2018 preview: Opioids will kill tens of thousands more people
19 December 2017
As the prescription painkiller crisis worsens in the US, many more are expected to die as people turn to drugs more powerful than heroin
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Brain training game linked to lower dementia risk a decade later
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Pioneering gene therapy approved for leukaemia in the US
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Immigrant protections have halved kids’ mental health problems
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A programme that protects some US immigrants from deportation has reduced anxiety disorders in their children. But Donald Trump may scrap the scheme next week
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