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Breast cancer gene families given hope by drug trial

A new treatment approach can significantly improve survival rates for patients with aggressive, inherited breast cancer, a study suggests.The trial,…

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Three million child deaths linked to drug resistance

Dominic HughesGlobal health correspondentGetty ImagesEscherichia coli bacteria - also known as E. coli, the bug that causes food poisoning -…

1 year ago

48 hours in UK’s first drug injection room

Alarms sound as staff deal with medical emergencies in The Thistle's using spaceChris ClementsBBC DisclosureThe alarm is sounding in the…

1 year ago

Fake £4m Xanax drug gang boss jailed over West Midlands op

Ben GodfreyBBC Midlands TodayWest Midlands PoliceBrian Pitts ran the operation with the help of his former partner, Katie Harlow, from…

1 year ago

Men denied life-extending prostate cancer drug on NHS in England

Hugh Pym and Ian AtkinsonBBC NewsInstitute of Cancer ResearchAbiraterone tablets can help stop prostate cancer spreadingA cancer charity has said…

1 year ago

Doctors didn’t warn women of ‘risky sex’ drug urges

Noel TitheradgeBBC News Investigations correspondentCurtis LancasterBBC South InvestigationsBBCClaire says she began to feel unprecedented sexual urges after taking the drugsPatients…

1 year ago

Mum fears daughter’s rapid decline without drug

Chloe AslettBBC News, YorkshireAnna CieslikBeatrice, 5, was diagnosed with Batten disease at the age of 3The mum of a five-year-old…

1 year ago

New graves tell town’s alarming tale of drug deaths

James CookScotland editorBBCJames McMillan and Lisa McCuish grew up next to each other and now they lie side by side…

1 year ago

Mum’s 20-year fight for epilepsy drug compensation

Peter SaullPolitical editor, BBC East MidlandsBBCMatthew Cox was born with a range of conditions, his mother said"Who will look after…

1 year ago

Hair loss drug finasteride ‘biggest mistake of my life’

Kyle started taking finasteride last spring, after it was recommended to him by a mate who was on it.He says…

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