Jeremy Laurance

Jeremy Laurance is Health Editor at The Independent

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UK flu rates at all-time low

Seasonal influenza is losing its grip.

Jeremy Laurance: 'Wireless medicine' helps solve one of doctors' biggest problems - getting patients to take drugs

Such implantable devices could save some people with schizophrenia from losing their minds

Hundreds of NHS patients are being denied chance of IVF

Licence fees collected by fertility regulator from clinics could fund 1,000 free treatment cycles
Does your doctor fail to measure up to George Clooney in 'ER'? Maybe that's a good job - a US study suggests satisfied patients have higher death rates

Do you like your doctor? It could be the death of you

Satisfaction with NHS is high but it may be bad news

Jeremy Laurance: Malnutrition has an impact similar to that of Aids

A malnourished child is not the same as a starving one. They may not even be hungry, if they get enough calories. But what kind of calories? A child needs protein to grow and micronutrients are essential to development. Millions lack both.

Jeremy Laurance: Not everything is safe just because it's not illegal

If it's legal it must be safe. This is the misconception that is leading many drug users into danger. Like the fashion for organic food, people are being lulled into a false sense of security.

Lonely? Shy? Sad? Well now you're 'mentally ill', too

Expanded psychiatric 'bible' will see more people needlessly medicated, experts warn
Caroline Swain with her son Luke. Caroline was successfully treated for breast cancer whilst pregnant with Luke

Chemotherapy is 'safe during pregnancy'

Pregnant women with cancer need no longer choose between their own life and their baby's

Male gene increases risk of hereditary heart disease for one in five

Up to one in five men is carrying a gene from their father which increases their risk of coronary heart disease by 50 per cent, a study has found.

Jeremy Laurance: Why spare the drug companies?

We cannot provide every treatment to every patient regardless of cost

Day In a Page

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Creative pancake day ideas

How to make volcano, iceberg and desert island 'panscapes'
Rap revolution: Voices of dissent in Senegal

Rap revolution: Voices of dissent in Senegal

Neil Warnock: I haven't got a clue what we can achieve, but let's have some fun

Neil Warnock: I haven't got a clue what we can achieve, but let's have some fun

Why it's fantastic to be manager of Leeds, one of the biggest clubs in the country
Clive Woodward: From World Cup to T-CUP

Clive Woodward: From World Cup to T-CUP

Thinking Creatively Under Pressure is Sir Clive Woodward's mantra and it is an idea he is now passing on to Britain's Olympic hopefuls
How did a man buried in this frozen car for two months come out of it alive?

How did a man buried in this frozen car for two months come out of it alive?

Astonishing tale of survival from Sweden as 44-year-old endures temperature of -30C with only ice to sustain him
Would you eat a burger grown in a laboratory?

Would you eat a burger grown in a laboratory?

A Dutch scientist has created 'meat' from stem cells – and wants Heston Blumenthal to cook the first batch
Britain has never dressed so badly: Westwood rails against fast fashion

Britain has never dressed so badly

British people have never dressed as badly – this is the damning verdict of Dame Vivienne Westwood.
The sci-fi movie Hollywood would not dare to make

The sci-fi movie Hollywood would not dare to make

A spoof film about Nazis living on the Moon has become an unlikely hit
Simon Oakes: 'It's a welcome return. We've managed to fire people's imaginations'

Hammer Films... back from the dead

'The Woman in Black' is turning into a triumph for the resurgent production company
Andrew Gimson: We must save this admirable marriage

Andrew Gimson on Britishness

We must save this admirable marriage between England and Scotland
Susie Dent: Chopsing or jaffocking, why Brits are thrilled by wordplay

Susie Dent

Chopsing or jaffocking, why Brits are thrilled by wordplay
Michael Fagan: 'Her nightie was one of those Liberty prints, down to her knees'

Michael Fagan interview

The man who, 30 years ago, climbed a drainpipe and broke into Buckingham Palace, not once but twice
Dress for excess: Florence Welch reveals how she’ll be rocking the Brit Awards

Florence Welch on rocking the Brit Awards

The singer tells Craig McLean why she is the go-to performer for global awards extravaganzas
Cursed! The astonishing story of porridge's poster boy

Breakfast of champions?

The astonishing story of porridge's poster boy
Silver Stand-Up of the Year: 'Heard the one about the old ones being the best?'

Silver Stand-Up of the Year

Heard the one about the old ones being the best?