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Your oral health extends far beyond the bounds of the mouth, affecting everything from the brain to your heart (Credit: Getty Images)
Health

The silent danger of deep gum disease

By Martha Henriques

The science of hypnosis has a long and at times eccentric history, but today it is emerging as a powerful therapeutic tool (Credit: Emmanuel Lafont/BBC)
Get the Facts
The truth about hypnosis
By Martha Henriques
Ketamine is the first new drug treatment for depression to have emerged in decades (Credit: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
Health
The paradox of antidepressant trials
By Andy Extance
New technology means specialist surgeons can dial into operations from anywhere in the world (Credit: Alamy)
Change Agents
The surgeons who operate from anywhere
Future
A pharmacist collecting medication from a shelf (Credit: Alamy/ Paul Slater)
Health
The risks of mixing common drugs
By Helen Santoro
The 'immortal' cells of Henrietta Lacks
Medicine
The woman with immortal cells
By William Park
Helen Octavia Dickens (Credit: Emmanuel Lafont)
Missed Genius
The doctor who pioneered the Pap smear
By Rachel E Gross
Gisella Perl (Credit: Emmanuel Lafont)
Missed Genius
The doctor making heartbreaking choices
By Rachel E Gross
(Credit: Getty Images)
Medicine
The animal toxins that could save us
By Zoe Cormier
The daily rhythm of our internal body clock not only determines when we sleep but also how our body heals and fights off disease (Credit: Getty Images)
Medicine
The worst time of day to get sick
By Linda Geddes
(Credit: Getty Images)
In Depth
How to be stress proof
By Mithu Storoni
Each skeleton tells the story of its owner's life (Credit: Alamy)
In Depth
How modern life is changing our bones
By Zaria Gorvett
A nurse administers a vaccine to a child at Ewin Polyclinic in Cape Coast, Ghana (Credit: Getty Images)
Health
This vaccine could transform medicine
By Gaia Vince
Food insecurity may lead to unexpected long-term damage to someone's physical and mental health (Credit: Alamy)
Mosaic@Future
The long-term effects of going hungry
By Chris Baraniuk
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In Depth
The princess who transformed surgery
By Chris Baraniuk
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Mosaic@Future
What happens when anaesthesia fails
By David Robson

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