 100 tiny needles over the contraceptive pill?

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hypnosis during surgery

Health

Return of hypnosis: Time to see if it really has a place in medicine

Leader

Some women lack odour-detecting part of brain but still sense smells

Health

Some women lack odour-detecting part of brain but still sense smells

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Hypnosis

Health

What hypnosis does to your brain, and how it can improve your health

Features

Donna Lu tests DNA Nudge's technology

Health

I tested out DNA-based food shopping and it was strange

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Chelsea Lydell holds her son, Joseph, 4, as she joins hundreds of others waiting to get into a legislative committee to oppose a proposal to give state public health officials instead of local doctors the power to decide which children can skip their shots before attending school, at the Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. The bill, by state Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, a pediatrician, said his legislation would give state health officials the tools they need to prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles

Health

California's strict vaccination laws may only have a small effect

In the wake of measles outbreaks, California enacted stricter laws governing vaccine exemptions – but loopholes mean many children still go without vaccinations

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Health

Authorities do little to halt severe air pollution in northern India

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Health

We need to ban the sale of all fireworks to the public right now

Comment

Health

Measles has a devastating and long-term effect on your immune system

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Health

Experimental cancer drug that targets gene mutation can shrink tumours

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