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Smoking may help trigger serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia

Everyone already knows smoking is bad for you – but if you needed another reason to quit, a new study suggests it may help...

New hope for inherited deafness cure after scientists successfully test gene therapy treatment

A gene therapy cure for inherited deafness has been successfully tested and could be offered to patients in under five years. Researchers restored the hearing...

Breast cancer screening ‘overrated’, say scientists

The benefits of breast cancer screening are vastly overestimated as the figures do not back them up in practice, scientists who conducted an in-depth...

Bobbi Kristina Brown has ‘barely any sign of life’

Bobbi Kristina Brown has shown “barely any sign of life” since she was moved from hospital to hospice care last week. The 22-year-old star's condition...

Getting a good night’s sleep might not be the best way to deal with trauma

Escaping into sleep may not be the right way of dealing with a traumatic experience, a study suggests. In fact, a period of sleep deprivation...

Heat wave kills ‘at least 749’ in Pakistan

At least 749 people have been killed in a scorching heat wave in Pakistan, an official said as temperatures finally began to drop across...

Trans- fats shown to cause memory loss in young men

A type of fat found in processed food has been linked to memory loss in working-age men. Trans-fatty acids, or trans-fats, used to improve taste,...

There’s a potential new treatment for depression combining two different drugs

Scientists have created a potential new treatment for depression by combining a medication for pain relief with one for combating addiction. Current antidepressants, called SSRIs,...

A rise in tattoos is thought to be behind a huge decline in new blood donors

A huge increase in people getting tattoos has been blamed for a massive decline in new blood donors. Foreign travel to exotic places and people...

Thousands fewer children seriously ill since English smoking ban, research

Many thousands of children may have been spared serious illness and admission to hospital by the smoking ban in England, research has shown. The ban...

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