Legalizing the production of opium for medical use is neither viable or necessary

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Proposals to legalise the production of opium in Afghanistan for medical use are unworkable and unnecessary, says the Minister of State for Africa, Asia, and the United Nations in an editorial in this week’s BMJ.


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Businesspeople Who Are Too Sure Of Their Abilities Are Less Savvy Entrepreneurs: New Study

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Apprentice-style entrepreneurs who have an inflated sense of their own abilities may jump into new business ventures with insufficient regard for the competition and the size of the market, new research has found.

Children better prepared for school if their parents read aloud to them

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Young children whose parents read aloud to them have better language and literacy skills when they go to school, according to a review published online ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Risk of hospitalization from violent assault increases when local alcohol sales rise

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The risk of being hospitalized from being violently assaulted increases when there is increased alcohol sales near the victim's residence, finds a new study in this week's PLoS Medicine.

Women who breastfeed for more than a year halve their risk of rheumatoid arthritis

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Women who breast feed for longer have a smaller chance of getting rheumatoid arthritis, suggests a study published online ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Physical activity more likely to prevent breast cancer in certain groups

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Physically active women are 25 per cent less likely to get breast cancer, but certain groups are more likely to see these benefits than others, finds a review of research published online ahead of print in the British ...
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