Doctors have said that 30 000 Britons a year might eventually die from smoking dagga and have called for a battle against the drug to mirror that belatedly waged against tobacco.

United Kingdom government ministers plan to extend the fluoridation of tap water in England and Wales, believing that proven benefits to dental health outweigh civil liberties objections and the possibility of increased medical risk.

Health watchdogs in the United Kingdom are preparing to ban kava-kava, the popular herbal remedy for anxiety that has been linked to liver damage and death. A voluntary agreement with manufacturers and retailers to keep it off the shelves, adopted last December, has not been universally followed.

Health authorities fret at the prospect of a global outbreak similar to the 2003 Sars crisis.

Doctors have said that 30 000 Britons a year might eventually die from smoking dagga and have called for a battle against the drug to mirror that belatedly waged against tobacco.

United Kingdom government ministers plan to extend the fluoridation of tap water in England and Wales, believing that proven benefits to dental health outweigh civil liberties objections and the possibility of increased medical risk.

Health watchdogs in the United Kingdom are preparing to ban kava-kava, the popular herbal remedy for anxiety that has been linked to liver damage and death. A voluntary agreement with manufacturers and retailers to keep it off the shelves, adopted last December, has not been universally followed.

Health authorities fret at the prospect of a global outbreak similar to the 2003 Sars crisis.