Pertussis immunity short lived after vaccination - A small study from Italy has found that immunity to whooping cough is short lived after either vaccination or natural disease. ...

Painkillers: Merck is back with another ‘safe’ drug - How to succeed in business, lesson 439: Tenacity and persistence. This lesson’s case study is drug company Merck. The company is currently fighting...

Nutrients that aid immunity - For a properly functioning immune system, consider the following nutrients:

Fighting winter lethargy - Sitting at home by the fire in the dead of winter is a comfortable pastime, but it may also be one reason why we get sicker at this time of year.

Asthma drugs: - Bronchodilators double death risk in first 12 months - Asthma drugs have had a chequered past, going back to the early 1960s when the non-selective beta-agonist isoprenaline was withdrawn. Since then worr...

Infertility drugs - The cancer risks - Fertility drugs, which are now handed out like candy, can treble your cancer risks, yet may not work as well as a simple supplement programme. ...

Asthma: Danger drugs - An overview of the drugs to be avoided when treating asthma

Drugs shock: - So it's not just vioxx that may be a problem - Things are seriously unravelling for big pharma at the moment. Within days of Merck withdrawing its painkiller Vioxx, a leading Food and Drug Adminis...