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Drug Testing Tent

Health

Party drugs are here to stay, but they don't have to be killers

Crack downs on psychedelic substances are failing to protect people from harm. Drug tests at festivals and nightclubs to check they are legit could be a better way

Insight

A person with acne

Health

Anti-acne cream clears up skin without any nasty side effects

News

A girl holding a frog

Humans

4-year-olds care more about plants and animals than sick people

News

Judy Perkins

Health

Woman survives metastatic breast cancer thanks to new treatment

News

Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

Earth

Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

News

The human liver

Health

A whole new type of cancer therapy helps treat liver cancer

News

A T cell under attack from HIV

Health

We’re beginning to understand how some people can control HIV

News

So-called ‘holy grail’ cancer test would miss thousands of cases

Health

So-called ‘holy grail’ cancer test would miss thousands of cases

Analysis

Someone holding a smartphone

Technology

Can an app tell if you have dementia years before your doctor?

News

A brain

Humans

People with big brains have a different brain structure too

If you have a large brain, certain regions are much bigger than expected and others are smaller – but we don’t know how this affects brain function yet

News

Health

US 'right to try' drugs law could hurt terminally ill people

Analysis

Health

Art that brings meaning to medicine

Culture

Health

Ambien can cause bizarre behaviour - but not racist tweets

Analysis

Health

There's no such thing as a 'detox' – so let's ban the word

Comment