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Our water is full of drugs and we don't know their effects

Water reuse means we are all consuming a cocktail of other people's leftover medicines, but measuring their impact is almost impossible. It's time we clean up our act

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Interior of treatment plant showing piping

Technology

Myth busted: dumped pills aren't main source of drugs in sewage

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Doctors must let patients decide whether to take statins

Health

Doctors must let patients decide whether to take statins

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Kosmicare banner and teepees at night

Health

Putting healthcare first can save festival drug users from harm

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Drug-induced abortion less safe in Ohio after 2011 law

Health

Drug-induced abortion less safe in Ohio after 2011 law

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Doctor consulting written notes

Health

Three questions to ask your doctor before any treatment

Features

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Life

Mouse's body made entirely transparent to reveal nervous system

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US government wants more cannabis farms for science

Health

US government wants more cannabis farms for science

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children with Downs

Health

Parents giving unproven IQ-boosting drugs to kids with Down's

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A man smoking a joint in a car

Health

Speedy cannabis spit test could spot people driving while high

Now that personal use of marijuana has been legalised in many parts of the US, police are looking for ways to stop people driving while high. A 3-minute test could help

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Health

Triple-whammy drug kills parasites that make 20 million sick

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Health

Obamacare has already improved health of low-income Americans

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Health

High Court backs campaign to fund preventative HIV drug on NHS

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Health

I help repurpose everyday drugs like aspirin to fight cancer

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