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Colourful cupcakes

Could a tax on chocolate make us healthy? Let’s not be too hasty

26 April 2018

Doctors are calling for an expansion of sugar taxes to include sweets and cakes, but we don’t yet know whether higher prices will lead to improved health
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Why the UK's new opt-out organ donation plan probably won't work

26 February 2018

Plans for the whole of the UK to shift to a system where consent for organ donation is assumed may actually do very little to save lives

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