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Date Title Comments Rating
2008-05-30 WHO calls for total ban on tobacco advertising 0 None
2008-05-30 US$28 million needed for Myanmar says WHO 0 None
2008-05-28 Senior's fear of anti-social behaviour highlighted 0 None
2008-05-28 Do people from different countries behave differently in a crisis? 0 1
2008-05-27 Methadone to be dumped in Scotland as treatment for heroin addiction 0 None
2008-05-25 Cigarette vending machines to be banned in Britain 0 None
2008-05-21 Global food crisis and transport policy are linked 0 None
2008-05-21 Elderly sick with worry about money 0 None
2008-05-21 Patriarch Edward Kennedy stricken with malignant brain tumour 0 None
2008-05-20 A loving partner can save your skin 0 None
2008-05-20 World warned about three major threats to human health 0 None
2008-05-19 Bush Administration should 'rethink' immigration detention policies, editorial states 0 None
2008-05-19 Most drinkers clueless about how much alcohol a glass of wine contains 0 None
2008-05-19 Secret tests of Agent Orange on rainforest linked to high cancer rate in north Queensland 0 5
2008-05-15 Heatwaves, floods and health concerns - special lecture on climate change and how we're dealing with it 0 None
2008-05-15 Tackling the 'sick note culture’ 0 None
2008-05-15 Expert says Wembley Stadium could be filled with 'preventable' cancer cases 0 None
2008-05-14 Productivity surge boosts growth and living standards in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union 0 None
2008-05-14 Population affected by cyclone in Burma/Myanmar 0 1
2008-05-12 Plants deliver: biofuels, medicines, bioplastics, flavours, pigments... 0 None
2008-05-12 Demand for alternative sweeteners are increasing by 8% a year 0 None
2008-05-12 Who plans for their financial future? 0 None
2008-05-09 New guidelines for treatment of tobacco dependence released 0 None
2008-05-08 Holiday 'binge tanning' increasing skin cancer risk for young brits 0 None
2008-05-07 New journal - Circulation: Heart Failure 1 None
2008-05-07 Chemical in plastic baby bottles worrying Brits 0 None
2008-05-06 Texas AG Abbott issues opinion allowing prosecution of people involved in Bexar County needle-exchange program 0 None
2008-05-05 Skin cancer protection tips 0 None
2008-05-05 Blueberry juice beats other juices on antioxidant chart 0 5
2008-05-05 Doctors call for taxes on junk food and subsidised fruit and veggies 0 None
2008-05-05 Expert says solve kidney donor crisis by paying for organs 0 None
2008-05-01 Legalizing opium production in Afghanistan for medical use is neither viable or necessary 0 None
2008-05-01 Final FDA analysis of "Total Body Formula" and "Total Body Mega Formula" detects hazardous amounts of chromium 0 None
2008-05-01 U-M receives grant to provide free and open, online health professions educational materials 0 None
2008-05-01 U.S. Congress passes genetic nondiscrimination act 0 None

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