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NHS Spending and Tax Cuts
If the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, had time to glance at the Guardian on the morning of Budget Day, perhaps as he ate the frugal breakfast the price of which he apparently had to borrow from a colleague, it might just have raised a smile. For there, in ICM's poll, the mass of the public were saying they wanted him to do very much what he was proposing to announce that he would do. Most of them wanted him to use any spare cash to help the Health Service, and more than half thought a rise in duty on tobacco was the most acceptable tax.
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Girls Top The Class In Mental Health Knowledge
The National Schizophrenia Fellowship today (Monday March 12) launched new research showing that young women are more knowledgeable than men about mental health and mental illness.
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Genetics Poll Shows Public's Confusion
An alarming 65% of adults in Britain are confused and unclear as to what is meant by the term 'gene cloning' according to a recent MORI poll on genetics and cloning commissioned by Action Research, one of the UK's leading medical charities.
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Public Still Regards Doctors As The Most Trustworthy Group
The public's trust in doctors remains extraordinarily high despite the Shipman trial.
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Women's Understanding Of Cervical Cancer
These are the findings of a new survey commissioned by Imperial Cancer Research Fund from MORI.**
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75% Of Women Complain Of Menopausal Symptoms But Just 7% Say The Symptoms Are Not A Problem
The findings of a recent MORI poll reveal that 75% of 45-65 year old women complain of unpleasant and uncomfortable menopausal symptoms ranging from hot flushes to depression, however, three in 10 haven't even consulted a doctor. Reasons for not being on HRT include heightened fears of the possible side effects of HRT (made worse by adverse publicity), the fact that the doctor didn't recommend it, and an old-fashioned "stalwart" theory that you shouldn't interfere with nature.
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Confidence Gap Exposed In Online Initiative
Government plans to ensure that consumers have access to the internet and to deliver all government services electronically1 by 2005 is no guarantee that consumers will actually choose to deal online.
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Someone Watching Over You
Thirty-six per cent of the British public do not believe that anaesthetists are medically qualified doctors, according to a survey by MORI. The findings, just announced, confirm to the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCA) that public perception of the wide ranging and highly skilled specialty of anaesthesia is poor.