Searching for a diagnosis: how scientists are untangling the mystery of developmental disorders
Seventeen years since the first draft of the human genome, research is bringing hope to parents around the world.
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You won’t believe these three unexpected discoveries – and neither did the scientists who made them
Researchers at one of the UK’s leading genetics centres tell us about their serendipitous findings.
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Why I pull out my hair
What it’s like to live with trichotillomania.
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The hidden epidemic of compulsive hair pulling
Body-focused repetitive behaviours blight many people’s lives.
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The Briefing: Body-focused repetitive behaviours, trichotillomania, treatment and support
This reading list accompanies our story on compulsive hair pulling.
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How can you treat someone who doesn’t accept they are ill?
Laws are being passed to compel people to receive treatment for health problems they don’t believe they have.
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The Briefing: Ethics, law and consent when you don’t believe you’re ill
This reading list accompanies our story on treating people for health problems that they don’t believe they have.
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UPDATED: Spain leads the world in organ donation. What’s stopping other countries catching up?
More and more people are donating organs, but demand still far exceeds supply. What can the world learn from the country that does it best?
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Violent crime is like infectious disease – and we know how to stop it spreading
Headlines scream about “epidemics” of shootings and stabbings – but what if we took that literally?
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The Briefing: Violent crime as an epidemic and the public health approach to violence prevention
This reading list accompanies our story on treating violence as a public health problem.
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The Briefing: Doctor–patient confidentiality, hereditary disease, ethics and law
This reading list accompanies our story on the ethical issues around sharing genetic information.
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When you have a serious hereditary disease, who has a right to know?
Genetic diagnosis is getting ever more sophisticated. But as doctors uncover diseases that are hereditary, who needs to know?