Young people are being torn apart by the gulf between expectation and reality. Is it any wonder that rates of mental illness are rising?
Category: health
Passive Driving
Why are we still exposed to pollution that kills 39,000 a year?
The Patient is Dying
The Labour Party has 24 hours to save the National Health Service
A Challenge to the Chancellor
Refute these charges, or admit that the private finance initiative is built on fraud and false accounting
Bleeding Us Dry
Money is being siphoned out of our new hospitals before they receive a single patient
Mad Cows Are Back
Mark Purdey’s explanation of the origins of BSE is gathering weight
No Blood Please, We’re British
Older mothers have been judged an offence against Nature
The ministry that hides from truth
Gulf war veterans deserve better treatment and we need honesty.
A Cancer in the System
Why are the government and the big charities ignoring the environmental causes of cancer?
The NHS is Being Privatised
But so subtly that even ministers don’t seem to know what’s going on
The Most Polluted Place in Europe
The public health emergency no one has noticed
The Pope Spreads AIDS
The Holy Father is responsible for the deaths of thousands
A Murderous Conspiracy
The US government is trying to destroy South Africa’s AIDS prevention programme
A Cancer at the Heart of Government
Britain’s public health policies stop where corporate interests begin.
Poisoning the Poor
The poor are dying younger because they are being systematically poisoned
Don’t Get Sick!
The Private Finance Initiative is forcing doctors to work dangerously long hours
New Threats from the Killer Cars
Traffic pollution might be responsible for the surge in both blindness and lung cancer
Cuckoos in the Nest
The corporate capture of the National Health Service means that it can only shrink, not grow.
Warm Words, but no Action
30,000 old people are dying of cold each year, and the Government does nothing
Lagging Behind
The thousands of extra deaths each winter are just one symptom of a massive national housing crisis