Health / Medicine
Articles about Medicine, ordered by date. 
When the drugs don’t work
There has been a dramatic rise in heart disease in Africa over the past 25 years – a situation made worse by fake medicines on the market. Now doctors are beginning to fight for change, as Lea Surugue reports.
Male baldness v malaria?
Simon Trace on the skewed priorities of medical research.
Letter from Botswana: 'There's a good side to this HIV'
A new birth offers a sign of hope for Lauri Kubuitsile.
Is animal testing necessary to advance medical research?
Pro-testing activist Laurie Pycroft and Helen Marston, who heads an organization that campaigns against the use of animals, focus on the key issues. Join the debate!
Articles in this category displayed as a table:
| Article title | From magazine | Publication date |
|---|---|---|
| View from Africa | Palestine | July, 2023 |
| When the drugs don’t work | Humanitarianism under attack | April, 2018 |
| Male baldness v malaria? | Technology justice | May, 2016 |
| Letter from Botswana: 'There's a good side to this HIV' | Protection racket | June, 2012 |
| Is animal testing necessary to advance medical research? | The far right gets respectable | June, 2011 |
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