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• Hi-tech plaster could stop fatal blood clots that cause strokes and heart attacks

  12-12-2016 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The postage stamp-sized patch, developed at North Carolina State University, keeps a round-the-clock check on the forming of clots and so does away with the need for repeated blood tests.
  
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• How YOU can get Salma Hayek's toned back muscles

  12-12-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 50-year-old Mexican-American actress claims not to like the gym, but puts her muscles to work doing yoga and everyday chores, she says. ‘I don’t have time to exercise. I am working,’ she said.
  
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• EU to outline benefits reforms, delayed by Brexit vote

  12-12-2016 23:46
  By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will unveil proposed changes on Tuesday in how governments treat unemployment and other benefits for citizens working in other EU states. Officials said the package of measures, delayed by nearly a year as Brussels sought to avoid complicating a deal struck with Britain in a vain attempt to avoid a vote for Brexit, was an attempt to make systems fairer for workers and for states. With Britain about to negotiate its withdrawal aft
  
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• The 13 Best Weight Loss Tips Women Shared With Us in 2016

  12-12-2016 23:45
  
  Trust, these tips actually work.
  
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• “I Slept with My Boss—Here’s What It Was Like”

  12-12-2016 23:24
  
  Five women confess the pros and cons of office affairs.
  
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• Broadcaster and former pop star reverend Richard Coles takes our health quiz

  12-12-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 54-year-old former musician reveals that he used to smoke 30 cigarettes a day, but gave them up in 2007 after 'something just switched and he stopped wanting them'.
  
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• Students gain 10 pounds when they get to college by boozing, cutting exercise, and gorging on all the foods their parents banned 

  12-12-2016 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the beginning of their college careers, the mean weight of students surveyed in the Vermont study was 147 pounds. By the end of senior year, it had increased to about 157 pounds.
  
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• Tens of thousands are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year, so how often should YOU go for a screening? Our expert gives his advice on tests and treatments

  12-12-2016 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  61-year-old Malcolm Buchan from Glos consults our expert about his prostatic hyperplasia, as his symptoms are similar to those signalling prostate cancer. But does he need a yearly check up?
  
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• Can a hi-tech plaster stop fatal blood clots that cause strokes and heart attacks? A new patch 'turbocharges' the body's blood-thinning molecules, making its defences more effective

  12-12-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The postage stamp-sized patch, developed at North Carolina State University, keeps a round-the-clock check on the forming of clots and so does away with the need for repeated blood tests.
  
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• How lying on your back for a hip operation can offer thousands a quick recovery: New technique replaces joints while causing minimal damage

  12-12-2016 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marci Maheson, a surgeon at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, says: 'While we don’t fully understand what causes hip arthritis, in most cases it is the result of wear and tear as we age.'
  
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• Baby boomers' binge-drinking epidemic: Study reveals surge in over-50s consuming excessive amounts of alcohol

  12-12-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An analysis of federal data stretching from 2005 to 2014 by NYU Langone shows a 19 percent increase in the number of over-50-year-olds drinking excessive amounts of alcohol in one sitting.
  
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• Why a woman's heart beats faster than a man's: Experts reveal why our bodies tick to different clocks, and why a high oestrogen level makes you blink faster

  12-12-2016 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Such differences are mainly due to the influence of our sex hormones, which can affect your health in all kinds of ways says Dr Adam Taylor of Lancaster University Medical School.
  
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• How adverts hidden in computer games are making children fatter: Kids playing 'advergames' eat over fifty per cent more sweets shortly after than those who do not

  12-12-2016 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Frans Folkvord of Radboud University in the Netherlands says that every week two-thirds of primary school children play online games that ply sweets and other unhealthy snacks.
  
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• Secrets of an A-list body: We reveal how YOU can get Salma Hayek's toned back muscles 

  12-12-2016 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 50-year-old Mexican-American actress claims not to like the gym, but puts her muscles to work doing yoga and everyday chores, she says. ‘I don’t have time to exercise. I am working,’ she said.
  
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• 'I don’t think anything affordable could be done to rescue my face, moobs, or muffin': Broadcaster and former pop star reverend Richard Coles takes our health quiz

  12-12-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 54-year-old former musician reveals that he used to smoke 30 cigarettes a day, but gave them up in 2007 after 'something just switched and he stopped wanting them'.
  
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• Reality Check: Is the care budget growing?

  12-12-2016 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Hunt says social care is getting more money, but council leaders say they face a serious funding gap.
  
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• Reality Check: Is social care getting more money?

  12-12-2016 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Hunt says social care is getting more money, but council leaders say they face a serious funding gap.
  
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• Devastating rise in rates of babies born addicted to drugs: Newborns suffering from withdrawal symptoms at birth skyrockets 80 percent

  12-12-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, published today in JAMA Pediatrics, highlights a dramatic and rise in opioid-related complications, especially among rural pregnant women and their infants.
  
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• Texas rule requiring burial or cremation of fetal tissue shames women, suit says

  12-12-2016 22:22
  
  Lawsuit filed by Texas women’s rights group attempts to block a new rule it says is a political ploy to stimagise abortionsA women’s rights group has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block a new Texas rule that requires fetal remains to be cremated or buried.Accusing the state of a politically motivated ploy to make it harder for women to have abortions, the Center for Reproductive Rights launched the legal action on Monday, one week before the regulation is set to take effect on 19
  
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• This Self-Care Twitter Bot Is Here to Try to Make Your Online Life Healthier

  12-12-2016 22:06
  
  While social media can be a great way to connect, online harassment and trolls can sour Internet life; however, a new Twitter bot is trying to make self-care important part of your life online.The bot, which you can find on Twitter @tinycarebot, offers gentle reminders to its followers to improve their health and well-being. Some examples of their encouraging messages are “breathe deeply please” and “please remember to look up from your screen.&rdq
  
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• Lawsuit challenges new Texas rules over fetal remains

  12-12-2016 21:59
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to prevent Texas from requiring hospitals and abortion clinics to bury or cremate fetal remains rather than disposing of them in a sanitary landfill, as they most often currently do with such remains and other biological medical waste.
  
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• Exactly How to Get a Great Dumbbell Workout in Less Time

  12-12-2016 21:50
  Four moves to fit.
  
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• Hertfordshire mum spends second Christmas waiting for a new liver

  12-12-2016 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A mother who has waited for a year and a half for a liver transplant said she hopes a donor comes forward this Christmas.
  
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• There’s Going to Be a Supermoon and a Meteor Shower at the Same Time This Week

  12-12-2016 21:19
  
  Remember that supermoon we ogled in November? According to Nasa, it was pretty rare: the moon was the closest it had been to Earth since 1948, and the closest it would be until 2034.If you were a photographer, you broke out your camera and hiked out to a good vantage point. If you were just an art lover, you checked out November 2016 supermoon picture round ups like this one.All in all, it was pretty spectacular. But if you missed it, we’ve got some good news.Decem
  
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• How Will the Trump Presidency Actually Affect Your Access to Birth Control?

  12-12-2016 21:10
  
  Here’s what we know so far.
  
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• Ministers consider council tax rise to cover social care funding

  12-12-2016 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Local authorities could be allowed to make a further increase in council tax to pay for social care.
  
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• Deadly pregnancy complication is caused by the immune system rejecting the baby, study finds

  12-12-2016 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have found that pre-eclampsia starts when a mother’s white blood cells fail to adapt to the foreign body - the baby - inside her.
  
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• Social care spending falling below £554 minimum in most areas

  12-12-2016 20:58
  
  Postcode lottery revealed as government prepares to allow local authorities to bring forward council tax rises to avert crisisLocal authorities across the country are spending well below the £554 per week minimum amount recommended for the residential care of older people, new figures have revealed.Related: Social care: why are we 'beyond the crisis point'?Related: Underfunded and overstretched – the crisis in care for the elderlyContinue reading...
  
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• ONS study reveals the top 20 places in teh UK for life expectancy

  12-12-2016 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers pointed to healthy lifestyles and good incomes as key reasons why pensioners around London have formed a longevity belt unmatched elsewhere in the country.
  
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• Father Christmas far from being fake news | Brief letters

  12-12-2016 20:46
  
  Exile to the north | Father Christmas | Trousersgate | Ancestry tracing | Warm DecemberYour choice of verb (NHS crisis exiles children to Scotland for specialist care, 12 December) must have made many Scottish readers sigh. “Exile” is an emotive way to describe a journey to the top third of our island. It shows an attitude all too commonly found in articles about anything from national house prices to public transport, where “the north” turns out to mean nothing furt
  
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• Taking statins for 6 months reduces risk of Alzheimer's by up to 15%

  12-12-2016 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Taking the daily tablets for at least two years reduced the risk of Alzheimer's by 15 per cent for women, researchers from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, found.
  
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• U.S. seeks to undercut Aetna CEO's defence in merger fight

  12-12-2016 20:37
  By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department sought on Monday to knock down arguments by Aetna Inc's chief executive that Medicare Advantage competes with government insurance programs, making Aetna's proposed merger with Humana legal under antitrust law. Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini testified on Friday and returned to the witness stand Monday morning. The Justice Department sued to stop the merger in July.
  
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• Soaring rates of babies born with addiction to opioids

  12-12-2016 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, published today in JAMA Pediatrics, highlights a dramatic and disproportional rise in opioid-related complications among rural pregnant women and their infants.
  
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• Khloe Kardashian reveals her natural hangover guide

  12-12-2016 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Khloé, 32, has treated fans to a 'natural' guide to ditching hangovers - extolling the virtues of drinking lemon tea and doing exercise, which she says will let you 'get s*** done the next day.'
  
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• Having children doesn't make you happy according to Paris study

  12-12-2016 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Looking at data from four countries: the UK, the USA, Germany and Australia, researchers found that the positive glow of parenthood only lasted 12 months.
  
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• Social care funding shortfall 'urgent' says Lib Dem Norman Lamb

  12-12-2016 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liberal Democrat Health spokesman, Norman Lamb, urges government action on the crisis in social care funding.
  
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• Trump considering Dr. Scott Gottlieb to head U.S. FDA

  12-12-2016 19:23
  Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a partner at one of the world's largest venture capital funds and a former deputy commissioner at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is being considered by President-elect Donald Trump to run the agency, according to sources close to the transition team. Gottlieb, 44, a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank based in Washington, is well known in health policy circles and is a frequen
  
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• Emma Stone Just Called Out Instagram B.S. In a Totally Real Way

  12-12-2016 19:22
  
  “It makes me so crazy to look at social media."
  
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• This Bikini Competitor Is Documenting Her Battle with Ovarian Cancer on Instagram

  12-12-2016 19:21
  
  Cheyann Shaw is open about the fact that the disease has completely changed her body.
  
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• Surge in drug-affected newborns driven by rural opioid use

  12-12-2016 19:09
  CHICAGO (AP) — A surge in U.S infants born with symptoms of withdrawal from heroin or strong prescription painkillers is driven largely by rising drug use among women in rural areas, a new study found.
  
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• When nausea from pregnancy is life-threatening: Expert in maternal illness that Duchess of Cambridge suffered explains risks and symptoms 

  12-12-2016 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), which causes severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, affects as many as 3 percent of pregnancies, leading to over 167,000 ER visits each year in the U.S.
  
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• Women's groups urge Scotland to scrap two doctors abortion rule

  12-12-2016 18:54
  
  Devolution of abortion law to Holyrood offers opportunity to develop a distinct approach, campaigners sayThe Scottish government should scrap the legal requirement for two doctors to approve a termination, effectively decriminalising the procedure, and consider regulating abortion drugs for use by women in their own homes, according to a report by a coalition of women’s rights organisations.With abortion law devolved to Holyrood as part of the Scotland Act 2016, the report argues that the
  
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• 4 Times You Should Avoid the Scale at All Costs

  12-12-2016 18:47
  
  Like right after that HIIT workout.
  
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• Syphilis could become impossible to treat after a common strain of the STI has become resistant to antibiotics

  12-12-2016 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Zurch, Switzerland, have found 90 per cent of a new strain of syphilis samples they analysed were resistant to antibiotics.
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court ends fight over $1 billion NFL concussion deal

  12-12-2016 18:09
  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the National Football League's estimated $1 billion (788.66 million pound) settlement of concussion-related lawsuits with thousands of retired players to take effect, rejecting a challenge brought by a small group of dissenters. The eight justices refused to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling in April upholding the settlement, which resolved litigation brought by players who accused the NFL of cove
  
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• What’s the Difference Between Butter and Ghee?

  12-12-2016 18:07
  
  One might be easier to digest.
  
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• Social care: why are we 'beyond the crisis point'?

  12-12-2016 18:04
  
  Funding cuts, staff costs and rising need have spurred the government to consider increasing council tax There is not a crisis in adult social care, says Nadra Ahmed, chair of the National Care Association. “We are now beyond the crisis point. We really are at the edge of the cliff now.” Residential care homes are closing at an unprecedented rate, hospitals are logjammed with elderly patients with nowhere to go; in the community, local authority cuts are leaving more than a million p
  
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• 5 Women Share What Happened to Their Relationships After an Affair

  12-12-2016 18:00
  
  "He stopped the lies, told the truth, and then worked with me to make things better.”
  
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• Supreme Court leaves $1B NFL concussion settlement in place

  12-12-2016 17:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected challenges to the estimated $1 billion plan by the NFL to settle thousands of concussion lawsuits filed by former players, clearing the way for payouts to begin to those who have been diagnosed with brain injuries linked to repeated concussions.
  
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• Could statins be the miracle cure for Alzheimer's? Taking tablets for just 6 months reduces the risk by up to 15%

  12-12-2016 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Taking the daily tablets for at least two years reduced the risk of Alzheimer's by 15 per cent for women, researchers from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, found.
  
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