What to look forward to in the next issue of Spectator Health – out on Thursday
The new issue of Spectator Health is out on Thursday 5 May. There’s a fantastic array of articles to look…
A wonder drug could eradicate Aids. So why isn’t it offered in Britain?
You have probably never heard of Truvada, but it is a pharmacological breakthrough that has the potential to consign Aids…
Well done Public Health England for seeing through the hysteria on e-cigarettes
If you want evidence of the mess we have got ourselves into with regard to e-cigarettes you only have to…
As a doctor, I’d rather have HIV than diabetes
‘There is now a deadly virus, which anyone can catch from sex with an infected person. If we’re not careful,…
Editor’s letter
Welcome to the latest issue of Spectator Health. For our cover story we have the brilliant Professor Allyson Pollock writing…
How to fix the NHS: a doctor’s prescription
I’m a doctor, and I don’t care about the NHS. In this country, that’s an almost heretical statement — but…
Editor’s letter
Welcome to the second edition of Spectator Health. We had some great feedback from our readers after the first issue…
Editor’s letter
Welcome to the first edition of Spectator Health, our new quarterly supplement designed especially for people who might never normally…
HRT: The debate goes on
Since as early as the 1940s, women of a certain age have had the option of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)…
Statins: magic bullet or massive misfire? Ask our experts
In the first issue of Spectator Health, our cover piece is on the controversial issue of statins, arguably the most…