Researchers have discovered a promising new malaria drug with the potential to treat resistant strains of the deadly disease in a single dose, according

Scientists have found green fluorescence in Nubian skeletons which points towards the presence of tetracycline, and therefore a proof that antibiotics were in use nearly 2,000 years ago.

We may soon have a technique to weed out fake medicines - a problem which raises its ugly head in developing countries, especially Africa, where 50% of the malaria medication is spurious.

Statins, which help to slash cholesterol levels, do not cause cancer, a recent major study has revealed.

Statins had previously been linked to an increased risk of developing tumors.

A pill for chest pains costing 10 a week could save the lives of thousands of heart failure patients and dramatically reduce hospital admissions, trial results published Monday suggest.

A study from Australia says that many children are being put at risk by parents over-use of widely-available over the counter (OTC) medicines for fever, coughs and colds.

Chronic pain, depression, and sleep disturbances can be treated by smoked cannabis, reveals new research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

A molecule, small enough to be used as a drug, that can shut down a dysfunctional immune response has been isolated by scientists.

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When a natural painkiller is stimulated too frquently, then the responding brain cell receptors close down, making it ineffective, states a new study.

In a worrying bit of statistic for the health department, recent figures have revealed that the number of deaths due to drug related incidents in Wales