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California teens eat fewer calories in school
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High school kids in California, a state that limits the junk food sold in vending machines, eat fewer calories in school than kids in states without such regulations,...
‘Cut salt to tackle high blood pressure epidemic’
Salt in processed food should be reduced by regulation or taxation as there’s a “mass epidemic” of high blood pressure in the over-50s, a leading doctor with the Health Research Board has said.
Parenting lessons: this is not the nanny state, says David Cameron
Prime minister launches Can Parent initiative to offer guidance and says he will push for childcare tax breaks
Parenting classes should be taken as seriously as driving lessons, David Cameron will...
Kristen Stewart: 'Twilight was so intense. I'm still a very intense person'
The woman who made her name as Bella Swan reckons her new role in Snow White and the Huntsman has a lot in common with a certain vampire-loving teenager. She talks here about her 'bad-ass girl power...
Working lives: local government emergency planning officer
Flooding, terror plots and evacuations – just a standard morning's work for an emergency planner
It is a standing joke in our profession that, when we give our job title, people usually respond by...
Today in healthcare: Thursday 17 May
News, comment, blogposts and tweets across the sector
2.17pm: Lizzi Easterbrook writes
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has today announced plans to consult on a possible increase in its...
Sandwich labels misleading consumers
Tesco, Aldi, Caffe Nero and Greggs criticised by Which? for failing to print 'traffic-light labelling' on the front of packs
Inconsistent and confusing labels on best-selling sandwiches on the high...
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Sandwich labels misleading consumers
Tesco, Aldi, Caffe Nero and Greggs criticised by Which? for failing to print 'traffic-light labelling' on the front of packs
Inconsistent and confusing labels on best-selling sandwiches on the high...
NHS 'OK' for prostate cancer drug Zytiga
“NHS ban on pill to treat prostate cancer is lifted,” the Daily Express has said, while the Daily Mail has warned that a “prostate cancer wonder drug” was set for approval “south of border but...
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