The NHS told Steve Wallis that he had to wait over a year for his "urgent" prostate operation, leaving him living with a catheter that severely limited his quality of life.
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Puberty blockers in children were always an unregulated live experiment based on no evidence, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. The NHS is right to ban them.
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The NHS seems to be in permanent crisis. Yet the number of doctors is up 37% and non-medical support staff up 45% in 10 years. How does a health service do so little with so much?
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Modern medicine is supposed to represent progress. Why then does it so often dehumanise us, asks Dr. David Bell, as he recalls the sad story of a dying friend sedated with midazolam to stop him complaining.
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The French politician pushing the 'anti-Raoult' law (which many wrongly call the 'Pfizer law') was treated by the famed physician in March 2020 and credited Dr Raoult's hydroxychloroquine with curing her Covid.
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The U.K. lost £1.2 billion on stockpiling unused antivirals for Covid, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. But where's the evidence these drugs do anything except line the pockets of pharma and the 'pandemic' industry?
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Obese NHS patients are now being given a gastric weight loss balloon. But will this new device be any safer than others that have proven deadly? It may be all too predictable, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
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As King Charles undergoes surgery, many older men know how an enlarged prostate can greatly narrow the horizons of one's life, says Drew Clode. But an operation like a TURP can be life-changing.
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With underreporting of up to 98%, the Yellow Card Scheme for adverse effects is not fit for purpose, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. What's more, drug side-effects are responsible for 6.5% of all hospital admissions.
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The pressure on the NHS is reaching breaking point as the burden of disease continues to increase. But why are those born after the 1960s so much less healthy than the previous generation? Dr James Morris has an insight.
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