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Leading British Indians Urge Indian Prime Minister For Action to Protect Women Against Sexual Violence
Following the brutal rape and tragic death of “Damini”, leading British Indians including professionals from the medical, business and legal sector have written a letter to the UK Indian ambassador Dr Bhagwati and the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, calling for urgent action to ensure the protection of women in India against sexual violence.
Food giants, not magazine diets, endanger your health
Food giants, not magazine diets, endanger your health. Dr
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If We Know Breast Is Best, Why Are We Allowing the Baby Food Industry to Get Away With ‘Murder’?
On the eve of the World Breast Feeding Conference taking place in Delhi this weekend, a special international report released by the World Breastfeeding Trends initiative reveals some profoundly shocking and worrying statistics. The study of 51 countries, which makes up two thirds of the world’s children, demonstrates that only 40% of children born in these countries were exclusively breast fed for the first six months as recommended by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF.
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How False Advertising by Big Food Is Driving Obesity
A special report on BBC’s Newsnight yesterday revealed that dozens of lawyers in the United States, including many that took on the tobacco companies, have filed cases against food industry giants including PepsiCo and Heinz for misleading consumers and violating federal regulations by wrongly labelling products and ingredients. Whether this is just the tip of the iceberg as far as litigation goes against the food industry remains to be seen but it certainly begs the question of how much do we truly know about what we’re eating and whether current nutritional labelling in the UK is fit for purpose. In addition, what lengths will the industry go to in marketing products that are healthy when in fact they could be the complete opposite?
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A Significant proportion of patients with acute coronary occlusion lack ST segment elevation: implications for provision of primary angioplasty services.
A Significant proportion of patients with acute coronary occlusion lack ST segment elevation: implications for provision of primary angioplasty services.
Regional systems of care after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the UK: premier league care saves lives
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a common condition in the UK with an estimated annual incidence of 60,000.1
To Combat Obesity We Must Alter Our Environment
Today’s study published in the Lancet claims that if populations as a whole exercised more we could potentially save millions of lives worldwide.
Dr Aseem Malhotra rallies Jamie Oliver, Steven Gerrard, teachers & doctors to fight childhood obesity
Dr Aseem Malhotra, a cardiologist seeing the consequences of poor diet and obesity on a daily basis, has become a passionate campaigner in the field of obesity and health.
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BBC Breakfast – Aseem Malhotra rallies Jamie Oliver, Steven Gerrard teachers and doctors to tackle child obesity through cooking and food education in schools.
BBC Breakfast – Aseem Malhotra rallies Jamie Oliver, Steven Gerrard teachers and doctors to tackle child obesity through cooking and food education in schools.
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