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'Transformative' pancreatic cancer drug doubles survival time

People with advanced pancreatic cancer taking an experimental daily pill lived nearly twice as long as those receiving chemotherapy infusions

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Press Handout picture: ANCIENT ANAESTHETIC REVEALS THE SOPHISTICATED MEDICINE OF MING CHINA ? Microscopic analysis uncovers traces of anaesthetic on surgical instruments from an early Ming dynasty tomb. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZMcIfEltnmkddbPrcQk66zqZijuvsQhC Photograph shows: The sampled instruments and the residues analysed on each one.

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Earliest use of anaesthetics uncovered in Chinese doctor’s tomb

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Red-light therapy does have health benefits but not the ones you think

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Thought-provoking photographs capture what it feels like to have ADHD

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Thought-provoking photographs capture what it feels like to have ADHD

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A pill capsule with glowing green contents

Physics

We need more radioactive drugs. Can we make them from nuclear waste?

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Life

Tobacco plant altered to produce five psychedelic drugs

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Why drug overdose deaths have suddenly plummeted in the US

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Rapamycin can add years to your life, or none at all – it’s a lottery

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Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can

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Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can

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Statins don't cause most of the side effects listed on their labels

A review of the evidence suggests that statins are no more likely than a placebo to cause most of the side effects listed on their labels

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Life

Why did magic mushrooms evolve? We may finally have the answer

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Chemistry

A revolution in how we do chemistry: Best ideas of the century

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Health

Weight regain seems to occur within 2 years of stopping obesity drugs

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Mind

2026 will shed light on whether a little-known drug helps with autism

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