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The truth about depression: six people speak out

This article titled “The truth about depression: six people speak out” was written by Mark Rice-Oxley, for The Guardian on Wednesday 14th March 2012 19.15 UTC Depression is not picky. Men, women, rich, poor, white, black. No one is immune. It is not just an illness for people with dark, mysterious pasts or chaotic presents. It is ubiquitous. Empirical and anecdotal evidence suggests this is fast becoming the disease du jour. Antidepressant prescriptions have soared. The World...Read More

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Fat is a prejudice issue

This article titled “Fat is a prejudice issue” was written by Susie Orbach, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 3rd May 2012 14.10 UTC A new study shows significant levels of discrimination towards fat people at work. No surprise, perhaps, when we live in a fat-phobic world. Today fat has become not a description of size but a moral category tainted with criticism and contempt. Fat shaming is a new and vicious sport. Fat youngsters in Georgia have their photos pasted on billboards like...Read More

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Cosmetic surgery advertising ban urged by leading surgeons

This article titled “Cosmetic surgery advertising ban urged by leading surgeons” was written by Sarah Boseley, health editor, for The Guardian on Sunday 22nd January 2012 18.31 UTC All adverts for cosmetic surgery such as breast enlargement and tummy tucks should be banned, say leading plastic surgeons who warn that the industry is an under-regulated “wild west”. The surgeons are members of the British Association of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), who work on...Read More

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Obesity, battered sausage and me

This article titled “Obesity, battered sausage and me” was written by Hopi Sen, for The Guardian on Friday 9th December 2011 23.01 UTC I can pinpoint exactly when I realised I was fat. Two years after leaving, I visited my old sixth-form college and found myself aimlessly wandering old haunts in the manner of all who discover a place that had been theirs is now strangely alien. As I explored I suddenly found myself face to face with the college nurse: not a woman I’d known...Read More

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Antibiotics can’t cure colds – but a placebo may

This article titled “Antibiotics can’t cure colds – but a placebo may” was written by Andrew Brown, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 18th November 2011 18.00 UTC The news that doctors are under pressure to prescribe antibiotics for colds and flu offers a tremendous opportunity to make complementary medicine work for us all. The Health Protection Agency has just released a survey showing that antibiotics are overprescribed because the public believes they will cure colds and...Read More