Growing up, Selekman, now a retired teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, said his father physically brutalized him, and was even harder on the two older brothers next in age when they didn't do typical boy activities.

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The NHS now sees many more patients with diseases that come in older age, and with less money available, so Jeremy Hunt, his ministers and the professions now have to find a way of fixing the "overworked machine" in order to provide good, high-quality care.

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