The NHS crisis that none of the parties will discuss: how to pay for it
With a £30bn funding gap, all parties need to decide whether they would raise taxes, cut spending elsewhere, or impose…
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Your bones may need calcium, but here’s why it’s time to moove on from milk
Because of a growing body of research, there is a dawning appreciation that allergy to the proteins in cow’s milk…
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Hunt wants to do for the NHS what Gove did to schools. How should Labour respond?
In a closely fought battle, when hospital wards face closure in marginal seats, there will be irresistible temptation for Labour…
ByLabour aims to turn the NHS crisis into Cameron’s tuition fees moment
The party's new attack video shows how it will maximise the damage for the PM by reminding voters how he…
ByWhen blood vessels go wrong, why are we better at treating the heart than the head?
The strange discrepancies between how we treat strokes and heart attacks.
ByMoral psychology’s failure: brain scans teach us nothing of morality
Relying on our natural intuitions about what is right and what is wrong isn't enough for building an coherent system…
ByWhy do we still believe that letting drug addicts “hit rock bottom” is a good thing?
Our densely populated, low-income neighbourhood of the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver has 16,000 residents and about 6,000 injection drug users.…
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How much does “health tourism” really cost the NHS? It’s not £2bn
Contrary to the media scare stories, the actual cost of “health tourism” is estimated at £70m, just 0.06% of the…
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