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• UN admits for first time that peacekeepers brought cholera to Haiti

  01-12-2016 23:34
  
  Ban Ki-moon said deadly outbreak that killed up thousands ‘leaves a blemish’ on United Nations’ reputation, ending six years of refusing to claim responsibilityThe United Nations has admitted for the first time that its peacekeepers were directly responsible for bringing cholera to Haiti, bringing to an end a six-year delay in which the world body consistently ducked responsibility for importing the disease that has potentially killed up to 30,000 people.In a 16-page report rel
  
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• The Poop Diaries: 3 Women Get Real About Their Gut Struggles

  01-12-2016 23:26
  
  "8 A.M: I have a normal BM.”
  
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• Minimum UK alcohol pricing gets backing of official health advisers

  01-12-2016 23:19
  
  Policy rejected by Westminster but backed by SNP in Scotland seen as vital to tackling medical and economic toll of drinkingA review commissioned by the government from its health advisers has concluded that ministers should introduce minimum unit pricing of alcohol to tackle the grim medical, economic and social toll of drink-related harm. The in-depth study(pdf) has found that drink is now the biggest killer of people aged between 15 and 49 in England. It accounts for 167,000 years of lost pro
  
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• Minimum alcohol pricing gets backing of UK government's health advisers

  01-12-2016 23:19
  
  Policy rejected by Westminster but backed by SNP in Scotland seen as vital to tackling medical and economic toll of drinkingNew evidence commissioned by the government from its own health advisers has concluded that ministers should introduce minimum unit pricing of alcohol to tackle the grim medical, economic and social toll of drink-related harm. The in-depth study has found that drink is now the biggest killer of people aged between 15 and 49 in England. It accounts for 167,000 years of lost
  
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• MDMA approved for final trials to treat PTSD before possible legalization

  01-12-2016 23:12
  
  FDA could make drug legal by 2021 if phase three tests involving controlled dosage and talk therapy are shown to alleviate post-traumatic stress disorderThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light to phase three trials of MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, the final phase of validation required to turn the party drug into a legal medicine. Related: ‘My therapist gave me a pill’: can MDMA help cure trauma?Related: Say Why To Drugs: unravelling the my
  
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• FDA approves final trials for MDMA to treat PTSD before legalization review

  01-12-2016 23:12
  
  Drug could become legal by 2021 if phase three tests involving controlled dosage and talk therapy are shown to alleviate post-traumatic stress disorderThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light to phase three trials of MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, the final phase of validation required to turn the party drug into a legal medicine. Related: ‘My therapist gave me a pill’: can MDMA help cure trauma?Related: Say Why To Drugs: unravelling the myst
  
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• 1 in 6 Britons should be tested for HIV as they live in 'high risk areas'

  01-12-2016 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 100,000 people are living with HIV in the UK, but another eight million are estimated to have an un-diagnosed infection, according to Public Health England.
  
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• Charlie Sheen reveals his HIV has been fully suppressed by drug in a clinical trial

  01-12-2016 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The actor has been involved in a clinical trial for a drug called PRO-140 since early this year. And on Tuesday, he received the news from his doctor that his virus is no longer detectable.
  
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• UN chief apologises over Haiti cholera outbreak – video

  01-12-2016 22:56
  
  United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon apologises for the UN’s role in the cholera outbreak which killed over 9,000 people in Haiti. He admits that the world body “simply did not do enough”.Haiti’s deadly cholera outbreak ‘a stain on our reputation’, UN saysContinue reading...
  
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• The 7 Fittest Couples on Instagram Share Their Top Relationship Tips

  01-12-2016 22:47
  
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• ORGASMS may raise the chance of conceiving by 15 per cent

  01-12-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University College Cork recorded orgasms in women over two months, and found those that reached climax where able to retain more semen (stock image).
  
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• Pharma execs weigh in on possible changes under Trump

  01-12-2016 21:58
  Since he was elected, Trump, who has said he wants to repeal Obamacare and reform Medicare and Medicaid, has not addressed the sharp drug price increases that dominated the Presidential campaign. Pharma companies are breathing a sigh of relief, but Trump could be more critical of drugmakers and their price increases than the industry expects, Allergan Inc Chief Executive Brent Saunders said on Thursday. Saunders, speaking at the annual Forbes Healthcare Summit in New York, predicted Trump could
  
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• Key House chairman: GOP will change Medicare, to 'save' it

  01-12-2016 21:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of a key House committee says congressional Republicans will change Medicare in order to save it.
  
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• Ban Ki-moon sorry for U.N. role in deadly Haiti cholera outbreak

  01-12-2016 21:51
  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon apologised to the people of Haiti on Thursday for the world body's role in a deadly cholera outbreak that has killed more than 9,300 people and was blamed on Nepali U.N. peacekeepers. Haiti was free of cholera until 2010, when the peacekeepers dumped infected sewage into a river. The United Nations does not accept legal responsibility for the outbreak of the disease that causes uncontrollable dia
  
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• 8 Body Transformation Photos That Prove You Don’t Have to Crash Diet to Lose Weight

  01-12-2016 21:47
  
  Plus, exactly how they did it.
  
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• Mystery illness leaves Gloucestershire girl bleeding from the mouth

  01-12-2016 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vicky Archer, 15, has spent 10 weeks at Bristol Children's Hospital after being bitten by a mosquito on a family holiday to Menorca. She has been left with a painful red rash all over her body.
  
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• Mums who take time off to raise children lose out on wages on their return

  01-12-2016 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Highly qualified and better paid women suffered more than their peers, according to the study by Paula England, Professor of Sociology at New York University.
  
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• Exactly What You Need to Know About Experimenting with Rough Sex

  01-12-2016 21:24
  
  And why you shouldn’t be embarrassed if you’re into it.
  
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• 6 Questions That Reveal if Your Workout Is REALLY Helping You Lose Weight

  01-12-2016 20:47
  
  Ready for a pop quiz?
  
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• Allergan CEO expects drug industry to face pricing heat from Trump

  01-12-2016 20:24
  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump could be more critical of drugmakers and their price increases than the industry expects, Allergan Inc Chief Executive Brent Saunders said on Thursday. Saunders, speaking at the annual Forbes Healthcare Summit in New York, predicted Trump could be a "more vicious tweeter" against the drug industry than his former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton had been during the campaign. Clinton's tweets committing to a crackdown on exorbitant price increases weighed heavily
  
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• Transgender Saudi man speaks out publicly for first time to help others

  01-12-2016 19:54
  By Ellen Wulfhorst LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As a transgender man from Saudi Arabia, where his identity could see him jailed and flogged, Salman Al-Dukheil waited decades before speaking out about who he is - or who he was. "I was a biological girl." His outing at Trust Women, a women's rights and trafficking conference run by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, marked the first time he has spoken publicly about his story, he said. "I realised that there's others out there," the balding,
  
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• Helicopter aid reaches 45,000 in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria - U.N.

  01-12-2016 19:53
  By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Flying in aid workers by helicopter to remote, hard-to-reach areas previously cut off from help by Boko Haram violence across northeast Nigeria has provided more than 45,000 people with aid over the past week, the United Nations said on Thursday. Many of those receiving aid have received little or no assistance so far, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said. A military push against the jihadist group Boko Haram has enabled troops to enter
  
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• Tunisia reports H5 bird flu in wild birds - OIE

  01-12-2016 19:42
  Tunisia has reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5 bird flu virus among wild birds in the north of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday, citing information from the Tunisian agriculture ministry. The outbreak was confirmed after testing of 30 wild birds found dead last month in the Ichkeul Natural Park, it said. "Tunisia is located in the main migratory corridor for wild birds going to Africa from Europe during winter migration.
  
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• US AIDS chief declares monkey study could lead to 'functional' HIV cure

  01-12-2016 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The drug by Japan's Takeda Pharmaceuticals is one of several promising ideas heading into human trials, all seeking to help patients control the virus that causes AIDS without daily therapy.
  
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• London mayor issues pollution warnings at bus stops and tube stations

  01-12-2016 19:16
  
  UK capital experiences high pollution levels on Thursday with warnings telling people to avoid strenuous exercise Air quality alerts have been issued at bus stops, tube stations and roadsides across London because of high pollution levels, said a spokeswoman for the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.The alerts will notify Londoners on Thursday evening during their commute home from work. Continue reading...
  
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• 1 in 6 Britons should be tested for HIV as they live in 'high risk areas', new guidelines say

  01-12-2016 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 100,000 people are living with HIV in the UK, but another eight million are estimated to have an un-diagnosed infection, according to Public Health England.
  
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• Exercising 4 times a week drastically cuts your risk of Alzheimer's

  01-12-2016 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using a new MRI technique, researchers found that adults with mild cognitive impairmentwho exercised four times a week over a six-month period experienced an increase in brain volume.
  
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• Injecting natural oils for muscle gain could be deadly, doctors warn

  01-12-2016 18:54
  
  Case of London man who suffered scarring and restricted function after injecting coconut oil ‘may be tip of the iceberg’Bodybuilders seeking to enhance their physique by injecting natural oils risk lasting damage and even death, doctors have warned. They fear that a case in west London in which a 25-year-old man suffered scarring and restricted function after injecting coconut oil may be the “tip of the iceberg”.Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Walking Dead' Star Alana Masterson Shut Down Her Body Shamers in the Best Way Possible

  01-12-2016 18:47
  
  Preach!
  
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• Boko Haram attacks destroy farm communities, bring famine risk

  01-12-2016 18:38
  By Alexis Akwagyiram MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Fati Adamu has not seen three of her six children nor her husband since Boko Haram militants attacked her hometown in northeast Nigeria in an hail of bullets. Two years on, she is among thousands of refugees at the Bakassi camp in Maiduguri, the city worst hit by a seven-year-old insurgency that has forced more than two million people to flee their homes. The United Nations says 400,000 children are now at risk from a famine in the northeastern
  
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• Rural Cambodia uses guppy fish to fight dengue

  01-12-2016 18:28
  By Astrid Zweynert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the backyards of rural Cambodia, a tiny weapon is being deployed to fight dengue fever, the world's fastest spreading tropical disease that causes debilitating flu-like symptoms and can develop into a deadly hemorrhagic fever. More than 3,000 households in Kampong Cham province, which has one of the highest dengue rates in Cambodia, have been given colourful guppy fish to breed in barrels of water that villagers keep close to their home
  
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• Rise in malnutrition must be reversed before it creates health 'catastrophe' - experts

  01-12-2016 18:27
  By Alex Whiting ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Malnutrition - which includes hunger and obesity - is on the rise and may affect half the world's population by 2035 unless governments take urgent action to reverse its spread, U.N. agencies and experts said on Thursday. The problem affects a third of the world's population and costs the global economy an estimated $3.5 trillion a year in healthcare and lost productivity, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says. Middle income cou
  
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• Ireland moves towards legalising marijuana for medicinal use

  01-12-2016 18:25
  By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland moved closer to legalising marijuana for medicinal use when the minority government said on Thursday it would not block the first reading of a bill that is backed by all other parties. Relaxing marijuana laws would signal a further acceptance of liberal values in once staunchly conservative Ireland. Last year Ireland became the first country to legalise same-sex marriage through a popular vote, having only decriminalised homosexuality and made divorce
  
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• For one Egyptian with HIV, the stigma is too much to bear

  01-12-2016 18:07
  
  CAIRO (AP) — In his bedroom, there's a drawer full of his medications — along with CDs of a popular Egyptian Muslim preacher. On the walls of the home are two paintings by his father. They've had a strained relationship. He opens an album and shows pictures of his mother.
  
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• Sunshine is the key to cutting short-sightedness, study finds

  01-12-2016 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have found more exposure to ultraviolet Bdrastically reduces the risk of developing myopia (or, short-sightedness).
  
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• Battle for Iraq's Mosul could take months - ICRC

  01-12-2016 17:59
  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The Iraqi government's assault to retake the city of Mosul could take months, prompting more and more civilians to try to flee to avoid being trapped between frontlines, a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross told Reuters. A growing number of wounded, more than 100 on some days, are emerging from rural areas surrounding the city of one million that is held by Islamic State forces, said Dominik Stillhart, director of ICRC operatio
  
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• Ethnic cleansing going on in South Sudan: U.N. commission

  01-12-2016 17:58
  By Tom Miles and Ed Cropley GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ethnic cleansing is taking place in some areas of South Sudan and the stage is set for a repeat of the Rwandan genocide, the head of the U.N. commission of human rights in the country said on Thursday at the end of a 10-day visit. "The stage is being set for a repeat of what happened in Rwanda and the international community is under an obligation to prevent it," she said, referring to Rwanda's 1994 genocide in which 800,000 people died
  
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• South Sudanese flee as country edges closer to 'genocide'

  01-12-2016 17:56
  By Aaron Ross KARUKWAT, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Charity Mandulu said the executions began soon after government soldiers - around 100 of them mostly from South Sudan President Salva Kiir's Dinka ethnic group - arrived in her home town of Tore Payam. If you didn't give to them, they killed you," she said, visibly exhausted from what she said was a week-long walk through the bush and across the southern border to relative safety in Democratic Republic of Congo. Mandulu's account a
  
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• 6 Beauty Brand Founders Share the Skin-Care Routines That Keep Them Glowing

  01-12-2016 17:20
  
  You’ll want to take notes here.
  
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• Haiti's deadly cholera outbreak 'a stain on our reputation', UN says

  01-12-2016 17:13
  
  International body admits its standing has been seriously undermined after spread of bacterial infection by peacekeepers claimed more than 9,000 livesThe cholera outbreak that killed more than 9,000 Haitians after it was spread by peacekeepers has been a stain on the UN’s reputation, the world body admitted on Thursday, as it set out long-awaited plans for eliminating the disease from the country.The announcement of the strategy – unveiled as the UN’s outgoing secretary general
  
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• Don't let your children stay inside all day: Sunshine is the key to cutting short-sightedness, study finds

  01-12-2016 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have found more exposure to ultraviolet Bdrastically reduces the risk of developing myopia (or, short-sightedness).
  
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• E-CIGARETTE WARNING: Just ONE puff can expose cancer causing chemicals

  01-12-2016 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ONE puff of a flavoured e-cigarette can expose a smoker to cancer causing chemicals that are more than 250 times the recommended safety level, say scientists.
  
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• Short-sightedness SOLVED: Sunlight 'can help reduce this very common eye condition'

  01-12-2016 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TEENAGERS and young adults should spend less time stuck in front of computers or the telly as new research shows that sunlight helps reduce short-sightedness.
  
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• Wages of high-flying women hit hardest when they return to the office after taking time out to raise their children

  01-12-2016 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Highly qualified and better paid women suffered more than their peers, according to the study by Paula England, Professor of Sociology at New York University.
  
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• The 9 Best Tech Gifts This Holiday Season

  01-12-2016 16:36
  
  Cutting-edge and SO cute!
  
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• The 11 Best Beauty Gifts You Can Buy Right Now

  01-12-2016 16:36
  
  You’re definitely gonna want to “borrow” these.
  
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• 9 Gifts That Will Impress the Techie in Your Life

  01-12-2016 16:36
  
  Cutting-edge and SO cute!
  
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• 11 Gifts for Your Beauty-Obsessed Bestie

  01-12-2016 16:36
  
  You’re definitely gonna want to “borrow” these.
  
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• The 12 Best Gifts for Fitness Lovers

  01-12-2016 16:34
  
  For your bench buddies and swolemates.
  
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• 12 Gifts to Give Your Fittest Friend

  01-12-2016 16:34
  
  For your bench buddies and swolemates.
  
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