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Two men standing in a vape shop, one inspecting products, the other behind the counter exhaling smoke

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We need to start taking vaping seriously as a way to save lives

E-cigarettes were once seen as a sinister cousin to ordinary smoking. Now doctors in the UK think they could be a public health lifeline

Analysis

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Fears of Brexit chaos for medicines agency should worry us all

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A pregnant woman with a glass of water in one hand and a pill in the other

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Pregnant women have to navigate a minefield of painkiller advice

Analysis

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The love drug that could draw people away from any addiction

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Trump's 90-day plan for opioids has failed – here's a better one

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CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing complex

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Calm down – China is not racing ahead with human CRISPR trials

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Smart contact lens monitors sweetness of diabetics' tears

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Neck scan

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Robotic implant could help children with rare disorder eat again

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Science helped cause the opioid crisis – now it must make amends

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Science helped cause the opioid crisis – now it must make amends

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Kolodny

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The doctor who took on big pharma to stem the US opioid epidemic

When Andrew Kolodny raised the alarm over the dangerously addictive properties of prescribed opioids, he became both a hero and a figure of hate

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Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive

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NHS is switching to cheaper mimics of expensive cancer drugs

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Californians can now buy marijuana for recreational use

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Shocking drop in life expectancy shows US still in bad health

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