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The DNA detectives hunting the causes of cancer May 13, 2019

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Cancer rates vary wildly across the world, and we don’t know why. To solve this mystery, scientists are tracking down causes of cancer by the fingerprints they leave in the genome.

Written and read by Kat Arney.

Produced by Graihagh Jackson.

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If you like this story, we recommend Searching for a diagnosis: how scientists are untangling the mystery of developmental disorders by Linda Geddes.

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How we became the heaviest drinkers in a century May 06, 2019

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Chrissie Giles on her generation’s climb to Peak Booze.

"I didn’t feel that I had a problem with alcohol, nor did any of my friends. We got drunk, sometimes too drunk, and then suffered the consequences. We were just doing what young people did. But recently, with getting on for 20 years of drinking under my belt, I started to wonder if my generation’s relationship with alcohol was abnormal. When I looked into the numbers I realised that it was. I discovered that 2004 was Peak Booze: the year when Brits drank more than they had done for a century, and more than they have done in the decade since. Leading the way to this alcoholic apogee were those of us born around 1980. No other generation drank so much in their early twenties. Why us?"

Written and read by Chrissie Giles, produced by Barry J Gibb

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If you liked this story, we recommend Breaking Bad News by Chrissie Giles, also available as a podcast.

Why are so many people getting a meat allergy? Apr 29, 2019

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Becoming allergic to meat turns your life upside down. Known as alpha-gal allergy, the condition dictates what you can eat, wear, how you relax, and even which medicines are safe. Is research finally starting to catch up?

Editor: Chrissie Giles

Copyeditor: Rob Reddick

Art director: Charlie Hall

Photographer: Daniel Stier

Fact checker: Francine Almash

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If you liked this story we recommend Sick building syndrome: is it the buildings or the people who need treatment? by Shayla Love.

Suicide of the Ceasefire Babies Apr 22, 2019

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In loving memory of Lyra McKee (1990-2019).

This episode was originally broadcast in April 2016.

In Northern Ireland, more people took their own lives in the 16 years after the Troubles than died during them. Why? Lyra McKee finds out.

Written by Lyra McKee Read by Kirsten Irving Produced by Barry J Gibb Audio editing by Geoff Marsh

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How a wooden bench in Zimbabwe is starting a revolution in mental health Apr 15, 2019

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In the early 2000s, when there were just two psychiatrists serving over 12 million people, Zimbabwe had to get creative to treat depression. Now, one bright idea – the Friendship Bench – is spreading far and wide.

Written by Alex Riley. Read by Kirsten Irving. Produced by Graihagh Jackson.

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If you like this story, we recommend How To Get To A World Without Suicide by Simon Usborne.

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Brazil’s billion-dollar gym experiment Apr 08, 2019

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Can a grand vision of 4,000 free public gyms overcome inequality and fight Brazil’s health crisis? Catherine de Lange reports.

Written by Catherine de Lange, read by Pip Mayo, produced by Barry J Gibb

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If you liked this story, we recommend listening to City Cycling: Health Versus Hazard by Ian Birrell, also available as a podcast.

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How big data is changing science Apr 01, 2019

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New biomedical techniques, like next-generation genome sequencing, are creating vast amounts of data and transforming the scientific landscape. They’re leading to unimaginable breakthroughs – but leaving researchers racing to keep up.

Editor: Rob Reddick Copyeditor: Tom Freeman Art director: Charlie Hall Fact checker: Francine Almash Illustrator: Dávid Biró To read the story, visit mosaicscience.com. If you liked this story, we recommend 'The DNA detectives hunting the causes of cancer' by Kat Arney.

The fight of your life Mar 25, 2019

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Boxers know they risk injury in the ring. But there’s a more insidious danger they don’t often talk about: the long-term brain damage that repeated blows to the head can cause. Lyra McKee meets the families who are breaking the silence.

Written by Lyra McKee. Read by Kirsten Irving. Illustrated by Gabby Laurent. Produced by Barry J. Gibb.

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If you liked this story, we recommend 'The Alzheimer's Enigma' by Michael Regnier.

The little yellow box that’s made thousands of operations safer Mar 18, 2019

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Millions of people are left dead or disabled by surgical complications each year when one simple piece of kit could have saved them. Jane Feinmann discovers how it has helped transform medicine in Mongolia.

Written by Jane Feinmann. Read by Rebecca McIntosh. Produced by Graihagh Jackson.

If you liked this story, we recommend DIY prosthetics: the extreme athlete who built a new knee by Rose Eveleth, also available as a podcast.

Can meditation really slow ageing? Mar 11, 2019

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Is there real science in the spiritualism of meditation? Jo Marchant meets a Nobel Prize-winner who thinks so.

Written by Jo MarchantRead by Pip MayoProduced by Barry J Gibb

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