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Revealed: Why hamsters die

Beloved family pets meet their maker through a variety of surprisingly grim afflictions, new study finds

Polio: What do we know about feared outbreak in London?

Virus believed to have been spreading in the capital for months

Polio: Health officials ‘urgently’ investigating after rare virus detected in London sewage

UK Health Security Agency ‘urgently’ investigating outbreak in North-East London, with officials racing to determine whether community transmission is occurring in the capital

‘Groundbreaking’ study regenerates and heals heart muscles in mice after heart attack

Over a month, mice hearts were repaired to ‘near normal cardiac pumping function with little scarring’, say scientists

Bats revealed to have ‘surprising’ long-term memory, recognise phone ringtone after four years

In further studies, scientists hope to understand when these memory skills actually help animals and when they could be a liability

Scientists say inability to complete simple at-home test is linked to increased risk of early death

Researchers say standardised test for balance is not included in health checks of middle-aged and older people

Advanced new model of Earth’s tectonic plates to improve global quake and volcano threat prediction

‘Biggest changes to the plate model have been in western North America’

Scientists identify molecule that could help drugs replace workouts

Findings in mice shed more light on physiological processes involved in exercise and hunger

New technology could help type 2 diabetes patients lose weight in their sleep

A study is investigating whether sleeping in special tents, creating an environment of lower oxygen, is effective at improving blood glucose control.

Critically endangered tiny marsupial that survived wildfires now facing extinction threat from feral cats

‘There are only around 500 Kangaroo Island dunnarts left in the wild’

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