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Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can

Health

Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can

People classed as “overweight” according to BMI can be perfectly healthy. But there are better measures of fat, and physicians are finally using them

Features

How clinical research is still failing underrepresented communities

Health

How clinical research is still failing underrepresented communities

Comment

Photos of a newborn infant being carefully cradled by the medical professional helping to deliver it. The photos are taken from the perspective of the parent giving birth.

Humans

Why is childbirth so hard for humans – and is it getting even harder?

Features

The secret signals our organs send to repair tissues and slow ageing

Health

The secret signals our organs send to repair tissues and slow ageing

Features

Infectious disease expert Elizabeth Hohmann with one of her prized stool donors, who is called Dmitri

Health

This doctor is on the hunt for people with first-rate faeces

News

Health workers wearing face mask stand in front of a triage tent for suspected COVID-19 patients outside the Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon on April 2, 2020. - Over 500 people have died in Portugal after contracting COVID-19 among more than 6,000 recorded cases of the disease. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images)

Health

Fascinating but flawed book explores how sickness shapes our lives

Culture

How your health is being commodified by social media

Health

How your health is being commodified by social media

Comment

Health

Does limiting social media help teens? We'll finally get some evidence

Analysis

The 3 best ways to tackle anxiety, according to a leading expert

Mind

The 3 best ways to tackle anxiety, according to a leading expert

Comment

The one diet that’s good for everything: Best ideas of the century

Health

The one diet that’s good for everything: Best ideas of the century

Time and time again, scientists have found that one diet beats all others when it comes to our health. Fortunately, it's delicious – and also good for the planet

Features

Health

Realising the importance of our microbiome: Best ideas of the century

Features

Health

Barnacle gloop could improve inflammatory bowel disease treatments

News

Health

As Ozempic goes global, a powerful book reframes how we see obesity

Culture

Health

New ľ«¶«´«Ă˝ recommends Why We Drink Too Much for Dry January

Culture

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