Why would the government make its own drugs?
Labour’s policy makes Big Pharma nervous, but health economists see it as relatively uncontroversial.
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How austerity is linked to a decade-long rise in the use of addictive prescription drugs
Ten years ago I could get physiotherapy appointments in weeks; now people wait months. As we struggle to control their pain,…
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Health is about exercise and green veg. But if you’ve had an eating disorder, it’s not that easy
A desire to change your body could drag all of that history back.
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Boris Johnson should understand that sin taxes work
When it comes to healthcare, prevention is better than cure.
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What does, and doesn’t, matter about the father who confronted Boris Johnson in a hospital
What matters is whether his criticism is correct or not – not what his politics are.
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How Aggie, unhinged by grief, was calmed by a psychiatrist pretending to be a dog
Aggie’s twin sister had died a couple of months before. Initial grief had given way to sleeplessness and increasingly erratic…
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Mary’s swollen face was not the result of ten rounds with a boxer – maybe soft fruit was to blame
“You’re allergic to something.” “I thought so,” she said. “But I haven’t changed my washing powder or anything.”
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Jack Dorsey’s 5-meals-a-week diet looks a lot like a Silicon Valley-style eating disorder
Every day of the working week, I anxiously check WhatsApp for updates on “beef strip boy”. My friend who works…
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