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Drug shortages in Iran
Iran faces rising prices and shortages of medicine. Are US and EU sanctions to blame?

Australia heat wave
How the body copes with extremely high temperatures currently occurring in Australia

Global polio eradication campaign
How has polio eradication been affected by the killing of polio vaccinators in Pakistan?

The Cocktail Party Effect
Why do we hear our own name above everything else in a crowded noisy room?

Alzheimer’s special
The latest methods, high-tech and low, used to diagnose Alzheimer’s

Syria: Refugees' trauma
Syrian mental health professionals’ testimony on psychological scars of Syrian refugees

Organophosphates
The health effects of low level exposure to organophosphates, found in insecticides

Morning sickness
Is it a myth that morning sickness during pregnancy means you’re having a baby girl?

Grapefruit and drugs, Crystal meth, Birdsong
The marked increase of prescription drugs which interact with grapefruit.

Coronavirus linked to bats, Malaria drugs, “Me” Generation
Should shopkeepers be allowed to sell malaria drugs to improve access?