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A hand holding mushrooms

Health

Magic mushroom extract changes brains of people with depression

Psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound found in magic mushrooms, may help re-set the activity of neural circuits in the brain that are involved in depression

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Mountain-climbers in snowy , foggy landscape

Health

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

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A person with skin cream

Health

Side effects are worse when we think medication looks expensive

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Old 51¶¯Âþ: Tanks on the moon and other wolves we’ve cried

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DNA test kit

Health

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

Insight

A girl getting vaccinated

Technology

Plastic cubes injected into the body could replace booster shots

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person receiving chemotherapy

Health

Tumour bacteria sabotage chemotherapy by destroying cancer drugs

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Legs 4 Africa

Health

Helping people walk again with donated prostheses in West Africa

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A man wincing in pain

Technology

Computer knows how much pain you are in by studying your face

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person inhaling a balloon in front of houses of parliament

Health

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

The Psychoactive Substances Act is a failure. The only surprise is that the UK government has promised to keep pursuing people under it, says Frank Swain

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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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Humans

Lethal injection contained a chemical never tried before

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Health

Australia plans random drug tests for people receiving welfare

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