£29m to study drug-induced liver damage
MRC scientists are working with the European pharmaceutical industry to find new ways of assessing whether drugs are likely to cause liver damage in humans. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)
Long Acting Birth Control Forms Much More Effective
Women on birth-control pills, the vaginal ring or the patch have a 20-fold higher risk of becoming unintentionally pregnant compared to those on IUDs (intrauterine devices) or implants, i.e. longer-acting forms of birth control, researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine). Birth-control pills can be very effective, as long as there is excellent compliance, i.e. if the woman taking then remembers to do so every day... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
