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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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Winter blues and the story of SAD

In ‘Chasing the Sun‘ Linda Geddes reveals why for some people, winter is literally depressing, showing how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs

The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.

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In search of the ‘nature cure’

Under the competing pressures of modern life, many of us succumb to mental ill health. Samantha Walton explores why so-called ‘nature cures’ don’t help, and how the living world can actually help us.

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  • List of diseases and their symptoms covered by the Division of Disease Surveillance and Response in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2000.
  • A warning about AIDS and drugs; German version of a series of 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A warning about AIDS and drugs; Italian version of a series of 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A warning about AIDS and drugs; French version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [STOP AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A man in a suit smiling with one finger raised, advocating use of condoms for gay men; an advertisement for safe sex by the Authority of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Hamburg and the Office of Public Health - Health Promotion / AIDS. Colour lithograph by Transglobe Black Box and DMB&B.
  • A red rose on the floor with a broken pot and spilt liquid representing a broken relationship and unfaithfulness; German version of a series of 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A red rose on the floor with a broken pot and spilt liquid representing a broken relationship and unfaithfulness; Italian version of a series of 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A warning in Italian brown lettering about drug problems and AIDS; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' poster campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero, in collaboration with the Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • An orange background bearing the white message "Your doctor has a duty of confidentiality. And you have freedom of speech on AIDS, sexuality and drug problems"; an advertisement by the FMH / BAG in association with the Swiss Physicians and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health.
  • A warning in German purple about drug problems, AIDS and youths; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' poster campaign by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz, in collaboration with the Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
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