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Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Health & Well-being
Two admitted to hospital for alcohol a minute
The number of hospital admissions caused by alcohol has risen by two-thirds in the last five years because society is "turning a blind eye" to Britain's drinking culture, public health experts have warned.
Stephen Adams, Daily Telegraph, 1 September 2010
The number of hospital admissions caused by alcohol has risen by two-thirds in the last five years because society is "turning a blind eye" to Britain's drinking culture, public health experts have warned.
Stephen Adams, Daily Telegraph, 1 September 2010
Overpopulation: 9 Billion Things to Talk About
We have met the enemy, and in our ever-growing, voracious multitudes, it is us! We have nine billion -- or is it 12? -- things to start talking about, asap.
David Katz, Huffington Post, 1 September 2010
We have met the enemy, and in our ever-growing, voracious multitudes, it is us! We have nine billion -- or is it 12? -- things to start talking about, asap.
David Katz, Huffington Post, 1 September 2010
This is a story of resilience, not despair
Why was the mental-health lobby so quick to diagnose depression in the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground?
Tim Black, spiked, 1 September 2010
Why was the mental-health lobby so quick to diagnose depression in the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground?
Tim Black, spiked, 1 September 2010
NHS drug quango on spending spree
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice), which ruled out free cancer treatments, is splashing out on new staff
Robert Watts and Jamie McGinnes, The Sunday Times, 29 August 2010
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice), which ruled out free cancer treatments, is splashing out on new staff
Robert Watts and Jamie McGinnes, The Sunday Times, 29 August 2010
Drink, drugs and uneasy hypocrisy
Alcohol should not have a special status among narcotics. We need to toughen up on booze and lighten up on other drugs
James Meek, Guardian, 28 August 2010
Alcohol should not have a special status among narcotics. We need to toughen up on booze and lighten up on other drugs
James Meek, Guardian, 28 August 2010
I prefer old age to my youth
Growing old isn't without its troubles but it has its advantages, according to the author Jane Miller. She tells Melissa Benn about the pleasure to be had in the loss of desire, envy and vanity, and how family life is the bedrock of her happiness
Melissa Benn, Guardian, 28 August 2010
Growing old isn't without its troubles but it has its advantages, according to the author Jane Miller. She tells Melissa Benn about the pleasure to be had in the loss of desire, envy and vanity, and how family life is the bedrock of her happiness
Melissa Benn, Guardian, 28 August 2010
Costly life-saving drugs: you have to draw the line somewhere
The press reported Avastin's 'life-saving properties' with an anecdote about one person, totally ignoring the treatment's reality
Ben Goldacre, Guardian, 28 August 2010
The press reported Avastin's 'life-saving properties' with an anecdote about one person, totally ignoring the treatment's reality
Ben Goldacre, Guardian, 28 August 2010
Health and safety laws are costing jobs
Britain's onerous health and safety laws are stifling enterprise and may have pushed up unemployment, the peer appointed to review the legislation warned last night.
Daily Telegraph, 27 August 2010
Britain's onerous health and safety laws are stifling enterprise and may have pushed up unemployment, the peer appointed to review the legislation warned last night.
Daily Telegraph, 27 August 2010
Alternative medicine council ousts critic
'Ofquack' dismisses professor who claims 'reflexology is bollocks
Paul Jump, Times Higher Education, 26 August 2010
'Ofquack' dismisses professor who claims 'reflexology is bollocks
Paul Jump, Times Higher Education, 26 August 2010
Licensing crackdown on Scotland’s booze culture
Some of Scotland’s most popular nightlife haunts face a ban on any future pubs, clubs or off-sales under groundbreaking new plans to be in force by the end of the year.
Gerry Braiden, Herald, 26 August 2010
Some of Scotland’s most popular nightlife haunts face a ban on any future pubs, clubs or off-sales under groundbreaking new plans to be in force by the end of the year.
Gerry Braiden, Herald, 26 August 2010
Israel at 60: What Happened to the Zionist Dream?
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