Health

Cannabis oil, or CBD, is proving popular with Olympians but marijuana is proving controversial.

CBD hailed by athletes in Olympics but it’s not without controversy

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A Swedish university is using a so-called “robot scientist” to speed up its search for a cure for COVID-19.

The robot scientist searching for a COVID-19 cure

Nearly a dozen countries including Germany, France and Italy temporarily suspended their use of the AstraZeneca jab after reports some patients developed blood clots

AstraZeneca and Pfizer COVID vaccines have 'similar' blood clot risk

Tobacco boss Jacek Olczak says his company could stop selling cigarettes in the UK

No more cigarettes within ten years, says tobacco boss

Men only have two options when it comes to birth control: condoms or a vasectomy.

Do new options mean men will have responsibility for birth control?

Image shows Aeson, the Total Artificial Heart made by french company Carmat.

The first Europe-made artificial heart has been implanted in Italy

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Though popular among pet owners, raw dog food could be driving the next global health crisis.

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Visitors at the World AI Conference in Shanghai, China, Thursday, July 8, 2021.

China is betting on health tech as AI market booms

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The Kompaï robot at VivaTech Paris. Its creators hope the robot will be used in healthcare settings.

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File photo of a doctor looking at an Alzheimer's PET scan. The NHS is trialling a new tool which they hope will help identify the disease in its early stages.

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22/06/2021

The Magic Leap 1 headset allowed doctors to visualise a 3D map of the inside of a patient's skull.

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17/06/2021

Agnès Pannier-Runacher has played a key role in France's effort to vaccinate its citizens against COVID-19.

French minister calls for new EU vaccine funding agency after COVID

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A close-up of Abel, the humanoid robot that is being designed to read human emotions.

Abel the humanoid robot is being designed to tell how you’re feeling

10/06/2021

Finnish doctors noticed a surprise drop in the number of heart attack patients they saw last spring.

Did lockdown cut heart attacks by a third?

10/06/2021

Seniors in Florida are taking virtual reality enabled tours in a bid to improve their emotional well-being

Can virtual reality tours improve nursing home residents’ health?

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In this 2019 photo provided by Biogen, a researcher works on the development of the medication aducanumab in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Vaccines are packed into a Zipline drone ready to be sent to rural parts of Ghana.

These drones are airdropping vaccines to remote Ghanaian villages

04/06/2021

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02/06/2021

A health worker holds a vial of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine inside a Catholic church turned into a vaccination centre in Manila on May 21, 2021.

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The Google skin tool does not recognise all skin tones.

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