The push for a label change came after President Donald Trump held a news conference last month in which he told pregnant ...

Paediatricians have warned parents to stop the routine or preventive use of paracetamol in babies before or immediately after vaccination, stressing that it should only be administered if the child ...

What is clear is that the Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine and the vaccine preservative thimerosal are not causal factors.

Last year, the NHS prescribed paracetamol over 15 million times and the average person takes 70 a year. But while the ...

This is important because high blood pressure is a major cause of heart attacks and strokes. In fact, the rise in blood ...

Half of all pregnant women take acetaminophen – better known as Tylenol or paracetamol – to relieve pain or reduce fever. The ...

However, it is important to note that paracetamol is not suitable for everyone. The NHS advises that several key groups of ...

The NHS has cautioned that people taking certain medications should exercise care when using painkillers, as combining them could be risky. The health service has recommended consulting your GP before ...

Paracetamol has hit the headlines after US President Donald Trump linked taking the over counter painkiller during pregnancy with soaring rates of autism and ADHD. The claims have caused outrage ...

US president Donald Trump has claimed that paracetamol (acetaminophen or Tylenol) use in pregnancy is linked to autism in children, urging pregnant women to avoid the painkiller. This announcement has ...

The paracetamol-autism debate illustrates a familiar pattern: complex science being reduced to political soundbites. The overwhelming weight of evidence still supports paracetamol as the safest option ...