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Pharmacy chiefs have issued a warning over shortages of medicine cabinet essentials like Calpol, Nurofen as demand is higher than previous years - while the supply is lower

Supplies of liquid painkillers for children such as Calpol, Lemsip and Gaviscon are said to be running low, as an expert advised parents not to panic buy the medicines

Some cough medicine that can be bought at Boots and other pharmacies has had to be urgently recalled over fears about safety. A regulatory body warned of possible allergic reaction to a substance known as pholcodine

Danny Lemoi was taking veterinary-grade ivermectin for more than a decade and his followers believed it was a cure for almost every disease and even gave it to their children - but he has been found dead

Medical chiefs in the UK and Europe have launched a review of medicines like Sudafed and Nurofen cold & flu over concerns of one of the ingredients which could cause two rare brain conditions

Investigators are taking DNA samples from people involved in the Tylenol murders case in Chicago, including Laura Morgan, in hopes of solving a crime committed in 1982

A total of 55 patients reported adverse effects after using EzriCare and Delsam Pharma's Artificial Tears, including eye infections, permanent loss of vision, and a death with a bloodstream infection

One in five employees want to show they are dedicated to their job - but nearly half of their colleagues have branded them 'selfish' for coming in while ill

A top pharmacist has explained why some pills you buy are half yellow and half red and others are blue or green, and it turns out the colour choices have little to do with the medicine itself

Researchers at University College London have found potential ways to help those managing several - or many - medical conditions at once

Health chiefs have issued a warning about low supplies of common cold and flu medicines as pharmacists struggle to get hold of Calpol, throat lozenges and some painkillers