By Desmond Ng THE number of women being used as drug mules has gone up in the last 10years, said Dr Thomas Pietschmann, aresearcher with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). 'It's...

LOAN sharks could soon face tougher penalties. Under the current Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (CDSA), assets of convicted loan sharks can be...

Propofol, one of the drugs linked to Michael Jackson’s death, is used to make one unconscious during surgery. WHAT IS PROPOFOL? Propofol slows the activity of your brain and nervous...

By Jenny Hope Many of those with early-stage arthritis given a combination of anti-rheumatic drugs went into remission Thousands of rheumatoid arthritis patients could be saved from disability...

As many as 250,000 rheumatoid arthritis sufferers could benefit from a drug - MabThera - that can halt the disease in its tracks. By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor Almost half the patients with...

BE wary of people promoting products that can detect, prevent or treat influenza A (H1N1), authorities have warned. DOCTORS MUST PRESCRIBE Currently, Tamiflu and Relenza are the two antiviral drugs...

YES • The virus strain — believed to be a combination of avian, swine and human influenza - is more contagious than Sars and can spread even before symptoms start to...

Mixing certain foods, drugs can be harmful to the body Eveline Gan eveline@mediacorp.com.sg BELINDA (not her real name) used to love drinking star fruit juice. Now, she avoids it like the plague...