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• Would-be Tory leaders aren’t facing up to dire state of the NHS | Polly Toynbee

  25-07-2022 18:06
  
  Sunak and Truss have little to say to voters about the colossal staff shortages revealed in a new Commons reportThe sound and fury of the squalid scramble to lead the nasty party ignores all the real crises. The burning planet is nowhere on the agenda, bar locking up climate protesters. As the pay crunch heads for almighty strikes due to the public sector falling even further behind private pay, their remedies are agency strike-breakers and tax cuts that reward better-off people most.But oddest
  
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• Study shows link between frequent naps and high blood pressure

  25-07-2022 16:56
  Frequent or usual daytime napping in adults was associated with a 12% higher risk of developing high blood pressure and a 24% high risk of having a stroke compared to never napping. Experts say napping, though not unhealthy, may be a sign of poor sleep quality. A higher percentage of frequent nappers were men, had lower education and income levels, and reported cigarette smoking, daily drinking, insomnia, snoring and being an evening person compared to people who reported napping sometimes or ne
  
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