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• Some EU states wanted longer Russia sanctions ahead of Trump

  15-12-2016 23:57
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Some EU leaders sought to roll over economic sanctions against Russia for 12 months before a summit on Thursday agreed to a standard six-month renewal, summit chair Donald Tusk told a news conference. Diplomats said some hardliners who want to punish Moscow for its action in Ukraine were concerned that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump could seek to ease pressure on Russia when he takes office next month and so wanted a longer sanctions renewal. Tusk said it was too early fo
  
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• How healthy is YOUR state? Hawaii claims the top spot in annual report AGAIN - as Mississippi is scolded for staggering obesity, smoking and child poverty rates

  15-12-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The annual report, compiled by the United Health Foundation, ranks each state based on data from the US Census Bureau, American Medical Association, and the CDC.
  
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• Three-person babies approved in UK

  15-12-2016 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hannah Smith is one of those that will benefit the decision to allow babies made from two women and one man.
  
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• Andrew Marr says new stroke treatment brings 'subtle' improvements

  15-12-2016 23:15
  
  Broadcaster says results of treatment he received in US after having a stroke have not been as ‘dramatic’ as he had hoped Broadcaster Andrew Marr said a new treatment he received after having a stroke has resulted in subtle changes, but not the “dramatic improvements” he hoped for.The BBC presenter, who had a stroke almost four years ago and remains semi-paralysed on his left side, travelled to Florida to try a new anti-inflammatory drug called Etanercept. Continue readin
  
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• Study: Repealing Obama health law cuts taxes for wealthy

  15-12-2016 23:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans may be handing wealthy Americans a big tax cut by repealing President Barack Obama's health care law, according to a study released Thursday that spells out potential economic pitfalls behind the election-year slogans.
  
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• The Best and Worst U.S. States for Your Health 

  15-12-2016 22:29
  
  How healthy is your state? The United Health Foundation knows: For nearly three decades, the organization has been comparing all 50 states in its annual America's Health Rankings.This year's report is based on variables in a handful of categories, including behaviors (like smoking and excessive drinking), community and environment (access to clean water, for example, and violent crime rates), policy, clinical care, and health outcomes (such as the number of pre
  
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• 5 Things You Should Always Do After Sex

  15-12-2016 21:51
  
  Peeing is just the tip of the iceberg.
  
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• Hope for cancer fight as study shows FDA-approved diabetes drug 'controls tumor growth in breast and prostate'

  15-12-2016 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an unprecedented finding, scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have found that the type 2 diabetes drug metformin controls the growth of breast, prostate and pancreas cancers.
  
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• Peace can transform Colombia into breadbasket for world, president says

  15-12-2016 21:27
  By Alex Whiting ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Curbing poverty and hunger in rural areas is crucial to building lasting peace in Colombia and in turn will help the nation become a breadbasket for the world, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Thursday. Rural reforms to address unequal land distribution and boost development are key to the peace agreement signed last month by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and Santos, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to reach a
  
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• 3 Weight-Loss Struggles from the Show 'This Is Us’ That We Can ALL Relate To

  15-12-2016 21:26
  
  Plus, how to avoid the same issues as Toby and Kate.
  
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• 3 Weight-Loss Struggles from the Show 'This Is Us’ That All Dieting Couples Can Relate To

  15-12-2016 21:26
  
  Plus, how to avoid the same issues as Toby and Kate.
  
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• The only way to beat the Tories is for opposition parties to work together | Shirley Williams

  15-12-2016 21:17
  
  The government is divided on issues from social care to education. But to protect those in need, parties of the centre and left must overcome their tribal differencesTheresa May’s Conservative government is less united and less powerful than it may seem. It has a small and vulnerable majority, remains divided on what kind of relationship it wants with the European Union, and disagrees on some key political issues like the role, if any, that grammar schools should play in secondary educatio
  
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• Ill feelings remain about my time in a convalescent home | Letters

  15-12-2016 20:50
  
  Whatever happened to convalescent homes (Letters, 7 and 15 December)? I was twice sent to such a place in 1954 and 1955, aged seven, following serious illness. It was 35 miles from my home and named after Jan Smuts, the South African nationalist leader, soldier and Calvinist. The naming was appropriate: it was run by methods that were, even by the standards of the day, harsh and spartan. Up at 6am in freezing cold, forced exercise, enforced naps and compulsory medication with some vile subs
  
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• Red Cross evacuates 3,000 civilians from Aleppo

  15-12-2016 20:47
  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Some 3,000 civilians and more than 40 wounded people, including children, were evacuated from east Aleppo on Thursday in two evacuations, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a statement. "Many more" rotations of buses and ambulances would be needed in coming days, said Robert Mardini, ICRC regional director for the Near and Middle East, in an interview with Reuters in his Geneva office. "This for us is the first step, it was a posit
  
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• Surrey man proves you can get a six-pack at 40

  15-12-2016 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hetan Petal, 40, a businessman from from Surrey, managed to shed three stone in five months, hone his abs and half his body fat.
  
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• 20 Nutrition and Fitness Experts Reveal Their New Year's Resolutions

  15-12-2016 19:53
  
  Eat better, join a gym, drink more water, get eight hours of sleep every night...many of the most popular New Year's resolutions are focused on living a healthier, more balanced life. But what do those people who are already extremely healthy (in fact, it's their job to be) want to improve upon? We polled 20 wellness influencers, from nutritionists to celebrity trainers to healthy start-up founders, to find out what their self-improvement goals are for the upcoming year. From bein
  
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• 18 Nutrition and Fitness Experts Reveal Their New Year's Resolutions

  15-12-2016 19:53
  
  Eat better, join a gym, drink more water, get eight hours of sleep every night...many of the most popular New Year's resolutions are focused on living a healthier, more balanced life. But what do those people who are already extremely healthy (in fact, it's their job to be) want to improve upon? We polled 18 wellness influencers, from nutritionists to celebrity trainers to healthy start-up founders, to find out what their self-improvement goals are for the upcoming year. From bein
  
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• Taking the Pill doesn't damage your sex drive - the length of your relationship is more important

  15-12-2016 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using the Pill has long been believed to decrease desire, but scientific evidence has been scarce, until this new study by scientists from the University of Kentucky and Indiana University.
  
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• How to Make Whipped Cream, Because a Shortage Is Coming

  15-12-2016 19:31
  
  An explosion at a nitrous oxide plant halted Reddi-Wip production.
  
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• Autism could be caused by a lack of a protein in the brain, study finds

  15-12-2016 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A third of cases are believed to be due to a lack of the protein, nSR100, which is important for normal brain development, researchers from the University of Toronto, found.
  
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• Aid trucks with medical supplies leave Paris for northern Syria

  15-12-2016 19:16
  Two trucks filled with 20 tonnes of first aid supplies and construction materials left Paris for northern Syria on Thursday to help those fleeing conflict in Aleppo. Doctors and health workers from the France-based Union of Medical Care and Relief Organisations organised the convoy, which will cross nearly 4,000 km (2,500 miles) by land to Syria. An operation to evacuate thousands of civilians and fighters from Aleppo began on Thursday, part of a ceasefire deal that would end years of fighting f
  
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• This Elderly Couple's Nude Photoshoot Is #RelationshipGoals

  15-12-2016 19:00
  
  They’ve been together for more than 20 years.
  
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• Once-conjoined twins seen for the first time without their bandages as they head to rehab 9 weeks after separation

  15-12-2016 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jadon and Anias McDonald were separated in a 20-hour procedure at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx on October 13 and 14. Now, they are bandage-free and being discharged.
  
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• Edinburgh teen 'sympathy pains' while his twin battled bone cancer

  15-12-2016 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pat and Al Dawson, both from Edinburgh, had knee pains in sync with each other. Tests found Al had osteosarcoma - a rare form of bone cancer that eventually took his life just two years later.
  
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• Councils angry at government's social care offer

  15-12-2016 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Councils say the lack of new government money for social care is "hugely disappointing".
  
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• Why sex DOES get better with age: Three medical experts explain...

  15-12-2016 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The majority of men and women over 60 in the U.S. are sexually active, most at least two to three times per month (more often than many younger adults). They also rate sex as an important part of life.
  
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• This Super-Common Ingredient Might Make You Gain Weight

  15-12-2016 18:17
  
  It’s not just “bloating,” either.
  
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• University of Arizona reveals running stimulates your brain and improves memory

  15-12-2016 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Part of the brain responsible for decision-making and planning - the frontal cortex - is activated during a run, a study by the University of Arizona found.
  
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• Will Trump cause progressives to forget about women's rights? | Jessica Valenti

  15-12-2016 17:50
  
  Americans cannot afford to treat feminism as something that can be pushed aside for a time and picked up later. Especially not nowIf you were concerned that forced funerals for fetuses and zygotes wasn’t quite horrific enough, rejoice! In the last week, Ohio has passed a law banning abortions after 20 weeks and Oklahoma wants to mandate that businesses post anti-abortion signs in women’s public restrooms. In the wake of Trump’s win, reproductive rights opponents have not wasted
  
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• Sedentary lifestyles: the hidden factor in the social care crisis | Peter Walker

  15-12-2016 17:45
  
  Taking exercise is a ‘miracle pill’ that can save us from physical and mental ill health in old age. So why are politicians so reluctant to promote it?The current debate about the ever-growing pressure on social care services is by no means the first, and certainly won’t be the last. But it is always predicated around the same central assumption: with increasing numbers of older people, the costs can only go up. This is to miss an important point, one well known to public healt
  
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• 7 Holiday-Scented Beauty Products That Smell Ahhhh-mazing

  15-12-2016 17:31
  
  You’ll want to bathe in them...and with some products, you can.
  
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• Children born with herpes more likely to develop most common form of childhood cancer

  15-12-2016 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers from the University of Nevada, University of California, San Francisco, found young sufferers of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia are nearly four times more likely to have the virus.
  
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• Everything You Need to Know About the Abortion Pill

  15-12-2016 17:10
  
  Will your access to it change under the Trump administration?
  
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• Why having the flu during pregnancy increases the risk of the child having depression when they grow older

  15-12-2016 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Early maternal support has been found to help a baby to deal with stress. But a viral infection can cause a woman to be less affectionate, experts from the Medical University of Vienna say.
  
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• 7 Breathtaking Snow-ga Photos That’ll Make You Want to Om Outside

  15-12-2016 16:36
  
  Add some shiver to your savasana.
  
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• Christmas freezer tips everyone should know released by Food Standard Agency

  15-12-2016 16:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Food Standards Agency has released list of freezer tips for Christmas. They say you can freeze meals if they contain previously frozen ingredients.
  
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• Nicole Scherzinger’s is doing God’s work in her Dirty Dancing role

  15-12-2016 16:19
  
  Praise be! The Almighty has given His blessing to the former Pussycat Doll’s lucrative new acting job – just so long as she uses it to teach the masses about the perils of abortionTo the career of Nicole Scherzinger, now, and a reminder that unlike the rest of us, actors never take jobs for a payday. They are better than that. There is almost always a desire to educate and inform the benighted public about a moral issue close to the star’s heart. How else do you think things li
  
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• Nicole Scherzinger is doing God’s work in her Dirty Dancing role

  15-12-2016 16:19
  
  Praise be! The Almighty has given His blessing to the former Pussycat Doll’s lucrative new acting job – just so long as she uses it to teach the masses about the perils of abortionTo the career of Nicole Scherzinger, now, and a reminder that unlike the rest of us, actors never take jobs for a payday. They are better than that. There is almost always a desire to educate and inform the benighted public about a moral issue close to the star’s heart. How else do you think things li
  
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• Brookings Institution finds richer people are less stressed and live longer

  15-12-2016 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Americans with a higher income are twice as likely to feel in good health than people on lower salaries, according to data compiled by the Brooking's Institution.
  
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• ‘I Tried Foam Rolling Every Day for a Month—Here’s What Happened’

  15-12-2016 15:30
  
  Spoiler alert: Week one wasn’t pretty.
  
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• UK agrees to licence three-parent IVF babies to prevent disease

  15-12-2016 14:36
  By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday became the first country to formally licence an in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment designed to create babies from three people. In a long-awaited decision, Britain's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) gave the final go-ahead for the treatment known as mitochondrial transfer, which doctors say could help prevent incurable inherited diseases. Britain's parliament last year voted to change the law to allow the treatments if
  
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• Social care: Sajid Javid defends social care measures

  15-12-2016 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Communities Secretary Sajid Javid defends new measures on social care funding in the Commons.
  
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• From Trump and his new team, mixed signals on climate change

  15-12-2016 14:16
  
  He brushed off climate change as a Chinese hoax, then called it the real deal and finally declared that "nobody really knows." Donald Trump is sending mixed signals on whether or how he will ...
  
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• DENTAL HEALTH: Experts say teachers should SUPERVISE children brushing their teeth

  15-12-2016 14:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TEACHERS and school nurses should supervise children brushing their teeth to help drive down rates of tooth decay, experts have said.
  
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• CCTV at underground stations could prevent people from committing suicide

  15-12-2016 14:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pacing back and forth from the yellow line at the platform edge and putting a bag on the ground are two tell-tale signs, researchers from the University of Quebec, Canada, found.
  
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• Health secretary launches campaign to help parents spot sepsis

  15-12-2016 13:56
  
  Leaflets to be delivered to surgeries and hospitals to raise awareness of condition, which kills 37,000 in England each yearJeremy Hunt has launched a nationwide campaign to help parents spot the signs of sepsis. The health secretary is hoping to raise awareness of the “devastating” condition, which causes about 37,000 deaths each year in England.Related: What is sepsis? A guide to the disease after NHS criticised for failing to spot illnessRelated: Report strongly criticises NHS inv
  
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• Columbia University reveal what your brain looks like when you 'zone out'

  15-12-2016 13:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A mesmerising new video reveals how brain signals and blood flow interact. Researchers from the University of Columbia, New York, hope their images will help in the treatment of brain disease
  
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• Social care: Sajid Javid sets out new measures

  15-12-2016 13:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Communities Secretary Sajid Javid outlines new measures on social care funding in the Commons.
  
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• Sepsis symptoms WARNING: Campaign to prevent deadly infection launched by Jeremy Hunt

  15-12-2016 13:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SEPSIS symptoms are being highlighted in a bid to protect young children and save lives. A campaign to protect children has been launched today by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, and features mother and campaigner Melissa Mead, who lost her baby son William to Sepsis in December 2014.
  
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• Britain OKs making babies from DNA of 3 people in some cases

  15-12-2016 13:35
  LONDON (AP) — Britain's fertility regulator has approved controversial techniques allowing doctors to create babies using the DNA from three people — what it called a "historic" decision to help prevent a small number of children from inheriting potentially fatal diseases from their mothers.
  
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