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Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England

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Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England

The opioid crisis may have crossed the Atlantic, with signs that opioid painkillers are prescribed more in England in socially-deprived areas in the north

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Two men standing in a vape shop, one inspecting products, the other behind the counter exhaling smoke

Health

We need to start taking vaping seriously as a way to save lives

Analysis

The EMA building

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Fears of Brexit chaos for medicines agency should worry us all

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A pregnant woman with a glass of water in one hand and a pill in the other

Health

Pregnant women have to navigate a minefield of painkiller advice

Analysis

patient

Health

Trump's 90-day plan for opioids has failed – here's a better one

Insight

addiction artwork

Health

The love drug that could draw people away from any addiction

Features

CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing complex

Health

Calm down – China is not racing ahead with human CRISPR trials

Analysis

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Smart contact lens monitors sweetness of diabetics' tears

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Neck scan

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Robotic implant could help children with rare disorder eat again

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Kolodny

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The doctor who took on big pharma to stem the US opioid epidemic

When Andrew Kolodny raised the alarm over the dangerously addictive properties of prescribed opioids, he became both a hero and a figure of hate

Features

Health

Science helped cause the opioid crisis – now it must make amends

Leader

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Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive

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NHS is switching to cheaper mimics of expensive cancer drugs

Insight

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Californians can now buy marijuana for recreational use

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