Why are poorer people unhealthier? A commonsense response would be because they behave more unhealthily.

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.

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Is the rise in diagnoses of autism the result of changing diagnostic practice, rather than any sinister environmental cause? New evidence from California points in that direction.  

The AIDs pandemic is in decline, declare UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation in a new report. And guess who’s responsible? UNAIDS and the WHO.

 Marry a younger woman and live longer, said a rash of headlines (Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail) earlier this month. Now the story’s surfaced again (Daily Mail, today) in the form of a feature. Pretty soon, it’ll be an accepted fact that acquiring a young blonde is the route to eternal life.