It’s not self-indulgent to prioritise choice in maternity care
Birth is painful, frightening and unpredictable, and it is also highly politicised.
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Drug-infused vaginal ring shows promising signs in battle against HIV rates
Silicone ring containing antiretroviral dapivirine drug could play an important role in preventing HIV infections.
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Head in the cloud
As we download ever more of our lives on to electronic devices, are we destroying our own internal memory?
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There’s more to supporting those with mental health problems than fighting stigma
It’s not just a case of goodies and baddies, those who get it and those who don’t.
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The stage is set for Act II of Jeremy Hunt’s discredited play – The Weekend Effect
We are already seeing the consequences of Hunt’s imposed changes, with increasing number of doctors leaving the profession.
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Why you shouldn’t worry (too much) about the sugar in your favourite coffee
Scare stories condemning coffee shops are missing the wider context: an Innocent smoothie has more sugar per millilitre than a Starbucks white…
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Would you swap places with Stephen Fry? The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive reviewed
The familiarity, bordering on the generic, in the format of this “ten years later” update serves to make a valuable…
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I organised so much support for Maria, I wonder if I became part of the problem
She began to attend our appointments with a support worker in tow, almost as a symbol of her incapacity.
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