Penned from the crooked
timber of humanity
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Our Troubled Relationship With Hormones
By 2015, the use of the hormone-based contraceptive pill or device has become almost as ubiquitous as vaccination or cheeseburgers. Touting many social benefits such as the emancipation of women…
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The Way To The Brain Is Through The Gut (The Microbiome)
The microbiome sounds like something straight out of science fiction novel. But have no fear, it’s a very real 1.5 – 3 Kg of biological micro-flora existing in your gut…
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Kryptonite for the Superbugs – Antibiotic Resistance
In recent years worry has been mounting that the range of effective antibiotics was rapidly decreasing in the face of this ‘resistance’ creating strands of super-bugs. MRSA is a diverse…