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Breaking the menopause taboo

Women live an average of 30 years after menopause. Normalising menopause as a life event requires greater research, investment and cultural acceptance.

Calling out modern slavery

A crisis affecting 50 million people around the world is coming into clearer view.

Governments want babies, but people want choices

More people are choosing not to have children, sparking big debates and changing how we view family and society.

Cockroaches can teach us plenty about eating well

Insights from the natural world are helping us better understand why we overeat and how to rebalance our food system to address the problem.

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Breakthroughs and burdens in a century of diabetes treatment

Since the discovery of insulin, diabetes treatment has made huge advances, but the condition has grown into a global killer.

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How India’s sweets industry has adapted to diabetes

The link between sweets and diabetes has introduced a new challenge that sweets shops have decided to tackle head-on.

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We ingest plastics every minute of the day

There is no escape from them as they are in the air we breathe and in the everyday products we use.

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How much plastic are we ingesting?

Measuring microplastics in humans is challenging but researchers already have preliminary figures.

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Plastics in bowels a sign we need to change

To reduce the threat of microplastics in our bodies, we need to reduce the use of plastics in the environment.

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The microplastics time-bomb in our bodies

Scientists are warning against grave long-term consequences.

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Obese and malnourished: the food future we face

Our world is not suffering from a lack of calories, but a lack of good nutrition which can sustain us. Science might just have the answers.

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Increase in diabetes numbers hides a ray of hope

Reports of a diabetes tsunami are hiding a key part of the picture. There’s a good reason the numbers are increasing.

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Calling out modern slavery

Governments want babies, but people want choices

Cockroaches can teach us plenty about eating well

Breakthroughs and burdens in a century of diabetes treatment

How India’s sweets industry has adapted to diabetes

We ingest plastics every minute of the day

How much plastic are we ingesting?

Plastics in bowels a sign we need to change

The microplastics time-bomb in our bodies

Increase in diabetes numbers hides a ray of hope

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