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Egypt travel advice has been updated by the Foreign Office following the arrest and imprisonment of tourist Laura Plummer. Laura was arrested and put into a jail in Egypt after a 300 tablet supply of prescription drug Tramadol was found in her suitcase at Hurghada airport on 9 October 2017. She is accused of smuggling […]
Boris Johnson’s pledge to help Libya stem the flow of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean into Europe “falls short of being humane,” a leading Italian sea rescue group has told RT. The foreign secretary announced on Tuesday while on a visit to Tripoli that he would pledge £9 million (US$ 11.5 million) to support […]
More than two-thirds of U.S. surgery patients had leftover opioid painkillers, review suggests. CBC | Health News
ARTHRITIS – most commonly rheumatoid and osteoarthritis – affects millions of people in the UK. Now experts are warning painkillers could actually be hiding symptoms from doctors. Daily Express :: Health Feed
This story was co-published with NPR’s Shots blog. In Washington, D.C., a Medicare beneficiary filled prescriptions for 2,330 pills of oxycodone, hydromorphone and morphine in a single month last year — written by just one of the 42 health providers who prescribed the person such drugs. In Illinois, a different Medicare enrollee received 73 prescriptions […]
PAIN relief medication commonly includes paracetamol, aspirin and ibuprofen, but new research suggests there could be a natural method that’s just as effective as painkillers. Daily Express :: Health Feed
People taking commonly prescribed anti-inflammatory painkillers may face a very small increased risk of heart attack as early as a week after taking the medications. CBC | Health News
COMMON painkillers dramatically increase the risk of a fatal heart attack, a study suggests. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Millions of people in Britain regularly take the pills, including ibuprofen. Researchers warn that users are up to 50 per cent more likely to suffer heart failure. Heart attacks kill 73,000 Britons every year. One popular painkiller, diclofenac, which is often prescribed to relieve back pain and inflammation, is so dangerous it should not be […]
Canada pursues unprecedented measures to curb use of powerful painkillers, including requiring cigarette-style warning stickers on every prescription. CBC | Health News
