The Observer

Revealed: drug firms funding UK patient groups that lobby for NHS approval of medicines

“Observer investigation shows that majority of Nice drug appraisals involve groups financially linked to maker of pharmaceuticals“ Shanti Das and Jon Ungoed-Thomas report for The Observer: “Drug companies are systematically funding grassroots patient groups that lobby the  NHS  medicines watchdog to approve…
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Concern as a third of NHS mental health treatments shift online

Rosie Taylor reports for The Observer: “Twice as many people with mental health conditions are being given virtual therapy on the NHS compared with before the pandemic began. An Observer analysis of data from private providers, cross-checked against NHS figures, reveals around one…
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Natural Causes: Life, Death and the Illusion of Control

A book that talks about over-diagnosis, doctor-induced illness and “evidence-based” medicine has relevance not just to biophysical illness/wellbeing, but also to emotional and psychological illness and wellbeing … Natural Causes by Barbara Ehrenreich – wise words on real wellness is the title of a review by Yvonne Roberts (in The Observer)…
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