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Britons growing more anxious, fueling downturn: study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Britons are becoming more anxious due to worries ranging from terrorism to bird flu -- and the general air of anxiety is adding to the economic crisis, a study said Tuesday.





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Many Britons too lazy to change TV channel: poll

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Britons are so lazy that one in six cannot be bothered to change television channel if the remote control is not working, according to a study Monday.


Scientist creates formula for perfect parking

Scientist creates formula for perfect parking

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Forget roasting a textbook turkey or perfect present-wrapping this month. The real test of Britons’ mettle will come as we try to park in tight spots on busy roads, with 35 million of us heading ...


Commuters wait on the platform shrouded by fog in London

Climate change not man-made, say majority of Britons: poll

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (18) | comments 46

Less than half of Britons believes that human activity is to blame for global warming, according to a poll carried out for The Times newspaper and published on Saturday.


39 percent of Britons polled said climate change had not yet been proven to be man-made

Half of Britons deny climate change man-made: poll

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 69

Almost half of Britons do not believe human behaviour is the main cause of global warming, a new poll showed Sunday, a day before world leaders begin crunch climate talks in Copenhagen.


Britain to outlaw most private organ transplants

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- The British government said Friday that it plans to ban private organ transplants from dead donors to allay fears that prospective recipients can buy their way to the front of the line.


Race bigotry falling in Britain

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Racial prejudice in Britain has been declining sharply in Britain since the 1980s thanks to the greater tolerance of younger generations - according to a new study.


Does universal health care affect attitude toward dementia?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study has found that in spite of their universal health care system which facilitates access to free dementia care, older adults in the United Kingdom are less willing to undergo dementia screening than their counterparts ...


1 in 5 young Britons has sex with someone new while abroad

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Around one in five young Britons has sex with a new partner while overseas, finds research published ahead of print in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.


Britons waste $40 billion in food annually

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created Mar 03, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Britain is throwing away nearly half of all the food it produces, costing the nation an estimated $40 billion a year, it was reported Sunday.


British go under the knife willingly

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created Feb 04, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An increasing number of British women and men are undergoing cosmetic surgery to improve their looks at a cost of more than $1 billion last year alone.



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