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MacLaurin Media directors Rania Johnson and Will Iredale go solo

MacLaurin Media directors Rania Johnson and Will Iredale go solo

MacLaurin Media's top two directors, Rania Johnson and Will Iredale, are launching their own comms agencies as their boss 'steps away from the coalface'.

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Edelman hires Red Health founder Paul Gittins

Edelman hires Red Health founder Paul Gittins

By John Owens, 14 May 2013

Edelman has poached The Red Consultancy's Paul Gittins to head its healthcare team.

 
 
On the agenda: Sedentary lifestyle raises obesity risk

On the agenda: Sedentary lifestyle raises obesity risk

By Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, 14 May 2013

Two out of three people in Britain are off their feet, either seated or lying down, for more than 20 hours a day, leading to an increase in obesity, according to a WeightWatchers study.

 
 
Pegasus called in for Soft & Gentle and Cuticura consumer drive

Pegasus called in for Soft & Gentle and Cuticura consumer drive

By Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, 13 May 2013

Pegasus has been brought in to handle a major consumer PR drive for two personal care brands, Cuticura and Soft & Gentle, on a retained basis.

 
 
Children's charity Shooting Star CHASE turns to 3 Monkeys

Children's charity Shooting Star CHASE turns to 3 Monkeys

By Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, 02 May 2013

Shooting Star CHASE, the children's hospice charity, has drafted in 3 Monkeys to raise awareness of its work.

 
 
Bio-pharma company Celgene drafts in Lexington Communications

Bio-pharma company Celgene drafts in Lexington Communications

By Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, 30 April 2013

Celgene is understood to have appointed Lexington Communications as its first retained agency for the UK and Ireland.

 
 
On the agenda: Anti-wrinkle treatments need regulation

On the agenda: Anti-wrinkle treatments need regulation

By Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, 29 April 2013

Anti-wrinkle treatments are a 'crisis waiting to happen' and should be more tightly regulated, according to a report on the cosmetic surgery industry.

 
 


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On the agenda: Measles risk raised by MMR jab scare

On the agenda: Measles risk raised by MMR jab scare

By Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, 23 April 2013

Up to two million children could be susceptible to measles because of an unwarranted MMR vaccine scare 15 years ago, leading doctors have said.

 
 
On the agenda - Male baldness link with heart disease

On the agenda - Male baldness link with heart disease

By Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, 12 April 2013

Men who go bald on the top of their heads are at greater risk of developing heart disease, whereas men who lose hair at the front of their heads are not, according to researchers in Japan.

 
 
On the agenda: Genetic markers for cancer found

On the agenda: Genetic markers for cancer found

By Daniel Farey-Jones, 02 April 2013

Scientists have used a simple blood test to discover a series of genetic variations that can increase an individual's risk of getting prostate, breast or ovarian cancer.

 
 
 

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