5 d. ago Vicar, 79, found with vile 'eunuch maker' images as police raided his house over meth and ketamine hoard he claimed helped him relate to followers

Geoffrey Baulcomb, a former Church of England vicar who claimed his drug habit helped him relate to his parishioners, has admitted possessing indecent images linked to the 'eunuch maker' case.

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5 d. ago The Vivienne hid ketamine use to protect family after years of sobriety

The sister of The Vivienne has questioned whether the "stigma" around drug use stopped the drag queen from seeking help.

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6 d. ago The Vivienne's sister questions 'stigma' around drug use stopping them from 'seeking help' in final days

The Drag Race star died earlier this year following a cardiac arrest caused by ketamine use

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6 d. ago The Vivienne’s sister questions if drug use ‘stigma’ stopped them seeking help

The star’s family revealed in March that the drag queen died ‘from the effects of ketamine use causing a cardiac arrest’.

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9 d. ago FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections

The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of food and drug safety inspections throughout the world

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1 week ago Millions who take cheap, common drug could be protected from deadly type of cancer

Cambridge found a drug that costs mere pennies per pill could help prevent a type of cancer that kills about four out of five patients within five years of their diagnosis.

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1 week ago Moment gangster's moll battered woman with hammer in love triangle street attack just days before helping gang torture her drug

Brutal Coleen Campbell launched into the savage daylight attack against Niamh Wasik in Ashton-under-Lyne on June 29, 2022 - days before helping gangsters kill her ex-husband, Thomas.

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1 week ago New gonorrhoea treatment hailed as breakthrough in fight against drug resistance

Researchers say gepotidacin could be delivered via a pill and help combat strains resistant to standard treatmentScientists have hailed a new antibiotic treatment for gonorrhoea, the first in three decades, which they said could help combat the global rise of drug-resistant infections.The sexually transmitted infection can result in serious complications if it is not treated promptly, especially for women, for whom it can lead to increased risks of ectopic pregnancy and infertility. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Landmark moment’ as new pill approved for common type of advanced breast cancer

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, which helped develop the drug, welcomed the move.

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3 w. ago Sierra Leone has a problem with the drug Kush. Why are these women not being helped?

Sierra Leone's government has declared a public health emergency over the drug Kush.

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3 w. ago Ozempic is hailed as a miracle drug. But how does it affect people with eating disorders?

Doctors worry about semaglutides being used by people with restrictive eating disorders – but research also shows they could help others struggling with binge eatingGLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have, in three short years, changed our attitudes to the body. They’ve revived a cultural fervor for thinness that has been blamed for everything from the closure of wine bars to killing off the body positivity movement. What began as a seeming miracle drug posited to help those most in need of losing weight for health reasons has led to a clamor in which one in eight Americans have tried the drugs and telehealth companies have offered cheaper off-brand versions with very little oversight.Ozempic (the brand name for semaglutide) and other GLP-1s mimic a natural hormone in the body, stimulating insulin and slowing the rate of stomach emptying after eating, increasing one’s sense of fullness. But the very qualities that make GLP-1s such powerful tools for weight loss also make them potentially dang...

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3 w. ago The illegal party drug helping Ukraine’s traumatised soldiers live again

With limited numbers of foot soldiers to take on Russia, Ukraine has branched out into a revolutionary new treatment for its traumatised and damaged troops – ketamine, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley from Kyiv

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3 w. ago UK’s most commonly prescribed drug cuts risk of dementia, study suggests

Drug given to around 8 million Britons could help cut the risk of dementia, researchers in South Korea find

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3 w. ago UK’s most commonly prescribed drug cuts dementia risk by 13%, study suggests

Drug given to around 8 million Britons could help cut the risk of dementia, researchers in South Korea find

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3 w. ago Missing X Factor star Levi Davis's mother makes emotional plea for help as she details drug rape ordeal he suffered before vanishing

Levi vanished on October 29, 2022, after he ran out of money on a trip to Barcelona and his mother Julie has now claimed 'police have forgotten about him'.

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3 w. ago Mum says missing rugby star Levi Davis was drug raped and police won't help in emotional interview

Levi Davis, 24, a Bath Rugby player who appeared on The X Factor: Celebrity in 2019, went missing more than two years ago

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4 w. ago Bridget Christie on brain fog, flirting, and why she won’t be taking a lover: ‘My heart is full. I am open to it, but I’m not looking for it’

She’s newly divorced and facing an empty nest, but the standup and creator of The Change insists she’s having the time of her lifeIs it a pigeon-hole, Bridget Christie asked to be photographed in, or is it a box? Either way, it’s some pretty trenchant visual messaging: whatever society wants to do with middle-aged women, Christie is done with it.It was also a chance for the 53-year-old to dress up as Kate Bush, recreating her 1978 shoot by Gered Mankowitz. And Christie loves dressing up. She did a whole show dressed as Charles II. The actor, writer and comedian is playful: she has way more than the usual number of funny facial expressions; her chat is peppered with silly, surreal ­diversions. Making people laugh is her thing, she says. “It motivates me, it helps me navigate the world, it’s like a drug.” Continue reading...

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