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Drinking moderately 'cuts diabetes risk'

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Wine can protect against the condition - but too much is still a bad thing, the research suggests.

  • 28 July 2017
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  • 19 July 2017
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Refugee doctors get back to work

  • 18 July 2017
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NHS summer report shows work to be done

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Reality Check: When can't parents decide?

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How has smoking ban changed the UK?

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