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• Fat jabs help users shed the pounds... but may be driving up the cost of your supermarket shop

  19-01-2026 01:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts say the demand for protein from consumers on the jabs is one of the reasons behind an expected 10 to 20 per cent increase in the price of meat this year.
  
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• Women ‘being failed by underfunded and understaffed’ UK postnatal care

  19-01-2026 01:01
  Thousands of new mothers feel unsafe, unsupported and overwhelmed, according to the National Childbirth TrustWomen in the UK are being failed by a postnatal care system that is “dangerously underfunded and understaffed”, a damning report has warned.Thousands of new mothers feel unsafe, unsupported and overwhelmed in the weeks and months after giving birth, according to the National Childbirth Trust (NCT). Continue reading...
  
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• Dietitian reveals the game-changing supplements that work like Ozempic... and will super-charge your weight loss without side-effects

  18-01-2026 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Weight-loss jabs like Ozempic have transformed the diet landscape. Now dietitian Ashley Koff reveals the unlikely supplements that can silence food noise for good...
  
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• The Guardian view on microplastics research: questioning results is good for science, but has political consequences | Editorial

  18-01-2026 18:58
  Errors in measuring microplastic pollution can be corrected. Public trust in science also needs to be shored up It is true that science is self-correcting. Over the long term this means that we can generally trust its results – but up close, correction can be a messy process. The Guardian reported last week that 20 recent studies measuring the amount of micro- and nanoplastics in the human body have been criticised in the scientific literature for methodological issues, calling their resul
  
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• The dementia glasses designed to help people with Alzheimer's remember names and stay safe

  18-01-2026 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The glasses, installed with an AI tool known as Cross Sense, have been created as a 'gentle anchor' to help those suffering from Alzheimer's in their daily lives.
  
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• Plastic surgeons weigh in on Jimmy Kimmel's rumored cosmetic work

  18-01-2026 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Renowned plastic surgeons told the Daily Mail that Jimmy Kimmel's age-defying appearance may stem from a combination of Botox, lifts, liposuction and skin-tightening treatments.
  
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• Do you have 'winter eczema'? Top skin doctor EMMA CRAYTHORNE has the answer, with all the best supplements, moisturisers, creams and brilliant lifestyle tips to end the misery

  18-01-2026 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The temperature outside has plummeted, radiators are cranked up and my patients are complaining about what's often called 'winter eczema'.
  
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• Cancer charity to expand nutrition lessons after trial cut NHS waiting lists

  18-01-2026 17:23
  Maggie’s describes approach that uses food to help patients with recovery as ‘win-win’ and calls for collaboration in new government strategyA leading cancer charity will offer nutrition lessons to patients across Great Britain after a trial showed the classes help them to negotiate the disease’s dietary challenges – and cut NHS waiting times.Many people with cancer find that the disease or their treatment changes the taste of their food, dulls their appetite or lea
  
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• ‘It felt amazing to be on the start line again’: the rugby pro who became paralysed – and is aiming for the Paralympic Games

  18-01-2026 17:00
  Aged 20, Taylor Gough had a car accident. Five years later, he’s hoping to compete in the 2028 Paralympics. How did he do it?From the age of 16, Taylor Gough’s body was a finely tuned machine. A professional rugby player who came up through the youth team at Leicester Tigers, his weeks revolved around training: heavy weights, tactical drills, contact sessions, cardio. “My body served a purpose and I ate to fuel it.”Then, aged 20, he woke up in hospital unable to move or t
  
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• Simple blood test can predict which breast cancer treatment will work best, study finds

  18-01-2026 16:26
  Exclusive: DNA test means patients could be offered most effective treatment first, boosting their chances of beating the diseaseScientists have developed a simple DNA blood test that can predict how well patients with breast cancer will respond to treatment.More than 2 million people globally each year are diagnosed with the disease, which is the world’s most prevalent cancer. Although treatments have improved in recent decades, it is not easy to know which ones will work best for which p
  
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• Charter to tackle sexual harassment across NHS in England has failed, say unions

  18-01-2026 15:26
  Rights of Women charity say abuse is ‘an entrenched, systemic issue’ amid calls for improved protectionA flagship strategy to tackle sexual harassment across the NHS in England has failed to improve the safety of female staff, according to legal experts and healthcare unions.The NHS sexual safety charter, launched in September 2023, was supposed to improve how hospitals, GP surgeries and other organisations address sexual harassment. But the UK-based charity Rights of Women said call
  
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• The sudden rise of scabies: ‘I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy’

  18-01-2026 15:00
  These microscopic mites, which burrow under your skin and cause ferocious itching, are incredibly hard to get rid of – and cases in the UK have soared. What is causing the outbreak, and is there anything we can do about it?Louise (not her real name) is listing the contents of a bin liner she has packed with fresh essentials in case of emergency. Clothes, toothbrushes, hairbrushes, a teddy … “Although it should be two teddies,” she re-evaluates, quickly. I can hear her tr
  
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• The pitfalls of perfectionism – and why ‘good enough’ should be your goal | Gill Straker and Jacqui Winship

  18-01-2026 15:00
  Healthy striving – a flexible wish to improve – accepts limits and understands that error is integral to masteryThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their workNew year’s resolutions are catnip for perfectionism. Each January we are invited to reinvent ourselves as fitter, more productive, more virtuous, with the rollover of the calendar offering us a clean slate and a chance to correct our flaws.While reasonable goals for mod
  
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• Women are skipping surgery to grow their breasts with noninvasive treatment that is half the cost and requires no recovery

  18-01-2026 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Young women are flocking to a glitzy new clinic in Midtown Manhattan to get bigger breasts... without going under the knife. However, plastic surgeons warn there could be risks to the procedures.
  
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• Startling maps reveal when you'll die based where you live... and the best states for growing old

  18-01-2026 14:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As American life expectancy falls behind other peer nations, health experts at Opera Beds have revealed which states may be best for aging seniors to live the longest.
  
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• Doctors said I'd die without Ozempic or a gastric sleeve. Here's how I proved them wrong - losing 32kg in a YEAR without medical assistance

  18-01-2026 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Weighing 117kg and a size 22, Dionne had expected empathy and guidance from her doctor - but instead received a blunt response. After leaving, she knew there had to be another way.
  
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• Woman who has lived to 101 reveals her secrets to a long life

  18-01-2026 13:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Woman who has lived to 101 has revealed her surprisingly laid-back secrets behind her long life.  
  
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• Hearing problems are making my life a misery: blowing my nose helps but only for a while. What can I do? DR ELLIE has an amazing simple answer everyone should read

  18-01-2026 13:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  I've suffered with hearing problems in one ear for years. What could be the problem? Dr Ellie Cannon responds...
  
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• The Osteopenia Plague: Almost HALF of over-50s now have the dreaded bone disease. But science now shows it IS reversible - if you follow this step-by-step guide, from exact foods to supplements and exercises to save your spine

  18-01-2026 13:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Sandra Burke's husband tripped and fell on her foot, he shattered it in 14 places.
  
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• World-leading relationship expert pinpoints the exact amount of weekly sex couples need to stay connected - and how often they MUST introduce something new to the bedroom

  18-01-2026 13:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's the million pound question: exactly how often, on average, should a couple be having sex to ensure a long-lasting, meaningful relationship.
  
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• ‘I looked exceptional but I was out of breath’: the bodybuilder who switched to mindful movement

  18-01-2026 13:00
  Ten years ago, Eugene Teo was obsessed with lifting weights. But, gradually, he realised his extreme mindset was making him unhappy. So he changed his outlookEugene Teo, 34, began lifting weights at the age of 13, looking for validation. “I was short, skinny and I thought it would give me confidence,” he says. “Bodybuilding for me was the ultimate expression of that.”Now living on the Gold Coast in Australia, with his partner and daughter, the fitness coach spent from age
  
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• I'm locking myself in a room for an entire YEAR, my wife will deliver food to the door and manage the household... it's the ONLY way I can lose weight and develop healthy habits

  18-01-2026 12:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Most middle aged men would join a gym, but Chip Boyce, from Utah, has decided that the best solution for him is to lock himself in a room for an entire year.
  
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• Weight-loss drugs do nothing to address the troubled relationships we have with our bodies | Susie Orbach

  18-01-2026 11:00
  The food, beauty and pharmaceutical industries poison our self-image. GLP-1 drugs will only make them richer – and strengthen the hold they have over usFifty years ago, I started thinking about the demand for women to look a certain way and the rebellions against the narrow ways in which we were supposed to display (and not display) our bodies. For a while, there was a conversation about the strictures. Some young women refused to conform. Some women risked being in the bodies they had rat
  
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• Sleep, stress and sunshine: endocrinologists on 11 ways to look after your metabolism

  18-01-2026 06:00
  Hormones impact almost all of our bodily functions, from skin, to the gut, to our moods. Here, experts on hormonal and metabolic health explain how to stay well“Most people would like to have more energy and be leaner,” says Prof David Ray, an endocrinologist at the University of Oxford who also provides NHS services. “There is a connection between how we choose to live, what our bodies look and feel like, and the hormones that are going around the body. What endocrinologists d
  
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• Infectious disease expert reveals viruses to worry about as 'super flu' overwhelms US... including one that could put the world 'on cusp of a pandemic'

  18-01-2026 05:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As an infectious diseases physician and researcher, I'll be keeping an eye on a few viruses in 2026 that could be poised to cause infections in unexpected places or in unexpected numbers.
  
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• REVEALED: Exactly how much booze pushes YOU over Starmer's strict new drink-drive limits: We test men and women of all ages and sizes to come to a sobering conclusion...

  18-01-2026 02:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There's no safe amount of alcohol you can drink before driving. As one famous ad campaign from the early 1980s succinctly put it: 'Fancy a jar? Forget the car.'
  
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• Emilly went from size 30 to size 6 on fat jabs, then they stopped working. 85% of users have the same problem. Here's exactly how she beat the dreaded 'Ozempic plateau'

  18-01-2026 02:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anyone watching the red carpet this awards season will have noticed celebrities who appear dramatically slimmer after rapid weight loss.
  
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• Men exposed to air pollution face greater prostate cancer risk, new evidence suggests

  18-01-2026 01:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts called for urgent action to tackle air pollution after evidence suggested traffic and industrial fumes may contribute to the onset of the disease.
  
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• Anyone for badminton? Batting around the shuttlecock 'can sharpen the brain', new research finds

  18-01-2026 01:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Few of us could resist a summer badminton knock-about to get the blood pumping. Now scientists have discovered the sport could offer benefits beyond getting us outdoors and working the body.
  
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• RFK Jr’s new diet guidelines pose risks for health and the environment, experts say

  17-01-2026 19:00
  US health department’s new food pyramid places red meat and cheese high in saturated fats over plant-based proteinsThe new food pyramid rolled out in US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) places animal-based proteins, including cheese and red meats high in saturated fats, above plant-based proteins, which has raised alarm bells among health and environmental experts.This rejiggered food pyramid is in line with Kennedy’s previous signal
  
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• ‘Without strength training I wouldn’t survive’: the woman who joined a CrossFit gym in her 80s

  17-01-2026 17:00
  At 81, Jean Stewart was frustrated by her growing frailty, so she decided to get active. Now 96, push-ups, kettlebell squats and pushing a weight-loaded sledge keep her strong I see people 30 years younger than me and they’ve given up,” Jean Stewart, 96, says. It’s not an attitude she relates to. “I like to do things for myself.”Stewart was very active in her youth: she played hockey and softball at school and worked for the Girl Scouts for years. As she got older,
  
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• Everyday eating habits may influence dementia risk, scientists claim

  17-01-2026 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers have linked sharp rises in blood sugar after meals to a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia.
  
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• ‘It took time to love my soft, larger shape’: the body-positive writer who recovered from an eating disorder

  17-01-2026 13:00
  Megan Jayne Crabbe was diagnosed with anorexia at 14. When she hit her ‘goal weight’ and still didn’t feel happy, a supportive online community showed her a new way to liveMegan Jayne Crabbe’s transformation goes beyond the physical. “My ‘before’ was trying to make myself as small as possible in every conceivable way: my body, voice, emotions, opinions,” she says. “My ‘after’ is allowing myself to be my biggest self, however that
  
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• ‘It’s whiplash’: reversed cuts ‘incredibly disruptive’ for US mental health and substance abuse programs

  17-01-2026 12:00
  Grantees outline risks to vulnerable populations over uncertainty of funds creating gaps in care A counseling program in Alabama for people with HIV, helping them get into treatment and housing. A training program in New Hampshire for first responders learning how better to respond to people in mental health crises. Mental health counseling for children in Tennessee experiencing trauma.On Wednesday, the funding for these and thousands of other programs was rescinded. The halt affected about 2,80
  
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• Zahawi defection pushes Reform’s vaccine scepticism into spotlight

  17-01-2026 11:00
  The views of the former Tory vaccines minister clash with those of high-profile members and the party faithfulThere was no shortage of ammunition for reporters seeking to pepper Nadhim Zahawi with questions when the former Conservative chancellor was unveiled as Reform’s newest recruit on Monday.But one persistent line of questioning seemed to draw a flash of real anger from the defector: did he reject the views of a doctor who was permitted by Reform to use the main stage at its annual co
  
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• ‘There is a moment of clarity that life would be better without alcohol’: what we can learn from addiction memoirs

  17-01-2026 11:00
  After losing her father to alcohol addiction, author Sophie Calon turned to writing – and found clarity, connection and hope in other stories of relapse and recoveryOn the night of Boxing Day 2021, my dad’s body was found near a Cardiff hostel. His death, at 55, was as sudden as it was not. For years, alcoholism had been changing the shape of his heart.He died less than a mile from his old office; top law firm, equity partner. Four miles from our once tight-knit home in a leafy neigh
  
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• Struggle to focus? Take our simple test to measures the size of your attention span - as experts reveal science-backed ways to boost it

  17-01-2026 10:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists have created a simple online test that allows people to gauge just how strong, or fragile, their attention span really is, by assessing how often their focus drifts during everyday tasks.
  
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• I went to A&E with a broken wrist and caught a dose of ‘I’ve been lucky’ syndrome | Polly Toynbee

  17-01-2026 09:00
  Yes, ‘corridor care’ horrors persist, yet statistics show my timely, efficient treatment wasn’t a matter of fortune but quite ordinaryIt was a bad start to the new year. Slipping on ice, I fell and broke my right wrist, so now I can’t hold a pen with my writing hand. But my experience of the NHS was a good reminder of a few facts.Heading to the nearest A&E, I expected one of those 12-hour waits and corridors lined with trolleys of the near-dead, rowdy with drunken and
  
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• Taking paracetamol during pregnancy does NOT increase autism risk, new gold-standard review concludes

  17-01-2026 01:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paracetamol should remain the go-to painkiller for pregnant women, a major scientific review has ruled, after claims it could raise the risk of autism sparked global controversy.
  
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• Study debunks Trump claim that paracetamol causes autism

  17-01-2026 00:30
  Taking drug in pregnancy does not raise chances of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability, ‘gold standard’ review finds Taking paracetamol in pregnancy does not increase the chance that the child will be autistic, or have ADHD or an intellectual disability, a “gold standard” review of the evidence has found.The findings debunk Donald Trump’s claims last September that the painkiller causes autism, which were condemned by medical, women’s health and scientific
  
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• 'Super flu' ravaging America kills 15 more children... as grieving parents issue urgent plea

  16-01-2026 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than a dozen children have died this week from 'super flu' as the year's brutal virus season finally slows, leaving their parents issuing an urgent plea to other families.
  
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• 'Super flu' ravaging America kills a dozen more children... as grieving parents issue urgent plea

  16-01-2026 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than a dozen children have died this week from 'super flu' as the year's brutal virus season finally slows, leaving their parents issuing an urgent plea to other families.
  
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• Virginia voters to decide on amendment to protect abortion rights

  16-01-2026 22:07
  Lawmakers’ decision makes Virginia at least third US state in 2026 to vote on future of abortion accessThe Virginia state senate voted on Friday to let voters decide whether to amend the state’s constitution to protect abortion rights, in a move that will make Virginia at least the third state in 2026 to vote on the controversial topic.The state legislature first approved the proposed amendment in early 2025, but Virginia law dictates that suggested constitutional amendments must pas
  
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• The Pitt continues to shine a light on the horrors of the US healthcare system | Adrian Horton

  16-01-2026 21:43
  In its second season, the award-winning medical drama is a scarily reflective show for the many Americans who watch itIf you were stuck in the waiting room at the fictional Pittsburgh trauma medical center (PTMC) – and, as is the case with most real emergency rooms, to be at “the Pitt” almost certainly means waiting for hours (unless you’re imminently dying, but even then …) – you would at least have a lot to read. Paperwork and entry forms, for one. Signs wa
  
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• The Pitt continues to shine a light on the horrors of the US healthcare system

  16-01-2026 21:43
  In its second season, the award-winning medical drama is a scarily reflective show for the many Americans who watch itIf you were stuck in the waiting room at the fictional Pittsburgh trauma medical center (PTMC) – and, as is the case with most real emergency rooms, to be at “the Pitt” almost certainly means waiting for hours (unless you’re imminently dying, but even then …) – you would at least have a lot to read. Paperwork and entry forms, for one. Signs wa
  
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• Your office water cooler could be hiding a silent killer, study reveals

  16-01-2026 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Water coolers are staples in virtually every office in America. But a new study from scientists in California warns coolers and dispensers used to fill them could be harboring a deadly danger.
  
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• Surprising health benefit discovered for people with red hair

  16-01-2026 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Spain's National Museum of Natural Sciences have discovered an unlikely health benefit for people with naturally red hair.
  
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• Prostate cancer breakthrough: life-extending drug will be offered to thousands of men within weeks

  16-01-2026 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For the first time, patients whose prostate cancer has not spread will be eligible for the drug abiraterone in England, after NHS chiefs widened access to the treatment.
  
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• NHS expands access to prostate cancer drug in England to save thousands of lives

  16-01-2026 19:00
  Charity hails ‘momentous’ decision to give abiraterone to about 8,000 newly diagnosed men each yearThe NHS has expanded access to a prostate cancer drug across England in a move expected to save thousands of lives.Abiraterone, which starves cancer cells of the hormones they need to grow, will be offered to men who are newly diagnosed and whose disease has not spread beyond the prostate. Continue reading...
  
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• The rule of thumb when using a mandolin in the kitchen | Letters

  16-01-2026 18:44
  Readers commiserate with Lucy Mangan after she sliced her thumb making potatoes dauphinoiseMy sympathies to Lucy Mangan after she “sliced half the ball of [her] thumb off with the mandolin” (Digested week, 9 January). I fear that mandolin injuries may amount to a significant drain on the NHS. A few years back, I was in an A&E queue, having mandolined off my thumb tip. The chap behind me had done exactly the same thing, though, unlike me, he had brought along the severed tip in a
  
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