How Big Tech made us screen addicts
Gaia Bernstein’s Unwired argues that smart devices are engineered to keep our children hooked. Can we hold the industry to…
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Why are women still paying for HRT?
The government has made hormone replacement therapy cheaper, but any cost exacerbates the gender health gap.
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Vapes aren’t enough to stop people smoking
The government should be funding cessation services and cracking down on Big Tobacco rather than fixating on e-cigarettes.
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Prescription charges are making people sicker, research shows
Nearly a third of people who skipped medication because of NHS costs over the past year now have additional health…
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Social media is taking a dangerous toll on teenage girls
The evidence is now clear: smartphones are the major cause of the mental illness epidemic among young women.
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Steve Barclay brought a private healthcare lobbyist into government
Lionel Zetter continued to hold two roles in the private sector while working for Barclay in the Cabinet Office and…
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The Policy Ask with Tina Woods: “Digitalisation should not trump doctors’ expertise”
The preventative health expert on NHS bureaucracy, healthy ageing and what the UK could learn from Singapore.
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Less than a third of ethnic minority women attend cervical screenings
Research shows minority groups in the UK are less likely to take vital cancer and sexual health tests.
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