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Professor David Nutt's take on cannabis is a creed and not science

The evidence shows that cannabis is more damaging than Professor David Nutt believes, says Alasdair Palmer Professor David Nutt Photo: UPPA To listen to some of the reactions to Alan Johnson's decision to sack Professor David...

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Ukraine's PM says no need for state of emergency over flu

KIEV, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Saturday she saw no need for declaring a state of emergency in the country over a flu epidemic that has killed 135 people. Late on Friday,...

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My 'indigestion' turned out to be a heart attack

Financial adviser Michael Meehan speaks from experience when he tells clients about the benefits of taking out protection against the consequences of suffering a serious illness - but many of us are still blind to the benefits...

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Casualty's Simon MacCorkindale reveals he's got incurable cancer

When Simon MacCorkindale suddenly left TV’s Casualty no one suspected that he was keeping a tragic secret: he had cancer and had been given just five years to live. Now, in this raw and inspiring interview, he and his wife...

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Pets: Seasonal Affective Disorder isn't just for humans

Your account has been frozen. Published Date: 07 November 2009 IT'S not only humans who get the winter blues – millions of animals are affected too, according to a new poll from veterinary charity, PDSA. The findings suggest...

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Pet Q&A: Can I put two puppies from two different litters together?

Your account has been frozen. Published Date: 07 November 2009 Q Can I put two puppies from two different litters together even though they have not yet had their vaccinations? A Putting together two puppies from different...

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Health notes: The ABC for healthier children

Experts agree that what children eat from birth to five years old matters even more than their diet later on in childhood. Almost a quarter of UK pre-school children are overweight or obese, with about ten per cent underweight,...

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JAMES MARTIN: The Peugeot 3008 - what you get if you cross a saloon, an MPV, an SUV and a hatchback

Man flu is the worst, isn't it? The reason women think we're laying it on thick when we complain is that to them, being tucked up under a duvet with a hot drink watching rubbish telly counts as 'me time'. I've learnt a lot, you...

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JENNI MURRAY: As I wasn't a deep sea diver or an alcoholic, there was only one reason that I...

The pain came with a sudden and alarming ferocity. Amazing recovery: Just 12 weeks after her hip operation, Jenni Murray was walking without support When you've had cancer (mine was breast cancer, diagnosed Christmas 2006 at...

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The greatest gift... Singer gives her boyfriend one of her kidneys

My boyfriend Paul and I will be cracking open the champagne today to mark a very special anniversary. A year ago I donated one of my kidneys to Paul, who suffers from a condition called Berger's disease in which his immune...

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