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This week the papers reported that breastfeeding within an hour of birth could save 95 babies per hour, 830,000 a year globally. Are these figures sound? And would they apply to UK children? Read
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The horsemeat scandal has certainly polluted our idea of the food chain: from an abattoirs in some unspecified location, straight to our dinner plate. But is horsemeat bad for you? Read
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For some time now, at the entrance to one Surrey GP, patients have been confronted with the following notice: "Why is it getting harder to get appointments? Due to a … Read
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Research revealing that lung cancer deaths have overtaken breast cancer deaths in women seems to have taken aback today's papers. But is this a new phenomenon? And what does the data tell us? Read
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This week the Government announced that under its reforms nobody would be "forced" to sell their homes to fund their care. According to politicians of all parties and various media reports, each year tens of thousands of people exhaust their assets to pay care home fees. But what's the scale of the problem? Read
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As Labour's Shadow Environment Secretary Mary Creagh called for action from her opposite number Owen Paterson over the revelation that horsemeat had entered the human food chain, she claimed that some 70,000 horses had disappeared in Northern Ireland alone. Should we be worried? Read
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On the day that the Government announces its plan to overhaul the social care system in England, Full Fact presents the first part of its analysis of the new model. Read
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Today the Francis report documented the shocking failures of care at hospitals in Mid-Staffordshire and recommended changes to the structure of NHS management. Full Fact has been looking into the what, how and why of the scandal and the subsequent public inquiry. Read
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Public Health Minister Anna Soubry caused a splash this week by apparently claiming, as The Times put it, that 'you can spot poor kids because they're fat'. Speaking to the … Read
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While the Labour party trials its plans for the reform of the UK's social care system, the Daily Mail recently reported that a record number of pensioners are paying their own care home fees. But who's responsible for the bill? Read
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