Stephen J Evans, Professor of Pharmacoepidemiology, on the recent licensing of a homeopathy preparation in this weeks BMJ:
It is tragic that we now have a respected body, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), granting a licence for a product for which there is not only no evidence of efficacy but good evidence against [...]
Right wing attacks on Obama’s healthcare reform are an echo of previous attacks in the UK during Bevan’s creation of the NHS.
For UK citizens it is hard to imagine a time when the NHS was perceived as a threat. Today the NHS is a sacred object in British politics, and those who wish to [...]
The issue of compulsory vaccination has been raised again.
A former chairman of the British Medical Association is calling for the MMR jab to be made compulsory.
Public health expert Sir Sandy Macara believes children should not be able to go to school unless they have first been vaccinated.
I have mixed feelings on this. The dangers [...]