This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47766520 By Kelly Bonner BBC News NI A prescription drug linked to 33 deaths in 2017 in Northern Ireland will now be treated as a class C drug. Pregabalin – also known by the brand name Lyrica, or the street name bud – is an anti-epileptic drug also used to relieve chronic pain….
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47749964 By BBC Health news Psychiatrists are being urged to ask children with mental health issues how long they spend online and what they use social media for. Questions about technology should be a routine part of assessments, the Royal College of Psychiatrists says. It is concerned about how time spent…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47724068 By Nick Triggle Health correspondent There is a growing clamour to raise the age at which tobacco products can be bought, from 18 to 21. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health put forward the idea earlier this month, and now a leading doctor, Imperial College London respiratory specialist Dr…
This article was taken from: https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-from-the-bhf/news-archive/2019/march/new-sheffield-research-could-help-to-develop-preventative-treatments-for-heart-disease By Isabelle Masters at the British heart Foundation Researchers at the University of Sheffield are to study if ‘turning off’ a protein could help prevent heart attacks and strokes. We’ve provided funding to a team of scientists, led by Professor Paul Evans from the university’s Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47692495 By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent, BBC News People keep making new brain cells throughout their lives (well at least until the age of 97), according to a study on human brains. The idea has been fiercely debated, and it used to be thought we were born with all the brain…