20 h. 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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41 h. 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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42 h. 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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68 h. 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 d. 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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5 d. 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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1 week ago Amy Schumer says she is having 'a lot more sex' these days thanks to a miracle drug

Over the weekend, the 43-year-old movie star shared 'I want to get down more, if you know what I mean. I'm talking about sex.' She said it was a new drug in her life that helped her.

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2 w. ago ‘Brain pacemakers’: implants to be tested to help alcohol and opioid addicts

Trial will determine whether electrical pulses can control and decrease yearningsSurgeons are to put implants into the brains of alcoholics and opioid addicts in a trial aimed at testing the use of electrical impulses to combat drink and drug cravings.The technique is already used to help patients control some of the effects of Parkinson’s disease, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Now a group of doctors and researchers – from Cambridge and Oxford universities and King’s College London – are preparing to use deep brain stimulation to try to decrease addicts’ yearnings and to boost their self-control. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The Manchester links to huge drug ring as top cop who helped lead investigation sacked

The operation brought down 37 criminals who were jailed for a combined total of 293 years

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3 w. ago Reality star is completely unrecognizable after INSANE weight loss thanks to Ozempic

She revealed the secret to her trim frame is Hollywood's favorite weight loss drug, Ozempic, which is actually a drug to help those suffering from diabetes/

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3 w. ago Reality star, 45, reveals 100lb weight loss thanks to Ozempic

She revealed the secret to her trim frame is Hollywood's favorite weight loss drug, Ozempic, which is actually a drug to help those suffering from diabetes/

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3 w. ago Reality star, 45, reveals 100lb weight loss thanks to Ozempic... see what she looks like now

She revealed the secret to her trim frame is Hollywood's favorite weight loss drug, Ozempic, which is actually a drug to help those suffering from diabetes/

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3 w. ago Reform civil war deepens with Rupert Lowe accusing Nigel Farage of trying to silence his demand for mass immigrant deportations

The Great Yarmouth MP accused the party leadership of 'watering down' its position on illegal migration in a bid to attract new voters, amid an astonishingly civil war in the right-wing party.

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