A Clonmel drug startup is aiming to improve treatment for cancer patients, writes Trish Dromey.

A pre-menstrual disorder, PMDD causes extreme distress but new recognition should help us to identify and treat it early, writes Dr Brendan Kelly.

Lorcaserin is the first weight loss drug deemed safe for heart health

A €200m expansion at Eli Lilly near Kinsale, Co Cork is not believed to be under threat despite the pharmaceutical company saying it is to cut 3,500 jobs worldwide as well as a number of its global facilities. 

Terminally-ill Charlie Gard is not "suffering" and international attempts to intervene in his case have revived his parents' hopes, the boy's mother has said.

A US hospital has offered to ship an experimental drug to the UK to help treat terminally-ill Charlie Gard.

WHEN Uncle Ben’s asked us to be a guinea pig for its healthy plate campaign here at Feelgood, muggins put up her hand.

17-year-old Georgia teen Kenzie Strange is lucky enough to have a mother who will still make her packed lunches to bring to school.

An antidepressant drug made here and commonly used by younger adults in Ireland and elsewhere may not be either as effective or as safe as originally believed.

A processed food product demonised because of its allegedly toxic effects may be safe in small amounts and one version could even protect against heart deaths, research has shown.

Big pharma is promoting ‘pink Viagra’ as the new cure-all for women’s sexual woes, but female desire is far more complex, writes Margaret Jennings.

US stocks rose for a second day after an encouraging report on retail sales suggested that Americans are finally feeling confident enough to spend more.

US health officials are recommending an end to the nation’s lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.

A coalition of companies and aid groups will test experimental drugs and collect blood plasma from Ebola survivors to treat new victims of the disease in West Africa.

Scientists in the US found a nearly century-old container of ricin and other forgotten samples of dangerous pathogens as they combed laboratories for hazardous materials.

Liberia will soon receive doses of an experimental Ebola drug and give it to two sick doctors, making them the first Africans to receive some of the scarce treatment in a spiralling outbreak.

US government workers cleaning out an old storage room at a research centre near Washington have made a startling discovery — decades-old vials of smallpox packed away and forgotten in a cardboard box.

New signs of life in the manufacturing sector helped push the US stock market to a record high today.

A new class of experimental medicines can dramatically lower cholesterol, raising hopes of a fresh option for people who cannot tolerate or do not get enough help from Lipitor and other statins used for decades.

Reviews and trailers of the new movies in Irish cinemas this weekend in one handy place.

US authorities are warning that a stimulant used in treatments for the childhood condition attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can trigger painful, long-lasting erections in rare cases.

US regulators yesterday took steps to ban trans fat from processed foods like microwave popcorn and frozen pizzas, saying the artery-clogging oils are not safe for humans to eat.

Across Europe, health systems are facing similar challenges such as rising costs and rapid development and pace of change of health technologies.

GlaxoSmithKline Plc has won US regulatory approval for a daily pill against the deadly HIV infection that was developed by ViiV Healthcare Ltd, its joint venture with two other drugmakers.

Unlicensed tanning jabs commonly used and sold in beauty salons or bought over the internet increase the risk of cancer, doctors have warned.

A federal judge ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make morning-after emergency contraception pills available without a prescription to all girls of reproductive age.

Medical devices developer Cook Medical is to increase its employment levels at its Limerick facility having gained Food and Drug Administration approval to sell its latest stent in the USA.

Allergan, the maker of anti-wrinkle treatment Botox, saw profits slightly lower in the third quarter.

A woman has been charged with murder in the US over the death of a British woman killed by a buttocks-enhancing silicone injection.

The US has approved the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection, a milestone in the 30-year battle against the virus that causes Aids.

Drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline will pay $3bn (€2.4bn) in fines after admitting to the largest healthcare fraud in US history.

HAVE you been forgetting to squirt? Is your anti-bacterial hand gel rolling about in the bottom of your handbag, its sell-by date well expired? Anti-bacterial hand sanitisers claim to kill 99.9% of germs but the Irish populace seems just a tad switched off.

Ireland has made progress in its bid to reopen trading channels to the US for Irish beef and lamb exports.

A yellowfin tuna product used to make dishes like sushi and sashimi sold at US restaurants and grocery stores has been linked to an outbreak of salmonella that has made more than 100 people in 20 states and the District of Columbia ill, the government said.

Beijing plans to ban people convicted of food safety crimes from investing in and operating related businesses as China’s government steps up measures against such violations.

Patients given faulty hip replacements may have received a boost to their case for compensation following the revelation that the manufacturers continued to sell the defective devices a year after discovering their flaws.

HEALTH officials have moved to assure the public about the safety of a vaccine to protect girls from cervical cancer after schools got letters claiming it was contaminated.