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US could be set to tackle opioid painkiller epidemic at last

A bill intended to reduce prescription drug and heroin deaths could be approved by the US Senate this week, but may be hampered by inadequate funding

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Next PM Theresa May often demands the scientifically impossible

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Founders of Western civilisation were prehistoric dope dealers

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Founders of Western civilisation were prehistoric dope dealers

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Antidepressants on trial: Are they a wonder or a danger?

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Antidepressant drug use in England has doubled in a decade

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Huge newfound deposit of helium will keep MRI scanners running

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Two pictures of a beetle side by side showing the difference between images taken with left-handed and right-handed light. The beetle is bright in the left ahnd image and dark in the right hand image

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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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Microbubbles open brain's barrier to make chemo more effective

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Orlando massacre prompts call to ease gay blood donor rules

As people rush to give blood to treat those wounded in the attack, campaigners say rules requiring gay men to be celibate for a year before donating are unscientific

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

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The bizarre beauty of the objects that might save your life

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Prince's overdose: How painkillers unleashed a deadly epidemic

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Failing livers transformed into healthy organs by virus therapy

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