Prescription Drugs

Are Drug Coupons a Valid Way of Saving Money?

Daley James Francis | Posted 11.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Daley James Francis

Households all over the world are looking for as many ways as possible to save a little extra cash. We're told every five minutes that the recession i...

Could A Pill Cut Your Drinking By Two Thirds On A Night Out?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle

A "helpful" new drug which could help problem drinkers reduce the amount of alcohol they consume will today become available to UK patients. If dep...

Prescription Charges To Increase By 20p

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 01.05.2013 | UK

Prescription charges in England will rise 20p to £7.85 from April 1 under changes announced by ministers. Health Minister Earl Howe said NHS denta...

Scientists Warn Grapefruit Could Harm Patients Taking Prescription Drugs

PA | Posted 27.11.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Grapefruit poses a potentially lethal health risk to increasing numbers of patients taking prescription drugs, experts have warned. The fruit conta...

When Even Your Headache Pills Give You a Headache is There a Way Out of the Medical Maze?

Tony Lobl | Posted 30.11.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Tony Lobl

So you've got a headache and you want to be rid of it. It's simple, right? You take a tablet. Or is it? As the Global Year Against Headache draws...

How Taking Different Drugs Shaped One Artist's Self-Portraits

The Huffington Post UK | Alice E. Vincent | Posted 28.08.2012 | Home

Drugs and experimentation: neither are new in the art world. But one artist could be seen to be more dedicated to the cause than others. Bryan Lewi...

Many Questions Still Unanswered in the Polypill Debate

Professor Peter Weissberg | Posted 19.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Professor Peter Weissberg

Anyone reading the papers this week might have come away with the impression that all over 50s should be hot-footing it down to their local pharmacy and demanding a polypill. So why, you might be wondering, are we not adopting this 'one size fits all' approach straight away?

Are We Seeing a "Dematerialisation" of Medicine?

Tony Lobl | Posted 26.03.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Tony Lobl

It's a well-known fact we just keep accumulating more "stuff". Or is it? It seems that material consumption in the UK might have reached its apex ...

Is Aspirin Advice Increasingly Hard to Swallow?

Tony Lobl | Posted 17.03.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Tony Lobl

Remember the advice to take aspirin even if you don't need it - because it can reduce the chances of heart attack and stroke?