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How Getting Fish Hooked on Drugs Could Help Fight Opioid Addiction
Zebra fish and humans have similar pathways of addiction, which may make them ideal test subjects for addiction studies
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The First Syphilis Cure Was the First ‘Magic Bullet’
The term ‘magic bullet’ once just meant a targeted drug
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Prince Now Has His Own Shade of Purple
The Pantone Color Institute has debuted “Love Symbol #2,” a deep purple based on the late star’s custom-made piano
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Hospitals Have a Big Problem: Baking Soda
It’s common in kitchens, but a nationwide shortage is endangering more than baked goods
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The Woman Who Stood Between America and a Generation of ‘Thalidomide Babies’
How the United States escaped a national tragedy in the 1960s
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Another Use for Viagra: Curing Hamster Jet Lag
It works—but only for hamsters (and maybe people) traveling east
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Could Magic Mushrooms One Day Help Cancer Patients Face Down Death?
Two new studies show the promise of psilocybin for patients with anxiety and depression
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Streams Around Baltimore Are Flush With Amphetamines
So many people are sending drugs down the drain, increasing amounts are ending up in waterways
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Deadly Fungal Infections Are Growing Antibiotic Resistance
Fungicides used in agriculture may be impacting the effectiveness of some medicines
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Another Step Closer to Male Birth Control Pills
A protein might lead to an oral contraceptive for men
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Lice That Can Resist Drugs Have Infested Half the States in the U.S.
Mutated pests that can survive common drugstore treatments have been found in at least 25 states so far
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When This Photographer Got Sick, He Started Taking Beautiful Photos of Painkillers and Tears
The extreme closeups were one way for the photographer to understand what he was taking
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Stop Calling Flibanserin “Female Viagra”
As the FDA weighs the merits of a new drug to boost female libido, it’s clear this is not a little blue pill for women
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Engineered Yeast Could Open up a DIY Painkiller Market
The modified microbes could also make cheaper and better opiates
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Here’s More About the Drug Behind Indiana’s HIV Epidemic
Illegal use of Opana, or oxymorphone, is fueling a public health crisis in Scott County, Ind.
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U.S. Heroin Overdose Rate Nearly Quadruples
As prescription painkillers become more difficult to abuse, the face of heroin addiction is changing
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Three Stanford Graduates Are Matching Unused Prescriptions With Patients Who Need Them
Unopened drugs—billions of dollars worth—are trashed in this country each year. What if they instead went to the 50 million who can’t afford them?
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Heroin Use Is on the Rise Again, Thanks to Suburban White Users
OxyContin is heroin’s new gateway drug, experts say
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First Ever Experimental Drug Trials on Ebola Patients to Begin Next Month
Three potential Ebola drugs are being fast tracked to trials in west Africa
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