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Leaving school and getting a job both lead to a drop in the amount of physical activity, while becoming a mother is linked to increased weight gain, conclude two reviews published today and led by researchers at the University of Cambridge.

Scurvy, the debilitating condition remembered as a disease of pirates, is still found in Canada.

In the face of rapid climate change, it is important that plants can adapt quickly to new conditions to ensure their survival.

Everyone hates road construction, even the soils and bodies of water around the roads.

Scientists at UCL have shown a blood test could predict the onset of tuberculosis three to six months before people become unwell, a finding which could help better target antibiotics and save countless lives.