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• Saturated fat is good for you according to University of Bergen study

  02-12-2016 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a study by the University of Bergen, volunteers' 'good' cholesterol levels increased only on when they were on a very-high-fat diet.
  
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• 7 Dentists Share the Most Horrifying Things They’ve Ever Seen at Work

  02-12-2016 23:17
  
  "I realized it was a tomato seed sprouting a plant."
  
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• 15 Healthy Pita Pizza Recipes That Will Satisfy ALL Your Cravings

  02-12-2016 22:25
  Yes, there’s even dessert pizza.
  
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• Should You Still Exercise Even When You Really Don’t Feel Like It?

  02-12-2016 22:18
  
  Is strapping on your sneaks after that holiday party actually worth it?
  
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• Wait, Did Jennifer Aniston Just Say She Had a Foursome on a Plane?

  02-12-2016 21:35
  
  How is this even possible?
  
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• 'Unprecedented' numbers face severe hunger in South Sudan - U.N.

  02-12-2016 20:46
  Some 3.6 million people in South Sudan face severe food shortages - the highest levels ever experienced at harvest time - and the crisis is likely to worsen when food from the current harvest runs out next year, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. The country's hunger levels have doubled since last year, the U.N. agency said in a report released on Friday. Nearly 60 percent of the population of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state is affected, 56 percent in Unity, and 47 percent in Western Bahr el Gha
  
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• Alcohol-related crime, lost output and ill health costs UK £52bn a year

  02-12-2016 20:23
  
  Treasury urged to set minimum pricing to reduce alcohol-related harm as research finds cost to taxpayer double past estimateDoctors are urging Philip Hammond to raise the price of alcohol to tackle the “scourge” of drink-related harm after it emerged that crime, ill health and lost productivity cost up to £52bn a year, far more than previously thought.
  They want the chancellor to increase the price of cheap, potent drinks such as high-strength white cider, which are mainly cons
  
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• US health care tab hits $3.2T; fastest growth in 8 years

  02-12-2016 20:06
  
  The nation's health care tab grew at the fastest rate in eight years in 2015, driven by the coverage expansion in President Barack Obama's law and by costly prescription drugs, the government said Friday. ...
  
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• Supreme Court takes up hospital pension dispute

  02-12-2016 20:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether some of the nation's largest health providers can rely on their church affiliation to avoid complying with federal laws covering pension benefits for workers.
  
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• Trump creates business advisory council stacked with CEOs

  02-12-2016 19:51
  By Ginger Gibson and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump announced the formation of a council to advise him on job creation, a group comprised of the leaders of a variety of major U.S. corporations including GE and GM to Boeing, Disney and IBM. Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone Group LP , the world's largest alternative asset manager, will chair the council. “My administration is committed to drawing on private sector expertise and cutting the government
  
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• Trump moves to quickly fill his top Cabinet ranks

  02-12-2016 19:42
  By Emily Stephenson NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he expected to have most members of his Cabinet announced next week, interviewing more candidates at Trump Tower for top jobs in his administration as he prepares to take office on Jan. 20. Trump is still weighing who to choose as secretary of state. The Republican president-elect said on Thursday he had chosen retired Marine Corps General James Mattis as defense secretary and would make a formal announcement on that
  
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• Stephen Hawking hospitalised in Rome for checks

  02-12-2016 19:28
  British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking has been hospitalised in Rome for checks after not feeling well but his condition is not believed to be serious, a spokesman said. Hawking, 74, who was in Rome to attend a conference at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and met Pope Francis on Monday, was taken to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Thursday night. Both the spokesman and a Vatican source said Hawking, who suffers from motor neurone disease, was not believed to be in serious condition.
  
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• Huddersfield scientists have finally worked out exactly how probiotics work

  02-12-2016 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have managed to shed light inside the black box of probiotics to uncover the mechanism by which live bacteria boost the gut's defenses.
  
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• Dorset boy rips off 2 of his fingers after they were impaled on spikes

  02-12-2016 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tommie Randall, from Poole, Dorset, had lost his footing while scrambling over a fence to watch his stepfather at a motocross competition. As he fell, his little and ring finger got impaled and were torn off.
  
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• Watchdog launches probe into care homes amidst fears the elderly are being ripped off

  02-12-2016 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into the entire British social care home sector, after concerns were raised about unfair practices.
  
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• 'Drinking plenty of fluids' advice questioned

  02-12-2016 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Doctors often advise patients to 'drink plenty of fluids' when unwell, but drinking too much water too quickly can be dangerous.
  
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• Fizzy facts

  02-12-2016 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Claims about the drink's benefits have resurfaced but are they true?
  
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• Power of psychedelic drugs to lift mental distress shown in trials

  02-12-2016 18:37
  
  In 1970 US authorities said drugs like LSD had no medical use, but two tests may just have proven that wrongWhen Aldous Huxley was dying in 1963, he asked his wife to inject him with LSD, and he passed away, she wrote afterwards, without any of the pain and distress that cancer can cause in the final hours. “All five people in the room said that this was the most serene, the most beautiful death,” Laura Huxley, a psychotherapist, wrote to other members of his family.
  Huxley, who wrot
  
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• Could Your Makeup Be Giving You Sties?

  02-12-2016 18:28
  
  A dermatologist weighs in.
  
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• Virgin leads all airlines in healthy airline food survey

  02-12-2016 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Charles Platkin, director of the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College and editor of Diet Detective, has studied the best 'calorie bargains' and 'calorie rip-offs' across 12 airlines.
  
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• University of Connecticut expert explains how your gut controls your body clock

  02-12-2016 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Richard G. "Bugs" Stevens, a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, explains the importance of new research showing the gut's influence on our circadian rhythm.
  
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• Why more young women are body building

  02-12-2016 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brittany Rhodes does it to be more confident.
  
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• How to Have an Orgasm That Lasts a Full Minute Long

  02-12-2016 18:01
  
  6 things you can do to set yourself up for more pleasure.
  
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• Watchdog launches probe into care homes amidst fears the elderly are being ripped off by hidden charges

  02-12-2016 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into the entire British social care home sector, after concerns were raised about unfair practices.
  
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• Insanity Trainer Shaun T on How to Deal When the Scale Is Bringing You Down

  02-12-2016 17:47
  
  He’s been there.
  
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• The Standing Abs Move That Will Light Your Core on Fire

  02-12-2016 17:35
  
  No mat required.
  
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• How healthy is YOUR airline food? A diet expert compares them all and offers the complete guide on what to eat at 35,000 feet

  02-12-2016 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Charles Platkin, director of the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College and editor of Diet Detective, has studied the best 'calorie bargains' and 'calorie rip-offs' across 12 airlines.
  
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• 'I Was a Chronic Yo-Yo Dieter—Until I Was Diagnosed With PCOS and Lost 55 Pounds'

  02-12-2016 17:24
  
  Shelby Eckard started by working out just one day a week.
  
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• How your GUT controls your body clock: Disrupting microbiota could destabilize your body's rhythm - leading to a slew of health issues

  02-12-2016 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Richard G. "Bugs" Stevens, a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, explains the importance of new research showing the gut's influence on our circadian rhythm.
  
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• Britons are drinking 42% more than they were 30 years ago

  02-12-2016 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Public Health England found sales of alcohol in England and Wales have increased by 42 per cent since 1980. Experts say cheaper alcohol and women drinking more than ever could be factors.
  
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• Egyptian man grows 'Beard of Bees', hopes to promote apian benefits

  02-12-2016 17:15
  By Amr Abdallah Dalsh SHIBIN EL KOM, Egypt (Reuters) - Mohamed Hagras stands barechested as dozens of honeybees congregate around his face, eventually forming what he calls the "Beard of Bees". "The goal is to show that bees are not aggressive," he told Reuters at his farm in Shibin El Kom, the capital of the Nile Delta province of Menoufia. "One the contrary, they are helpful and produce things that help humans and agriculture." Hagras extracts hormones from queen bees after they die and uses t
  
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• Britain braces for freezing conditions as winter bites

  02-12-2016 17:12
  
  Health officials warn of dangers of cold weather as temperatures expected to drop below freezing this weekendTemperatures across Britain are expected to drop below freezing this weekend, prompting health officials to warn that the cold can be deadly.Weather alerts have been issued for much of the country as forecasters expect severe cold to set in on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• Boy, 11, rips off 2 of his fingers after they were impaled on spikes at the top of a 10ft fence he scaled 

  02-12-2016 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tommie Randall, from Poole, Dorset, had lost his footing while scrambling over a fence to watch his stepfather at a motocross competition. As he fell, his little and ring finger got impaled and were torn off.
  
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• U.N. - South Sudan conflict spawns horrific sexual violence

  02-12-2016 16:56
  By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Sudanese soldiers brutally raped an elderly woman and a pregnant woman lost her baby after being gang-raped by seven soldiers, according to United Nations investigators. The U.N. human rights investigators presented the testimonies on Friday, saying increasingly brutal attacks on women are an integral part of the spreading ethnic cleansing. "The scale of gang rape of civilian women as well as the horrendous nature of the rapes by armed men belonging
  
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• Eating disorders: what is treatment like where you live?

  02-12-2016 16:49
  
  Do you feel that local NHS services are up to scratch? Share your experiences with usNHS Digital figures show that hospital admissions for eating disorders in England are increasing. The number of deaths in England and Wales from eating disorders has also risen (from 17 in 2014 to 28 in 2015), according to statistics from the Office of National Statistics.
  But treatment is patchy. Northern Ireland has no specialist eating disorders unit. Patients are treated in the community but this is currentl
  
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• Omagh father posts heartbreaking Facebook message following daughter's death

  02-12-2016 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Clare McSorley, 18, from Omagh, Northern Ireland, was found dead earlier this week. Police have said her death was not suspicious and her funeral is set to be held this weekend.
  
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• Ford recalls 680,000 vehicles including Fusion, MKZ

  02-12-2016 16:27
  (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Friday it will recall about 680,000 of its Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ sedans to fix a seat belt issue. About 602,000 of the vehicles recalled are in the U.S. market and about 650,000 of them are in North America as a whole. A small amount of Ford Mondeo sedans are also being recalled, but none of them are in North America.
  
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• 5 Pairs of Flats You Can Wear to a Holiday Party

  02-12-2016 16:22
  
  Flats? For evening? Why, yes.
  
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• Do YOU have high cholesterol? Here are 5 foods to eat and avoid

  02-12-2016 16:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three diet experts from the University of Newcastle explain the science behind higher and lower cholesterol - and why it is important to avoid certain foods.
  
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• Lib Dems wins parliament seat in Brexit 'shockwave'

  02-12-2016 15:41
  By Sarah Young and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's pro-European Union Liberal Democrats won a parliamentary seat previously held by the ruling Conservatives on Friday and said the surprise win was a rejection of a "hard Brexit" that would pull Britain out of the EU's single market. It also underscored the risks faced by Prime Minister Theresa May as she plots Britain's EU divorce. May spooked markets in October by suggesting she would take a hard line on Brexit by prioritising borde
  
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• 'FGM happened to me in white, midwest America'

  02-12-2016 15:07
  
  A Christian doctor removed my clitoris when I was three years old as a ‘cure’ for masturbation, writes Renee Bergstrom• Video excerpts from the feature documentary The Cut: Exposing FGM Worldwide #StopGlobalFGM In 1947, when I was just three years old a doctor removed my clitoris. Female genital mutilation is mostly associated with African cultures, and non-Christian religions, but my FGM happened in white, midwest America. It took place in a church clinic that used a scalpel on
  
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• Pence: Trump will focus fast on tax, healthcare, immigration - WSJ

  02-12-2016 14:47
  (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to move quickly on its goals to overhaul taxation, healthcare and immigration laws, Vice President-elect Mike Pence said in an interview published by the Wall Street Journal on Friday. President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, is preparing 100-day and 200-day plans aimed at fulfilling his campaign promises and stimulating economic growth, Pence said. Pence was interviewed after introducing Trump at a rally in Cincinnati on Thursday.
  
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• Lincolnshire Mother spends £1,300 on dimpleplasty to get a smile like her son's

  02-12-2016 14:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AJ Weir, 44, from Lutton, Lincolnshire, had a chunk removed from the inside of her mouth during the 90 minute dimpleplasty procedure. The beauty blogger said 'most people think I'm bonkers'.
  
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• Philippines president pines for motorcycle, doubts will ride again

  02-12-2016 14:27
  Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte spoke of his sadness on Friday at having to forfeit his beloved motorcycles in becoming president, and offered tips on handling two wheels and why a Honda was better than a Harley. The 71-year-old reminisced about touring the Philippines by motorbike and how as a city mayor he used to ride every week on a motorcycle that his security team made him mothball a day after winning a presidential election in May. "I really do not know if I will be able to ride again w
  
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• Competition watchdog to investigate UK care homes

  02-12-2016 14:19
  
  Regulator intervenes amid reports of unfair practices and contracts within the cash-strapped sectorCare homes that hit residents with shock rises in bills or have contracts riddled with hidden charges are to be investigated by regulators looking to see if the sector is treating people fairly and providing value for money. The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) inquiry will cover the 430,000 older people in care and nursing homes across the UK.Continue reading...
  
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• Asthma 'off switch' could bring relief from attacks to MILLIONS of sufferers

  02-12-2016 14:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SCIENTISTS have discovered an 'off switch' for asthma attacks which could bring relief to millions of sufferers.
  
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• Brain DOZE: New research claims our brain cells go into HIBERNATION

  02-12-2016 14:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE reason why we miss things happening around us when we concentrate has been revealed: parts of our brain have dozed off.
  
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• Health advisers call for minimum alcohol unit pricing

  02-12-2016 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Minimum pricing of alcohol in England would improve the health of the heaviest drinkers, health experts say.
  
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• So you feel like dropping out of uni. What are the options?

  02-12-2016 13:55
  
  Sometimes leaving higher education is the right move. But it’s worth considering the other possibilities A few days before I was due to return to university for my first-year exams, I decided not to. At the time, I felt like I was living in a solitary hell.I’ve always struggled with my mental health, and this only worsened once I went to university. I lost my support network of family and friends and failed to find a new one. I went from being an extroverted, happy person with a love
  
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• Herpes cure: One pill could treat cold sores and even cancer by stopping virus replicating

  02-12-2016 13:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ONE drug could block a range of herpes viral infections - everything from the common cold sore to chicken pox and even some types of cancer, experts have revealed.
  
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