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What’s the secret to living well beyond the average life expectancy?

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What’s the secret to living well beyond the average life expectancy?

Many of us know people who live into their 90s, but hardly anyone makes it to 100. Studies are now revealing that factors that really make a difference

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Higher dose of Wegovy ups both weight loss and side effects

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Participants prepare kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of spicy fermented cabbage and radish, during a kimchi making festival held amid snowfall at the Jogyesa Temple in Seoul on November 27, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tim Spector's guide to fermentation is meticulous and persuasive

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A single dose of LSD seems to reduce anxiety

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Illustration of the drug rapamycin (red) blocking a protein called mTOR (blue)

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Rapamycin may extend lifespans by protecting against DNA damage

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Just one dose of psilocybin seems to be enough to rewire the brain

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In the village of Tshabula, villagers search for cobalt and copper in the waste tailings dumped by the lorries of the Chinese company Commus, which extracts minerals from one of the town's largest open-cast mines.

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Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution?

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ADHD drugs reduce risk of criminal behaviour, drug abuse and accidents

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An illustration of the production of the key signalling molecule interferon, produced by a protein complex binding to DNA

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mRNA drugs could protect against almost any kind of viral infection

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACA/Shutterstock (15320742p) This photo taken on May 26, 2025, during a ministerial visit to Novo Nordisk factory in Chartres, France, shows medicines (injection solution and injection pen for Ozempic, Wegovy, etc...) on the production line. Illustration - Novo Nordisk Factory - Chartres, France - 26 May 2025

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We should consider testing Ozempic on healthy people

As the list of health benefits of semaglutide drugs grows, perhaps it is time to think about assessing their impact on people without medical conditions

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Why constipation isn’t just painful, but can lead to serious disease

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Ozempic really could turn back the clock on your biological age

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Human milk could help fight infections that endanger pregnancies

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Human trials point the way towards an mRNA vaccine against HIV

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