Austerity is hurting our health, say researchers<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/austerity-hurting-health-researchers-231119361.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wDIVTj.eOgtGtMFtXiVaEg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-28T231119Z_1_CBRE93R1SEZ00_RTROPTP_2_SPAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People hold umbrellas as they march with a banner during a protest against government austerity measures in Barcelona" align="left" title="People hold umbrellas as they march with a banner during a protest against government austerity measures in Barcelona" border="0" /></a>By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Austerity is having a devastating effect on health in Europe and North America, driving suicide, depression and infectious diseases and reducing access to medicines and care, researchers said on Monday. Detailing a decade of research, Oxford University political economist David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu, an assistant professor of medicine and an epidemiologist at Stanford University, said their findings show austerity is seriously bad for health. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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