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Spending time with horses seems to make people with Alzheimer’s disease more sociable and improves their mood. “We’re seeing some really promising results with bringing Alzheimer’s patients into nature with horses,” says Léa Badin at the University of Tours in France. Tap the link to read more. Image: Halfpoint/Getty Images/iStockphoto

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Your pupils change size as you breathe

Our pupils shrink and expand as we breathe in and out, but whether this affects vision is unclear

People with Alzheimer's disease benefit from spending time with horses

Horse therapy helps people with Alzheimer's disease socialise and improves their mood to a greater extent than music therapy, which is more established for supporting people with dementia

Menstrual pads that turn blood solid could reduce the risk of leaks

Adding a polymer-alcohol mixture to menstrual pads causes blood to solidify, rather than being absorbed, which could ward off leaks

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A long-standing mystery about breastfeeding may have been solved

Researchers have discovered a hormone in mice that prevents bone loss during lactation and could one day be used to treat osteoporosis

The secret ingredient shaping your microbiome and your health

Your body is home to trillions of beneficial viruses crucial for a healthy microbiome. We may one day be able to tweak this "virome" to treat obesity and anxiety

Is ultra-processed food unhealthy? Here's why no one can agree

While ultra-processed food is the latest buzzword in nutrition, the scientific evidence for how it affects our health continues to point in different directions. Why can't researchers just tell us the perfect diet?

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The benefits of anti-ageing medicines will outweigh the downsides

We shouldn't fear life-extending medical advances based on unintended consequences. If we can make lives longer and healthier, potential problems are a price worth paying

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The temperature of your face could help diagnose medical conditions

Small changes to the temperature of your cheeks, nose and around your eyes could let an AI estimate how old you are and flag issues like diabetes and high blood pressure

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Layal Liverpool: 'Racism is the most dangerous public health threat'

In her new book 'Systemic: How racism is making us ill' Layal Liverpool delves into the notion of racism as a determinant of health outcomes, the entrenched bias of Western medicine and what can be done to mitigate its effects

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Baby-led weaning makes little nutritional difference vs spoon-feeding

Despite its growing popularity, there has been little scientific investigation into parents who give babies solid food to feed themselves, known as baby-led weaning

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