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Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

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Thalidomide, a bitter pill

Hear from some of the women who took the drug thalidomide over sixty years ago about the fear, isolation and grief that they experienced as the appalling pharmaceutical scandal unfolded around them.

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The healing power of breathing

The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.

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Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs

In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.

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  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Wellerhaus 84 keyless showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Wellerhaus 84 keyless showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Wellerhaus 84 keyless showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.2, Marenghi 98 key showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.2, Marenghi 98 key showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.2, Marenghi 98 key showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.2, Marenghi 98 key showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Carl Frei 112 keyless concert organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Carl Frei 112 keyless concert organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Wellerhaus 84 keyless showman's organ.
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