UK government wants only 12 per cent of adults to smoke by 2022
18 July 2017
Smoking is already down to 15.5 per cent of adults in England, but the government wants to go further, and is also targeting a teenage smoking rate of 3 per cent
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Rising life expectancy in England has slowed since recession
17 July 2017
The pace of improving life expectancies has halved in England since the global recession began. Austerity cuts to healthcare and social care may be to blame
Hundreds charged in huge opioid and healthcare fraud crackdown
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Charges have been brought against 412 people in the US for healthcare fraud, including a doctor who allegedly gave out 12,000 illegal prescriptions for opioids
A type of bacteria might speed up the growth of colon cancer
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Hair follicles all over the body use the same chemical language to coordinate their growth, a finding that may lead to treatments for hair loss and baldness
