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Can the UK avoid having a lethal opioid crisis like the one in the US?

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Can the UK avoid having a lethal opioid crisis like the one in the US?

Doctors in the UK are concerned that it could follow the US into an opioid crisis, yet measures to prevent this could go too far and leave people in pain

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Georgios Papanikolaou: inventor of the Pap smear cervical cancer test

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Georgios Papanikolaou: inventor of the Pap smear cervical cancer test

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A maze that looks like a human head

Technology

Mind-reading device uses AI to turn brainwaves into audible speech

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Anti-ageing drugs are coming that could keep you healthier for longer

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Statins may not lower cholesterol enough in half those who take them

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Statins may not lower cholesterol enough in half those who take them

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Promising treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome fails large trial

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Promising treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome fails large trial

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From the archives: Pop a pill to change your personality

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Drug-releasing coil in stomach could provide better treatment for TB

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We should cautiously welcome use of a form of ketamine for depression

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We should cautiously welcome use of a form of ketamine for depression

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Engineered yeast can brew up the active ingredients in cannabis plants

A yeast with added genes from the cannabis plant can brew up cannabinoids more cheaply and with less environmental damage than farming the plant, say its makers

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PTSD may one day be treated with a common blood pressure drug

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Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, the godfather of caffeine

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AI chemist figures out how to legally clone expensive patented drugs

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Health

From the archives: this is your brain on ecstasy, 30 years ago

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