A new film about the hellraising life of Shane McGowan is set to give a raw glimpse into the singer’s battles with drugs and alcohol, through never-before-seen footage The film, Crock of Gold, produced by Johnny Depp, looks back the musician’s eventful life – from his childhood in Ireland with big dreams of pursuing a … Read more
Three drugs already in circulation have been found to be effective at preventing infection of human cells by the coronavirus, research published today reveals. Experiments on lab-grown mini-lungs implanted in mice looked at which pre-existing drugs stop SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, infiltrating human cells. It revealed drugs called imatinib, mycophenolic acid (MPA) and … Read more
Three drugs already in circulation have been found to be effective at preventing infection of human cells by the coronavirus, research published today reveals. Experiments on lab-grown mini-lungs implanted in mice looked at which pre-existing drugs stop SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, infiltrating human cells. It revealed drugs called imatinib, mycophenolic acid (MPA) and … Read more
A new film about the hellraising life of Shane McGowan is set to give a raw glimpse into the singer’s battles with drugs and alcohol, through never-before-seen footage The film, Crock of Gold, directed by Johnny Depp, looks back the musician’s eventful life – from his childhood in Ireland with big dreams of pursuing a … Read more
Two antiviral drugs are set to begin early human trials in London-based coronavirus patients. A UCL-led study, dubbed the FLARE trial, will investigate the efficacy of favipiravir, which is used to treat the flu, and the cocktail of lopinavir/ritonavir which is given to HIV patients. Scientists are recruiting 240 participants between the ages of 18 … Read more
Surviving cancer against the odds can give patients a new lease of life. But what if the very drugs that save them then leave them with another painful, incurable disease? That’s a reality cancer specialists and patients around the world are facing, as more and more people benefit from immunotherapy — groundbreaking new drugs that … Read more
Dementia patients ‘are being given “archaic and dangerous” anti-psychotic drugs to keep them sedated during lockdown putting them at risk of early death’, as grandmother, 86, dies six weeks after starting medication Figures showed a rise in anti-psychotic drug prescriptions during pandemic A total of 43,352 dementia patients were told to take the medication one … Read more
A former restaurant boss who was caught with two sawn-off shotguns, a revolver and £35,000 worth of drugs including crack cocaine and heroin in a holdall bag under his bed has been jailed for nine years. Raouf Houri, 41, was discovered with the stash of deadly weapons and Class A drugs inside a specially adapted … Read more
A former restaurant boss who was caught with two sawn-off shotguns, a revolver and £35,000 worth of drugs including crack cocaine and heroin in a holdall bag under his bed has been jailed for nine years. Raouf Houri, 41, was discovered with the stash of deadly weapons and Class A drugs inside a specially adapted … Read more
This is the dramatic moment Royal Marines seized 450kg of crystal meth with a street value of almost £100m during a high seas drug bust in the Persian Gulf. A heavily armed boarding party from the Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose boarded a wooden dhow and found the stash of the highly addictive drug. The … Read more