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“Femtech” is booming—but does it really make

WebFemale technology, or “femtech”—one of the Guardian’s top 10 words for 2019—is booming. The market for it is expected to reach $3.9bn by 2026, as research …

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The NHS at 75: lessons from the birth of the welfare state

WebThe NHS at 75: lessons from the birth of the welfare state. William Beveridge and Aneurin Bevan built the national health service on a foundation of radicalism and …

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This is your brain on Mars: what space travel does to our …

WebAmerica wants to go to Mars. In October 2016, the US reconfirmed its ambition to send people to the Red Planet by the 2030s. In the spring of 2017, the new …

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The inside story of Babylon Health

WebThe normalisation of private companies and relentless under-funding paved the way for healthtech. Parsa turned his attention precisely to this area, and in 2013, …

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Mindful life: Why we need to stop dismissing health anxiety

WebIt can become almost impossible to trust yourself or your evaluation of your symptoms, which has led me to both wildly overreact and completely underreact to …

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The importance of clean water and good hygiene

WebImproving hygiene in health care facilities means health workers and patients can focus on giving and receiving quality care they need, during the COVID-19 …

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Public Health gets personal: The case for an AI-driven …

WebThe emergence of AI should strategically transform the way we deliver disease prevention as a public service. The public sector can use the computational power of AI …

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The planet is burning. Why do golf courses still exist

WebGolf courses disproportionately consume resources; to put it bluntly, they suck up water, poison the soil and enclose the land to the detriment of the social and …

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Mindful life: Why a feral night out can be good for your …

WebNot so for Camilla Nord, head of mental health neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. In her new book, The Balanced Brain, which I reviewed for the last issue …

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Is Britain sicker than a decade ago

WebThe rates have all increased since 2020. Britain is objectively sicker than it was a decade ago: people are dying earlier than had been anticipated, as previous rates …

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The world’s top 50 thinkers 2021

WebThe world’s top 50 thinkers 2021. We stopped, they rethought. Meet the outstanding minds who are shaping the future. If the last 18 months haven’t got you …

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The world's top 50 thinkers 2020: the winner

WebScientists fill out the rest of the top 10—Dutch pharmacologist Mark Post (9th) and Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz (10th), who respectively work on lab-grown meat and lab …

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Iain Duncan Smith: the quest of a quiet man

WebApril 20, 2016. Iain Duncan Smith visits the East End of Glasgow in 2002, the scene of his "epiphany" ©Robert Perry/TSPL/Camera Press. Fifteen minutes by car up the M8 …

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Health and social care: how does Labour’s manifesto stack up

WebThe manifesto promises a 4.3 per cent real terms annual increase in the health budget over the next parliament. If delivered, this would see spending on health …

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“A crying shame”: How Basildon’s housing ills expose a

WebBasildon is at the sharp end of a nationwide problem. According to the National Housing Federation, 8.5 million people had some form of “unmet” housing need …

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I’m a clinical psychologist—here’s how exams are damaging …

WebAs a clinical psychologist, I regularly work with young people and their families who present in significant distress. There are many interacting factors which …

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Why Kate Middleton doesn’t quite have the same right to privacy …

WebPart of me strongly wants to believe that. In theory, Kate Middleton, princess though she may be, is entitled to the same privacy rights as the rest of us—including, …

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