1. IN BRIEF.
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SMOKING , *COMPETENCY assessment (Law) , *HUMAN papillomavirus vaccines , *PROSTATE tumors , *ETHNIC groups , *LEGISLATION , *EVALUATION of medical care , *MEDICAL societies , *NATIONAL health services , *MINORITIES , *PRESS , *SERIAL publications , *SMOKING cessation , *WHITE people , *DIAGNOSIS , *ECONOMICS , *VACCINATION , *THERAPEUTICS ,CERVIX uteri tumors ,TUMOR prevention - Abstract
The article offers medical news briefs, particularly in Great Britain, as of early November 2013, including the survey in London, England showing that 70% of girls aged 15-16 years old have had all three doses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the 4% increase in the number of detentions under the Mental Health Act in British National Health Service (NHS) hospitals to over 50,000 in 2012-2013, and the 20% decline in death rate from prostate cancer in Great Britain in 20 years.
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- 2013