Patients with chronic pain are like people who arrive by train at a frontier town in the old Wild West. They are often confused, wary, weary and desperate, like survivors of an apocalypse or entrepreneurs who’ve lost fortunes and optimism at the different stations on their journey to cure and understand their chronic pain, having … Read more
More than 6million people in England use antidepressants as record number turn to pills during Covid lockdown, new figures show By Antony Thrower For Mailonline Published: 12:53 GMT, 2 January 2021 | Updated: 12:58 GMT, 2 January 2021 A record-breaking six million people in England have been prescribed antidepressants as lockdown life continues to impact … Read more
More than 6million people in England use antidepressants as record number turn to pills during Covid lockdown, new figures show By Antony Thrower For Mailonline Published: 12:53 GMT, 2 January 2021 | Updated: 12:58 GMT, 2 January 2021 A record-breaking six million people in England have been prescribed antidepressants as lockdown life continues to impact … Read more
Nearly 60 years on, the thalidomide scandal is still arguably the world’s worst preventable medical disaster. It took five years for the drug, launched globally in 1956, to be withdrawn from sale, during which time an estimated 10,000 children worldwide were born with missing or grossly malformed limbs after their mothers took the drug while pregnant … Read more
Nearly 60 years on, the thalidomide scandal is still arguably the world’s worst preventable medical disaster. It took five years for the drug, launched globally in 1956, to be withdrawn from sale, during which time an estimated 10,000 children worldwide were born with missing or grossly malformed limbs after their mothers took the drug while pregnant … Read more
Bizarre new TikTok trend sees users add crushed contraceptive pills to their SHAMPOO in a bid to make their hair thicker – but doctor warns it ‘won’t work’ because hair is an ‘impenetrable barrier’ TikTok users from around globe are adding birth control pills to their shampoo Believe using crushed hormonal contraceptives to wash hair … Read more
A magnetic spray is capable to turning objects into moving robots, which could be used to navigate drugs throughout the body. Scientists at the City University in Hong Kong revealed the innovation made of polyvinyl alcohol, gluten and iron particles. Called ‘M-spray,’ it is capable of sticking on the targeted object and when it activates, … Read more
One long-acting HIV shot every two months protects women from infection nearly twice as well as daily Truvada pills, study finds In a trial of more than 3,200 women, just 0.21% who were randomly assigned to get the shot caught HIV, compared to 1.79% who were on daily Truvada The injection, called cabotegravir, is given … Read more
For seven years, Sue McDonagh struggled with agonising gout attacks so intense, it felt as though shards of glass were pressing into her right big toe, and at one point had her begging for an amputation For seven years, Sue McDonagh struggled with agonising gout attacks so intense, it felt as though shards of glass … Read more
Millions of healthy people should be prescribed blood pressure lowering medication because the pills can prevent heart attacks later in life, a major study has claimed. In the biggest study of its kind, Oxford University researchers found lowering levels even from a healthy starting point slashed the risk of heart disease and strokes years down … Read more