REVEALED: 3 - The Real Truth

Is it true that … we should eat 30 plants a week?

A growing supplements market may be trying to capitalise on this claim, but the truth is we still don’t know what a truly healthy gut microbiome really looks like

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13

Holyrood data row ‘undermines decades of work on women’s representation’

A SCOTTISH Parliament survey has exposed a wider problem with collecting data on the basis of biological sex and could undermine “decades worth”…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 11

Health officials ‘concerned’ over low bowel cancer screening uptake among people in their 50s

The NHS sends the free faecal immunochemical test (FIT) to the homes of people aged 50 to 74 every two years

The Independent UK · Jul 10

New ‘game-changer’ tests for endometriosis given green light on NHS

The move has been made in a bid to dramatically cut the time it takes for women to be told whether they have the condition.

Evening Standard · Jul 6

Archaeologists discover 2,000-year-old Roman bone container with a ‘drug stash’ hidden inside

A small hollow bone recovered from an ancient Roman archaeological site has offered an unexpected window into medical practice nearly 2,000 years ago. For years, the object attracted little attention and was catalogued as an ordinary artefact. Modern laboratory analysis has now revealed that it preserved the remains of a…

The Times of India · Jul 6

The Guardian view on gene-edited humans: darker uses must be acknowledged alongside medical ones

Editorial: Polling shows that the public supports this new technology, but the conversation must move beyond simple questions of safety

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5

Hunting the tardigrade: one small step in sequencing DNA of all life on Earth

As this year’s invertebrate of the year competition launches, we join scientists studying last year’s winner

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4

Scientists claim they have developed world’s first man-made cell that can eat and grow

It was built from non-living chemical components but can replicate a biological cell’s life cycle

The Independent UK · Jul 1

Cancer cure for Tassie devils could be in their genes

Scientists and an American bioscience company are teaming up to explore whether a mutated gene makes the Tasmanian devil more susceptible to deadly cancer.

AAP · Jun 30

'I'm so sorry, you have cancer': Teanna was 32 and pregnant when diagnosed

'I was walking around for two months with an open stomach.'

Newcastle Herald · Jun 26