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              Drugs

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              Dubai Customs thwarted a bid to smuggle 6 kilos of heroin and 46 grams of opium at the airport. Courtesy Dubai Customs

              UAE customs inspectors seize record haul in 2014

              UAEFebruary 22, 2015

              Call for increased awareness among young of drug dangers

              UAEFebruary 19, 2015
              Indian school children from the Pretty Petals Foundation school wear face masks as a precaution against swine flu in Bhopal, India on February 19, 2015. Sanjeev Gupta/EPA

              India steps up fight against swine flu amid worst outbreak in years

              WorldFebruary 19, 2015

              Salesman molested sleeping girl, 12, on flight into Dubai, court hears

              UAEFebruary 18, 2015

              Saudi student crashed car while on drugs in Dubai, court hears

              UAEFebruary 17, 2015
              Jaycee Chan has served his six -month jail sentence for possessing drugs in China. Vincent Yu / AP Photo

              Jackie Chan’s son freed after six months in Chinese jail

              WorldFebruary 13, 2015
              The iChip device, developed by scientists at Northeastern University, Boston, allows bacteria to grow in its natural environment but to be isolated and studied at the same time. Slava Epstein / Northeastern University

              The search for a new antibiotic

              UAEFebruary 08, 2015

              Sentence overturned for woman prescribed medicinal marijuana

              UAEFebruary 08, 2015

              Suspected drug abuser fined for attempting suicide in Dubai Police cell

              UAEFebruary 05, 2015
              Conflict areas in the Middle East will experience soaring numbers of cancer cases, due to neglect of medical care in an era of war and poverty. Pictured is a field hospital near Damascus, Syria, after two airstrikes by president Bashar Al Assad’s forces on a market in central Douma in September. Badra Mamet / Reuters

              Are we fighting a losing battle? WHO predicts 75 per cent increase in cancer cases

              HealthFebruary 04, 2015

              Families should not be in denial about loved ones’ drug addiction, doctor says

              HealthFebruary 04, 2015

              After 20 years of recurring seizures, surgery changed woman’s life

              UAEJanuary 31, 2015
              Double Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Coe will not call his sport in crisis and feels its integrity is still intact. Stephen Hindley / AP Photo

              Sebastian Coe fights for uniform doping battle but allays mistrust by using Usain Bolt’s example

              SportJanuary 23, 2015

              Emirates Racing Authority quick to see red over cobalt

              SportJanuary 22, 2015

              Dubai Police calls for review of banned drugs list

              UAEJanuary 21, 2015

              Performance-enhancing drug ban for Bhavik Patel proves PGA’s detection system is not working

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