Doctors back alcohol label call
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Leaders of the British Medical Association Scotland call for better labelling on alcohol.
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Pediatricians may think they know whether a teenage patient is using alcohol or drugs and to what extent, but a new study finds doctors greatly misjudge the problem.
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Â· Howard stands by radical response to inquiry reportÂ· Questions over alcohol ban and medical exams
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Doctors who receive drug company funding would be limited in what they could teach other physicians under new rules being proposed by accreditors.    The Chicago-based Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, which gives its stamp of approval for such classes, was to announce sweeping changes Tuesday to limit the influence of doctors with financial connections to the pharmaceutical industry...
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The American Medical Association is weighing support of importing prescription drugs from outside the United States as the nation&#39;s physicians address pleas from patients over the high cost of medicines.
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Too many doctors write prescriptions while under the influence of drug companies. Aggressive prosecution of the worst cases could help mend doctor-patient trust.
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Labels on all alcoholic drinks in Britain are to carry health warnings by the end of next year, the government announced on Monday.
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WASHINGTON - Federal health advisers considering more stringent warning labels for antidpressants linked to suicidal thoughts among children told the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday that they may consider more than just a label change.    One member of the panel asked the drug agency whether they could require that those prescribing the drugs undergo training to better recognize warning signs...
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Patients losing their sight say they are being denied access to a drug which could stop them from going blind.
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Doctors may be giving the wrong doses of adrenaline because of confusing labelling, a study suggests.
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BMA Cymru Wales is calling on doctors across Wales to write to their members of parliament to support a ban on smoking in public places.
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Patients taking a common drug to prevent blood clots to reduce heart attack and stroke risk now rely on a doctor's determination that they will not suffer excessive bleeding.
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The government should fund television and other health warnings against excessive consumption of alcohol just as it funds campaigns against smoking, the charity Alcohol Concern said yesterday as Britain&#39;s teenagers were confirmed as among the worst binge
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Medication that alters the brainâs response to alcohol could change the treatment of problem drinking so that it more closely resembles the type of care now routine for diabetes, high cholesterol and depression.
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After more than 30 years of deliberation, federal regulators have proposed requiring the alcoholic-beverage industry to put nutrition and alcohol-content labels on their containers, setting off the equivalent of a barroom brawl among makers of beer, wine and liquor.
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PARIS -- Wine ads in France, once restricted to little more than a photo of the bottle, could boast about smell, taste, and color under a compromise approved unanimously by parliament's upper house. The amendment aims to settle a battle between struggling vintners and anti-alcoholism campaigners over a 1991 law limiting ads to dry information on name, manufacturer, alcohol content, ...
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Hospital emergency rooms, where up to  two-thirds of patients have consumed alcohol before arriving  for treatment, could be a good starting point to tackle problem  drinking, British researchers said on Tuesday.