35 h. ago UK supermarkets exploit tax loophole to produce cider at ‘pocket

Campaigners say ‘super-strength subsidy’ puts pressure on the NHS, as some ciders cost same as apple juiceSupermarkets such as Tesco, Aldi and Lidl are exploiting a tax loophole to produce and sell cheap cider that harms health and causes social problems, alcohol campaigners have claimed.Over recent years, ciders – sometimes containing as much as 7.5% alcohol – have become cheaper or barely risen in price, despite the cost of beer, wine and spirits soaring, according to research by Alcohol Change UK. Continue reading...

Economics

55 h. ago I'm a hospice chef and most people at the end of their life have the same final meal request

People nearing the end of their lives in hospice often request the same nostalgic food for their last meal, a hospice chef has revealed.

Politics

67 h. ago Why cancer patients are being ‘frequently’ priced out of holidays

People with cancer are struggling to go on holidays during or after their treatment

Science

6 d. ago Therapy isn’t about life hacks. The best solutions are simpler – and more complex

What we want is quick, clever fixes. What we need is quite different: the ability to tolerate intolerable feelings, to sustainably change and growWhen people seek therapy – and I know this, because I too was once a person seeking therapy – we often want strategies, techniques and tools for our toolboxes. We want to be asked questions and to know the answers; we want to ask questions and to be given answers. We believe that these are the things we need to build a better life.Now that I am a patient in psychoanalysis, and I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist treating patients, I can see why my therapist needed to frustrate this desire, and offer me the opposite. What I wanted was to manage myself out of my emotions rather than feel them, to hack my life rather than live it – and that makes for a shallower existence, not a better one. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Trump blames Europe as deadly impact of US cuts on AIDS pandemic grows

Trump lashes out at France and Germany amid growing evidence that HIV patients are being denied life-saving drugs. Bel Trew reports

Events

1 week ago MS patient’s life ‘crumbling’ after being switched to cheaper drug under NHS cost

Julie Cowdrill said the switch to Tyruko was like having ‘the rug pulled from under my feet’ as she suffered a dramatic setback in her condition

Events

1 week ago MS patient’s life ‘crumbling’ after switch to cheaper drug under NHS cost

Julie Cowdrill said the switch to Tyruko was like having ‘the rug pulled from under my feet’ as she suffered a dramatic setback in her condition

Events