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These four common medicines could help prolong your life

Taking Viagra, HRT, a statin or a painkiller was linked to a slightly lower chance of people dying over a 12-year study, suggesting the drugs may have life-extending properties

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Blood-clotting drug derived from pigs can now be made synthetically

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Experimental weight loss pill seems to be more potent than Ozempic

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Does Viagra ward off Alzheimer's disease? It's too soon to say

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Patch with octopus-like suckers helps drugs penetrate the skin

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2R2AKY2 Advertising for Wegovy (semaglutide) weight loss injections in the New York subway on Sunday, April 30, 2023. (? Richard B. Levine)

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2024 will see a new weight-loss drug that trumps Wegovy and Ozempic

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MRI scans of a healthy brain (left) and a brain with amyloid plaque deposits (right), a sign of Alzhiemer's disease

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2023 saw a cautious hope for Alzheimer's treatment but doubts remain

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Vagus nerve stimulation may help treat drug addiction

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Covid-19 rebound affects 1 in 5 people after taking Paxlovid

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Weight-loss drug Wegovy can avert heart attacks - will this widen use?

A trial has found that Wegovy can ward off heart attacks and strokes, as well as helping people lose weight. This extra string to the treatment's bow could make it more accessible

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Blood tests for Alzheimer’s may be rolled out within five years

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Drug that cuts breast cancer risk set for wider use in UK

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Why is there a shortage of ADHD drugs and what can people do?

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Society

Legalising marijuana hasn't been the quick fix the US hoped for

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