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Statins really do save your life
Daily Express, 10/07/2013, p.1, Jo Willey
250 patients need to be treated with a statin for one case of diabetes to be diagnosed. Huseyin Naci, the study's lead author who is a doctoral candidate at the London School of Economics and research fellow at Harvard Medical School in the US, said the proven ability of statins to significantly cut the rate of death and hospitalisation in
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/413772/Statins-really-do-save-your-life-
New-study-ends-pill-safety-fears|
Boris bikes cost the taxpayer £11m a year to keep on road
The Times, 10/07/2013, p.18, Rhoda Buchanan; Ruth Maclean
"They are built like tanks," said Tony Travers, an expert in local government at the London School of Economics. "They are designed to be indestructible in all circumstances. It is a Rolls-Royce system."
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State schools cost parents £40,000 a child: Extra-curricular activities, transport and breakfast clubs see costs add up
Mail Online UK (Web), 10/07/2013, Unattributed
on private tuition, £327 on sport, £120 on trips and £132 on technology. Half of the 1,496 parents surveyed were concerned they could not afford all expenses. Research by the London School of Economics last year found parents could save themselves around £26,000 during primary years alone by avoiding fees at independent schools and moving to areas with top state
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2359163/State-schools-cost-parents-40-
000-child-Extra-curricular-activities-transport-breakfast-clubs-costs-add-up.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490|
Thousands of disabled people are being left behind. It's vital that the Government continues to support good social care,
Telegraph (Web), 09/07/2013,Tanni Grey-Thompson
But the social care system is on its knees. Chronic underinvestment has led to an increasing number of disabled people being cut out of the system. This has seen cash-strapped councils upping the bar for eligibility for support, with 83 per cent of councils now setting the threshold at a higher level. According to London School of Economics, 69,000 disabled people have been pushed out of the system.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10168792/The-Paralympic-legacy-is
-slipping-away.-Too-many-disabled-people-are-being-abandoned-by-the-
system.html|
Press release: Davey determined to tackle scourge of fuel poverty
10 Downing Street (Web), 09/07/2013, Unattributed
to adopt a new definition follows positive responses to a consultation launched in September last year and an independent review of the current definition by Professor John Hills of the London School of Economics (LSE), published in March 2012. The current definition of a ‘fuel poor household’ is that a household would need to spend 10% of their income on
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/davey-determined-to-tackle-scourge-of-fuel-poverty|
Brian Wilson: Handing power back to the people
Scotsman
For assistance in answering that question, it is worth turning to a very recent report from the London School of Economics entitled Labour's Social Policy: Spending and Outcomes 1997-2010. This was a major piece of academic research which tracked the ...
http://www.scotsman.com/news/brian-wilson-handing-power-back-to-the-people-
1-2994661|
Large Study Affirms Safety of Statins
MedPage Today - Jul 9 at 21:35 BST
discontinuations because of adverse events, according to Huseyin Naci, of the London School of Economics and Political Science, and colleagues. When comparing individual statins, simvastatin...
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Dyslipidemia/40353|
Most Statin Users Won't Have Major Side Effects
Drugs.com - Jul 9 at 21:25 BST
" said study lead author Huseyin Naci, a doctoral candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science. "We show that harmful side effects of statins are not common, and they are...
http://www.drugs.com/news/most-statin-users-won-t-have-major-45821.html?utm_source=ddc&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss|
Statin use linked to few side effects
WebWire - Jul 9 at 21:39 BST
H.S., the studys lead author and a doctoral candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science and research fellow at Harvard Medical Schools Department of Population Medicine...
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=177085|
VMTurbo’s CEO to Examine the Future of Virtualization at Evercore Boston Tech InFocus Conference
Yahoo! UK and Ireland - Jul 9 at 18:50 BST
worldwide have deployed the platform, including British Telecom, Colgate, CSC and the London School of Economics. Using VMTurbo, our customers ensure that applications get the resources they...
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/vmturbo-ceo-examine-future-virtualization-174200963.html|
Egypt's crisis opens wider debate over democracy's hold after Arab Spring
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Jul 9 at 17:01 BST
has been damaged," said Middle East analyst Fawaz Gerges of the London School of Economics. "The damage will transcend Egypt to neighboring Arab and Middle Eastern countries," he added. "Many Arabs now will take a second look at the Islamists and...
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/214756921.html|
Najeeb Jung replaces Tejendra Khanna as new Lt Governor of Delhi
Indian Express - Jul 9 at 10:38 BST
Delhi University and later did MA in Social Policy and Planning from London School of Economics, UK. He had joined Indian Administrative Services (IAS) in 1973 and served in Madhya Pradesh government...
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/najeeb-jung-replaces-tejendra-khanna-as
-new-lt-governor-of-delhi/1139556/|
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