UK may face an opioid addiction crisis like the US within FIVE YEARS, expert warns as pharmacies are caught handing out addictive painkillers without prescriptions

A BBC investigation revealed it is easy to get hold of opioids in the UKPharmacies were found to not be asking buyers proper questionsThe painkillers, including codeine and tramadol, are…

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Research shows that patients looking at greenery from their hospital beds can cut the need for painkillers and even reduce post-op problems

NHS Forest helps hospitals improve their surroundings by planting treesStudies have shown that green spaces and trees are beneficial to human healthAlder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, received the first…

Continue ReadingResearch shows that patients looking at greenery from their hospital beds can cut the need for painkillers and even reduce post-op problems

Could a new treatment which extracts fat cells from the tummy and injects them into aching joints be the bees knees?

Roughly one in five people aged over 45 has osteoarthritis - thinning cartilage New treatment which takes tummy fat and injects it into joints could help pain Another new procedure sees the…

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‘Ancient brain surgeons’ cut two HOLES in skull of prehistoric warrior ‘with a bad headache’ who was ‘high on cannabis to numb the pain’, archaeologists claim

It is believed the double trepanation procedure was survived by the warrior as it showed signs of healing  May have been inflicted on the man as part of 'brain surgery' to…

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Women are turning to cannabis to treat period pains: 60% surveyed say they already use it and 60% of non-users would consider it – as states mull approving the drug for cramps

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University interviewed more than 1,000 women across the USTwo-thirds of those who had never used cannabis said they would for their periodAnother survey of…

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Most cannabis users take the drug FOR exercise: 82% said they smoke or swallow it before or after a workout

Researchers surveyed cannabis users in states where recreational marijuana is legal including California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington82% said they used marijuana within an hour before working out and within…

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