Report calls for drink price curb
A UK-wide “floor price” for alcohol should be established to reduce consumption, says a commission set up by Scottish Labour.
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Transplant dash driver faces ban
An ambulance driver delivering an organ for transplant could lose his licence and his job after being booked for speeding.
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Garlic breath? Beat it with a glass of milk, say experts
Drinking a glass of milk can stop garlic breath, scientists discover.
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Burnham presses Lib Dems on NHS
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham is urging Lib Dems to unite with Labour against the Government’s plan for a radical overhaul of the NHS.
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‘Brisk walks’ to prevent cancers
About 10,000 cases of breast and bowel cancer could be prevented each year in the UK if people did more brisk walking, claim experts.
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Heart drug ‘exciting discovery’
Professor Martin Cowie explains how a new drug “slows the pulse down and so helps to take the strain off the heart”.
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How to spot and combat bedbugs
Clive Boase: “Education and awareness is key” in combating bed bug infestation.
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Rowling gives £10m for MS centre
Author JK Rowling is donating £10m to set up a multiple sclerosis research centre at Edinburgh University.
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MS activity ‘alters with seasons’
The severity of multiple sclerosis seems to change with the seasons, research suggests.
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Baby died after superbug hit ward
A baby died and three others became ill after a superbug resistant to common antibiotics hit a London hospital, it is revealed.
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