The healing power of poisonous plants
Some of the best-known medicines come from poisonous plants. The chemotherapy drug taxol comes from the yew tree,…
The disruptive force of weight loss drugs: How GLP-1s do more than shed pounds
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
Pharmac makes move towards funding weight loss drug Wegovy
Wegovy is a weight loss drug that is injected weekly. Photo: JENS KALAENE Pharmac has taken the first…
Urgent overdose warning to anyone who takes quetiapine as drug recalled
Quetiapine is supplied as a medicine for the management of a number of mental health problemsNeil Shaw Assistant…
MHRA updates guidance for GLP-1 prescribers and patients
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today (29 January 2026) updated product information for  healthcare professionals and patients regarding  the small risk of severe acute pancreatitis in…
Painful Side Effect of Statins Explained After Decades of Mystery : ScienceAlert
Around 10 percent of people who take statins to lower cholesterol experience mysterious muscle pains, causing many to…
First GP prescriptions for adult ADHD patients issued
ADHD medication was “life-changing” for many people, patient Adam Currie said. Photo: 123RF Adam Currie became one of…
I took enhancement herbs to satisfy my wife, but won’t go four rounds — Prominent Nigerian cleric + Video |
Dr. David Ogbueli, the Senior Pastor of Dominion City Church, Lagos, has revealed that he once subscribed to…
Romans used human faeces as medicine 1,900 years ago: Study | Dark brown fragments were found | Inshorts – Inshorts
Romans used human faeces as medicine 1,900 years ago: Study | Dark brown fragments were found | Inshorts Inshorts1,900-year-old…
Do ‘natural Ozempic’ pills really work? I tried them — here’s what happened
I was instructed to gulp down four of the pills — clear, plastic-looking, the width of a Biro,…
Brits warned over looming ‘shortage’ of common paracetamol
The Department of Health and Social Care issued a notice this month that co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets will be…
What to eat while on Ozempic, Mounjaro and other GLP-1 medications
The new class of drugs has changed the game when it comes to weight loss. So what are…