Teaching union backs votes at 16
Scotland's largest teaching union says 16 and 17-year-olds should be allowed to vote in the referendum on independence.
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Man airlifted to hospital from Galway fishing vessel – The Nationalist
Man airlifted to hospital from Galway fishing vesselThe NationalistA man has been airlifted to hospital – after becoming ill while on board a fishing vessel. The alarm was raised this afternoon – when a man on a small boat off the coast of Spiddal in G…
Can it! Soda studies cite stronger link to obesity – Reuters
San Francisco ChronicleCan it! Soda studies cite stronger link to obesityReutersBy Sharon Begley | NEW YORK (Reuters) – As Americans debate what is most to blame for the nation's obesity epidemic, researchers say they have the strongest evidence ye…
Hospital shootings uncommon, unpredictable – Chicago Tribune
Hospital shootings uncommon, unpredictableChicago TribuneNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hospital shootings are rare events and very hard to predict, according to a new analysis of shootings over the past decade. Between 2000 and 2011, there were 154 hospi…
‘More self-care needed for patients’ – Irish Health
'More self-care needed for patients'Irish HealthPatients should be facilitated to take more care of their own health through an increase in the availability of non-prescription medicines and the encouragement of a greater level of health promot…
New research finds potential protection from obesity – Newstalk 106-108 fm
New research finds potential protection from obesityNewstalk 106-108 fmIt was conducted at Trinity College Dublin, St. Vincent's Hospital and Harvard University in the US. Its found that a type of anti-tumour immune cell protects against obesity an…