Luisa Dillner Both health watchdog Nice and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health recommend vitamin D supplements. Photograph: Alamy How could we have forgotten about vitamin D? Suddenly newspapers are reporting that one in four toddlers do not get enough and rickets is emerging again. The chief medical officer in England, Dame...
Ann Robinson A ray of vitamin D bearing sun breaks through clouds in Hoxne, Suffolk. Photograph: Graham Turner Vitamin D is in the news again, and while the experts squabble over it, I’m off to buy myself some supplements. The chief medical officer for England has told GPs like me to advise those at...
Denis Campbell A woman holds her removed defective silicone gel breast implant, manufactured by the now defunct French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP). Photograph: Reuters The Welsh government says it will pay to replace French-made PIP breast implants for women who were treated privately. Welsh health minister Lesley Griffiths said not replacing the implants...
Riazat Butt, religious affairs correspondent The archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, suggested the dropping of a clause from the draft House of Lords reform bill. Photograph: Reuters The archbishop of Canterbury has pressed the case for fast-tracking women bishops into the House of Lords, asking a government committee for “discretion and flexibility” on the...
