The UK’s GP leader today (Thursday 31 August 2006) challenged the findings of a small-scale obesity survey by Norwich Union Healthcare. The survey claimed to show that family doctors avoid discussing weight issues with their patients. [click link for full article]
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According to the most comprehensive survey yet completed of mental health among Hurricane Katrina survivors from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the proportion of people with a serious mental illness doubled in the months after the hurricane compared to a survey carried out several years before the hurricane. [click link for full article]
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