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31 Mar 2018 5 minute read

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The drugs don’t work

Lea Surugue reports on the dramatic rise of heart disease in Africa and the corresponding crisis of fake...

20 Dec 2016 7 minute read

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Mosquitoes versus humankind

The fight against vector-borne diseases is in dire need of new insecticides. But it’s unlikely that real alternatives will...

1 May 2016 3 minute read

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Male baldness v malaria?

Simon Trace on the skewed priorities of medical research.

7 Aug 2015 3 minute read

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Scalpel please, nurse… oh, wait!

Rich countries need to use their medical resources to address the global lack of surgical equipment, argues Maziar M...

27 Jul 2015 4 minute read

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Modern life and medicine

Can our ancestral medical progress keep up with modern life? Naomi Elster asks.

27 Jul 2015 3 minute read

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Catholic nun barred, a step backward for women’s freedom

It’s an almost funny story, if it didn't have a twist in the tale, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

3 Nov 2014 3 minute read

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Debt-ridden students turn to drug trial money

Are pharmaceutical companies exploiting the poor, or is being a human guinea pig just a clever way to fund college?

14 Apr 2014 4 minute read

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There’s now a cure for hepatitis C… but most can’t afford it

Profit-focused drug companies are failing the ill, says Nick Harvey.

7 Nov 2013 4 minute read

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Syria’s medical system is at breaking point

The country’s ongoing civil war is preventing treatment for those with chronic illnesses and acute injuries, reports ...

29 Jul 2013 3 minute read

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Close encounter of the human kind

Mari Marcel Thekaekara has an unlikely experience at an ayurvedic ashram in Kerala.

Corporates cashing in on mental-health diagnosis

21 May 2013 2 minute read

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Corporates cashing in on mental-health diagnosis

Some of the experts who put together a popular psychiatry manual have fingers in Big Pharma pies, reports Adam...

30 Oct 2012 1 minute read

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Podcast: John Kirk on Cuban healthcare

Moral medicine, or a socialist ‘pact with the devil’? A revolutionary take on healthcare.

17 Oct 2012 4 minute read

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Pharma vs India: a case of life or death for the world’s poor

Legal outcomes could ‘open the floodgates’ for companies to challenge generic drug production, keeping prices high, explains...

4 Oct 2012 3 minute read

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Moroccan harbour blocks ‘abortion ship’

An organization offering on-board terminations was hoping to sail into Smir today, despite opposition from the authorities.

1 Jun 2012 3 minute read

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Letter from Botswana: 'There's a good side to this HIV'

A new birth offers a sign of hope for Lauri Kubuitsile.

24 Jan 2012 3 minute read

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ACTA: undemocratic, dangerous and wrong

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement goes one step further than just internet censorship, it can be used to restrict access...

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