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Contraceptive pill could soon be sold over the counter without a prescription in ‘landmark opportunity for women’s health’ Contraceptive Pill could soon been sold over the counter without prescription Would allow over-the-counter sale under supervision of a qualified pharmacist Drugs company Maxwellia is looking to make its Lovima prescription-free By Xantha Leatham Health And Science … Read more
Eight million people in the UK take statins every day. But could inhaling them rather than taking them in pill form prevent common side-effects? Statins, one of the most widely prescribed drugs, are taken to reduce levels of ‘bad’ LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol in the body. When it builds up in the blood, LDL cholesterol … Read more
New pill that may help improve age-related hearing loss by protecting delicate hair cells in the inner ear A new drug, SPI-1005, aids hearing by protecting delicate hair cells in inner ear It is also being tested in U.S. as a potential treatment for patients with Covid-19 The number of auditory hair cells declines due … Read more
Take a PILL to ward off Covid? Irish firm is in ‘advanced’ stages of creating tablet that stops the spread of coronavirus, Deputy PM Leo Varadkar reveals MSD Pharmaceutical are in ‘advanced stages’ of producing Covid-19 tablet Deputy PM Leo Varadkar told his party of the development on Wednesday night The company had previously discontinued … Read more
A drug used to treat gout could slash the risk of Covid-19 patients requiring hospital treatment, a new study has found. Taking a daily dose of the anti-inflammatory treatment colchicine reduced the risk of coronavirus patients with underlying health conditions being admitted to hospital by 25 percent, the study of 4,000 subjects suggested. The Canadian … Read more
An antidepressant from the Fifties could treat prostate cancer and reduce side-effects of other treatments. Results of a small trial suggest that the drug phenelzine, which treats depression (by altering levels of brain chemicals that regulate mood) can shrink tumours in men whose prostate cancer has returned. Phenelzine had fewer side-effects than conventional hormone therapy, … Read more
NHS patients with rheumatoid arthritis are to benefit from a breakthrough drug that eases the agonising pain in joints. The condition affects 400,000 Britons – many of them young adults – who can be left wheelchair-bound due to the pain and energy-sapping exhaustion it causes. Current treatments are able to soothe pain and dampen inflammation … Read more
It is highly unlikely that you will ever know the actual cause of a one-off miscarriage, but most are due to the following problems: • ABNORMAL FETUS The most common cause of miscarriages in the first couple of months is a one-off abnormal development in the fetus, often due to chromosome anomalies. ‘It’s not as … Read more
Ghostly figures that drift in and out of the shadows. Disembodied voices and the doorbell constantly ringing when no one’s there. An alarming smell of smoke or the feeling of insects crawling all over the skin. All of these are the disturbing and often terrifying hallucinations commonly described by Parkinson’s disease sufferers. The main symptoms … Read more
A man whose brain injury left him unable to walk or talk for eight years regained full consciousness 20 minutes after taking the sleeping pill Ambien. The 39-year-old from Amsterdam – referred to only as Richard in the medical journal Cortex – was diagnosed with akinetic mutism at age 29. He suffered the rare mental disorder … Read more