HONG KONG (Reuters) – Infants treated with common pain reliever “paracetamol” may have a higher risk of developing eczema and asthma, at the age of 6 or 7, a large study covering children in 31 countries has found.

The study was published in the journal Lancet along with two different studies, which reveal that runny noses and wheezing in early days of life may be clear sign of asthma.

In the first study, researchers analyze data of more than 205,000 children and came to know that paracetamol use in infancy was associated with a 46 percent higher risk of asthma by the time the children were 6 or 7 compared to those never exposed to the drug.

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New research suggests, patients with rare cancers are being left to die due to a ‘postcode lottery’ over who gets access to drugs.

The Rarer Cancers Forum found extensive deviation the number of patients granted access to medicines in England.

In some area of England 100% of applications from patients were rejected, but in other areas every single one was approved the research report.

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