prescriptions

What should you take to help you sleep? Data shows sleeping pill prescriptions are at an all-time high – while pharmacists' shelves heave with natural remedies... But do any of them really work?By Barney Calman, Health Editor…

Geraldine, Alabama — If you need your faith in humanity restored, a pharmacy in Geraldine, Alabama, has just the medicine for that. It's a story of kindness that began 10 years ago when a man walked in and asked to speak with…

If you have to pick up prescriptions at your local CVS or Walmart pharmacy, you might want to double-check the store's hours, as both major retailers recently announced plans to scale back hours of operation. The revised hours come as an…

Amazon took another major step into the healthcare world when the company announced that it's launching a program called RxPass from Amazon Pharmacy.Prime members will be able to add on RxPass for $5 a month and receive all the "eligible…

More than 800,000 people may have missed out on blood pressure pills and statins because of the Covid pandemic.Almost half a million fewer people received new prescriptions for blood pressure tablets between April 2020 and July 2021, new…

Children's prescriptions for antipsychotic medicines have doubled in the last 20 years, a study found.The drugs, which have a tranquillising effect, are typically used in adults to treat major mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia.NHS…

Ever get a note from a doctor that is essentially illegible? Google is working on an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning model that can identify and even highlight medicines on handwritten prescriptions from physicians.Google…

America's child trans explosion in charts: Gender dysphoria rates and puberty blocker prescriptions among under-18s have DOUBLED since 2017Hormone therapy claims for those aged six to 17 years also doubled up to 2021Experts…

Five times more prescriptions for penicillin are being dished out compared with three weeks ago amid the strep A outbreak, experts have said.They stressed that there are 'plenty' of antibiotics in the country but said some forms of…

A crackdown by U.S. drug wholesalers in response to the opioid crisis is preventing some pharmacists from dispensing a combination of stimulants and sedatives routinely prescribed by psychiatrists to help patients manage conditions…