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DNA from nearly 750,000 people, including UK Biobank participants, reveals genes that make people prone to persistent Epstein-Barr virus infections, which are linked to rheumatoid arthritis, cancer and many other diseases.

Five extra minutes of walking per day could avert up to 10% of early deaths, exercise-tracking data from more than 135,000 people over 40 suggest.

There should be more focus on finding treatments that target the ‘Alzheimer’s gene’, researchers argue.

More awareness of Alexander disease, a progressive and disabling brain condition, could stop misdiagnoses and missed treatment opportunities.

Cancer survivors who caught COVID-19 were at higher risk of deadly relapses, data from almost 5,000 UK Biobank participants revealed.

An artificial-intelligence algorithm pinpoints five blood components that point to someone’s risk of atrial fibrillation.

Data from more than 300,000 UK Biobank participants show that air pollution can raise older people’s risk of a condition causing unbearably itchy skin.

An algorithm built with ChatGPT-like technology predicts more than 1000 health conditions – something that could help doctors to provide better care for their patients.

The averaged score for bone strength used in clinics may not be enough to predict hip-fracture risk, scans from 7,000 UK Biobank participants have shown.

If your heart appears old beyond your years, so do your other organs, scans from 100,000 UK Biobank participants have revealed.