George Rudy/Shutterstock Imagine a future where a diagnosis of untreatable male infertility is no longer the end of the road – because science has found a way to produce human sperm from lab-engineered testicular tissue. This might sound like science fiction, but I’m leading a team of researchers at theContinue Reading
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Nilanka Sampath/Shutterstock Why won’t my baby sleep at night? It’s one of the most common – and exhausting – questions new parents ask. You’ve fed them, changed them, rocked them, cuddled them but still, they wake again. And again. And again. Baby humans are born utterly helpless – unable toContinue Reading
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Sports hernias – which are more common in men – cause pain in the groin and pubic region. Inspiration GP/ Shutterstock A friend of mine came to see me recently complaining of an odd ache he’d noted in his lower abs and groin. He couldn’t blame it on crunches atContinue Reading
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