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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

Early treatment for HIV
New research shows early treatment of patients reduces the risk of transmitting HIV virus