Can you be body-positive and take Ozempic? I did — but for pain, not weight loss. Here’s why
I made my name in cycling as an unapologetically fat endurance rider. For years, I have advocated for…
You don’t need to take drugs like Ozempic consistently to lose weight
Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs may not need to be taken as frequently as they’re prescribed Associated Press…
Antidepressant Withdrawal Isn’t Usually Significant, Review Finds — Challenging Earlier Research
Symptoms of antidepressant withdrawal were first identified in the 1950s — but since then, psychiatrists and professional organizations…
Common Bacteria Can Turn Plastic Bottles into the Painkiller Acetaminophen/Paracetamol
Biologist Stephen Wallace – credit Edinburgh Innovations Scientists in Scotland recently engineered bacteria to be able to turn…
Cheap Drugs Matter: Why Make Them More Expensive With Patent Monopolies?
Drugs are almost invariably cheap to manufacture and distribute. It would be rare that a drug would sell…
Medicine crisis pushing Aussie families to the brink
Arguing with an equally desperate dad in a pharmacy over its one remaining bottle of ADHD medication as…
Weight loss jab warning as 500,000 people ‘risk invalidating travel insurance’
People using injections such as Mounjaro and Wegovy are being urged to check their policies 06:31, 15 Jul…
MHRA approves sebetralstat (Ekterly) to treat hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks in patients aged 12 and over
15 July 2025 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today, 15 July 2025, approved sebetralstat…
New recall of injected penicillin may put gains against syphilis in peril
Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting…
Should homeopathy, ayurveda specialists be called ‘doctors’? The great medical divide
A fierce national debate has reignited over whether graduates of traditional Indian medicine systems—Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy,…
The timeless power of ancestral wisdom in healing
#FeatureByMugwenuServices In an age dominated by technology and fast-paced living, many Ugandans are turning to ancient African traditions…
Stockpiling medication costs Surrey NHS £12m a year
A Surrey pharmacist has urged people in the county to cut down on medicine waste, which costs the…