medicines


Drug companies are blocking or delaying the entry of cheaper generic medicines into the EU, the European Commission says.

The uneasy link between war and medicine, past and present, is explored in a new exhibition at London's Wellcome Collection.

The makers of the anti-impotence drug Viagra have withdrawn an application for the medicine to be available without a prescription.

The government has struck a deal on the cost of drugs which should save the NHS in the UK £400m a year.

Vets at Bristol Zoo receive one of the top awards from the zoo world recognising conservation work.

A six-year-old albino girl in Burundi is found dead with her limbs cut off, in the latest killing linked to ritual medicine.

Crohn's disease patients are being urged to take part in pioneering research to find the first preventative medicine for their condition.

You have been sending your views about England's chief medical officer column on how the NHS could learn from department stores, such as John Lewis.

Men are being warned they could be "gambling with their lives" if they buy fake medicines online.

A collection of rare and historical medical books and artefacts are to go on public display for the first time.

BBC News website meets Mr Hisham Hamed to talk about his work as a breast surgeon

The credit crunch is likely to hit the discovery and production of many new medicines, experts are warning.

Most people have heard of the Hippocratic Oath, but what does it actually say and why does it say it?

Doctors should not prescribe anti-obesity drug rimonabant because of a risk of psychiatric problems, a watchdog warns.

As Black History month is celebrated we question whether the African contribution to medicine has been largely overlooked.

A GP is calling for a recycling scheme to stop millions of pounds worth of unused medicines being binned.

A doctor is jailed for three years for his part in a multi-million pound global conspiracy to sell fake medicines.

The methods of a practitioner of holistic medicine are questioned by an expert witness at a Devon court.

A woman has told a court how a holistic medicine practitioner massaged her groin as she lay semi-naked on his treatment couch.

The discovery of HIV and work linking a virus to cervical cancer jointly win the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

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