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Medicinal cannabis rolls up, free transport plans
and mental health becomes part of school education

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Transport

THE LAST SUPPER

Imagine if London had
free public transport.
Your annual savings
would mean a free
holiday. In Estonia,
they've just completed
a month of free public
transport, and it was such
a success it could become
permanent. A spokesman
says: "We hope it gives
people a reason to use
their car less." Paris and
Wales could be next.

Education
VALUABLE LESSON

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Little of what you learned
at school is transferable to
adult life, but that's about to
change with news that the
Department Of Education
is to make health lessons
compulsory; children across
primary and secondary
schools will be taught
about mental health and
wellbeing. No word on
lessons in mortgages,
office politics
or pretending
to like Love
Island.

Medicine
NEW HIGH
"I'm a mum who was
fighting to give my son
his life back." These are
the stirring words of
Karen Gray, the 43-yearold mother who has
successfully campaigned
to make medicinal
cannabis available on
the NHS. "Murray has
a rare form of epilepsy
and can have up to 12
seizures a day," adds
Karen. "I knew medicinal
cannabis could help and
was determined to make it
available." Karen extends
her thanks to the 240,000
people who signed her
petition, and the 25,000
who emailed the Home
Secretary. "Thank you
from the bottom of
my heart. Together we
have done something
incredible. It's not just
my little boy's life we've
changed, but so many
more across the UK."

Health
BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Obesity doesn't necessarily
mean a risk to mortality,
found research at York
University. "Most studies
have defined metabolic
healthy obesity as having up
to one metabolic risk factor,"
explains Jennifer Kuk, a
professor at the School of
Kinesiology and Health
Science. More than 54,000
men and women took part.

BA LA N CE August 2018

Environment
FUME WITH A VIEW
Sadiq Khan is looking
to tackle London's air
pollution by installing
a network of 100
multiparameter AQMesh
air quality monitors across
the capital. Working in
tandem with two Google
Street View cars, it
means air pollution will
be monitored in almost
forensic detail. Of the war
on air pollution, Mark
Watts of C40, the firm
behind the monitors, says:
"London is already a world
leader in responding to
this global threat and with
this initiative it will set a
new global standard for
how street level air quality
monitoring can inform
strategic policy making."

WORDS: JAMES GILL IMAGES: SHUTTERSTOCK

FREE WHEELING

A cheeky late meal in front
of Family Guy is fine, right?
No, it could be killing you.
Those who eat dinner before
9pm are 20% less likely to
get breast or prostate cancer
compared to those who eat
after 10pm, according to a
new International Journal of
Cancer study. "Disruption of
your body clock and reduced
ability to process glucose are
possible mechanistic factors
linking late-night eating to
cancer risk," says researcher
Catherine Marinac.



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