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Medical cannabis vendors must stop making bogus health claims
There are enough real benefits of medical marijuana, so why are people making them up? It’s time to stop overhyping what weed can do
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Opioid crisis: Trump suggests telling young people drugs are bad
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Chronic back pain stem cell treatment could cut need for opioids
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Hunger-blocking injection lets fat monkeys quickly lose weight
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Side effects are worse when we think medication looks expensive
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Old Scientist: Tanks on the moon and other wolves we’ve cried
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DNA testing firms are cashing in our genes. Should we get a cut?
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Tumour bacteria sabotage chemotherapy by destroying cancer drugs
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Pioneering gene therapy approved for leukaemia in the US
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Will psychedelics for depression be just another false dawn?
Mind-bending street drugs are increasingly being hailed as potent antidepressants. Will they live up to the claims, ask Colin Hendrie and Alasdair Pickles
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Psychedelic medicine: the potential, the people, the politics
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Genetic test helps people avoid statins that may cause them pain
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Side effects kill thousands but our data on them is flawed
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Type 1 diabetes may be halted by experimental immunotherapy
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