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Bleeding healthy

For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.

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On contagion

Reading descriptions of the way humans become infested by parasitic flatworms, Daisy Lafarge experienced painful physical symptoms. Perhaps the very creature she was studying had invaded her body.

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Surviving a flesh-eating disease

Nearly dying from a skin infection gave Scott Neill a chance to start again after an early life marked by grief and depression.

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The building as tool of healing

When we’re ill, it’s not just medical care that helps to treat us. Architects have discovered that the right environment can play an important part too.

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  • Furadantin brand of nitrofurantoin : for the treatment of bacterial infections of the urinary tract.
  • Furadantin brand of nitrofurantoin : for the treatment of bacterial infections of the urinary tract.
  • Furadantin brand of nitrofurantoin : for the treatment of bacterial infections of the urinary tract.
  • Furadantin brand of nitrofurantoin : for the treatment of bacterial infections of the urinary tract.
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