It is now feared that more Irish women than previously thought may have been fitted with PIP breast implants.

The British government is expected today to advise women affected by the PIP breast implant scandal whether they should have them removed.

FEARS over the safety of silicone breast implants made by a now defunct French firm spread to Australia, South America and across Europe, as French officials prepared to decide if thousands of women should have their implants surgically removed.

THE makers of Nurofen Plus recalled tablets in Britain last night and confirmed sabotage was suspected in packets of the painkillers.

The makers of Nurofen Plus recalled the tablets tonight and confirmed sabotage was suspected in packets of the painkillers.

THOUSANDS of packets of pain killer Nurofen Plus have been mistakenly filled with an anti-psychotic drug, made by an different company and meant only for schizophrenia, mania and bipolar depression sufferers.

PEOPLE are being warned against buying “dangerous” herbal slimming aids online.

BRITAIN is to strengthen the law on disclosing drug trial results following a four-year inquiry into GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s delay in reporting data linking its antidepressant Seroxat to suicide risk in teenagers.

Research indicating that new-generation antidepressants work no better than dummy pills was seized upon today as evidence that doctors are over-prescribing.

The news that US detectives were investigating a modern-day body-snatching ring was enough to send shivers down anyone’s spine.

Anti-wrinkle treatments which are not properly regulated are increasingly used in the UK, a report out today warns.

There is “no evidence” to suggest any problems with the manufacturing of a drug given to six men who became seriously ill in a drugs trial, the British government agency responsible for the safety of medicines said today.

Anti-depressants are the best way to treat children with depression, according to a US Government study out today.

Doctors and health workers in England were today warned not to use a pregnancy testing kit on patients after concerns emerged that some women could have been given incorrect results.

Three schemes offering share benefits to UK pharmacists in return for buying medicinal products were stopped by the British medicines watchdog.