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Last update: Wednesday 25th March




Homeless youths are 11 times more likely to die from suicide and drug overdose than those under 25 who have more stable backgrounds according to The Journal of the American Medical Association. The major causes of deaths were suicide, followed by drug overdose, accident and hepatitis.
Health	The Times - 10th August 2004



US Judge Robert Sweet described the McNugget as a McFrankenstein creation. Studies revealed that as much as 15 per cent of a typical nugget can be made up of skin, thigh or gristle. This is made into a paste and mixed in with the meat. Water also plumps up the content and is held together by chemicals. It was also discovered that some brands contain as little as 27 per cent chicken meat. This is why the company have decided to lead the way in creating healthier fast food, putting an end to pastes and using only pure white breast meat.
Odd Facts	Youthwork - July 2004



Meningitis is an infection of the lining of the brain and spinal cord. Viral meningitis is the more common, but generally less serious. Can be passed on by coughing, sneezing or poor hygiene. It is fatal in one in 10 cases. One in 7 is left with a serious disability, such as deafness or brain injury. Last year more than 2,000 people contracted meningitis, and half developed septicaemia. Since the introduction of the meningococcal C vaccine across the UK the number of cases recorded in the North West Region has dwindled from 151 in 1999 to 12 in 2003.
Health	Sentinel Sunday - 18th July 2004



A recent survey of 4,000 men and women conducted by the BDA (British Dietic Association) showed that repeated attempts to diet often end in failure. A third of adult slimmers questioned admitted that they ended up a stone (6kg) heavier than their original weight only weeks after dieting. Now that obesity affects one 6 year old in ten in the UK a spokeswoman for the BDA believes that parents should avoid introducing their children to quick fix diet solutions.
Health	The Times - 20th July 2004



More than 70,000 cases of skin cancer is diagnosed in Britain every year, resulting in 2,000 deaths last year from malignant melanoma which is found in moles on the skin. Cancer Research UK said that melanoma accounts for 2 per cent of all newly diagnosed cancer every year: there are 3,000 new cases in men and 3,900 new cases in women in Britain every year. In 2002, more than 1,600 people died of malignant melanoma in Britain.
Health	The Times - 20th July 2004



Organ donation enables about 2,700 people to take on a new lease of life in the UK every year. There are more than 7,000 people across the country waiting for a transplant. The number of people needing a transplant is expected to rise steeply over the next decade due to an ageing population, an increase in kidney failure and scientific advances resulting in more people being suitable for a transplant.
Health	The Sentinel - 20th July 2004



The average waiting time for a kidney transplant is two and a half years. Nearly 400 people die every year in the UK while waiting for a kidney, lung, heart or liver transplant and many more lose their lives before they even get on to the transplant list. A year after surgery 94 per cent of kidneys in living donor transplants, 87 per cent of kidneys from people who have died, 82 per cent of organs in liver transplants and 80 per cent of organs in heart transplants are still functioning well.
Health	The Sentinel - 23rd July 2004



Women in the 1950's had sex an average of twice a week. But a survey found two-thirds of today's women said they were too tired to manage that much. Prima's study focused on how women's attitudes towards love, sex and marriage had changed since the 1940's. It found that sex before marriage was now the norm, with four out of five couples sleeping together by the fifth date; but after marriage the passion died down.
Sex	The Guardian, August 6 2004



According to research from the South West Learning and Skills Council, teens are now more likely to wait until fortunately falling into a lucrative career, rather than pursuing traditional paths to sucess.
Young People	Youthwork - August 2004



Ringtones are now a £1.5 billion global industry, accounting for 10 per cent of all music sales in 2003.
Money	Youthwork - August 2004



Research by the School's Health Education Unit of Exeter University, suggests that young people living in the suburbs and country areas drink up to twice as much alcohol as their equivalents residing near the centre of a large town or city.
Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions	Youthwork - August 2004



According to research from magazine group Emap, seven out of ten teens polled believed that cannabis should not be legalised, with many blaming weak drug laws for the fact that so many of them (44 per cent) had been offered drugs at school. 23 per cent admitted to taking them, and 75 per cent of 15 year olds said that they consumed an average of five alcoholic drinks on any night out.
Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions	Youthwork - August 2004



Today, Turkey is still the largest unreached nation in the world with few of its 66 million Muslims ever having heard the gospel.
Religion/Spirituality	New Frontiers Magazine - June/August 2004



ICM research, commissioned by Community Service Volunteers and Barclays found that a spot of volunteering helped people to get fit. A survey of nearly 600 volunteers found that 20 per cent lost weight, 20 per cent cut down on alcohol and 21 per cent said it helped them smoke less.
Health	Third Sector - 21st July 2004



Total UK overseas development aid (ODA) will go up almost £6.5 bn by 2008, and there will be a big boost for Africa, where aid will go up to at least £1.25bn.
Money	The Baptist Times - 22nd July 2004

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