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How antibiotic resistance is driven by pharmaceutical pollution

Factories in India making cheap antibiotics for the world are dumping their waste, with grim consequences for people living nearby – and global health too

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Oil seed rape is now farmed in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau area

Life

Cannabis plant evolved super high (on the Tibetan Plateau)

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The black mamba is the largest venomous snake in Africa

Health

The quest for better snakebite treatments gets a funding boost

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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?

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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

Features

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

Health

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

Rituximab has been found to be worse than a placebo at alleviating the symptoms of CFS or ME, suggesting that antibodies aren’t to blame for the condition

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Health

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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Engineered yeast can brew up the active ingredients in cannabis plants

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