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UK hospitals report dramatic rise in self-poisonings
Self-poisonings resulting in hospital admissions rose more than 50 precent over the last decade in the U.K., according to new figures from Britain’s National Health Service. The British Red Cross targeted young people in a new campaign warning of the dangers of self-poisoning and offering first aid information for cases…
British Olympic health salute rankles Colbert
Stephen Colbert dipped into the sports world on The Colbert Report Monday to review the London Olympics opening ceremony, even though he admits he doesn’t understand them. “For some reason, they open the Games with a halftime show,” he said. “I think it’s metric, I don’t know.” While he was…
The Guardian turns readers into newshounds
A newspaper has thrown open its office doors, let the readers stride in, and invited them to peer over reporters’ shoulders — digitally, at least. The website of the left-leaning Guardian daily is publishing its ‘newslist’ — a schedule of stories its journalists are working on — and asking readers…
British lawmakers debate health care reform
LONDON — British lawmakers opened a stormy debate on Tuesday about a proposed overhaul of the state-run National Health Service that has divided the ruling coalition and drawn criticism from the medical profession. Critics fear the wideranging changes could be the first step on a slippery slope to privatisation of…
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