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A Renaissance Diagnosis? Researchers think Michelangelo hid one of the earliest depictions of breast cancer in the Sistine Chapel

Experts believe Michelangelo's fresco 'The Flood' in the Sistine Chapel may contain one of the earl…

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From the sands of time: 4,000-year-old skulls reveal how ancient Egyptians tried to treat cancer!

Ancient Egyptian medical practices were incredibly advanced for their time. These early medical pra…

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A brief history of America's love affair with fluoridated water — and why it's now up for debate

Too much fluoride can make your teeth brown, but getting a little bit is a dentist's dream. Here's …

Hilary Brueck   


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North Korea is looking for medicine overseas to treat Kim Jong Un's obesity, spy agency says

North Korean officials are searching overseas for medicine to treat Kim Jong Un's obesity-related h…

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Samantha Ruth Prabhu faces heavy backlash after recommending hydrogen peroxide inhalation to cure viral fever

Dr Philips aka The Liver Doctor did not hold back in his condemnation, calling Prabhu a “health and…

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Army doctor turns saviour for ill man onboard Chandigarh-bound flight

An army doctor saved the life of a 27-year-old critically ill man onboard a Pune-Chandigarh flight …

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Is it time we stopped taking over-the-counter fish oil supplements?

Fish oil supplements do seem to be helpful to a certain extent and their role in protecting against…

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If you want to live longer, stop copying everyone else. A precision medicine doctor shares 3 ways to tailor your health and fitness routines.

It's easy to use some basic precision medicine principles to customize your health and fitness rout…

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ChatGPT was asked to think like a doctor and it did 'really well' say researchers

In a significant experiment, a US medical school used Open AI's Chat-GPT 4 to see if it can make ac…

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Dr Subhash Babu, first Indian scientist to be awarded Bailey K Ashford Medal for his research in tropical medicine

Dr. Subash Babu is the Scientific Director of the ICER (International Centre for Excellence in Rese…

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'Truth serum' drugs do exist. Here's how medicines like sodium pentothal and scopolamine can manipulate the brain.

"Truth serum" comes in several forms, including sodium pentothal. Find out how the drugs work to ma…

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What 'biological age' actually means — and how some people are trying to de-age their bodies with medicines, supplements, and lifestyle hacks

Recently, Insider reported on men claiming to reverse their "biological age" to be decades younger.…

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Garuda Aerospace drones are delivering food and medicine in flood-hit Assam

The drones are being used to deliver emergency food and medicines packets to survivors and victi…

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Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 'unusual' candidate who discovered that modern humans and Neanderthals had children together

Svante Pääbo's discovery of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA help us unpack what makes our own genes h…

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Charles, an alternative medicine king: The new monarch has spent years promoting homeopathy — despite criticism from scientists

King Charles III was once criticized for supporting a company that recommended treating cancer pati…

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The 500-year history of how sorrel migrated from West Africa to become the original 'Red Drink'

Sorrel migrated abroad during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The hibiscus drink is a way for the A…

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Elon Musk tweeted that he'd like to buy Coca-Cola to 'put the cocaine back' in the soft drink

Cocaine was legal in 1885 when Coca-Cola was first brewed, and its original formula contained the d…

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George Santos' elaborate lies have seen the congressman compared to a 19th-century huckster. History bears that out.

Dressing well, overstating your résumé, getting the local politicians on your side, and reaching he…

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The worst bird-flu outbreak in US history is 'wiping out everything in numbers we've never seen before.' Here's what you need to know.

The new, more contagious bird-flu virus, H5N1, has decimated wild-bird populations and contributed …

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