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Triple-whammy drug kills parasites that make 20 million sick

Health

Triple-whammy drug kills parasites that make 20 million sick

A new compound targets the parasites that cause Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness, illnesses that together kill 50,000 people annually

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Obamacare has already improved health of low-income Americans

Health

Obamacare has already improved health of low-income Americans

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High Court backs campaign to fund preventative HIV drug on NHS

Health

High Court backs campaign to fund preventative HIV drug on NHS

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Pan Pantziarka

Health

I help repurpose everyday drugs like aspirin to fight cancer

Features

Optimism over cancer treatments should always be cautious

Health

Optimism over cancer treatments should always be cautious

Leader

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Humans

May's force be with her

Leader

Person empties out bottle of the painkiller OxyContin

Health

US could be set to tackle opioid painkiller epidemic at last

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Theresa May walking towards the door of Number 10 Downing Street

Earth

Next PM Theresa May often demands the scientifically impossible

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Founders of Western civilisation were prehistoric dope dealers

Health

Founders of Western civilisation were prehistoric dope dealers

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Prozac

Health

Antidepressants on trial: Are they a wonder or a danger?

Argument rages over the benefits and risks of Prozac and other SSRIs. New books from a psychiatrist and a former patient give the cases for and against

Culture

Health

Antidepressant drug use in England has doubled in a decade

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Technology

Nano-camera lens reveals the hidden mirror world of molecules

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Health

WADA report shows tricks Russian athletes use to skip drug tests

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Health

If antidepressants don't work well, why are they so popular?

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