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Is the risk of brain injury from contact sports being overstated by the media?

More and more people are worried about the long-term effects of contact sports on the brain. In football (soccer), studies have found that repeatedly heading the ball can lead to memory problems and an increased risk of serious brain diseases. This has led to rules limiting heading the ball in…

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Experts have challenged the medical case against Lucy Letby. What about the statistical evidence?

An international panel of medical experts have thrust Lucy Letby back into the spotlight. At a press conference convened by Letby’s legal team, the experts cast doubt over the former nurse’s conviction. Letby was given 15 whole-life sentences for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more.

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Forget BMI – there’s a 2,000 year-old technique for measuring body fat that’s more useful

It’s the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticised again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group of experts is denouncing it as a diagnostic tool for obesity. They say that doctors should look at the overall health of a patient when diagnosing obesity, not just…

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What we can and (still) can’t predict about earthquakes

At around 10:44 Pacific Time on December 5, a huge earthquake struck around 60 miles off the coast of California. The magnitude 7 quake triggered a tsunami alert for some cities in northern California.

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How do we know health screening programmes work?

The UK is set to roll out a national lung cancer screening programme for people aged 55 to 74 with a history of smoking. The idea is to catch lung cancer at an early stage when it is more treatable.

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Covid treatments and prevention improving but the longer you can avoid it the better

The 'no point delaying infection' argument falls down in a number of places

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COVID treatments and prevention are still improving – so the longer you can avoid it the better

There have been enough COVID infections in the UK since March 2020 for every person to have been infected between 1.3 and two times, according to mathematical modelling.

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COVID inquiry: the UK government's pandemic response was often not 'guided by the science' – yet now scientists are under fire

The UK COVID-19 Inquiry, an independent inquiry set up to examine the country’s response to and the impact of the COVID pandemic, has officially begun.

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StoreAway opens new self-storage hub in Birmingham

New storage company has launched its third facility

Birmingham Post

Swindon Debenhams building could be transformed into storage space under plans

The building has been vacant since 2020

Birmingham Post

StoreAway to open four new sites after receiving more than £16m in new investment

The firm recently opened its first site in Liverpool

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