Prudence Gibson meets the woman behind the world’s most poisonous garden, and explains why even common plants such as azalea ...

OBSERVATIONS of natural phenomena such as adventive embryony and production of plantlets from the leaf margins of Bryophyllum support the view that although cells may differentiate and appear to ...

Drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster Ozempic can cut drug and alcohol abuse by up to 50% according to a new study, adding to mounting evidence that the drugs yield health benefits beyond ...

Drug related deaths have soared to a record high with deaths involving cocaine up by almost a third, worrying new figures have revealed. Some 5,448 deaths were linked to drug poisoning in England ...

One of the most prominent medical developments in recent years has been the emergence of a class of drugs called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs). The best known of these ...

In the United Kingdom, drug misuse is one of the major reasons for fatalities of people aged between 16 and 40 years. In 2022, over 2,664 deaths among males and 1,195 deaths among females in ...

Drug safety relates to the potential for adverse effects related to the administration of drugs. Efforts to establish the safely profile of drugs begin early in their development, with in vitro ...

Journalist Rory Carson spends time in a Larne crack house before examining how one person’s drug use can impact the entire family. Show more Journalist Rory Carson explores the hidden lives of ...

According to government figures, 82 people died from drugs misuse in Surrey between 2020 and 2022. The former president says he offers "no apologies, no excuses" for his anti-crime campaign.

Since taking office on June 30, 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has carried out a “war on drugs” that has led to the deaths of over 12,000 Filipinos to date, mostly urban poor.

We are now in the era of weight-loss drugs. Decisions on how these drugs will be used look likely to shape our future health and even what our society might look like. And, as researchers are ...

(Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor in New York via AP) A recreational drug called “pink cocaine” is getting attention and causing confusion since it doesn’t typically contain cocaine. The ...