drugs

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Chronic cocaine use may speed up ageing of brain

24 Apr 2012

Research shows chronic users’ brains age dramatically faster than their non-drug using peers.

A Greek tragedy in health?

10 Oct 2011

Cambridge-led research documents rises in HIV, heroin use, prostitution, homicides and suicides in the wake of the Greek financial crisis.

Scientists demonstrate potential new treatment for most common form of infant leukaemia

03 Oct 2011

New drug could treat mixed-lineage leukaemia (MLL).

Drug pushing in the New Europe

23 Sep 2011

A new study reveals how drug reimbursement policy in Poland is leaving gaping loopholes for pharmaceutical firms to exploit, raising questions about...

What do drugs do to the brain?

17 Mar 2011

Drug abuse is probably linked to an in-built tendency to act without thinking, as shown by studies of siblings of chronic stimulant users, a leading...