Beautiful minds: the sometimes brutal history of treating autism
Steve Silberman’s Neurotribes, winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, champions “neurodiversity”.
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The best GP surgeries are facing the biggest cuts – and the NHS knows it
Up and down the country, GP surgeries have been yelping in pain.
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Is “successful” sperm really the measure of a man’s masculinity?
An advertising campaign challenging men to “prove your worth” is being proposed to increase dwindling numbers of sperm donors – will…
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British mental health is in crisis
The headlines about “parity of esteem” between mental and physical health remain just that, warns Benedict Cooper.
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Mindfulness is all very well – but don’t give up your right to get angry
Is meditating going to render us all docile? I’m not sure. Gaining perspective could be empowering.
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The alcohol safety of new “female Viagra” drug was tested mostly on men
An investigation into the libido-enhancing drug’s side effects was carried out on a group of 23 men and two women. Spot…
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Why doctors dread digital data
Michael Brooks explores the intersection of big data and increased life expectancy.
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Send Jeremy Hunt on an elective to Zambia before he slates the NHS again
I want our health service to be as good as it can be, but the juxtaposition with what I was…
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