Healthcare

Scores of UK patients die with bedsores, infections and malnutrition

Jared Yee | 03 February 2012

New figures show that 75 patients are dying in UK hospitals and care homes each day with conditions potentially caused by neglect. In 2010, over 27,000 people died with bedsores or infected wounds – an increase by more than 50% in a decade.

Researchers call to end smoking in films

Jared Yee | 23 September 2011

In a curious turn of moralising, UK researchers have called for films depicting smoking to be R-rated.

Obama’s healthcare bill scrapes through

Michael Cook | 27 March 2010

Much bioethics debate