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Health

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Health

'Great resignation' of women raises pressure on global health sector

UK

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US

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US
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Why tea and chocolate could help stave off dementia

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Health

The medical advances helping half a billion diabetes patients

Health

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Breakthrough in trauma care extends 'golden hour' for treatment

Health

Why boss of Ozempic parent company revels in his Arab-British heritage

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Study finds weight drugs such as Ozempic can benefit stroke patients

Health

Like many nurses, I began my journey into research at a bedside

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Common food dye can make skin 'invisible' in groundbreaking technique

Skin and muscle can be made temporarily transparent, leading to hope for improved cancer treatments

Health

Collector of medical antiques describes journey to opening museum in Kuwait

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