The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a pill version of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, according to pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk.It is the first pill of its ...

Elin AlexanderBBC Wales NewsBBCMarianne Barry, 29, believes there is a lack of understanding about PMDDIf 29-year-old Marianne Barry doesn't take the contraceptive pill each day, she could have symptoms ...

Philippa RoxbyHealth reporterBBCLinda says the drug has given her extra years of lifeLinda Kelly, 67, has advanced breast cancer which has spread to her bones and chest wall, but ...

Women across England will be able to get the morning-after pill for free from pharmacies from later this year, the government has said.Emergency contraception is already free of charge ...

A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising results in trials and could help eradicate the parasitic infection, which affects about 1.5 billion people globally, ...

The NHS will start offering an "improved" stop smoking pill to tens of thousands of people in England who want to quit cigarettes. Varenicline, a daily tablet given over ...