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‘Body brokers’ responsible for ‘hundreds’ of homeless addicts in Skid Row — as secrets of sick drug rehab trade revealed

A Los Angeles outreach worker has revealed the sickening depths swindlers will sink to in order to lure homeless addicts to California detox centers, after a pair of accused fraudsters were charged by federal authorities in a $1.6 billion drug rehab scheme.

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Harvard Medical School Holds Panel Raising Whether Weight Loss Drugs Are An Imperialistic, Militaristic Plot

Harvard Medical School Holds Panel Raising Whether Weight Loss Drugs Are An Imperialistic, Militaristic Plot Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, Harvard University is facing another controversy after its medical school held an event on "the Pathology of Unruly Bodies." The most surprising part is tha…

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Boom in weight-loss drugs could lead to fall in beer sales, Heineken warns UK pubs

World’s second largest brewer says use of drugs such as Wegovy can reduce desire to drink alcohol• Business live – latest updatesHeineken has warned British bars and pubs that the boom in popularity of weight-loss drugs could lead to a fall in sales of beer and cider.The world’s second-largest brewer sent a presenta…

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Girl arrested after taking US$111 from Russia to poison Ukrainian troops

Ukrainian police said on Friday they had detained a 17-year-old girl suspected of helping Russia’s security services to poison Ukrainian soldiers and that two had died. Ukraine and Russia have throughout their war since 2022 accused each other of recruiting minors for sabotage acts including poisoning. The girl, who…

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Murder on the dancefloor: are phones, drugs and chatter killing off dancing?

Viral pleas for punters to stop yapping have divided clubland. With ketamine and social media also altering behaviour, DJs and dancers weigh in on how sacred a space the club should beTowards the end of summer, a debate began raging in clubland, kick-started by an Instagram post from the esteemed DJ Jane Fitz. Ahead…

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Execution staff warned IV site might have 'blown' during Christa Pike's execution attempt

Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike’s arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or “blown,” before she was injected with the lethal drug, her attorney wrote in a court document filed Thursday.

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China-made cancer drug to go on sale in US after Americans travel to buy it

Global pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca on Thursday said it would start selling a cancer drug after coming under criticism for failing to bring it to the US market faster, prompting some Americans to fly to Shanghai to procure the potentially life-saving medicine first developed by China. In recent months, desperate …

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"Gotten Too Old Not To Be Greedy": Virginia State Sen. Arrested, Accused Of Masterminding $4.5 Million Criminal Drug Enterprise

"Gotten Too Old Not To Be Greedy": Virginia State Sen. Arrested, Accused Of Masterminding $4.5 Million Criminal Drug Enterprise Virginia's Democratic Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, 82, has been indicted by a federal grand jury and taken into federal custody on charges of racketeering conspiracy, consp…

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Six-year ban for top marathon runner who submitted fake prescription

Clinic named by Ruti Aga did not exist, testers foundPrescription signed by a family member, not a doctorOne of the world’s leading marathon runners, Ruti Aga, has been banned for six years after anti-doping investigators found she submitted a fake prescription to explain a failed drug test.The Ethiopian athlete won…

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Big pharma accused of ‘free-riding on nature’ as global fund attracts just $7,000

The Cali Fund, set up to raise $1bn a year for biodiversity from drug companies, remains near emptyBig pharmaceutical companies have been accused of “free-riding on nature”, after a landmark biodiversity fund that invites businesses to put some of their profits back into conservation was left virtually empty.The Cal…

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ICC removes 1 killing from case vs Duterte

THE prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has removed an alleged drug-related killing from its trial brief in the crimes against humanity case against former president Rodrigo Duterte, complying with a court order that found the incident fell outside the period covered by the confirmed charges.

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Gaza’s breast cancer patients face a deadly wait for treatment amid Israel’s genocide

Gaza’s breast cancer patients face a deadly wait for treatment amid Israel’s genocide Submitted by Nada Nabil on Wed, 10/21/2026 - 12:35 With radiotherapy unavailable and medical evacuations restricted, thousands of Palestinian women face delays due to hospital destruction and severe drug shortages A Palestinian wom…

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ICC drops alleged drug killing from Duterte case

MANILA, Philippines — The prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has removed an alleged drug-related killing from its trial brief in the crimes against humanity case against former president Rodrigo Duterte, complying with a court order that found the incident fell outside the period covered by the co…

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Mariah Carey wins dismissal of US$20m defamation lawsuit filed by brother Morgan ... so who is he?

Mariah Carey has just won a dismissal in a US$20 million defamation lawsuit filed by her brother, Morgan Carey, over her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey. The “Emotions” singer’s estranged brother sued her back in 2021, claiming that she lied about him in her book where she alleged that Morgan – whom she ref…

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Samsung Bioepis' first ADC candidate wins FDA Fast Track

Samsung Bioepis said Wednesday that its first antibody-drug conjugate, or ADC, candidate has been designated a Fast Track drug by the US Food and Drug Administration. According to Samsung Bioepis, SBE303 is designed to target Nectin-4, a protein overexpressed on tumor cells. The candidate is being developed as a tre…

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US, Partners Seize Nearly 1,500 Pounds Of Cocaine In The Caribbean

US, Partners Seize Nearly 1,500 Pounds Of Cocaine In The Caribbean Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, A U.S. task force and foreign partners seized nearly 1,500 pounds of cocaine in two operations in the Caribbean Sea over the past week. The first interdiction involved U.S. Customs and Border Protec…

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Mariah Carey wins dismissal of brother’s defamation lawsuit over her memoir

Morgan Carey sued his sister over claims in her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, which he said falsely portrayed him as a violent drug dealerA judge has dismissed a lawsuit from Mariah Carey’s brother, five years after he accused her of defaming him in her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey.In the mem…

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China’s pharma stocks gain favours amid ‘greater’ progress of innovative drugs

Chinese pharmaceutical companies are ramping up global expansion and the sector, set to sustain rapid growth with the upcoming third-quarter earnings releases, could see a further lift in market sentiment, analysts said. In the first three quarters, domestic innovative drugs accounted for 80 per cent of all innovati…

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