From vaping to boozing and even junk food - charts show how Britain REALLY fares vs the rest of the world
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritish women were this week shamed as the biggest binge drinkers in the developed world. Read More
Scandal of the NHS 'never-events': Bungling hospital medics are wrongly removing ovaries and leaving drill bits INSIDE patients once a day, shocking audit reveals... so is YOUR trust one of the worst offenders?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBungling NHS staff are carrying out the equivalent of one ‘never-event’ every day, figures show. Read More
Any activity, however small, is better for health than sitting down, study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAny activity – even sleeping or standing – is better for your heart than sitting down, research suggests. Read More
London Underground to be hit with 6 more months of industrial action
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLondon Underground workers have voted to continue taking industrial action for another six months in a long-running dispute over jobs, pensions and…
We are powerless’: Indian villagers live in fear of torture in fight against bauxite mine
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor months, they have been living in fear. The people of Banteji, a small tribal village amid the rolling green mountains deep…
Dozens dead and thousands displaced after Somalia hit by 'worst floods in decades'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement late on Thursday that around 1.6 million people…
Silent killer | Fiji records 20 AIDS-related deaths in six months
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFiji recorded 20 AIDS-related deaths between January and June this year. Read More
Ugandans contracting HIV for fun — doctors
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Mildmay Institute of Health Sciences has in recent times registered an increase in people who eroticise HIV/Aids. Read More
Nigeria: NAFDAC alerts public to defective HIV test kits
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public notification to healthcare providers regarding Abbott’s m-PIMA…
Four MINUTES of exercise a day reduces cancer risk by up to third
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteShort bursts of daily activity that make you huff and puff — such as playing high-energy games with children — could reduce…