Up to a million people in the UK have “completely preventable” severe headaches caused by taking too many painkillers, doctors have said.They said some were trapped in a “vicious cycle” of taking pain relief, which then caused even more headaches.The warning came as part of the National Institute fo

Venomous reptiles may provide a good source for new drugs for human diseases, researchers in Liverpool say.Venom has already been used to create drugs, but the chemicals in it are often too deadly for human consumption.However, a study, published in the journal Nature Communications, has shown snake

อธิบดีกรมทรัพย์สินฯ ชี้ ทำเอฟทีเอไทย-อียู กระทบการเข้าถึงยาของคนไทย ย้ำ ต้องรอบคอบ นักวิชาการแนะควรเจรจาเฉพาะส่วน อย่าเอาประเด็นทางสังคม สุขภาพ และสิ่งแวดล้อมไปแลก ด้าน สธ.เตรียมร่อนหนังสือชี้แจง พณ.ขยายอายุคุ้มครองสิทธิบัตรทำไทยเสียงบนำเข้ายามากขึ้น ผลิตเองได้น้อยลงวันนี้ (18 ก.ย.) นางปัจฉิมา ธนสมบ

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has issued a warning about the dangers of picking poisonous mushrooms.It says foragers should be aware that it is easy to mix up toxic with non-toxic varieties.Dozens of people seek medical advice each year after eating wild mushrooms which they have picked themsel

We all get headaches from time to time and most of us reach for a painkiller when we do. But guidelines published on Wednesday by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) are warning that painkillers may be exacerbating rather than curing the problem.Solid evidence is hard to

สำนักงานหลักประกันสุขภาพแห่งชาติ (สปสช.) เริ่มดำเนินโครงการงบจ่ายตามตัวชี้วัดเกณฑ์คุณภาพและผลงานบริการปฐมภูมิ (quality and outcomes framework,

The drug, linaclotide, will be sold under the brand name Linzess and carry a boxed warning that it should not be used in patients 16 or younger, the agency said.An estimated 63 million people suffer from chronic constipation, according to the National Institutes of Health. Additionally, an estimated

Copies of the divisive 2010 Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s health care overhaul, in the office of Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, and at the headquarters of Families USA, an advocacy group that supported it. A provision allowing young adults to stay on their parents’ policies

A new way to screen poor women for cervical cancer was introduced this month in El Salvador, using a test that was originally developed in China.Cervical cancer was once the leading cancer killer of women in the United States, but deaths have been dramatically reduced in the last 50 years as a resul