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New diabetes drug ‘could save NHS £70m’
A new drug for Type 2 diabetes launched in the UK could save the NHS £70 million over the [...]
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‘Sight-saving’ drug approval hailed
Campaigners have welcomed the approval of a potentially sight-saving treatment for people with a debilitating eye condition. The health [...]
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Doctors attacked over prescriptions
Doctors have been accused of the “inappropriate and extended” prescribing of powerful sleeping pills to elderly insomniacs. Experts made [...]
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New drug could help in flu fight
A new type of flu drug could prove a potent weapon against resistant strains of the virus, research has [...]
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HRT ‘protects’ against rapid ageing
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can block signs of accelerated ageing that may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a study [...]
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Call to ban ‘Botox parties’
At-home cosmetic procedure parties should be banned, leading doctors have said. So called “Botox parties” or “filler parties” – [...]
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Aspirin ‘link to blindness in later years’
Regular use of aspirin can more than double the risk of a leading cause of blindness in older people, [...]
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Drugs hope for cancer risk women
Women with a family history of breast cancer could be offered preventative medication on the NHS under new plans [...]
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Health watchdog in eye drug U-turn
Thousands of people with a devastating eye condition could be offered a potentially sight-saving treatment following a U-turn by [...]
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Warning over painkillers and drink
Britons are popping painkillers with alcohol to ward off colds and avoid hangovers, which could prove fatal, a pharmaceutical [...]
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Warning over buying drugs online
Purchasing prescription medicines online without a prescription is on the increase, pharmacists said. Three-quarters of pharmacists believe the activity [...]
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Messages on medicine labels are too complicated
Health information is too complicated, experts have said. Complicated messages on health screening posters, labels on medicines and letters [...]
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Warning over grapefruit health risk
Grapefruit poses a potentially lethal health risk to increasing numbers of patients taking prescription drugs, experts have warned. The [...]
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Bid to reduce use of antibiotics
Patients have been urged not to request antibiotics for coughs and colds due to an increasing resistance to treatments [...]
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Diabetes nasal spray developed
A nasal spray has been developed that could mean an end to daily injections for sufferers of Type 1 [...]
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