Getty ImagesScottish drug deaths increased by 121 in 2023The number of people who died due to drug misuse in Scotland has risen.National Records of Scotland data for 2023 revealed ...

Tens of thousands of women who have gone through the menopause might benefit from a new bone-strengthening drug, says the medicines watchdog National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ...

BBCMargo Clarke (left) says son Adrian (right) was a sickly child from the day he was born and needed heart surgery aged eightMothers say they feel guilty for taking ...

Getty ImagesThe anti-obesity injection Wegovy contains the drug semaglutideWeight-loss treatment Wegovy has been approved by the UK's medicines regulator, for reducing the risk of serious heart problems in overweight ...

Getty ImagesA swarm of mosquitoes, the insects that spread malaria when they drink bloodMillions of lives are at risk unless urgent and radical action is taken to stop drug-resistant ...

Getty ImagesA spitting cobra's incredibly potent venom can quickly destroy skin, muscle and bone around the site of a biteA drug commonly prescribed to thin blood can be repurposed ...

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King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience addictions head Prof Sir John Strang, who was not involved in the study, said: "We need to be constantly alert ...

By now in his late teens, Nystrom discovered a party scene around the electronic music that he loved. Aided by drink and drugs, it came with the acceptance he ...

Ross Cunliffe says "the right thing has been done" in making daratumumab available on the NHS. Source link

The treatment will mean many people no longer needing to take more than 20 pills across the day. Source link

The antibody treatment donanemab slows clinical decline by around a third, a large trial confirms. Source link