Gulf of despond

Article Abstract:

Many veterans of the Gulf War have reported unexplainable symptoms and some have had children born with deformities. The MoD had until recently dismissed the illnesses as psychological, but an internal MoD inquiry found a fundamental failure in working practices and disciplinary proceedings are underway. Civil servants in the surgeon-general's department and military staff are being targeted and attention has focused on Nicholas Soames, armed forces minister. He has been accused of misleading parliament about the extent that dangerous pesticides had been used during the Gulf war.

Diseases, Persian Gulf War veterans, Persian Gulf syndrome

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Lend me your ears

Article Abstract:

British politicians from the Labour, Conservative and Tory parties are attempting to direct the public to the negative consequences of the opposing party's goals through negative advertising. This approach has backfired previously when participants in the advertising opposed the ads because they supported the person being criticized. The health care industry is sure to be featured in some of these ads but has been avoided so far because of the controversy over the 1992 Labour ad about the National Health Service's waiting lists.

Analysis, Political advertising, Comparative advertising

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Smoking out bad habits: the government is committed to stamping out smoking by all means possible to make the national healthier, but why stop there?

Article Abstract:

The new Labour government in the UK is committed to stamping out smoking, and health secretary Frank Dobson plans to ban tobacco advertising and sports sponsorship. The government will also host an international smoking summit to look at ways of discouraging people from smoking, such as banning it in public places. Some hospitals and individuals may follow in the footsteps of the US, and take legal action against cigarette manufacturers, but thee is a need to take action at a national, rather than an individual level.

Social policy, Antismoking movement

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