Max And Keira Presumed Consent Donation Law Won’t Increase Transplants
The law in England is about to change concerning organ transplants. Instead of the earlier opt-in system it is going to be opt-out. That...
The Lancet’s Desperate Barrel Scraping Over NHS And Brexit
The Lancet is part of the right on establishment we've got at present in the UK and as such is horrified that we mere...
The Problem With Bloomberg’s Healthiest Country Index – Double Counting
That Bloomberg sometimes releases reports which have more to do with Michael Bloomberg's view of the world than the actual news is sad but...
The Idiocy Of The NHS – Banning Pagers In Favour Of WhatsApp
This little story perfectly encapsulates the idiocy of the National Health Service. As with it still being the world's largest buyer of fax machines,...
Polly Toynbee Still Doesn’t Understand Competition, Cooperation, In The NHS
Actually, Polly Toynbee doesn't understand competition and cooperation in anything at all, let alone the National Health Service. Which is a pity as that's...
Sure, Measles Vaccine Is Dangerous – Just Less So Than Measles
With outbreaks of measles going on it's worth pointing out that there is a point here. The measles vaccination is indeed dangerous. It's just...
It’s The FDA Stupid – Bernie Sanders Ponders Free Drug Costing $375,000
A general and useful rule is that when something is wrong with the American health care system we should blame the bureaucracy - something...
Ever So Slightly Misleading Research Into Obesity And Rising Cancer Rates
Apparently the young are all dying of cancer because they're all so damn fat. That's the conclusion to draw from this latest research -...
The NHS Took 71 Years To Realise Women Have Periods
The National Health Service is, of course, a crowning glory of our silver girt and sceptered isle. A Wonder of the World so fabulous...
Sure, Of Course, The Trump Plan Will Lower Prescription Drug Prices
The Trump Administration has announced there will be certain changes to the pharmaceutical drug market in the US. The aim is to reduce the...