79 m. ago US overdose deaths fell 27% last year but remain above prepandemic levels

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded

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6 h. ago Ketamine addict who spent £300,000 on drug 'has to pee every minute' and 'wakes up soaked'

Oliver Westall says he was first introduced to the drug, which made him feel 'warm and numb inside', as a child - but his addiction quickly spiralled out of control

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1 week ago Crime gang who 'caused havoc' and had £400,000 drug stash jailed for combined 31 years

They were supplying drugs 'during all hours of the day and night'

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1 week ago Struggling mothers reveal the dark side of the 'miracle' ADHD drug that was supposed to save their lives from chaos

Earlier this year, Jane McFadden started getting reports from her 40,000-strong social media community about some alarming effects of the drug they and their children were taking.

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2 w. ago It was supposed to save their lives from chaos. Now these despairing mothers reveal the dark side of ADHD drug Vyvanse that was once hailed a 'miracle'

Earlier this year, Jane McFadden started getting reports from her 40,000-strong social media community about some alarming effects of the drug they and their children were taking.

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2 w. ago REVEALED: From cancer to arthritis, how drug companies are selling treatments for 1,000 times what they cost to make

When Roy Bradley was told he had cancer in his lungs and liver, his first thought was he couldn't face chemotherapy and should prepare for his death.

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2 w. ago A cancer drug available on the NHS could treat an incurable lung disease that plagues more than 30,000 Britons

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) occurs when scar tissue builds up in the lungs, causing the walls to stiffen and making it difficult to breathe.

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2 w. ago Unhealthy lifestyles and high cholesterol trigger boom in statin prescriptions to record 3.8 million

The cholesterol-lowering drug has been dished out to an extra 175,000 patients in the last six months alone after the NHS increased testing for those at risk of deadly heart conditions.

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3 w. ago Millions on common heart drug have 60% lower risk of dying from lethal cancer, study suggests

Scientists in the UAE, who tracked over 1,000 patients with the disease, found those on the drug were almost two thirds less likely to die from their cancer.

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4 w. ago Katie Price shares major health update after struggles as she says 'I hate it'

Katie Price spoke with her sister Sophie Price on their The Katie Price Show podcast to discuss her health struggles that see her wake up with a 'soaking wet' bed

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last month Katie Price shares menopause fears as she wakes up with 'soaking wet bed'

The veteran glamour model says that isn’t the only alarming symptom she has experienced

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last month NHS told to start prescribing statins 'add on' drug which could prevent 5,000 heart attacks

Imperial College London research reveals the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe could slash risk of heart attack patients suffering another one

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