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Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England

The opioid crisis may have crossed the Atlantic, with signs that opioid painkillers are prescribed more in England in socially-deprived areas in the north

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Deadly superbugs are evolving to beat alcohol hand sanitisers

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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

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Primitive human eggs matured in the lab for the first time

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Neurons in the brain

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First glimpse of how genes may cause mental health problems

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The EMA building

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Fears of Brexit chaos for medicines agency should worry us all

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A premature baby

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Training parents to work in hospitals benefits premature babies

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A woman using an asthma inhaler

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A much better asthma drug has shown promise in early experiments

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Pappworth

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The doctor who exposed the UK’s terrible experiments on patients

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Jamie Oliver ban energy drinks

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The truth about what downing energy drinks really does to kids

Campaigners in the UK want energy drinks banned for under-16s. The latest scientific evidence suggests they are right 鈥� these drinks are uniquely bad for children

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I got DNA tested to see if I would pass on diseases to my kids

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We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

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Some people with epilepsy can learn to stop their own seizures

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First UK three-parent babies could be born this year

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