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Sheila Bird :: Fri 5th Mar 2010
How many casualties in Afghanistan?
Fatalities in Afghanistan are regularly reported in the media, but the numbers injured are less often examined.
Hamish Birchall :: Wed 3rd Mar 2010
Public Health shock: Scots match English for healthy life expectancy
What would it take to narrow the gap in life expectancy between Scotland and England? A revolution in Scottish eating habits, most experts might say.
Nigel Hawkes :: Tue 2nd Mar 2010
GDP growth: up and down at the same time
“Services growth in December pushes up GDP estimate” was the headline on ONS’s press release announcing last week’s revised estimate of GDP in the final quarter of 2009.
Sheila Bird :: Mon 1st Mar 2010
Legal highs: catching up with new epidemics
Mephedrone, a designer drug, is a "legal high" that can be purchased via the internet, and has euphoric effects akin to cocaine or ecstasy, both of which are class A drugs.
Hamish Birchall :: Wed 24th Feb 2010
Nigel Hawkes :: Mon 22nd Feb 2010
Obesity claims inflated again
Slimming World warned last week that people in the East Midlands are the fattest in the UK, while those in London are the slimmest. None are exactly svelte, mind.
Nigel Hawkes :: Wed 17th Feb 2010
Juries not to blame for rapists going free
“Contrary to popular belief and previous Government reports, juries actually convict more often than they acquit in rape cases” concludes Professor Cheryl Thomas of University Col
Nigel Hawkes :: Tue 16th Feb 2010
Baby boomers built the economic bubble
The generation born in the wake of World War II is getting the blame for the economic mess we’re in.
Hamish Birchall :: Sat 13th Feb 2010
Unpicking an allergy scare
Last Sunday The Observer published an article headlined “Shock rise in number of fatal a
Achintya Rao :: Thu 11th Feb 2010
