Health
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New rule allows sailors to retake physical fitness tests if they failed for exceeding body fat limits as service becomes ‘more realistic’
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Gary Fuller on recent studies and reports on the long-term health impact of urban air pollution
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Including end-of-life care is ‘inappropriate’, says charity as it joins GPs in opposing proposals to widen charging regime
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Mary was hit with a £5,000 bill after her son got meningitis. Campaigners say NHS staff are put in an impossible position when forced to decide on eligibility
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Vote Leave campaign accuses Downing Street of ‘bully boy tactics’ as it argues that getting out of Europe will help the health service
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Make mine a large Buckie before they ban that, too
Kevin McKennaThe Scottish political classes don’t just want to regulate what we eat and drink and how we choose to play our sports. They now also want to regulate how we think -
The burger chain is joining a small group of fast food restaurants committing to using antibiotic-free meat
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Ithaca is proposing a supervised facility where users can shoot up in front of a nurse and not be arrested. Can Svante Myrick convince the city it’s a good idea?
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Guo Li-Ming, neurology professor at John Hopkins Institute for cell engineering discusses how scientists have found a potential link between the Zika virus and microcephaly
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Is binge-watching bad for your mental health?
Monita Karmakar and Jessica Sloan KrugerOur research shows that binge-watchers are more likely to report higher stress, anxiety and depression. What we don’t know yet is whether the link is causal -
Vote to approve relicensing of ingredient in herbicides including Roundup had been due on Monday, but it might be postponed
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Country had until now not confirmed any cases of defects related to the virus, though Brazil has seen a marked rise in areas where the disease is widespread
Health and care integration will not happen unless budgets are pooled