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Tobacco Firms Have Failed to Act on Radioactivity in Cigarettes - Here's Why

Oliver Childs | Posted 24 May 2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Cancer, Smoking, Smoking, UK Impact, Big Tobacco, UK Health, health news, Plain Packaging, Polonium, Tobacco, Tobacco Industry

It's a plot worthy of Hollywood - a fatal radioactive poison, secret documents, suppressed information, and drugs.

But this isn't fiction. This is the story of the tobacco industry's knowledge, policy and inaction around radioactive material in cigarette smoke. And how it took a painstaking search through thousands of court-ordered...

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Wendii's DIY Funeral for Her Mother

Ellee Seymour | Posted 24 May 2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: DIY Burials, Wendii Miller, Burials, Family, Funeral Ceremony, Funerals, Grief, Relatives, Video

I had no idea about burials laws until coming across Wendii Miller, a Cambridge graduate, who carried out her own DIY burial for her 98-year-old mother Doris, even digging the grave after collecting her corpse from Grimsby Hospital mortuary and driving her mother's remains back to a burial...

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Where Does Your Salad Come From?

Andrew Wasley | Posted 24 May 2012 | UK

Read More: UK Impact, UK Supermarkets, Ethical Living, Farming, Food, Migrant Workers, The Ecologist

Exploitation in the food industry is alive and well. That's according to the latest grim report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which studied the experiences of some of the migrant workers (almost invisibly) toiling in our fields, factories and restaurants.

According to the report's authors, who interviewed more than...

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Ringo Starr Brings Flower Power to WaterAid's Chelsea Garden

Barbara Frost | Posted 25 May 2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: John Hurt, Ricky Gervais, Ringo Starr, Chelsea Flower Show, Development, International Development, Water, Wateraid

A Beatle is a gardener's best friend after all, as Ringo Starr paid us the amazing honour of opening the 'Herbert Smith Garden for WaterAid' at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012 on Monday.

The Beatles legend has been a WaterAid supporter since 2003, and understands better than most the...

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Getting Ahead of the Vitamin D Revolution Curve

Bill Sardi | Posted 24 May 2012 | Healthy Living

No question, doctors and patients are now joining the vitamin D revolution in large numbers. More and more doctors are ordering tests to determine vitamin D blood levels and more patients are reading about the positive benefits of vitamin D in news reports. There have been more than 3,000 published...

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The Moment I Knew I Needed More Sleep

Arianna Huffington | Posted 25 May 2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: The Moment I Knew, Amount Of Sleep, Benefits Of Sleep, Health Benefits Sleep, Moment i Knew, Sleep, Sleep And Health, Sleep Benefits, Sleep Health, Sleeping, Video

The moment I knew I needed more sleep was four years ago, when I learned the value of sleep -- the hard way. I'd just returned home after a week of taking my daughter on a tour of colleges, and the ground rule was no BlackBerry during the day, so...

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Let's Talk About Sex(ting)

Peter Watt | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK

Read More: UK Impact, Mobile Phones, Child Abuse, Children, Internet, Nspcc, Parenting, Sexting, Sexual Abuse, Uk Tech

The NSPCC published a very worrying piece of research earlier this month on 'sexting'. I say worrying because it gave an insight into the sorts of pressures that young people are under to take part in sexting. And that got me thinking about just how seriously this issue...

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Why the Queen Makes It Hard to Be a Republican

Greg Jenner | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK

Read More: British Monarchy, Kate Middleton, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Prince William, Queen Elizabeth II, Comedy, Diamond Jubilee, History, Republicansim

This week, many Arsenal fans experienced a strange sense of internal conflict. With resentment in their eyes, and confusion in their hearts, they found themselves cheering on their bitter rivals, Chelsea, in the Champions League Final. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend", says the Arabian proverb, and a...

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Being Admitted to a Psychiatric Ward - The Experience and the Process

Dr. Sohom Das | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Mental Health Act, Bipolar Disorder, Hospitals, Medication, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Uk Lifestyle

I recently watched a film - a terrible film - which had an archaic, grotesque depiction of life in a psychiatric ward. I won't tell you what film, as I do not wish to promulgate my disdain for it. After I recovered from the boredom, I woke up, wiped dribble...

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Orange Prize for Fiction: Exciting and Important Opportunities Like This Do Not Come Around Very Often....

Martha Lane Fox | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Kate Mosse, Martha Lane Fox, Books, Feminism, Fiction, Orange, Orange Prize For Fiction, Women, Writing

In 2009 I was asked to be one of the Orange Prize for Fiction judges. I loved it. Although my boyfriend groaned every time I opened another book, I revelled in it. As I charged through the 30 or so books I was sent over in a large...

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The Single Income Tax Would Be Fairer

John O Connell | Posted 24 May 2012 | UK Politics

Read More: 2020 Tax, 2020 Tax Commission, Single Income Tax, TaxPayers' Alliance, UK Tax, Tax

There are all sorts of weird disparities in our tax system. Why should paying yourself through a company instead of being paid directly by your employer change what tax rate you pay? Why should debt get a better deal than equity, or share buybacks a better deal than dividends?

The...

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Suffering in Silence

Janet Fyle | Posted 22 May 2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Andrew Lansley, Postpartum Depression, Babies, Children, Mental Illness, Motherhood, Nspcc, Parenting, Postnatal Depression, Pregnancy

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said that no woman should have to cope with postnatal depression without help. As part of the recently announced pledges announced by the government to provide joined up care and focus on the emotional well-being of new parents is a promised £400 million investment in psychological...

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Government Health Advice For Pregnant Mums: 'You're On Your Own'

Sarah O'Meara | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Childbirth, Dads, Health News, Maternity, Parenting, Pregnancy, Uk Lifestyle, Uk News, Uk Parenting, Video, Women, Work/Life

Today, the Government relaunches its Start4Life (little sister of the Change4Life) campaign to help mothers-to-be have healthier pregnancies.

And it is definitely 'mothers' they're out to educate.

In the Department of Health's advert, first released two years ago, a bland, blond-haired woman smiles out from behind a scrubbed...

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Engaging New Audiences In The Fight Against AIDS

Deborah Dugan | Posted 23 May 2012 | Impact

Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Africa, Red Campaign, Global Motherhood, Music, Red, Video Gaming

The world finds itself at a historic moment in the fight against HIV/AIDS, with the opportunity to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV and take a crucial step toward defeating this global pandemic that has already claimed 30 million lives. It's a chance to change the course of history by ensuring...

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Tools for Creating a Meaningful Life

Ira Israel | Posted 22 May 2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Authenticity, Gps-Soul, Living a Meaningful Life, Living With Meaning, Meaning In Life, Meaning Life, Meaning Of Life, Meaningful Life, Mindful Living, Mindfulness

I have many clients -- mostly artists, musicians, filmmakers and writers -- who come to me with existential questions. For them, I compiled a list of tools for creating a meaningful life:

10. Be a citizen of the world. Know as much as possible about what is going on in...

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How to Meditate and Find Inner Peace - An Easy Beginner's Guide

Alice Grist | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK Lifestyle

Meditation is one of my favourite things. For a long time I felt I were doing a necessary service. But now it has me in it's gentle grip and I cannot get enough! Meditation can be taken as a small soulful snack or if you love it, then it can...

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Everything You Need to Know About the Sunshine Vitamin

Alison Clark | Posted 21 May 2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: UK Health, Vitamin D Deficiency, Osteomalacia, Sunscreen, The Sunshine Vitamin, Uk Lifestyle, Uk Nutrition, Vitamin D, Vitamins

What is all the fuss about vitamin D? If you haven't read a magazine article on vitamin D recently; where have you been? There is so much interest in this magical vitamin, you would think it's the next big thing - well in the nutrition world it is!

What is...

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Being Dyslexic Can Actually Be Bloody Brilliant

Scott Bryan | Posted 21 May 2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: UK Education, Dyslexia, Dyslexia Benefits, Dyslexia Software, Literacy, Uk Comedy, Uk Students, Uk Teachers

I'm dyslexic. That's right. Richard Branson, Albert Einstein, Henry Winkler and Orlando Bloom and I can all officially high-five each other.

I was diagnosed about three years ago, during the second year of my university study, undetected throughout my entire school life. If you have to place how dyslexic I...

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Chelsea Flower Show 2012 - Will It Be the Same Old, Same Old?

Philip Nash | Posted 21 May 2012 | UK Lifestyle

Every year, so much controversy surrounds the medals awarded to expectant designers and their diversely pigeonholed exhibits.

Chelsea is THE most prestigious, acclaimed garden show on Earth - although some dissenters will no doubt disagree - and the winning of a Gold Medal is held in the highest esteem.

Beware...

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Family Carers Aren't Hidden - They're Everywhere

Moira Fraser | Posted 22 May 2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: UK Impact, Carers, Carers Strategy, Disability, Family, Family Aid, Health And Social Care Bill, Older People, Uk Lifestyle, Work/Life

In England, we have a thing called the Carers Strategy, put in place by the government because people who look after their friends and family - unpaid people, doing it because they care about their friend or family member - often don't get any support. We need these people because...

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