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Health

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

Mounting evidence suggests they may sometimes be no better than a placebo, so why is antidepressant use still booming in the UK?  

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Prince's overdose: How painkillers unleashed a deadly epidemic

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Prince's overdose: How painkillers unleashed a deadly epidemic

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Breaking bad sniffles: Crystal meth made cold medicine rubbish

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Health

Can food get you high? We try a meal of psychoactive substances

Culture

Sewage reveals crystal meth use has doubled in Australia

Health

Sewage reveals crystal meth use has doubled in Australia

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Health

Magic mushroom ingredient tested as depression treatment

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Computer glitch has led to incorrect advice on statins

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Life

High antidepressant use could lead to UK public health disaster

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Health

Muscular dystrophy is tragic, but patients aren't always right

Analysis

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Life

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Big cat airlift, Europe's Sentinel satellites, healthy Mediterranean eating and more

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Prescription monitoring system to curb drug abuse in Australia

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DEA mellowing out on cannabis would make medical research easier

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It’s crazy that latest LSD study is first to scan brains on acid

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First LSD brain imaging study offers insights into consciousness

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