While it was once hoped that cytisine would become the ‘aspirin of smoking cessation drugs’, it is shockingly underused ...

These medications could save thousands of lives – but doctors aren’t prescribing them While it was once hoped that cytisine would become the ‘aspirin of smoking cessation drugs’, it is ...

Champix and another oral smoking cessation therapy, GSK's Zyban (bupropion), saw restrictions placed on their use after they were found to contain potentially toxic contaminants.

In 2021, varenicline, the most effective single drug for quitting smoking, was withdrawn from the market in the UK because impurities were found at greater levels than is considered safe. Rapidly, ...

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Lion Shahab and Dr Dimitra Kale (UCL Behavioural Science and Health) ask why uptake of varenicline and cytisine has been so low.

Ion channels remain an under-exploited drug target class owing to the low-throughput nature of patch-clamp electrophysiology. In this Review, Dunlop and colleagues evaluate automated ...

Doctors have thrown their weight behind a push to tackle high-speed electric scooters and bikes, as the national injury and death toll among riders, passengers and pedestrians grows. The Australian ...

Clinical Review: Paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea Contributed by Mr Steven Powell, specialist registrar in otolaryngology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne ...

Management of dry eye syndrome Dry eye syndrome is a common condition in older adults. By Dr Mohammed Uzair Malik and Dr Fiona Sim ...