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Becoming a mum rewires your brain to put your baby first, research finds
New mums put their babies before anything else, according to scientists.
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Female Viagra-like drug being created to help women with sexual dysfunction is almost finished
It promises one extra orgasm a month...
AOLPolice in Spain find barrels of drugs lashed to hulls of boats
Authorities in Spain have arrested 32 people in connection with a drug smuggling operation through the Port of Tarifa in the south of the country. Police discovered bales of hash in barrels lashed to the hulls of recreational boats, as seen in
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Teens 'more likely to try drugs in the summer': How to have the drugs talk with your children
Over a third of those who’d tried LSD first used the drug in the summer.
AOLThe powerful text message that stopped Maajid Nawaz in his tracks
Maajid Nawaz said this text message was "too powerful a question to dismiss", after Tory leadership hopefuls Rory Stewart and Michael Gove admitted to having previously using drugs. Environment Secretary Michael Gove said he
AOLMother dies after bag of cocaine explodes in her stomach before boarding a flight
An inquest has concluded that a teacher and mother-of-three accidentally killed herself after swallowing a bag of cocaine before boarding a flight at Manchester Airport. According to the BBC, Victoria Buchanan, 42, is thought to have ingested the
Yahoo Life UKA hangover-free alcohol substitute is in development
What if somebody told you you’d never have to feel the dreaded hangover symptoms we loathe again?
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Lena Dunham posts nude photo on Instagram encouraging fans to 'love themselves'
"Any negativity that comes your way is just an excuse to love yourself even more, right?"
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What is laughing gas and what does it do to your body when inhaled?
There have been 17 fatalities related to the use of laughing gas in the UK between 2006 and 2012.
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Crystal meth ship mysteriously sinks during police search
Police are investigating whether a ship carrying crystal meth was deliberately sabotaged during an investigation inside the vessel on Friday. Chemicals used to manufacture crystal meth were found aboard the 80-metre-long cargo ship that was
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Amanda Bynes talks drug addiction and sobriety in Paper interview: 'It's only up from here'
"I'm really ashamed and embarrassed with the things I said."
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Demi Lovato's ex Wilmer Valderrama 'devastated' over her reported overdose, didn't know her issues were this 'severe'
Wilmer Valderrama, the actor who dated Demi Lovato for six years, from 2010 to 2016, is “completely devastated” to hear about Lovato’s reported overdose.
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Handcuffed defendant escapes courtroom and leaps from balcony
CCTV from a courthouse in Utah shows the extraordinary moment a handcuffed defendant runs out of a courtroom and then throws himself off a second-floor balcony. State courts spokesman Geoffrey Fattah said Christopher Clay Rudd, 35, fractured his
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Sunderland tops leaderboard for drink and drug-driving convictions
A survey by insurance comparison website MoneySupermarket.com has revealed drink and drug-driving hotspots across the UK. The site's research has revealed the areas in the country where most drivers have been convicted, and also highlights
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Video captures police cars flipping suspect vehicle during chase
A shocking piece of footage captured from a stationary car shows the moment police cars disable a vehicle during a chase – by flipping it onto its roof. The film, captured in the US state of Georgia, shows five police vehicles in
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Taking hay fever pills could land you with drug-driving charges
If in doubt, always check the label.
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Taking painkillers for just a week 'raises risk of heart attack'
It might be worth switching to an alternative.
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‘Cannabis saved my pregnancy': how safe is weed for mums-to-be?
For one mother in the US, the risks were worth taking.
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Lottery winner arrested for funding crystal meth ring
Most people have reasonable idea of what they would like to do with their money if they won the lottery. Maybe you'd like to buy a house, throw a big party for friends and family or invest in your children's future education. However
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Smugglers hide half a tonne of cocaine in frozen strawberries
Authorities in Colombia have seized half a tonne of cocaine smuggled in frozen strawberries. Blocks of cocaine were hidden with frozen strawberry pulp bound for Europe, reports Reuters. See also: Woman caught smuggling £47k of cocaine in
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Drug-driver caught 100-times over the legal limit
Purple Pilchards / Alamy A motorist, who was stopped by police on the suspicion of driving under the influence, was found to be more than 120-times over the legal limit. Gintars Garkajs, 30, was pulled over at 2am on January 10 while driving his
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Maria Sharapova's failed drugs test could cost her up to £100 million
Maria Sharapova has been the highest-paid woman in tennis for more than a decade, and is worth an estimated £137 million. But her days of earning mega-millions may be at an end. This week she admitted to having taken a banned substance, and as a
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How one night of drinking can kill you
While most of us know what the long-term effects of alcohol are, we may not realize that one night of drinking can be even more dangerous. In another tragic case, Shelby Lyn Allen was found dead after a night of heavy drinking with her friends in 2008. Allen, who was a high school junior at the time, died of alcohol poisoning.
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Addicts and alcoholics cost £10.1bn - Iain Duncan Smith wants to cut that
Iain Duncan Smith has revealed that people with drink and drug problems cost the taxpayer £10.1 billion a year. He quoted the statistics from the Lankelly Chase Foundation as he launched a new government scheme aimed at getting people help
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Rise In Chemsex Popularity Prompts Major Health Warning
Having sex under the influence of illegal drugs - known as “chemsex” - should become a public health priority, researchers have said. There has been a sharp rise in the use of drugs like GHB, GBL and crystal meth to enhance sexual pleasure and reduce inhibitions - but may put users at risk, they warned. Experts writing in the British Medical Journal say that, in these groups, unprotected sex is the norm and users of the drugs report an average of five sexual partners per session. Some drug users describe memory loss and not sleeping or eating for days, while injecting drugs along with chemsex creates “a perfect storm” for transmission of HIV and hepatitis C. They also warn of serious mental health problems - but many drug users are afraid to access health services. “Many barriers exist to chemsex drug users accessing services, including the shame and stigma often associated with drug use and ignorance of available services,” the team behind the research - specialists in sexual health and substance abuse in London, explained.
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Ecstasy Is Likely More Dangerous For Women Than Men – So Why Are So Many Of Us Still Taking It?
Back in the ‘90s, the world was shocked when teenager Leah Betts died from taking ecstasy. She dropped a pill on her 18th birthday, collapsed, started convulsing and spent five days in a coma before her life support machine was switched off.