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A chicken in a yard in central Beijing. All of the 14 people reportly infected by the H7N9 bird flu strain have been in eastern China. Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters
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A record 57 new legal highs have been detected so far this year, with the EU’s early warning system reporting the appearance of more than one new psychoactive drug on the market every week.
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| 29 notesOne of the foremost challenges of expat life is that of identifying when you earn the right to criticise the country that has kindly provided you with a home. So it’s always very helpful when someone else does it for you. Following today’s important news that the UK is a world leader in taking a cavalier attitude to spreading infections, I feel that I can finally lay it on the line: Britain, I love you, and in many ways you are much better than America. But you could really learn something from the Yanks about dealing with your snot. Comment is free
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| 21 notes'AA's co-founder thought LSD might help cure alcoholics. So what?'John Sutherland writes:
“So, we are told, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous seems to have believed, for a while, that LSD might be the royal road to sobriety. Fight a drug with a drug. A hypocrite? No, not really.”
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Supreme court upholds healthcare reforms in triumph for Obama Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images
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| 9 notesWhat is having ECT like?Homeland and other shows portray electroconvulsive therapy as barbaric – but that’s simply not true, says one person who feels the treatment changed her life
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10 things not to say to someone when they’re ill
Deborah Orr explains:
When I was diagnosed with cancer, the support of my friends was invaluable – but I also learned that there are 10 things you should never, ever say to someone when they’re sick.
- “I feel so sorry for you”
- “If anyone can beat this, it’s you”
- “You’re looking well”
- “You’re looking terrible”
- “Let me know the results”
- “Whatever I can do to help”
- “Oh, no, your worries are unfounded”
- “What does chemotherapy [for example] feel like?”
- “I really must see you”
- “I’m so terribly upset about your condition”
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Morning Tumblr! Today we’re celebrating World autism awareness day with our Monday morning post. In the last two decades there has been a steady increase in the prevalence of autism globally. Some people talk of it as an epidemic, with statistics estimating as many as one in 100 people are affected. We have a series of photographs are of students at the MacIntyre residential school in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, for young people with severe learning disabilities, including autism. Reblog to make more people aware of autism.
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