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medical drugs

Mushrooms

Health

Magic mushroom drug helps people with cancer face death

A single dose of the psychedelic drug psilocybin can relieve feelings of depression and anxiety in people with cancer and increase their quality of life

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head artwork

Health

Hurt blocker: To treat chronic pain, look to the brain not body

Features

All UK doctors should join the call to decriminalise drugs

Health

All UK doctors should join the call to decriminalise drugs

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Illustration of brain

Technology

‘I’m more confident’: Paralysed woman’s life after brain implant

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First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

Technology

First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

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PrEP pills

Health

NHS does have the power to give HIV PrEP drug, say judges

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implant

Life

Implants hack reflexes to let paralysed monkeys move their legs

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Two robot arms hold implements above a humanoid dummy's eye

Technology

Robot surgeon can slice eyes finely enough to remove cataracts

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Drug that stops brain plaques may show if they cause Alzheimer’s

Humans

Drug that stops brain plaques may show if they cause Alzheimer’s

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nurse

Technology

Smart camera system checks patients' vital signs from afar

Software monitors heart rate, breathing and blood oxygen without a single sensor touching the body – useful for police cells as well as hospital wards

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Health

Man or mouse? Why drug research has taken the wrong turning

Leader

Health

Lab mice are sending us on a wild goose chase

Features

Life

Mice fall for rubber hand illusion just like us

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Health

How I got addicted to painkillers

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