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• Combo pill alone and with aspirin lowers heart disease risk

  13-11-2020 20:18
  
  A 'polypill' is a single pill that includes multiple medications to control more than one health risk factor (such as heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, Type 2 diabetes, kidney disease, stroke). In this large, international trial, the polypill included blood pressure and cholesterol lowering medications for people at risk for heart disease. Results from the randomized, placebo-controlled trial show that the combination of a polypill plus aspirin reduced cardiovascular disease
  
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• The Guardian view on the care system: stop this cruelty to children | Editorial

  13-11-2020 19:27
  
  Ministers and councils are failing to provide the care that vulnerable young people need. Change must start now What kind of a country are we, in which the most vulnerable children cannot rely on ministers and councils to treat them well? New research published by the children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, is far from the first time that the system used by local authorities to provide residential care for children has faced strong criticism. The use of unregulated placements,
  
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• Three-quarters of England's care workers earn below 'real' living wage

  13-11-2020 01:01
  
  Proportion higher in north, with 82% of north-east care staff on less than £9.50 per hourAlmost three-quarters of frontline care workers in England are earning below the “real” living wage, which experts say is the bare minimum to allow families basics such as a secondhand car and a week’s annual UK self-catering holiday, research has revealed.The proportion of care workers below the threshold is even higher in northern areas, where care homes have been hit hardest by Cov
  
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