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Drinkers have fewer heart attacks
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Brits ignorant about sex
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Bed that 'cures' Aids investigated
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Public hospitals to be investigated
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Life expectancy in SA is 50 years
International comparisons show that the average South African will not live longer than 50 years, the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) said.
Welfare of world's children improves
Twenty years after the UN adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, fewer children are dying and more are going to school - but 1 billion still lack services essential.
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