The Government has recently imposed restrictions on the parallel export of certain drugs from the UK to the EEA. At the moment, parallel imports tend to flow into the UK, where goods can be bought inexpensively in other EU member states and resold at a higher price in the UK. Continue reading →

In 2009, Connecticut was the first state to pass a law that requires radiologists to notify women who have had screening mammograms if they have dense breasts. Since then, more than 30 states, including New York, have followed suit. Breast density has to do with the amount of fibrous and glandular tissues that a woman has in her breasts compared with the amount of fat. Continue reading →

Introduction Mereo BioPharma (MREO) is a British small-cap ($62M) biopharma developing therapeutics for rare disorders as well as endocrine and oncological diseases. MREO has a diverse pipeline including MPH-966 (alvelestat), BCT-197 (acumapimod), and OMP-305B83 (navicixizumab) for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and ovarian cancer, respectively. The focus of this article is BGS-649 (leflutrozole), a drug asset licensed from Novartis (NVS) that is in clinical development for treating hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (Hypo-H). Continue reading →

Knowing your family history is the first preventative step any woman can take to avoid a diagnosis of ovarian cancer. BY Dr Continue reading →

We all know at least one woman who has endured breast cancer. In the UnitedStates, breast cancer is the second-most common cancer in women after skincancer. In the U.S. Continue reading →

Hilary Swift for The New York Times Senator Bernie Sanders spoke to voters in Davenport, Iowa, last week before his heart attack. Continue reading →

Singer songwriter Sia, 43, has made the shocking revelation that she suffers from chronic pain, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and an unnamed neurological disease. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a very rare inherited condition that weakens the connective tissue in the body, leading to hypermobile joints and fragile, overly stretchy skin. Continue reading →

SUPERMARKETS are running out of ibuprofen pills due to a worldwide shortage. Customers say they are increasingly finding empty shelves when they try to buy the painkiller. 1 Many are buying paracetamol instead causing that drug to be in short supply in some areas. Continue reading →

A trans woman who served 11 years in the US military before transitioning has had surgery to get giant 42JJ breasts. Maxine Montoya, 38, said she wanted to express her femininity in a way thats right up front" Continue reading →

DEAR DEIDRE: IM having erection problems because I fear my wife is not attracted to me sexually. Weve attempted sex only three times in the past five years successfully just once. Weve been married very happily for 40 years but my wifes healthy sexual appetite has disappeared Continue reading →