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MPs are due to vote on a ban on smoking in a car containing anyone under the age of 18. How many children are affected, and what is the impact on their health? Read
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Yesterday's decision by the House of Lords to back a Labour amendment that would ban adults from smoking in a car when children are present was big news this morning, … Read
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What do a government department, a charity, a Royal College and a journal paper all have in common? They've all quoted the same, widely used statistic: one in four people … Read
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OPINION: Police crime statistics and figures for hospital waiting times can't be relied upon, we've learned in the past two weeks. Read
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The Mail this week claimed that half of us have ever been depressed: twice what official estimates suggest. But can we rely on its sources? Read
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As the Home Affairs Select Committee calls for more data on addiction to prescription drugs, the data that does exist comes under scrutiny itself. Read
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The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that a high profile television advert from St John Ambulance is misleading and unsubstantiated, following Full Fact's complaint last year. The claim that 140,000 … Read
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Back in September, the Daily Telegraph was one of three papers to tell readers that the number of "never events" occurring in English hospitals had doubled over the last year. … Read
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As new data shows that malnutrition is increasing among England's population, the media has suggested that this is the "shocking impact of austerity". Is this the case? Read
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Those enjoying a late night tipple have had a difficult few months after police chiefs claimed that 24-hour drinking laws had failed back in September. Today the Daily Mail voiced … Read
