Opiod deaths passed the 30,000 mark in the US in 2015, an increase of nearly 5000 deaths from 2014. Deaths from drugs like fentanyl rose by 75% from 2014 to 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and for the first time there were more deaths from heroin than from the traditional …
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The Oxford English Dictionary picks a word of the year every year. This year it has chosen “post- truth”, defined as an adjective “relating to or denoting circumstances in which the objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to the emotions and personal beliefs”. This obviously relates to Brexit and the …
A recent surrvey by Action for Rail in the UK found that a commute into London by rail costs an average of 13 % of average monthly pay. Travelling the same distance into Rome costs only 2% of an Italian salary. Even in costly Paris a commute is 30% less than the equivalent British cost. …
“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child . For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history? “(Cicero, Orator, 46 BC)
Having a bad night’s sleep leads people to consume, on average, an extra 385 calories – equivalent to about four slices of bread – the following day, scientists at King’s College London have discovered. The study, a re-analysis of previous research into the effects of poor sleep, defined a bad night as one with less …
