United Kingdom Health News API

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            "title": "The neuroscientist with the solution to chronic pain",
            "description": "Prof Mick Thacker on what he believes current treatments are getting wrong and how we can ‘reprogram’ our bodies to stay active",
            "content": "As a keen rugby player, Prof Mick Thacker would often hurl himself after the ball or be tackled by a thundering 16st opponent without feeling any pain.\n“I knew my body was going to be hit by extreme force,” he says. “I was expecting to get hurt as so... [8229 chars]",
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            "content": "The trillions of microorganisms that live in and on our bodies – known as the microbiome – have been hailed as the key to better immunity. “Lots of studies correlate the types of bacteria in your microbiome with health and disease across almost every... [1541 chars]",
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            "description": "Helen could never have imagined a virus she may have had for years would leave her with brain damage.",
            "content": "Helen Edwards could never have imagined a virus she may have had since childhood would leave her with brain damage.\nAt first, the 74-year-old thought she had flu, but ended up spending 12 weeks in hospital.\nDoctors diagnosed her with encephalitis, ex... [4586 chars]",
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