September 11th, 2019In a small human trial, drugs seemed to rejuvenate the body’s ‘epigenetic clock’, which tracks a person’s biological age, writes Alison Abbott for Nature....
Nearly 35,000 people develop cervical, anal, oral and other cancers linked to human papillomavirus (HPV) each year, and most of these are caused by virus strains covered...International
The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed that cigarette packs carry graphic new health warnings including pictures and text outlining lesser-known risks of...Weekly Roundup
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Roche Holding AG’s personalised cancer treatment, which targets tumours with specific genetic mutations, irrespective...Weekly Roundup
Advocates of a “medicine” called MMS are gathering in a hotel in upstate New York to promote what they claim to be a miracle cure for cancer that is in fact a...Weekly Roundup
A Johannesburg woman who always wanted fuller breasts had silicone implants when she was 25 to give her the 34C bust she desired. According to a Sunday Times report, 15...HIV/AIDS
In 2014, ViiV Healthcare, a pharmaceutical company dedicated to ending the HIV epidemic, and the Medicines Patent Pool, an organisation funded primarily by Unitaid to...Weekly Roundup
The US Food and Drug Administration has told four companies to remove 44 of their flavoured e-liquid and hookah tobacco products that do not have the required approval...Paediatrics
For respiratory infections in children under 12, physicians are increasingly more likely to recommend antihistamines and less likely to recommend cough and cold...
July 31st, 2019Baqsimi nasal powder is first FDA approved non-injectable treatment for severe hypoglycaemia
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Baqsimi nasal powder,...
