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• Orange a day cuts the risk of dementia by a quarter

  07-07-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Daily intake of any citrus fruits such as oranges, grapefruits, lemons or limes can cut the chances of developing the incurable brain condition by almost a quarter, a new study suggests.
  
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• Cancer death rates dropping more slowly in rural America

  07-07-2017 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cancer-related deaths in the United States are declining overall, but are falling more slowly in rural counties, a Center for Disease Control and Prevention Report revealed. 
  
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• Social media firms urged to tackle online body shaming

  07-07-2017 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social media firms also need to improve at removing abuse, the Youth Select Committee is told.
  
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• 'The 7-Day Experiment That Made Me A Better Mom'

  07-07-2017 21:00
  
  This simple change made all the difference.
  
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• Stroke breakthrough: Scientists discover way to detect DEADLY blood clots

  07-07-2017 20:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  STROKES kill 45,000 people per year, and they can be caused by blood clots.
  
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• Charlie Gard hospital applies to high court for fresh hearing

  07-07-2017 20:29
  
  Great Ormond Street hospital says move comes ‘in light of claims of new evidence relating to potential treatment’Great Ormond Street hospital has applied to the high court for a fresh hearing in the case of critically ill baby Charlie Gard, to decide whether it is in the baby’s interests to be given an experimental drug.
  The application to the court follows a letter from seven doctors urging the hospital to reconsider the possibility of treatment.Continue reading...
  
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• CDC cuts likely as Georgia doctor with Republican party ties is named head

  07-07-2017 20:19
  
  Dr Brenda Fitzgerald, former policy adviser to Newt Gingrich, to lead top federal public health agency that faces funding cut of $1.2bn under Trump budgetGeorgia’s health commissioner was named on Friday to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the top federal public health agency, which, under Donald Trump’s proposed budget, faces a funding cut of $1.2bn. Related: US government ethics chief resigns, with parting shot at TrumpContinue reading...
  
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• Sunburn cure? High doses of vitamin D can help soothe the agony

  07-07-2017 20:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HIGH doses of vitamin D can help soothe the agony of sunburn, according to new research.
  
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• 13 Silk Pillowcases That Fight Wrinkles And Bed Head

  07-07-2017 20:07
  
  Time to trade in your old cotton blend.
  
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• 'I Went On A Weight-Loss Cruise—Here's What Happened'

  07-07-2017 20:00
  
  "It takes some serious willpower to pass up the dessert buffet."
  
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• Dementia symptoms: Scientists discover UNEXPECTED delayed side-effect of condition

  07-07-2017 19:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DEMENTIA - a set of symptoms caused by brain disease or injury - affects 850,000 people in the UK.
  
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• The Guardian view on vaccinations: a matter of public health | Editorial

  07-07-2017 19:33
  
  Resisting childhood vaccinations for bad reasons should not be tolerated. We must not play with people’s livesIt takes a long time for social movements to show up in conventional politics. The personal becomes political only with a time lag of decades. The increased toleration and the respect for the individual and the marginalised that appeared in western societies in the 60s and 70s did not make their political breakthrough until the earlier years of this century. This wasn’t an un
  
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• ​Miley Cyrus Posted The Cutest Throwback Of Her First Kiss With Liam Hemsworth

  07-07-2017 19:29
  
  Awww.
  
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• Charlie Gard case: Great Ormond Street in new court bid

  07-07-2017 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Clinicians and medical researchers argue unpublished data suggests his condition could be improved.
  
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• Blood contamination scandal killed both parents of woman

  07-07-2017 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lauren Palmer's mother and father died in their 30s when she was just 9. Father Stephen was diagnosed with HIV and passed it on to his wife Barbara. She said:‘It destroyed my family.'
  
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• Weekend Guide: The KILLER Plank Workout You Need To Try

  07-07-2017 19:01
  
  Plus, how to pump up the protein in your yogurt parfait.
  
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• This Is The Kind Of Porn Women Are Secretly Watching

  07-07-2017 19:00
  
  ​A Harvard economist dug deep into our Google searches to find some surprising truths.
  
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• ​Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Just Shared The Products He Swears By For Flawless Skin

  07-07-2017 18:41
  
  Ladies, these products are not just for dudes.
  
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• Bladder cancer test can predict the disease for 80%

  07-07-2017 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University Hospital of Lyon, France, have developed amachine that can quickly measure levels of a faulty protein in human urine known as TERT, a sign of cancer.
  
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• New York doctors warn against snorting cacao powder

  07-07-2017 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Coco Loko, a snortable chocolate powder, is a legal, drug-free way to get a quick buzz in the United States, and has become popular on college campuses in Houston and Atlanta.
  
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• Arthritis symptoms: Doing THIS 'greatly reduced' a sufferer's need for surgery

  07-07-2017 18:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ARTHRITIS causes joint pain and stiffness, which often means movement suffers.
  
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• ​This Guy’s Blistering Burns Show Why You Shouldn’t Handle Some Fruits Outside

  07-07-2017 18:19
  
  ​Get the juice on your skin, and the sun can yield some serious power.
  
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• This Woman Took A Selfie While Her Sister Was In Labor—And It Went Viral On Reddit

  07-07-2017 18:14
  
  ​Sisters are the best.
  
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• This Reality Star Just Ranked George Clooney's Sex Skills

  07-07-2017 18:13
  
  Find out how he fared.
  
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• Vitamin D in high doses helps heal sunburnt skin

  07-07-2017 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The higher the dose given to volunteers, the more their burns healed, Cleveland researchers found. Vitamin D increases levels of an anti-inflammatory enzyme in skin.
  
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• This Mom's Picture Of Her Daughter's 'Piercing' Has People Freaking Out

  07-07-2017 18:00
  
  It's not what you think.
  
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• How to raise successful children according to science

  07-07-2017 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  We're training children to 'spit back facts' like computers, according to two US psychologists. Instead we should focus on social and relationships skills, they explain in a new book.
  
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• 5 Moves That Could Help You Get A Perkier Chest

  07-07-2017 18:00
  
  Work the muscles everyone else is ignoring.
  
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• Opioid prescribing falls in US for first time since 2010

  07-07-2017 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The amount of opioids prescribed fell 18 percent between 2010 and 2015. But researchers found local differences, with opioid prescribing six times higher in some counties than others.
  
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• 9 Tiny Moves That Will Make A Big Difference In Your Body

  07-07-2017 17:54
  
  They only look easy.
  
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• Anixety, depression and stress affects one third of Brits

  07-07-2017 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Ian Hamilton,from the University of Leeds, told MailOnline that pressure to answer emails and calls could be blurring the line between home and work, sparking a mental health crisis.
  
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• The Man Behind The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Now Struggles To Pay For His Own Care

  07-07-2017 17:38
  
  Luckily, a new organization is stepping in to help.
  
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• Canadian woman bitten by spider woke to find leg gone

  07-07-2017 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chey Alvarez from Canada was bitten on the ankle by a brown recluse spider. She contracted necrotizing fasciitis which can lead to organ failure and death and was put in an induced coma.
  
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• Fresh hope for Charlie Gard as US hospital offers to ship experimental drug to UK

  07-07-2017 17:20
  
  New York hospital offers to treat critically ill 11-month-old boy with drug pending regulatory approval • Latest: hospital applies for fresh court hearingA US hospital has offered to ship an experimental drug to the UK to help treat critically ill Charlie Gard. The New York hospital also offered to admit the 11-month-old if legal hurdles could be cleared. Related: The Charlie Gard case is heartbreaking, but society can’t shun its experts | Gaby HinsliffContinue reading...
  
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• '7 Things That Happened When I Ate Beets For Two Weeks'

  07-07-2017 17:19
  
  Warning: Your bathroom visits might become alarming.
  
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• 'These Small Changes Helped Me Lose Half My Body Weight In 2 Years'

  07-07-2017 17:15
  
  Carli Jay says she lost 140 pounds—and kept it off—by taking things slow and steady.
  
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• Why are women freezing their eggs? Because of the lack of eligible men | Zeynep Gurtin

  07-07-2017 17:13
  
  Doctors in lab coats are no substitute for knights in shining armour. But many more women in their 30s and 40s want to explore their motherhood options• Zeynep Gurtin is a senior research associate at the London Women’s Clinic and a visiting researcher at the Centre for Family Research, University of CambridgeNew research on egg freezing has this week confirmed what single, well-educated women have instinctively known for years: there is a dearth of eligible men out there.Professor Ma
  
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• Gonorrhoea superbug is rapidly spreading across the world

  07-07-2017 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the World Health Organisation said incurable gonorrhoea has started to spread after becoming resistant to antibiotics, which has been partly caused by oral sex.
  
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• Guide on how to improve your child's math with games

  07-07-2017 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US-based researchers, including Harvard University, found that reading numbers off of cards and sorting them in numerical order aids children's knowledge of arithmetic and geometry.
  
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• These Are The 6 Best Remedies For Gas And Bloating

  07-07-2017 16:09
  
  Bonus: You can buy them all online.
  
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• Instagram star says her clean eating became a disorder

  07-07-2017 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former health and food blogger Daniella Isaacs, from the UK, suffered from orthorexia nervosa, a clean eating obsession, for years. Now she shares her emotional story with the eating disorder.
  
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• The smoking ban 10 years on: what’s changed on page on and screen?

  07-07-2017 16:00
  
  Legislation that restricted smoking at work and in public in the UK now alters how readers and viewers perceive the fictional tobacco habitIn July 2007, it became illegal to smoke in enclosed public spaces and shared workplaces in the UK. That, as they say in Doctor Who, is a fixed point in time. You can now tell in an instant whether a book, film or a TV show made in this country is set before or after that date, simply by noticing whether the characters, if they smoke, go outside to do so.Smok
  
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• The smoking ban 10 years on: what’s changed on page and screen?

  07-07-2017 16:00
  
  Legislation that restricted smoking at work and in public in the UK now alters how readers and viewers perceive the fictional tobacco habitIn July 2007, it became illegal to smoke in enclosed public spaces and shared workplaces in the UK. That, as they say in Doctor Who, is a fixed point in time. You can now tell in an instant whether a book, film or a TV show made in this country is set before or after that date, simply by noticing whether the characters, if they smoke, go outside to do so.Smok
  
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• Woman bitten by spider woke from coma to find leg gone

  07-07-2017 15:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chey Alvarez from Canada was bitten on the ankle by a brown recluse spider. She contracted necrotizing fasciitis which can lead to organ failure and death and was put in an induced coma.
  
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• Breastfeeding support unavailable to millions of women

  07-07-2017 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Cardiff University have revealed that breastfeeding support is missing in many parts of the country, with help from peer supporters only being available in 56 per cent of the UK.
  
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• This Is THE Best Move For Working Your Biceps

  07-07-2017 15:22
  
  ...and shoulders...and abs.
  
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• The scariest thing about leaving home? My severe nut allergy

  07-07-2017 14:50
  
  For students with food allergies, university can be scary and lonely. Here’s how I learned to manage mine Moving away from home can be scary, but for me it meant more than just learning to wash and cook for myself. When I left for university last summer, it was the first time I’d ever had to deal with my severe nut allergy on my own. I’m used to checking the back of food packets and carrying an EpiPen. But living with new friends and the pressure to try new things without my pa
  
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• The scariest thing about leaving home? My severe allergy

  07-07-2017 14:50
  
  For students with food allergies, university can be scary and lonely. Here’s how I learned to manage mine Moving away from home can be scary, but for me it meant more than just learning to wash and cook for myself. When I left for university last summer, it was the first time I’d ever had to deal with my severe nut allergy on my own. I’m used to checking the back of food packets and carrying an EpiPen. But living with new friends and the pressure to try new things without my pa
  
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• UK heatwave: Doing this could CURE your sunburn symptoms

  07-07-2017 14:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE UK heatwave is set to continue for much of the summer, exposing Britons to more risk of sunburn.
  
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• Bowel cancer warning - these illnesses could stop doctors spotting symptoms

  07-07-2017 13:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BOWEL cancer diagnosis could be pushed back by more than three week if people are already suffering from serious long-term health conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease.
  
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