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The exercises you need to do to reach 100 in great shape

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The exercises you need to do to reach 100 in great shape

To be truly fit in older age, you need to work on specific aspects of your fitness – and research shows that it’s never too late to reap the benefits

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What’s the secret to living well beyond the average life expectancy?

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What’s the secret to living well beyond the average life expectancy?

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Participants prepare kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of spicy fermented cabbage and radish, during a kimchi making festival held amid snowfall at the Jogyesa Temple in Seoul on November 27, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tim Spector's guide to fermentation is meticulous and persuasive

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Antibiotics normally don’t increase the risk of autoimmune disorders

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In the village of Tshabula, villagers search for cobalt and copper in the waste tailings dumped by the lorries of the Chinese company Commus, which extracts minerals from one of the town's largest open-cast mines.

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Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution?

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Why constipation isn’t just painful, but can lead to serious disease

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Why constipation isn’t just painful, but can lead to serious disease

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Human milk could help fight infections that endanger pregnancies

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Electron micrograph of the HIV pathogen

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Human trials point the way towards an mRNA vaccine against HIV

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How to harness your body clock for a longer, healthier life

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How to harness your body clock for a longer, healthier life

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Plans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic

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Plans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic

The UK's health secretary has announced a 10-year plan to check newborns for a huge range of rare conditions. There are major medical and ethical issues with this, argues neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan

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Rapid bursts of ageing are causing a total rethink of how we grow old

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Women's pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

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Could natural hydrogen from underground help the UK get to net zero?

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Infant RSV shot may be more effective than vaccines during pregnancy

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