Drugs
Essex woman jailed for life for poisoning baby son with cocktail of drugs
A mother who poisoned her one-year-old son with a lethal cocktail of prescription medications added to milk in a baby bottle has been jailed for life for his murder.Emma...
Weight-loss drugs may prevent thousands of knee replacements, study suggests
Taking weight-loss drugs for at least three years could prevent thousands of knee replacements a year, research suggests.Globally, more than 500 million people have osteoarthritis. Knee arthritis is the...
Huge haul of weight-loss drugs seized on Northampton country estate
A country estate near Northampton has become the centre of the largest ever seizure of unlicensed weight-loss medicines in the UK.Two men aged 29 were arrested during a raid...
Campaigners threaten legal action over UK-US deal on prices NHS pays for drugs
Campaigners against the UK’s controversial drug pricing deal with Donald Trump are threatening the government with legal action unless it scraps a key element of the plan.They claim that...
NHS drugs go-ahead offers lifeline to children with rare muscle-wasting disease
Hundreds of children with a rare muscle-wasting disease will be able to receive two drugs that can improve their survival in a move parents hailed as a “lifeline”.The National...
Australian director Phillip Noyce shoots feature film for Saudi Arabia celebrating ‘heroism of security men in combating drugs’
The acclaimed Australian film-maker Phillip Noyce is being paid by the Saudi regime to make a feature film portraying the repressive state’s narcotics officers as heroes.The Watchful Eyes, based...
US appeals court blocks mail-order access to abortion drugs
Access to mifepristone, the FDA-approved medication used to end pregnancy, could become severely limited following a ruling from US appeals court on Friday, which temporarily blocked the drug from...
Lawrence Okolie’s fight against Tony Yoka off after British boxer’s failed drugs test
Lawrence Okolie has pledged to clear his name after a failed drugs test that has led to the cancellation of his heavyweight bout against Tony Yoka this weekend.The British...
