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A man drinking beer

Health

The weekly alcohol limit still carries a risk of early death

An analysis of nearly 600,000 people found those drinking around five glasses of wine or pints of beer a week were at an increased risk of early death

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brain pills

Health

The Genius Within: How to be smart in the 21st century

Culture

Artwork showing different ways of visualising the brain

Health

Nice prize for Alzheimer's work, shame about the lack of a cure

Comment

Chemotherapy

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Miniature personalised tumours could help you get the best chemo

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A woman

Health

How you speak predicts if psychedelic therapy will help you

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A baby being breastfed

Health

Transgender woman is first to be able to breastfeed her baby

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Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England

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Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England

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

Health

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

Analysis

The EMA building

Health

Fears of Brexit chaos for medicines agency should worry us all

Comment

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

Health

Pregnant women have to navigate a minefield of painkiller advice

I'm pregnant and sick of confusing advice about whether painkillers can harm developing fetuses - what should women like me do?

Analysis

Health

The love drug that could draw people away from any addiction

Features

Health

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

Insight

Health

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

Analysis

Health

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

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