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Will psychedelics for depression be just another false dawn?

Mind-bending street drugs are increasingly being hailed as potent antidepressants. Will they live up to the claims, ask Colin Hendrie and Alisdair Pickles

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Lethal injection contained a chemical never tried before

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Australia plans random drug tests for people receiving welfare

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Australia plans random drug tests for people receiving welfare

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Doing meth raises the risk of strokes in young people

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Doing meth raises the risk of strokes in young people

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Robot suit helps children with cerebral palsy to walk better

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Psychedelic medicine: the potential, the people, the politics

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Genetic test helps people avoid statins that may cause them pain

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Meet the man giving people psychedelics for science

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Smart cameras spot when hospital staff don’t wash their hands

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Trump says he’ll declare US opioid epidemic a national emergency

President Trump plans to declare the opioid crisis an emergency after all, a move that should free up funds. But how much, and how they’ll be used, is unclear

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CRISPR makes piglets that may be better organ donors for humans

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Side effects kill thousands but our data on them is flawed

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Type 1 diabetes may be halted by experimental immunotherapy

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On the trail of dragons with blood that can save people’s lives

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