Alcopops and alcocops
Yesterday's publication of an alcohol harm reduction strategy for England will only add weight to the nanny jibes.
NHS hospitals sink into debt to pay off PFI
At least 10 NHS hospitals, built with private-sector funds, are facing deficits amounting to more than £40 million, says a new report from health campaigners.
UK slow to clamp down on drug that causes stroke in elderly
It took the government's Committee on Safety of Medicines seven months to act on evidence that a schizophrenia drug widely given to elderly people in care homes could cause them to have a stroke.
The riddle of the drug regulators
Critics press for review of licensing system.
A secretive system
At first glimpse this week's warnings from the Committee on the Safety of Medicines (CSM) looked like a regulatory body performing as it should: protecting patient interests. Alas, if only this was true.
Britain comes to aid of family planning agency snubbed by Bush
The government will today make plain its disapproval of the US administration's anti-abortion stance by announcing new money for an international family planning agency.
What’s your poison?
David Walker: 'Diseases of affluence' - those caused by smoking and obesity - disproportionately affect the least affluent. Your class is your fate.
‘Britain is facing an obesity time bomb’
The UK is overweight, but should the state get heavy?