Surgical stitch-up: meet the placebo surgeon
Could the placebo effect work in surgery? When a doctor wanted to investigate – by opening patients up but not…
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The BBC should treat abortion as a healthcare procedure, not just a plot point for Call the Midwife
The BBC, rightly, has links on its website to advice from organisations like Stonewall, Mind and Beat. So why did…
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Samuel’s grief seemed to be almost pathological. Then, my colleague recognised “Cat Man”
He couldn’t help himself. He couldn’t talk about anything else. He was repelling everyone around him.
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Labour blame Conservatives for thousands of deaths in hard-hitting political broadcast
The new PPB is the most confrontational that Labour has produced for many years.
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The BBC is being forced to choose: shut channels or deprive lonely elderly people of company?
By defunding the TV licence for over-75s, the government is putting the BBC between a rock and a hard place.
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The government is quietly shifting power away from patients to hospitals and care homes
Six weeks before Brexit, it’s rushing through a bill that would have serious implications for patients’ liberty.
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Meet the anti-doctor: Dr Adrian Massey on why doctors can’t treat 21st century sickness
“I want to disavow people of their excessive confidence in the ability of doctors.”
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Carrot juice to cure stage four cancer: the dangerous world of YouTube home remedies
It has been illegal to advertise cancer treatments since 1939, yet videos on verified channels promote cures such as baking soda…
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