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Smoking while pregnant linked to behavioural problems in children - The Guardian 3rd November 2009
"Developing structure and function of the foetal brain at risk, research suggests"
My brain abscess and me - The Guardian 3rd November 2009
"I had no idea I had a potentially fatal infection. Now, after my life-saving surgery, I will never take my health for granted again"
Are doctors ever really off duty? - The Guardian 3rd November 2009
"Which potentially serious symptoms would prompt them to stop and advise a stranger on a bus?"
Man faces charges over injured baby - The Guardian 3rd November 2009
"A man has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after a baby suffered life threatening injuries.
Devon and Cornwall Police said the child suffered "non-accidental injuries" on Sunday which were initially described as life threatening."
Parents clash in court over taking child off life support - The Guardian 2nd November 2009
"A mother supporting a legal attempt to take her severely disabled baby boy off the ventilator that keeps him alive said today her son's "intolerable suffering" had to outweigh her grief at his death.
The boy, known as RB for legal reasons, was born last year with a rare condition that severely limits the ability to breathe and move limbs."
Drugs: The 40-year failure - The Guardian 3rd November 2009
"Comparing the dangers of ecstasy and equestrianism was provocative, as indeed was Professor David Nutt's more recent suggestion, which led to his sacking last week, that "politicised" drugs classifications concealed the reality that alcohol does more harm than LSD. To that extent – and to that extent only – the home secretary, Alan Johnson, had a point in suggesting that the top drugs adviser whom he dismissed on Friday had strained the limits of his scientific remit, and was effectively campaigning."
Government orders inquiry into role of drug advisers - The Guardian 2nd November 2009
"The government had already ordered an inquiry into the future operation of the panel of scientists advising the Home Office on drug policy before the controversial sacking of its chairman, Professor David Nutt, the Guardian has learned."
Scientists line up to attack Alan Johnson over sacking of drug adviser - The Guardian 2nd November 2009
"The home secretary, Alan Johnson, is facing growing anger from scientists and government advisers over his decision to force the resignation of his senior drug adviser, David Nutt."
Alan Johnson is right to fire David Nutt - The Guardian 2nd November 2009
"Science is not united around the view that drugs are harmless, and the government has to take health dangers seriously"
David Cameron: Tories would rename Department of Health - The Guardian 2nd November 2009
"Conservative leader promises NHS reforms to cut costs and extend 'patient power'"
NHS launches hard-hitting organ donation ad - The Guardian 2nd November 2009
"Television campaign highlights fact that three people die each day due to shortage of donors"
Sacking threatens drug panel future - The Guardian 2nd November 2009
"Mass resignations have been predicted from the country's drugs advisory panel in protest at Alan Johnson's decision to axe its chairman for criticising the Government's policy.
At least two members of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) have quit since Professor David Nutt was sacked by the Home Secretary on Friday in a row that is threatening the panel's future."
Lie still if you want to get pregnant, scientists tell women - The Guardian 30th October 2009
"Women who lie back and stay still for 15 minutes after artificial insemination 'significantly' increase their chances of getting pregnant, scientists recommend"
Row as minister sacks drugs adviser - The Guardian 31st October 2009
"Home Secretary Alan Johnson has come under fire after he forced the Government's chief drugs adviser to resign in the wake of a row over the dangers of different substances.
Mr Johnson asked Professor David Nutt to resign as chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), saying he had "lost confidence" in his ability to give impartial advice."
Drugs policy: Shooting up the messenger - The Guardian 31st October 2009
"Professor David Nutt is an expert in his field: a professor of psychopharmacology at Bristol University and head of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London. He knows more about the brain's responses to anxiety, addiction and sleep than any politician or media commentator. He is precisely the sort of man who should be helping the government shape its drugs policy, which is why he was appointed and then reappointed to serve as chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs."
Ben Quinn: Professor Nutt's sacking shows how toxic the drugs debate has become - The Guardian 31st October 2009
"Policy in the area has been a political battlefield for at least the last 40 years, and it shows no signs of getting any simpler, writes Ben Quinn"
Chief drug adviser David Nutt sacked over cannabis stance - The Guardian 30th October 2009
"Alan Johnson, the home secretary, has sacked Professor David Nutt as senior drugs adviser after the scientist renewed his criticism of the government's decision to toughen the law on cannabis.
Johnson wrote to Nutt saying he no longer had confidence in him as chairman of the Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) and asking him to consider his position."
Influence from the Sun and the Moon - The Guardian 31st October 2009
"Every now and then, it's fun to dip into the world of politics and find out what our lords and masters are saying about science. First we find Brooks Newmark, Conservative MP for Braintree, introducing a bill to reduce the age for cervical cancer screening to 20.
The Sun newspaper has been running a campaign to lower the screening age, on the back of the death of reality television star Jade Goody at the age of 28 from cervical cancer, and gathered 108,000 signatures on a petition."
Tories slam doctors for drugging children - The Guardian 30th October 2009
"The number of prescriptions issued to children for anti-depressants, anti-psychotic drugs and attention deficit disorder medication has rocketed, according to figures released today.
The increasing use of drugs to treat mental health problems in youngsters is condemned by the Conservative Party which obtained the statistics from the NHS Prescription Pricing Authority."
Response: Independent innovations in the NHS deliver quality, affordable care - The Guardian 30th October 2009
"We will only improve the NHS by ditching ideology and focusing on patients"
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