Jeremy Laurance
Jeremy Laurance is Health Editor at The Independent
Jeremy Laurance: 'Wireless medicine' helps solve one of doctors' biggest problems - getting patients to take drugs
17 February 2012 12:00 AM
Such implantable devices could save some people with schizophrenia from losing their minds
Hundreds of NHS patients are being denied chance of IVF
16 February 2012 12:00 AM
Do you like your doctor? It could be the death of you
15 February 2012 12:00 AM
Satisfaction with NHS is high but it may be bad news
Jeremy Laurance: Malnutrition has an impact similar to that of Aids
15 February 2012 12:00 AM
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
13 February 2012 12:00 AM
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
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
Chemotherapy is 'safe during pregnancy'
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
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
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
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?
03 February 2012 12:00 AM