Low-dose aspirin has been shown to help prevent preeclampsia when started between 12 and 28 weeks of pregnancy, researchers said in background notes. But it’s not a widely used treatment, researchers ...

IN SEPTEMBER last year, Gordon Robb was checking through his emails when he realised he couldn’t read them at all – it was “like they were in a foreign language”.

US President Donald Trump’s health is in news again, following a speech where he slurred the word ‘undisputed’. A viral clip from the event show him fumbling the word and this has sparked another ...

Most statin side effects listed on drug packaging are not supported by strong evidence, a new review suggests. Of 66 potential side effects, researchers identified only 4 linked to statins.

Universal dispensation may be beneficial in areas where most have a moderate risk of preec ...

Shortages of blood pressure medicines are set to get worse in the coming months as more manufacturers consider withdrawing their products from the UK market, a pharmacy leader has warned. Chemists ...

Gordon Robb was pottering around in his garden when he suffered a stroke - but he had no idea until he attended A&E the next day.

More than 30 years after the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study showed that statins save lives, their full public health potential remains unrealised. Statins are underused worldwide, and as a ...

Taking a daily low-dose aspirin starting at the first prenatal visit may significantly reduce the risk of developing severe ...

Gordon Robb, a former vice-president of a biotech company, is taking part in a new British Heart Foundation-funded clinical ...