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Mushrooms

Health

Magic mushroom drug helps people with cancer face death

A single dose of the psychedelic drug psilocybin can relieve feelings of depression and anxiety in people with cancer and increase their quality of life

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Technology

Jeremy Hunt's magical plan to block sexting is no help for teens

Analysis

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Health

Bad memories stick around if you sleep on them

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Being popular is good for health - in monkeys, at least

Life

Being popular is good for health - in monkeys, at least

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Brain stimulation guides people through an invisible maze

Technology

Brain stimulation guides people through an invisible maze

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Blood vessels of healthy mouse brain

Health

Stopping brain protein from going rogue may prevent Alzheimer’s

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All UK doctors should join the call to decriminalise drugs

Health

All UK doctors should join the call to decriminalise drugs

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How our brains recall celebrities is mirrored by search engines

Health

How our brains recall celebrities is mirrored by search engines

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Technology

‘I’m more confident’: Paralysed woman’s life after brain implant

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First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

Technology

First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

After training on whack-a-mole and Pong, a woman paralysed by ALS has become the first person to use a brain implant at home, communicating by thought alone

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Health

Using egg leftovers could double the number collected in IVF

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Health

Scouts and Guides grow up to have better mental health at age 50

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Health

Time to end the damaging battle over chronic fatigue syndrome

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Health

The moment my hallucinations made me ask if I was dead

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