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Drugs like Wegovy can be effective at treating fatty liver disease

Semaglutide, a drug commonly taken for weight loss, showed marked benefits for most patients in a trial for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH)

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Your washing machine may not actually rid clothes of harmful bacteria

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A runner near mile marker 20.2 in the Bronx grimaces in pain as he competes during the 2017 TCS New York City Marathon in New York on November 5, 2017. Five days after the worst attack on New York since September 11, 2001, the city is staging a show of defiance on November 5, as 50,000??runners from around the world are set to participate in the New York Marathon, under heavy security. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP) (Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)

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Can running too far be bad for your health?

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Our wounds heal slower than the cuts and scrapes of other primates

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How vanishing Y chromosomes could help explain men's ill health

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How vanishing Y chromosomes could help explain men's ill health

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Air filters in classrooms reduce sick days by more than 10 per cent

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Daily doses of peanuts could desensitise adults with the allergy

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Lyme disease treated with antibiotic that doesn't harm gut microbiome

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The StarStarter game

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Phone game lowers social anxiety by shifting focus on to the positive

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Daily pill could replace weight-loss shots like Ozempic and Wegovy

A daily pill developed by the US pharmaceutical company Lilly may become a convenient alternative to injectable drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. In phase III trials it significantly lowered blood sugar and body weight in people with type 2 diabetes

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Reducing high blood pressure can cut risk of dementia

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A dramatic rethink of Parkinson’s offers new hope for treatment

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Should your menstrual phase dictate what you eat and how you exercise?

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Vegan diets have good levels of key amino acids, but there's a catch

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