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| West African girls to get major boost
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Adolescent girls in the West African nation of Liberia are about to get a major boost from an innovative scheme piloted by the World Bank and Portland, Oregon-based Nike Foundation....
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| World reacts to swine flu outbreak
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Authorities in California have confirmed two cases of swine flu, amid an investigation by local, state and federal level health officials....
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| Can people think themselves sick?
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In the New Scientist psychiatrist Simon Wessely, adviser to the Home Office and Ministry of Defence, looks into the idea that people can "think themselves sick"....
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| The changing diagnosis of autism
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The Economist highlights an explanation for the increasing incidence of autism....
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| New Hope Orphanage
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The children at New Hope Orphanage have never heard of Bernie Madoff, or Lehman Brothers, or even Wall Street. But their precarious young lives have changed dramatically because of the financial and economic mess unfolding thousands of miles away....
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| Poor sanitation 'kills millions'
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A global water charity says that failure by aid agencies and governments to set healthcare priorities correctly is endangering millions of children....
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| Why laughter truly is the best medicine
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The news this summer was that the government was looking into ways to make us happier. As the BBC programme "The Happiness Formula" in May 2006 showed, happiness levels in Britain are falling. In fact the proportion of people saying they are very happy has fallen from 52% in 1957 to just 36% today, despite huge increases in income. ...
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| WHO cites grand inequalities
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After a three-year study, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that inequalities within countries are "killing people on a grand scale."...
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| GP out-of-hours row
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Criticism has been directed at a GP out-of-hours telephone line which informed a woman with meningitis that she should call back the next day....
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| Leading the NHS for alignment
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Leadership development associate at the King’s Fund and senior development consultant at the South West Development Centre, Steve Onyett discusses ‘hosts’, ‘parties’ and leadership as they apply to the NHS....
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