South Korea’s youngest children see sharpest rise in antidepressant use
SEOUL – The number of children and adolescents prescribed antidepressants in South Korea more than doubled in the…
Central Council For Research In Ayurvedic Sciences, Anuvadini AI Bring Ayurveda Research In 13 Languages
The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) under Ayush Ministry on Monday signed a memorandum of…
‘Allocate key chemicals to avert drug shortages’, says Pharmexcil amid West Asia war
New Delhi: The Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) has urged the government to allocate raw materials…
NHS head warns UK ‘days away’ from running out of aspirin and paracetamol
The NHS lead has said that health bosses are “really worried” as pharmacies across the UK could be…
Over one million Britons to be handed weight-loss drugs on NHS to prevent heart attacks and strokes
More than one million Britons are to be given weight loss drugs on the NHS to prevent against…
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Drug warnings review after some patients ‘misled’ over impulsive behaviour side effects
Warnings about common medications that can cause impulsive behaviours, such as sex and gambling addictions, are being officially…
Family elated drug for daughter funded
A Dunedin family say they are over the moon that a potentially ‘‘life-saving’’ drug treating cystic fibrosis (CF)…
Carroll MacNeill confirms free blisters packs to continue for vulnerable
The Government has said that patients who previously received blister packs free of charge will continue to do…
Hannah McQueen: Could your prescription medication be speeding up your decline?
It shouldn’t be. Hannah McQueen is a chartered accountant with a Master’s in Taxation Law, the founder of…
ADHD patients face another year of medication shortages in Whanganui
Wicksteed Pharmacy (Whanganui) and Eliza’s Pharmacy (Waverley) pharmacist Shannon Burroughs said the shortages made filling prescriptions harder and,…
13 surprising ways GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may benefit the body, according to science
A condition-by-condition guide to GLP-1 drugs breaks down what’s proven, what’s promising and what’s still untested. Humans have…