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'Enterprise Insight' Takes Off
Young people from across the UK and some of this country's most respected entrepreneurs today (Thursday 11 May) joined Prime Minister Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street for the launch of "Enterprise Insight".
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National Campaign Tackles Men's Ignorance Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are increasing in men. Trends indicate a dramatic rise in the diagnosis of Genital Herpes and Chlamydia. The Doctor Patient Partnership (DPP) has joined forces with the Men's Health Forum to encourage men to seek help, and to dismiss the myths that surround STIs.
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Open All Hours? - People's Panel Call For More Accessible Public Services
People want key public services to be available into the evenings and at weekends according to research published today by Cabinet Office Minister, Ian McCartney. He said that work was now underway to develop plans for meeting that need.
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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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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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Public Attitudes To Section 28
Q1 The Government is planning to end the law (known as Section or Clause 28) which bans local authorities from promoting homosexuality in schools.
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Burglars Voted Community Enemy Number One
More than one in two people say that Burglary is the social issue
they would most like to see eradicated from Millennium Britain - according to a new Alliance & Leicester survey. -
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.