James CookScotland editor Getty Images Scotland has seen high numbers of people dying from drug misuse for the last seven years Official figures suggest that Scotland remains the drugs death capital of Europe for the seventh year in a row despite a 13% fall in fatalities. There were 1,017 drug misuse deaths in 2024, down … Read more
Some patients taking the weight-loss drug Mounjaro have told BBC News they are struggling to obtain the medicine, and are worried about the impact on their health. There is rising demand for the drug, after the US manufacturer Eli Lilly announced a major price increase from 1 September. The drug giant has warned against “inappropriate … Read more
People paying privately for weight-loss drug Mounjaro in the UK face a rise in the cost of the treatment after manufacturer Eli Lilly said it was increasing the list price of the drug by as much as 170%. It means the suggested price for a month’s supply of the highest dose of the drug will … Read more
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The Kerala High Court on Thursday orally asked the State government whether there was any action plan to curb drug abuse among children in Kochi city. The court also directed the District Police Chief (Kochi City) to appear in person or virtually by the next posting date to provide suggestions for an action plan. The … Read more
Fergus Walsh Medical Editor BBC Mary Catchpole is the first person to benefit from a new treatment for a rare condition affecting her family A teenager from Norfolk has become the first patient in Europe to be given a newly licensed treatment which could potentially cure her life-threatening, inherited disorder. Mary Catchpole, 19, lost her … Read more
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The house of an alleged drug smuggler being razed in Bathinda on June 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Even as the Punjab Cabinet also gave ex-post facto approval for the constitution of the high-powered cabinet sub-committee to intensify the ‘War on Drugs’ program, the Congress party came down heavily on the ruling Aam Aadmi … Read more
Dominic Hughes Health Correspondent Annabel Rackham Health Reporter Getty Images Cases of syphilis have risen in England, but gonorrhoea cases have gone down, new figures show New cases of the sexually transmitted infection syphilis have risen again in England, continuing a trend dating back to the early 2000s. While the overall number of people diagnosed … Read more
Getty Images Pharmacists have warned that “one of the worst” examples of medicine shortages is affecting cancer patients. Creon, a pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (Pert), helps digestion and is required by patients with pancreatic cancer, cystic fibrosis, and chronic pancreatitis. It is thought more than 61,000 patients in the UK need the medicine. Some patients … Read more