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  • English junior doctors stage all-out strike over pay, conditions

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    Junior doctors in England staged their first ever all-out strike Tuesday in a bitter row with Prime Minister David Cameron's government over pay and conditions. The strike forced the state-funded National Health Service to postpone 13,000 operations and 113,000 appointments as thousands of doctors took action. Protesters marched through the streets holding placards like “Save…

  • Childhood obesity not down in U.S

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    By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Rates of childhood overweight and obesity have not decreased in the U.S. in recent years, and severe obesity is on the rise, especially for minority children, according to a new study. Ten percent of teens now have severe obesity, lead researcher Asheley Skinner of the Duke Clinical Research Institute…