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Health

Medicinal cannabis will be available in the UK from next month

The UK Home Secretary has announced that doctors will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis from next month following a specially commissioned review

News

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Technology

Great Ormond Street launches hospital of the future with AI and robots

News

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Health

Nobody can agree about antidepressants. Here’s what you need to know

Features

cocaine

Health

Skin genetically engineered to destroy cocaine could prevent addiction

News

needle and thread

Health

Bandages laser-bonded to your skin may fix wounds better than stitches

News

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Health

Alcohol advisers threaten to quit health body due to industry links

News

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Life

A startling sexual side-effect to yawning – and other past stories

Regulars

Portrait of Kath Sansom, a young, lively-looking woman, outside a house

Life

‘The pain was instant’: The devastating impact of vaginal mesh surgery

Features

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Health

Opioid crisis: powerful but non-addictive drug could replace morphine

News

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Technology

A trip into the past: Swiss watches, Korean ginseng and UK tea breaks

Old Scientist digs into the September archives and uncovers fears over digital wristwatches, a potent Korean stimulant and a British ban on Â鶹´«Ã½

Regulars

Technology

Subtle patterns in your typing could reveal early signs of Parkinson’s

News

Health

We dream even when under general anaesthetic

News

Health

Women in England to be allowed to have abortions at home

News

Mind

Why taking ayahuasca is like having a near-death experience

News

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