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Alcohol is estimated to be ­responsible for about three million deaths worldwide each year, and while the harmful effects of heavy drinking for certain diseases are well known, what are the other likely conditions?

Dr Miriam Stoppard looks at the messages coming from China, where two-thirds of young men become smokers and around half will be killed by their habit

New published research suggests that the inner core of the Earth may now be rotation more slowly than the mantel over the past 10 years