Diabetes drug banned in the uk - A new drug for diabetes, troglitazone (Romozin), has been declared unsafe and banned in Britain. The decision has come after six people died and numer...

Lung cancer: - The drugs that don't work - Lung cancer patients are usually prescribed either Tarceva (erlotinib) or Iressa (glefitinib). Doctors will probably tell the unfortunate patient tha...

Lung cancer - A reader’s friend has been recently diagnosed with lung cancer. She has been told it is inoperable and is just starting chemotherapy. Do readers know...

Diabetes Drug: New health warning over the most-prescribed oral medication - There’s something very wrong about the world’s most heavily prescribed type II diabetes drugs.

Fda drug alerts - Crestor (rosuvastatin): The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Public Health Advisory notifying healthcare professionals that 22 membe...

Eat your veggies to prevent lung cancer - Isothiocyanates valuable nutrients found in cruciferous vegetables may help to prevent lung cancer, say Chinese researchers. ...

Just-in-case insulin doesn’t prevent diabetes - Giving just-in-case insulin to prevent diabetes in high-risk individuals doesn’t work. A major US study - the Diabetes Prevention Trial-Type 1 Diabete...

Screening for lung cancer doesn't reduce death - Regular screening of individuals at risk of lung cancer may not reduce death from the disease. ...