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• Lost your gloves? Here are the 10 reasons you get... freezing fingers 

  26-11-2016 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Winter is here and if you are one of those people who are constantly rubbing their hands together to keep warm, we have explained the reasons why your fingers are getting chilly.
  
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• MATT ROBERTS: Three steps to a perfect balancing act 

  26-11-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Our personal trainer to the stars writes another unmissable column where he offers tips on how to improve your balance and lose weight as you get older, while warning of the dangers of dad bod chic.
  
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• 'Digital heroin for children':Youngsters spend five hours a day glued to their smartphones and televisions according to shocking Ofcom report

  26-11-2016 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain’s children are glued to their smartphones, tablets and televisions for a shocking five hours a day or more, according to an investigation published last week by broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.
  
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• House to vote on bill aimed at speeding approval of drugs

  26-11-2016 21:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House plans to vote Wednesday on a $6.3 billion bill aimed at speeding federal approval of drugs and medical devices and boosting biomedical research.
  
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• Care for elderly ‘close to collapse’ across UK as council funding runs out

  26-11-2016 21:13
  
  Theresa May under pressure as doctors urge funding U-turn and cross-party alliance warns millions of people are at riskTheresa May is under intense pressure from senior doctors and a powerful cross-party alliance of politicians to avert a collapse in care for the elderly, as shocking new figures show the system close to meltdown. Related: The future of the NHS and social care – for better or worse | LettersContinue reading...
  
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• 190,000 ducks destroyed at six Dutch farms after bird flu outbreak

  26-11-2016 20:17
  
  Officials check for avian flu at farms surrounding original site as outbreaks of disease reported in Denmark, Finland, Germany and SwedenSome 190,000 ducks were destroyed on Saturday at six farms in the Netherlands following an avian flu outbreak, the country’s first cull in response to an epidemic sweeping northern Europe. Outbreaks of avian flu, primarily the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain, have been reported in Denmark, Finland, Germany and Sweden over the past week. Continue reading...
  
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• Dutch destroy 190,000 ducks in first bird flu cull

  26-11-2016 20:02
  Some 190,000 ducks were destroyed on Saturday at six farms in the Netherlands following an avian flu outbreak, the country's first cull of an epidemic sweeping northern Europe. Outbreaks of avian flu, primarily the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain, have been reported in Denmark, Finland, Germany and Sweden over the past week. Dutch authorities did not say what strain of the virus had been discovered at a poultry farm in the village Biddinghuizen, some 70 km (43 miles) east of Amsterdam.
  
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• New research reveals how gut health is vital for staying slim 

  26-11-2016 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A blood test and stool sample could soon become the key to weight loss. Researchers in Sydney have found that with the right information, you can tailor a diet to a specific person.
  
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• Scientists create an 8ins remote control bionic penis out of metal that grows

  26-11-2016 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Developed by experts at the University of Wisconsin in America, the remote-controlled device lengthens to eight inches when heated to 42C and could help thousands of men in the UK.
  
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• I feared my life lacked meaning. Cancer pushed me to find some | Bradford Frost

  26-11-2016 14:00
  
  Despite lots of accomplishments, I suffered existential angst. A potentially fatal diagnosis made me realize that we can make each moment meaningfulIt was late. I was drunk, nearing my 35th birthday this past May, alone in a dank college dorm room, attending my five-year grad school reunion.The journal entry I wrote that night was just one line: “I’m not the man I want to be.” Related: I nearly died from an insect sting. The fear it left was worse than the wound | Beverly Wille
  
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• Irritable bowel syndrome: Expert reveals if IBS sufferers should stop drinking caffeine

  26-11-2016 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IBS, or irritable bowel syndrome, affects more than one in ten people in the UK - causing abdominal pains and cramping, diarrhoea, constipation and an urgent need to go to the toilet.
  
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• DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: Making health tourists pay isn't racist

  26-11-2016 10:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  I’m desperately sorry that other countries have inferior healthcare. But it’s not appropriate to allow the NHS to become ‘free for all’ for the rest of the world, says DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR.
  
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• Bristol student deaths highlight campus crisis in mental health

  26-11-2016 08:00
  
  University counselling services face rise in demand from students struggling to cope with academic and social pressure
  Nathan is a 20-year-old arts student. He had depression before he came to university, and felt well-supported by his family, but it has been difficult living and studying away from home.
  “Suddenly you come to university and you’ve not got your family around you. So you need your friends, which is tricky because they are busy and stressed themselves.” Related: U
  
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• Teenagers with mental illness: ‘I failed her and I don't want to fail her again’

  26-11-2016 07:30
  
  One mother who put her teenage daughter in a mental health unit after she self-harmed was shocked at her treatment and now campaigns for better careSally will never forget the day she had to section her 13-year-old daughter. “Maisie was already in hospital. She was there because she’d taken an overdose, and she wouldn’t stop talking about death and saying she would do it again. She kept telling me she wanted to die – and I believed her.”Sally agreed to let doctors f
  
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• Pregnant women and new mums in mental health funding boost

  26-11-2016 02:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twenty areas in England are to get funds to help pregnant women and new mums with mental health problems.
  
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• Send patients to private sector to avert winter crisis, hospitals told

  26-11-2016 01:55
  
  Leaked memos also reveal ban on ‘black alerts’ by NHS bosses Hospitals have been told to discharge thousands of patients and pass some scheduled surgery to private organisations to reduce pressure ahead of a potential winter crisis, it was reported.Leaked memos also revealed that managers have been banned from declaring black alerts, the highest level, when hospital services are unable to cope with demand, the Daily Telegraph said. Continue reading...
  
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• NHS to create specialist centres for childbirth mental health problems

  26-11-2016 01:01
  
  Overhaul of services in England will see 20 sites for women who develop psychological problems around birthThe NHS is set to overhaul services for women who develop mental health problems around childbirth in a bid to ease the suffering caused by postnatal depression and reduce the number of new mothers who kill themselves or their baby.NHS England is putting £40m into new specialist treatment centres for the one in five women whose pregnancy, birth or experience afterwards triggers seriou
  
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• 3D interactive map gives glimpse into first two months of human fetus development

  26-11-2016 00:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The project, created by embryology experts at the University of Amsterdam, incorporates data from 15,000 tissue section samples - some of which date back 100 years.
  
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