Study says evidence ‘supports link’ between exposure to glyphosate and increased riskA broad new scientific analysis of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides, the most widely used weedkilling products in the world, has found that people…
Pharmacologist who developed the painkiller ibuprofen and made a fortune for BootsIn the 1950s, health and safety protocols were less stringent than today, and so it was possible for Stewart Adams, a group leader in the research department at Boots, to…
Institute for Fiscal Studies figures are blow to chancellor’s attempt to keep his promisePhilip Hammond must find an extra £5bn in this year’s Whitehall spending review to reverse planned cuts and meet his claim of ending austerity, a leading thinktank…
Measures to cut emissions could include free bus travel, says Friends of the EarthCampaigners have called for free bus travel and the reopening of hundreds of miles of railway lines to end reliance on cars, as transport is due to be confirmed as the UK…
The government could make the drug Orkambi affordable for the NHS. Until then, people will suffer undulyLuis was three weeks old when we found out he had cystic fibrosis. Neither my husband nor I had heard of the condition before, but we knew very quic…
The row over the cost of a cystic fibrosis treatment has prevented its use in the UK. These patients, many of them children, deserve betterMedical advances come at a cost, and that cost is increasingly steep. We rely on pharmaceutical companies, as wel…
Orkambi works on condition’s causes but US company Vertex prices it out of reach of NHSCarlie Pleasant’s mum and dad were told when she was born that she wouldn’t live to 15. Later, the doctors said she might make it to 30. She’s now 29 and has a husba…
Store to sell pasta and granola bars made from ground buffalo worm and cricket flourPasta, protein bars and granola bars made from insect flour are to go on sale in Selfridges to highlight alternative proteins for inclusion in mainstream diets.Amid gro…
With medicines due to arrive on as-yet-nonexistent ferries what could possibly go wrong?We are where we are. The government may have no very obvious idea of how to deal with the immediate crisis of Brexit – Theresa May is so vague that her MPs are unab…
Experts call for influence of ‘big food’ to be curbed to also tackle issue of climate changeThe influence of “big food” must be curbed around the world if obesity, malnutrition and climate change are to be effectively tackled, according to a report.Ove…
Swiss company is stockpiling amid concerns about the supply and safety of medicinesThe Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis has said it is stockpiling drugs in the UK before a possible no-deal Brexit, which it warned would be “hugely impactful” for p…
Royal, joined by New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern, says stiff upper lip approach must endPrince William has taken his campaign to increase awareness of mental health problems to Davos. Global leaders queued for nearly an hour to hear the Duke of Cambridge…
Musician and campaigner says pressure to cut aid funding is hampering efforts to stamp out AidsThe world is at risk of losing the battle against HIV due to a backlash against aid triggered by a sense that western governments need to solve problems in t…
Global elite at Davos 2019 must do more than talk about real-world problemsDavos this year will be like Hamlet without the prince. Donald Trump was all set to be the star of the show for the second year running but has decided that giving a keynote add…
The growth in emissions is creating a ‘diesel generation’ of unhealthy youngsters. And some of the world’s most powerful industries are behind itImagine that you could buy, in thousands of shops across the country, canisters containing toxic gas. Imagi…
Garry Pettigrew of Healthcare Environmental Services denies failing staff after mass job cutsThe head of the Scottish clinical waste company accused of stockpiling several hundred tonnes of toxic and infectious hospital waste, including body parts, has…
Why we can’t get enough when we already eat too much. By Bee WilsonAre you getting enough protein? The question provides its own answer: if you are worrying about the amount of protein in your diet, then you are almost certainly eating more than enough…
Whistleblower says he quit Newcross Healthcare in disgust at its intense sales focusManagers at one of the UK’s biggest providers of agency health workers are pressured into imposing £50 fines on employees who phone in sick as part of a “vicious” and “…
Wearable machines are gaining approval from medical insurers and state health providersCompanies that make exoskeleton suits are hoping the devices might soon become as commonly provided as wheelchairs.Private medical insurers and at least three state …
Booming sector received nearly £1.6bn from investors in first eight months of 2018 Biotech is one of the most promising parts of the British drug industry, not least according to the investors who continue to pump vast sums into the sector despite the …
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