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Magic mushroom ingredient tested as depression treatment

A small trial has shown that, combined with therapy, psilocybin may reduce symptoms of depression in people for whom other treatments have not helped

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Why would scientists want to build human genomes from scratch?

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Cancel the Olympic Games in Brazil because of Zika? No way

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Microbiomania: The truth behind the hype about our bodily bugs

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Lethal injections under threat after US drug firm pulls plug

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Doctors of America, you are free to counsel patients about guns

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Did Google’s NHS patient data deal need ethical approval?

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Embryo protein may warn before miscarriage and pre-eclampsia

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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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Got dandruff? The bacteria living on your head might be to blame

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High antidepressant use could lead to UK public health disaster

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Our audience with the Pope revealed how glitz funds medicine

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The Hemsley effect: why we fall for celebrity food advice

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