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International Drinking Guidelines
Drinking guidelines vary hugely, so how do we know how much alcohol is safe to drink?
Postcards from the EDge
A simple strategy to reduce repeat suicide attempts and psychiatric admissions
Ancient atherosclerosis
The study that reveals hardening of the arteries may have been a problem for 4000 years.
Deworming and Vitamin A supplementation in India
A leading epidemiologist talks exclusively to HC about the largest clinical trial ever
Bacteriophages
An older alternative to antibiotics in the fight against bacteria.
HIV baby cured?
News of a child seemingly cured of HIV and the Fukushima health consequences two years on.
Should we have faith?
The new study which finds religious and spiritual views do not protect against depression
To floss or not to floss
Dentists tell us we should floss our teeth but what is the evidence that it really works?
The invisible gorilla
Perceptual blindness in radiologists
TB vaccine trial
Unexpected results from the trial of the first vaccine for TB to be developed in 90 years