Health | Standpoint Magazine

Call More Midwives

Since the inauguration of the NHS, governments have increasingly paid lip service to midwives. We must not let this precious asset be further marginalised

February 25, 2013

Counterpoints·Health

ONLINE ONLY: What’s the Difference Between Heroin and Cigarettes?

With heroin addicts, doctors focus on harm reduction—why don't they do the same with smokers?

February 13, 2013

Features·Health

ONLINE ONLY: A Healthcare System Suffocated by Bureaucrats

Jeremy Hunt claims events at Stafford Hospital were a betrayal of the principles of the NHS. In fact, they were their apotheosis

January 11, 2013

Features·Health·UK Politics

Get Hooked On Oily Fish — Or Else

Omega 3s may be overhyped by some of their supporters, but they are vital to our health and wellbeing

August 28, 2012

Cosmos·Food·Health

Big Cyril’s Secrets

The late Sir Cyril Smith is solid proof that fat men are not always harmless men

September 27, 2010

Counterpoints·Health·UK Politics

Dissing the Disabled

Legislation to protect people from disability hate crime will never solve the whole problem; we need to believe in the spirit of the law

April 27, 2010

Counterpoints·Health·Social Affairs

‘Living Wills’ Leave Patients to Die

“When in doubt, treat” used to be the rule for doctors. Not any more A young woman arrives by ambulance at A&E, having taken an overdose. It’s a routine event, with what —

October 19, 2009

Cosmos·Health

South Africa: The ANC’S Health Lesson for Obama

Health care reform is one of the hardest things in politics. If Obama may be heading for defeat or a bloody draw, this is nothing compared to what awaits the ANC as

August 25, 2009

Africa·Dispatches·Health