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Is Alzheimer's the same as dementia? A brain expert explains

Telegraph: Professor Tara Spires-Jones on causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

'Deliberate deception': Pharmacist ordered extra meds, then sold them online

Jayant Patel was caught when the pharmacy owner noticed extra medication and viewed CCTV.

Life-prolonging cancer drugs could be funded sooner

New Zealand badly lags behind other developed countries for funded myeloma drugs.

Desperate Pharmac plea from family selling cans for unfunded cancer drugs

A desperate Auckland family is collecting cans to try fund blood cancer medication.

Can weight-loss pills and dieting cause eating disorders?

The demand for off-label weight-loss drugs like Ozempic is starting to get concerning.

Prescription blunder leaves Alexandra woman ‘angry and scared’

Medical botch-up led to woman having to delay having children.

The link between birth control pills and sex drive

New York Times: The pill lowers testosterone. What does that do to libido?

Twelve treatments for thinning hair that actually work

Telegraph: There's no miracle solution, but these are the treatments that can help.

Ebos Group's pet project is off, shares fall sharply as trading resumes

Ebos had been in a trading halt since last week.

Menopause checklist: Questions to ask your doctor about HRT

Telegraph: Considering hormone replacement therapy? Here's what you need to know.

'Pretty alarmed': Thousands of Kiwis with ADHD forced to switch drugs after supply problems

Global demand has been blamed for the shortage of Teva, a common ADHD drug.

Can some antidepressants cause lasting sexual problems?

NY Times: Some patients say symptoms persist long after they've stopped taking SSRIs.

Obesity drug cuts risk of death by 18 per cent

Wegovy has been found to have a 'quite profound' effect on reducing heart attack risk.

Pseudoephedrine question reflects failure of meth policy - expert

"We have taken the eye off methamphetamine."

Some psychiatrists have started prescribing Ozempic. Others are worried

New York Times: 'These medications were not studied well or designed for this population.'

‘Meno-washing’: Are midlife women being scammed?

Telegraph: Menopause has come out of the shadows. So have the snake oil merchants.