Prevent toddlers getting hooked on iPads

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Children should not be given tablets or smartphones to play with until the age of two, a leading psychologist has warned.

Cuddle hormone helps dads forge bond with kids

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Hands-on fathers who cuddle and play with babies early in life develop a stronger bond with them.

Too much sitting ages women – study

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Women who spend too much time sitting down speed up the aging process.

How drinking coffee ‘protects the liver’

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Drinking coffee protects the liver against a number of diseases, a major report has concluded.

Logging on ‘could reduce dementia risk’

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Using a computer as you age may help keep your memory intact, experts found.

Chocolate lure while pregnant ‘beneficial’

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London: Pregnant women who crave chocolate are in for a treat – scientists say eating it could be good for them and their unborn babies.

Ground Control to Major Tim

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Major Tim Peake wants nothing more than a nice cup of tea, in space

Scared of the dentist? Try therapy

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It is a prospect that fills most of us with as much fear as a horror movie - the dreaded trip to the dentist.

Breakthrough MS drug discovered

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A drug for multiple sclerosis dramatically slows the progression of the disease

How music could ease pain

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Researchers have called for music to be offered to all surgical patients as a 'non-invasive, safe and cheap' pain intervention.

The spicy food that can keep you alive

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Scientists found that spicy food was linked to fewer deaths from cancer, heart disease and breathing problems.

Bionic eye gives man his sight back

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Ray Flynn has become the first patient in the world to receive an artificial retina for dry age-related macular degeneration. [VIDEO]

Appendix surgery a thing of the past?

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A study shows that treating appendicitis with antibiotics could be just as effective.

Tiny bubbles that could transform cancer treatment

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Scientists have developed a way to put drugs into microscopic bubbles which can be injected into the blood stream.

Watch Video‘Hello Earth! Can you hear me?’

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A message from the Philae lander is one of the most eagerly greeted communications in space history. [VIDEO]

How classical music can lower blood pressure

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Different musical tempos have profoundly different impacts on our pulse and blood pressure, according to Oxford University research.

Test predicts if you’ll die in next 5 years

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Answering just 11 questions for women, or 13 for men, is enough to determine your mortality with an 80 percent accuracy.

Single flu jab could protect us for life

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Researchers say they have 'cracked the riddle' of exactly how the body wards off such illnesses.

Are you born to attract mozzies?

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Wondering why you always get bitten but not your sibling/spouse/best friend? It’s all in the genes, say scientists.

Scientists 'cut and paste' human DNA

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 London – In a world first, Chinese scientists have altered the genes of human embryos – sparking fears that they are on a slippery slope towards creating ‘designer ...

Tracking bees’ decline

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Bees are to have tiny backpacks attached to them to find out why their numbers are in such decline.

Discovery paves the way for Alzheimer’s cure

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Scientist have discovered a naturally occurring molecule that stop the disease in the early stages.

Cure for common cold a step closer

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Researchers have developed a method of ‘jamming’ the code within cold viruses that lets them replicate.

How smartphones change shape of brain

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The more time spent on the devices, the stronger the effect on the link between brain and hand.

Scientists claim prostate cancer breakthrough

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A treatment for prostate cancer could halt tumours’ growth by cutting off their blood supply, researchers say.