How an ex-Barcelona player’s legal liver transplant is focusing attention on the human organ trade
shutterstock. Greg Moorlock, University of Warwick In surely one of the most bizarre stories of recent weeks, former FC Barcelona […]
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We asked five experts: is cheese bad for you?
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New treatment in the works for disfiguring skin disease, vitiligo
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How does your body ‘burn’ fat?
Increasing the amount of exercise is one way to use the energy stored in fat cells, or to ‘burn’ fat.
The latest blood pressure guidelines: What they mean for you
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My cancer is in remission – does this mean I’m cured?
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Uganda’s new sex education framework will do more harm than good
Abstinence campaign posters in Uganda. Flickr/Jake Brewer Billie de Haas, University of Groningen Uganda has launched its first ever guideline
How live liver transplants could save thousands of lives
Jarrius Robertson, a liver transplant survivor, runs the football at the Jan. 27, 2018 Pro Bowl practice in Kissimmee, Florida.
‘Suicide tourism’ and understanding the Swiss model of the right to die
Australian scientist David Goodall attends a press conference flanked by Exit International (/ AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIEN BOZON) Samuel Blouin,
The top ten parasites that could be lurking in your food
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