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Health

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

Analysis

Trump signs memorandum on opioids

Health

Opioid crisis: Trump suggests telling young people drugs are bad

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Technology

Marijuana compounds made in GM yeast could help epilepsy

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Health

Chronic back pain stem cell treatment could cut need for opioids

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Health

Hunger-blocking injection lets fat monkeys quickly lose weight

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Health

Magic mushroom extract changes brains of people with depression

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Health

Little-known drug keeps climbers’ minds sharp at high altitude

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Health

Side effects are worse when we think medication looks expensive

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Health

DNA testing firms are cashing in our genes. Should we get a cut?

Insight

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Space

Old ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ: Tanks on the moon and other wolves we’ve cried

If you’re looking for scare stories, you’re in the wrong place. Except sometimes, as ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵs of October past show

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Health

Tumour bacteria sabotage chemotherapy by destroying cancer drugs

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Health

UK's bad drug law flounders, which is no real surprise at all

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Health

Pioneering gene therapy approved for leukaemia in the US

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Health

Will psychedelics for depression be just another false dawn?

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