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Academy of Medical Sciences

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

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Govt hopes to end numbers of children smoking
Open display ban for tobacco products

Tobacco products are to be forced under the counter in England and Wales. Health secretary Alan Johnson issued a written ministerial statement this morning banning the open display of cigarettes in shops. It is the latest in a series of moves by the government to cut the number of children taking up smoking. It has… Read more »

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NHS: At risk of becoming 'unsustainable'
NHS at risk of becoming ‘unsustainable’

The government needs to change the way it tackles unhealthy behaviour such as smoking, alcohol misuse and obesity or it runs the risk of the NHS becoming unsustainable. The NHS and Primary Care Trust’s (PCT’s) have been told by the Department of Health (DoH) they must take the lead on supporting changes in behaviour and… Read more »