4 d. ago Urgent warning issued as common blood pressure drug recalled due to labelling mistake

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has issued an urgent warning to thousands of patients taking a common high blood pressure drug

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4 d. ago Warning issued over common blood pressure drug after labelling error

The medicine carries a stronger dosage than it says, posing a risk to patients

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4 d. ago Urgent warning issued to patients taking common blood pressure drug amid labelling error

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has urged patients who have been prescribed the drug to check

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4 d. ago Patients on common blood pressure drug urged to check pack amid labelling error

More than 7,700 packs are affected by the recall, according to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

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5 d. ago Common diabetes drug may 'slow down or prevent' cancer in those at risk of 'aggressive' form of disease

A widely used diabetes drug holds promise in the treatment of the third biggest cancer killer in the UK, new research suggests

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5 d. ago Millions who take cheap, common drug could be protected from deadly type of cancer

Cambridge found a drug that costs mere pennies per pill could help prevent a type of cancer that kills about four out of five patients within five years of their diagnosis.

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8 d. ago I thought leg pain was just a muscle strain but it was Stage 4 cancer

Abeeku Lewis, 30, from Halifax believed he had a sporting injury when his leg began to feel strange, but a lump that later emerged would turn out to be an aggressive and rare type of cancer. 

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1 week ago Breast cancer treatment breakthrough for patients as NHS approves new 'landmark' drug

Thousands with advanced breast cancer could live long lives thanks to a new drug approved on the NHS. Capivasertib, retailed as Truqap, targets the most common type of breast cancer and stops it spreading. Up to 3,000 women could benefit from the treatment each year, with experts last night hailing it “a great success story for British science.”

Science

1 week ago ‘Landmark moment’ as new pill approved for common type of advanced breast cancer

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, which helped develop the drug, welcomed the move.

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2 w. ago The cheap superfoods that can protect you from deadly effects of microplastics

Work by scientists in China suggests there is a way to counteract the dangerous tiny particles, by eating any 'deeply colored fruit or vegetable'.

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2 w. ago Common drug taken by millions could 'slash dementia risk' by lowering 'bad' cholesterol

Your cholesterol levels could affect your future brain health, not just your heart health

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3 w. ago Lauren Laverne says cancer battle made her 'appreciate everything' about her life

The radio DJ anounced last summer that she had been diagnosed with cancer, but did not specify what type

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3 w. ago Drug dealing in Scotland 'more visible' with poorest communities worst hit

One in six Scots believe drug misuse or dealing is common in their neighbourhood, according to an official report produced by the SNP Government.

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