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You just had to look at a smallpox sufferer to be horrified. It was very much a lottery ticket, which most people didn’t want to buy. The eradication of smallpox...
You just had to look at a smallpox sufferer to be horrified. It was very much a lottery ticket, which most people didn’t want to buy. The eradication of smallpox...
Covid-19 has encouraged many of us to look at how we might optimise our immune responses, through supplements or superfoods. But is it even possible to alter how the body...
The concept of beauty and who is considered beautiful has been a core part of the human experience for millennia. And it has long affected a wide range of social...
I was born in Uganda in 1950, and a year and a half later I slipped out of bed one day and I collapsed on the floor. My parents immediately...
Violence, though deeply rooted in our evolutionary history, has to be one of the most destructive of human behaviours. For years, researchers have tried to understand what drives us to...
There’s some things money can’t buy. We don’t like the idea of treating parts of the body as commodities. As beautiful a sentiment as altruism is, it just isn’t enough....
Late lies the wintry sun a-bed, a frosty, fiery sleepy-head; Blinks but an hour or two, and then; A blood-red orange, sets again. Sunlight is powerful stuff, perhaps more powerful...
Our entire medical system really relies on antibiotics. This would be the biggest health crisis that we’ve experienced this century. We don’t hear about it. But it’s already here. Nobody...
We all make mistakes, we’re all human, and it really is time now to find that forgiveness for yourself, otherwise you’re going to stay stuck in a cycle of blame,...
I have a very vivid memory of my GP saying to me: “You are mentally sick and you have to accept help to get better.” Hannah was a healthy 20-year-old...