Q:I am 48. My doctor has prescribed natural rub-on progesterone for me to help me through the menopause. As I'm a singer, it's also important for me to look young. What are the known dangers? I've ...
The Medicines Control Agency (MCA), the UK government body that licenses new drugs, opened its doors to the public for the first time recently but failed to invite most of the public health groups ...
Before the furore over the now defeated proposed ban of vitamin B6 has even cooled down, the British government has been quietly working away at a new scheme to get vitamins and alternative medici ...
If you've been reading these pages, you've heard me ranting on about MLX 249, the proposed amendment to give the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) a broad new range of powers over herbs and vitamins. ...
If you ever wonder whether doctors ever read the fine print in their MIMS and other reference books of drug side effects, look no further than the case of Melleril, which was withdrawn in December ...