Cough Remedies: Don’t give them to the under-2s - If you have children who’re younger than two years, don’t give them one of the popular cough or cold remedies.

Cough Remedies: They’re more dangerous than you might think - Cold and cough remedies that we leave around the home could be a lot more dangerous than we realise. A new report estimates that around 7,000 childre...

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First meeting of Medicines Control Agency - The first annual meeting of the Medicines Control Agency questioned the policy of holding all review procedures of new drugs in secret and considering...

Otc medications don’t seem to make a difference - Are over-the-counter (OTC) medicines all that they’re cracked up to be? GPs and other health professionals are encouraged to recommend OTC cough medic...

Child medicines are not properly controlled - Medicines given to children in the UK are not properly controlled. ...

The unscience of medicine: - People are the problem - Medicine prides itself on being a science. It constantly evaluates drugs and therapies by way of expensive trials, and is governed by strict - and ex...

The Best Alternative Cough Mixture - Winter ills come in a variety of guises, none more irritating than a cough that won ’t go away. Mounting evidence suggests that conventional cough sup...