A drug for advanced prostate cancer, which can extend life by more than three months, is likely to be approved for NHS use in England and Wales after the medical watchdog reverses an earlier decision.

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U-turn on NHS prostate drug use

Many Mexicans are increasingly disturbed by their disaffection as drug violence has taken a turn for the worse.

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Mexicans Unflinching in Face of Drug War’s Carnage

A former Major League Baseball strength coach testified Tuesday that he only reluctantly told federal authorities about Roger Clemens ’s alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs and did not initially intend to hand over evidence that prosecutors say tests have linked to the baseball legend . Read full article > >

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Jurors wondered whether key evidence might have been planted and if a former drug dealer regretted having “destroyed people’s lives.” And at least one wanted more testimony about a heated discussion that wasn’t fully explored in court. Read full article > >

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Roger Clemens trial: Jurors come with questions, and get to ask them

Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in what could be the latest outburst in an escalating war of terror among drug gangs.

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Dozens of Bodies Found on Mexico Highway, Official Says

The state of Nuevo Leon has has become a battleground between the Gulf and Zetas drug cartels. A message at the scene appeared to refer to the Zetas.

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49 decapitated bodies found near U.S.-Mexico border

Relatives of the victims of Mexico’s violence must also grapple with suspicions about involvement in the drug trade from friends and family.

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Doubts and Suspicion Haunt Victims’ Relatives in Mexico

The anti-wrinkle drug Botox could soon be offered to patients with chronic migraines by the NHS in England and Wales, according to the medicines watchdog.

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NHS may offer Botox migraine jab

A drug already approved for treatment of AIDS might one day be approved for prevention of the deadly disease in individuals at high risk.

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FDA panel recommends anti-HIV drug

A panel of US health experts recommends formal approval of Truvada, a drug to prevent HIV infection in healthy people.

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US panel approves anti-HIV pill

For the first time, a panel of experts has recommended that the Food and Drug Administration approve a drug for preventing infection with HIV. The panel told the agency Thursday that it should approve the drug Truvada for HIV prevention in men who have sex with men, HIV-negative partners of people with HIV and “other individuals at risk for acquiring HIV through sexual activity.” Read full article > >

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Amir Khan’s rematch with Lamont Peterson on 19 May is called off after the American champion’s failed drugs test.

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Khan-Peterson rematch called off

The Food and Drug Administration published an analysis that suggested caution against long-term use of the drugs, but fell short of issuing specific recommendations.

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Well: New Cautions About Bisphosphonates

A fire at a drug rehabilitation centre east of the Peruvian capital Lima has killed 14 people, firefighters say, the second such tragedy this year.

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Peru drug clinic blaze kills 14

MEXICO CITY — In a bold public display of the gang violence sweeping across northern Mexico, residents in the border city of Nuevo Laredo awoke at dawn Friday to find nine corpses of men and women hanging from a bridge at a busy intersection just a 10-minute drive from Texas. Read full article > >

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In Nuevo Laredo, 23 corpses found on grisly day in Mexican drug-cartel war