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Paying Attention to Your Body Can Actually Change Your Immune Response
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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“Mind over matter” is a widely held attitude towards getting through difficult experiences. Push through it. Dismiss the discomfort. Suppress...
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Alzheimer’s Disease Study Identifies Microglia as a Driver of Sleep Loss
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Alzheimer’s disease is exceptionally difficult to investigate, presenting scientists with an intricate web of risk factors, causes and symptoms that...
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Blood Stem Cells and SIRT3 May Drive Ageing Through Inflammation
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Bones serve purposes beyond simply supporting the body. Many contain bone marrow: living tissue that continually makes the cells forming...
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Ketamine Anaesthesia Changes Brain Structures Only in Female Mice, Study Finds
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Despite 170 years of clinical use and the countless people who ‘go under’ each day, the effects of anaesthesia remain...
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Rare FNIP1 Mutations Offer Major Protection Against Cardiometabolic Disease
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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What if certain people were born with a metabolic configuration that kept fat out of the liver and bloodstream, reduced...
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Mitochondria From a Woman's Leg Were Injected Into Her Eyes in World First
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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When the batteries in a television remote run flat, you may start searching through a desk clock for replacements. That...
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Orexin Neurons May Hold the Secret to Staying Motivated
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Whether we have plenty of motivation or none at all influences our daily lives in both major and minor ways....
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A Common Sugar Helps Cancer Cells Move Around The Body
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Cancer can resemble the villain in a horror film: the hero appears to have finished him off for good, only...
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Acupuncture May Rewire the Brain in Depression
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Acupuncture has formed an important part of traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. It is still used to relieve...
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Lose Belly Fat: What Really Works
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The reason lies deeper, within the way our bodies work. Anyone hoping to lose weight around the stomach can quickly...
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Glioma Growth Uses NLGN3-CSPG4-PIEZO1 Brain Signalling
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Among cancer's many forms, tumours that develop in the brain can be some of the most challenging to treat. Glioma...
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Semaglutide Weight-Loss Effects May Depend on ‘Hunger Neurons’
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Popular semaglutide weight-loss medicines, including Ozempic and Wegovy, may act through a more intricate process than previously thought. Although their...
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Schizophrenia And Bipolar Brains Show Eerily Similar 'Wiring Faults', Study Finds
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Schizophrenia can alter the way someone experiences reality, thinks and communicates. It may involve hallucinations, delusions, disorganised thought, lower motivation...
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Low-Impact Exercises for Joint Health and Leg Strengthening
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Maintaining joint integrity is an essential priority for anyone aiming to retain physical independence and day-to-day wellbeing. Choosing suitable forms...
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Snap a Lot of Photos? It Could Actually Be Harming Your Memory
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Your phone probably contains thousands of photographs right now – and you may scarcely ever revisit them. There are party...
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More Young People Than Ever Before Are Getting One Type of Cancer, And It's Mystifying Scientists
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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In general, living in 2026 is something of a stroke of luck. It is a good era in which to...
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Trichotillomania Study Reveals Boredom May Predict Hair Pulling
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Trichotillomania – pulling out hair from the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes or other areas – is far from a newly recognised...
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Moderna and Merck: mRNA cancer vaccine against melanoma sends shares soaring
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Working with Merck, Moderna is developing an mRNA vaccine for one of the most serious forms of skin cancer: melanoma....
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Faecal Microbiota Transplant May Help Treat Peanut Allergies
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Food allergies are more than an inconvenience: they can be frightening. Picture being in a busy restaurant and suddenly feeling...
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Compound 17b May Reveal a New Way to Treat High Blood Pressure
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Scientists may have identified a third major driver of high blood pressure, potentially creating new treatment options for the condition,...
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Seven-Day Meditation Retreat May Reprogram the Brain and Body
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A seven-day meditation retreat might reasonably be expected to leave people feeling calmer and restored. After all, it involves guided...
