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Google “improve leg circulation” and you may see sponsored ads for electronic muscle stimulators that claim to boost blood flow to your feet. But is there any evidence they work?

It may sound strange but plants can remember stress. Scientists are still learning about how plants do this without a brain. But with climate change threatening crops around the world, understanding plant stress memory could help food crops become more resilient.

Experts said the study shows the ‘enormous opportunity for prevention’.

The man's mysterious symptoms left doctors puzzled for days until they diagnosed him with a potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease, linked to his vacation swimming in an Iowa lake.