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It's official: we're seduced by cigarette packaging

Health

It's official: we're seduced by cigarette packaging

Results from smokers in Australia suggest that plain packaging makes cigarettes less satisfying and prompts people to consider quitting

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Axing health statistics is penny wise, pound foolish

Health

Axing health statistics is penny wise, pound foolish

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Supplements fingered in sprinters' positive dope tests

Health

Supplements fingered in sprinters' positive dope tests

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Ethnic background influences immune response to TB

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Ethnic background influences immune response to TB

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Global crackdown seizes fake drugs worth $41 million

Health

Global crackdown seizes fake drugs worth $41 million

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Last Word

The nose knows

Regulars

Mechanical eye will help wine-makers improve vintages

Technology

Mechanical eye will help wine-makers improve vintages

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Health

New Zealand law permits 'low risk' designer drugs

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Marijuana legalisation creates new hurdle for drivers

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Mon dieu! French wine is from Italy

Earth

Mon dieu! French wine is from Italy

French wine is renowned. But Parisians would be shocked by the wine their ancestors started out making around 500 BC: it was an Italian white

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Life

Acid trips down memory lane

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Life

Not just athletes – now horses are on steroids

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Life

More antibiotics may not always be better

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Memory drug trialled in people with Down's syndrome

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