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Antidepressant drug use in England has doubled in a decade

61 million prescriptions for antidepressant drugs, including citalopram and fluoxetine, were filled in England in 2015, up from 29 million in 2005

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Nano-camera lens reveals the hidden mirror world of molecules

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Women leave the Russian Olympic Committee building which houses the headquarters of the All-Russian Athletics Federation in Moscow

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WADA report shows tricks Russian athletes use to skip drug tests

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If antidepressants don't work well, why are they so popular?

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Prince's overdose: How painkillers unleashed a deadly epidemic

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Prince's overdose: How painkillers unleashed a deadly epidemic

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Breaking bad sniffles: Crystal meth made cold medicine rubbish

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Can food get you high? We try a meal of psychoactive substances

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Sewage reveals crystal meth use has doubled in Australia

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Sewage reveals crystal meth use has doubled in Australia

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Magic mushroom ingredient tested as depression treatment

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Computer glitch has led to incorrect advice on statins

A software error means that around a third of UK family doctors have been miscalculating whether people need medicine to avoid a heart attack since 2009

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High antidepressant use could lead to UK public health disaster

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Muscular dystrophy is tragic, but patients aren't always right

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Prescription monitoring system to curb drug abuse in Australia

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