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Water scarcity and the need for reusing wastewater

Reclaimed water is becoming an attractive option for ensuring water security.

Making food safer and sustainable

Greater investments in science, technology and innovative practices can transform food systems, and ensure steady supplies, nutrition, and access

Environmental carcinogens threaten our wellbeing

The increase in cancer rates globally has been linked to prolonged exposure to environmental contaminants.

Bringing treatments for lupus into the 21st century

Common steroid treatments for the autoimmune disease lupus can cause as many problems as they solve, but researchers are close to finding a viable alternative.

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Italy leads the world in screening for celiac disease

Celiac disease is common but often undetected. Researchers are looking at ways to make the disease both easier to diagnose and easier to treat.

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The free, over-the-counter drug that prevents opioid deaths

This drug to prevent opioid deaths is free, and available without a prescription across Australia. So why has uptake of naloxone been slow?

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Caring for a cancer condition that often goes unseen

Cancer cachexia affects 50 to 80 percent of people with cancer, but you may never have heard of it.

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Why India has most to gain from beating antimicrobial resistance

India is the ‘world capital’ of antimicrobial resistance and now part of a global fight to save millions of lives and trillions of dollars.

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Indonesia’s low-cost watch on antimicrobial resistance

Indonesian researchers have tested a cheaper way of monitoring antimicrobial resistance that could be a key tool for developing countries.

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Trance away the pain

While how it works is not fully understood, hypnosis shows potential for being part of a multi-pronged pain management approach.

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Evidence lacking on medical cannabis for pain

Medical cannabis has been trumpeted in the media as a panacea for all manner of pain. But scientific evidence that it works is lacking.

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Special Report: Pain treatment myths

Chronic pain affects 30 percent of all people, making it the number one reason for a visit to the doctor. 360info explores the myths of treating it.

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Ketamine helps change thinking patterns in people with treatment-resistant depression

Its effect is fast and sustained.

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Psychedelics and mental health

Today on World Mental Health day we look at leading-edge ideas on how psychedelic therapies might work and what these drugs do to the brain.

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Water scarcity and the need for reusing wastewater

Making food safer and sustainable

Environmental carcinogens threaten our wellbeing

Bringing treatments for lupus into the 21st century

Italy leads the world in screening for celiac disease

The free, over-the-counter drug that prevents opioid deaths

Caring for a cancer condition that often goes unseen

Why India has most to gain from beating antimicrobial resistance

Indonesia’s low-cost watch on antimicrobial resistance

Trance away the pain

Evidence lacking on medical cannabis for pain

Special Report: Pain treatment myths

Ketamine helps change thinking patterns in people with treatment-resistant depression

Psychedelics and mental health

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