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• Women GPs save far more lives by following the rules and connecting with their patients

  19-12-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health estimated there would be 32,000 fewer deaths a year among Medicare patients alone if all doctors were female.
  
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• Exactly How to Squeeze a Butt Workout into Every Sweat Sesh

  19-12-2016 23:37
  After all, it’s the year of the booty.
  
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• 'I Was Diagnosed With Parkinson’s Disease at 34’

  19-12-2016 23:29
  
  "My husband and I were in complete denial.”
  
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• Experts say Marijuana highs in space may be ruined by radiation

  19-12-2016 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new study, researchers found that high-energy protons from the sun can alter signalling within the brain, specifically messing with the endocannabinoid receptors.
  
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• The ONE Stretch You Need to Do, Based on Your Favorite Workout

  19-12-2016 22:47
  
  From spinning to Zumba, we’ve got your cooldown move covered.
  
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• How to DIY Your Own Lip Kit

  19-12-2016 22:30
  In case you can't get your hands on Kylie Jenner's.
  
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• Will DRUGS work in space? Experts say Marijuana highs may be ruined by radiation

  19-12-2016 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new study, researchers found that high-energy protons from the sun can alter signalling within the brain, specifically messing with the endocannabinoid receptors.
  
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• Lizzie Velasquez, Once Called the ‘World’s Ugliest Woman,’ Responds to Cruel Body Shaming Meme

  19-12-2016 22:15
  
  Before you share a meme, remember that there’s an actual person in that photo.That’s the message motivational speaker Lizzie Velasquez shared on Instagram after discovering that she unwillingly became the face of a body shaming meme.“I’ve seen a ton of memes like this all over @facebook recently. I’m writing this post not as someone who is a victim but as someone who is using their voice,” Velasquez, 27, writes. “Yes, it’s very
  
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• 10 Women Share How Running Helped Them Lose Weight for Good

  19-12-2016 22:10
  
  “Running became my therapy.”
  
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• Why you're more likely to eat fatty foods if you're at the bottom of the pecking order at work

  19-12-2016 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Whether you feel less educated, poorer, or have a less exalted job than colleagues, the results are clear: you are more likely to tuck into high calorie foods, a study in Singapore found.
  
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• The real reason it is SO important to exercise every day during winter

  19-12-2016 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor William B. Farquhar, of the University of Delaware, explains why a daily run or brisk walk drives your blood pressure down almost instantly, and it stays down for many hours.
  
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• What You Can Learn About a Man from His Zodiac Sign (That He Probably Wouldn’t Tell You Himself)

  19-12-2016 20:25
  
  Warning: Leos love drama.
  
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• Could this £5 blood test predict a heart attack 15 years early? Scientists say it could help doctors spot high-risk patients

  19-12-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The test, which takes just 30 minutes to deliver a result, could help doctors spot patients who would benefit from life-saving treatment, according to new research by the British Heart Foundation.
  
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• Myth of the pricier option revealed with pricier food usually not healthier

  19-12-2016 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Superfoods championed by 'lifestyle gurus' like Gwyneth Paltrow usually come with a super price tag. But a new study by Ohio State University has debunked that myth.
  
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• Does a doctor's gender affect your chance of survival?

  19-12-2016 19:51
  CHICAGO (AP) — What if your doctor's gender could influence your chance of surviving a visit to the hospital?
  
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• Children with dystonia can walk again with the help of a brain implant

  19-12-2016 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research from University College London, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and Cambridge University found that the effects were strongest in the youngest patients.
  
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• How to know when holiday drinking is damaging your brain

  19-12-2016 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Jamie Smolen, of the University of Florida, has studied alcohol use disorder for over 15 years. He warns it's a poorly understood public health problem, and few know how much it 'too much'.
  
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• Number of pregnant women smoking cannabis went up 62% since 2002

  19-12-2016 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  All research shows marijuana is detrimental to unborn babies. But a new study by New York's Columbia University has shown more and more pregnant women in the US are using the drug.
  
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• Lebanese lawmakers set to scrap law forgiving rapists who marry victim

  19-12-2016 19:20
  By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women's rights campaigners in Lebanon said they were confident that lawmakers were set to abolish a law that absolves convicted rapists of their punishment if they marry their victim. Elie Kayrouz, a member of Lebanon's parliament who sits on a parliamentary committee tasked with examining the law - article 522 of the penal code - said the committee had agreed to recommend its repeal. "For article 522 there is consensus among all members
  
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• Heavy drinkers should get early screening for liver disease, says Nice

  19-12-2016 19:20
  
  Officials say women who have more than 35 units and men who have more than 50 units a week should be sent for scansHeavy drinkers should be screened for early signs of liver disease, health officials have said.Harmful drinkers – women who drink more than 35 units a week and men who drink more than 50 – should also be sent for scans to detect liver scarring, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said.Continue reading...
  
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• Why depression makes chemotherapy less effective

  19-12-2016 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study by scientists at Zhengzhou University, China, has identified exactly how depression alters the blood in a way that makes chemotherapy far less effective.
  
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• Giuliana Rancic Just Hit a Major Milestone in Her Cancer Battle

  19-12-2016 19:12
  
  “Everything will be OK in the end."
  
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• Dear Piers Morgan: Yes, Sexual Assault Victims Can Suffer from PTSD

  19-12-2016 19:06
  
  An open letter in response to the journalist's suggestions that Lady Gaga isn’t suffering after her assault.
  
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• Great Barrier Reef death rates have doubled this year because of bucket list goals

  19-12-2016 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is believed ten people have died this year while diving in the Great Barrier Reef - double the average. But the area's boss of tourism says most of these can be put down to adults trying to tick off their goals.
  
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• Selena Gomez’s New Haircut Will Make You Want to Book an Appointment with Your Stylist ASAP

  19-12-2016 18:26
  
  She's the latest star to jump on this trendy style.
  
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• British royals join Christmas party for mental health charity's volunteers

  19-12-2016 18:13
  Prince William, his wife Kate and his brother Harry joined in with a mental health charity's Christmas party on Monday, helping to make decorations. The trio launched the "Heads Together" campaign earlier this year to work with charities to help tackle the stigma of mental health in Britain.
  
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• The Dating Guru James Preece reveals how to become more attractive in MINUTES

  19-12-2016 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From ensuring you make eye contact and standing tall to always wearing lipstick, James Preece, also known as The Dating Guru, says these dating hacks will make you much more attractive in minutes.
  
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• Brain changes seen in pregnancy, may help preparing for baby

  19-12-2016 17:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Pregnancy affects not only a woman's body: It changes parts of her brain too, a new study says.
  
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• US women increasingly use pot during pregnancy, study finds

  19-12-2016 17:52
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. women are increasingly using marijuana during pregnancy, sometimes to treat morning sickness, new reports suggest. Though the actual numbers are small, the trend raises concerns because of evidence linking the drug with low birth weights and other problems.
  
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• Why you're LESS likely to die if you see a female doctor: Women GPs save far more lives by following the rules and connecting with their patients

  19-12-2016 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health estimated there would be 32,000 fewer deaths a year among Medicare patients alone if all doctors were female.
  
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• Eating broccoli, spinach and egg yolks can preserve your memory in old age

  19-12-2016 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adults who have high levels of lutein - found in leafy green vegetables - are better able to recall things they learnt many years ago, University of Illinois researchers found.
  
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• Harmful drinkers should be screened for early liver problems to prevent unnecessary deaths

  19-12-2016 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Across England there are estimated to be 1.9 million 'harmful drinkers' - men who drink more than 50 units a week and women who drink more than 35 units each week.
  
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• Children with a rare condition that leaves them struggling to control their limbs can walk again with the help of a brain implant

  19-12-2016 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research from University College London, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and Cambridge University found that the effects were strongest in the youngest patients.
  
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• Pregnancy alters woman's brain 'for at least two years'

  19-12-2016 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  'Pregnancy brain' exists, but not in the way you might think, scientists say.
  
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• GSK boosts board-level science as new CEO prepares to take over

  19-12-2016 17:21
  Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is bolstering scientific expertise on its board by establishing a new science committee, charged with overseeing research, as a new chief executive prepares to take over. Incoming CEO Emma Walmsley, the first woman to lead a top global drugmaker, stands out among Big Pharma bosses as a consumer brands specialist rather than a prescription medicines expert. Since her appointment in September she has spent much of her time learning about GSK's prescription drug research a
  
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• 14 Things Men Think Turn Us On—Even Though They Definitely Don't

  19-12-2016 17:08
  
  “He tried to give me a lap dance. He was no Magic Mike.”
  
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• Surge in pregnant women smoking cannabis: Number of expectant mothers using marijuana went up 62% since 2002

  19-12-2016 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  All research shows marijuana is detrimental to unborn babies. But a new study by New York's Columbia University has shown more and more pregnant women in the US are using the drug.
  
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• Mystery package was flu treatment, says Team Sky boss Brailsford

  19-12-2016 17:02
  The mystery package at the centre of a UK Anti-Doping investigation into British Cycling contained a flu treatment, Team Sky chief Dave Brailsford told Members of Parliament on Monday. British Cycling and Team Sky have been under scrutiny over the package delivered to the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine in which Bradley Wiggins was riding. Wiggins' then coach Shane Sutton, giving evidence to a Parliamentary inquiry into doping in sport, earlier said he did not know what the package contained.
  
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• Baby brain IS real: Motherhood changes structure of female brain to help bond with the baby 

  19-12-2016 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brain scans of first-time mothers showed that the region of the brain involved in recognition and emotion 'lit up' brightly in response to her own child's face, Spanish researchers found.
  
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• Woman credits her 'bendy spine' for saving her life in a horrific car accident

  19-12-2016 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Laura Wellington, 24, from Colchester, was diagnosed with joint hypermobility - a condition where the joints are more flexible than usual - as a teenager.
  
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• Trump’s spelling error: an act of Joycean virtuosity or carelessness?

  19-12-2016 16:36
  
  The president-elect described China’s seizure of a US drone as an ‘unpresidented act’. But trouble with words doesn’t necessarily mean you aren’t intelligentThe president-elect can’t spell. This is the least of our Donald Trump problems, but interesting nonetheless. The explanations that come to mind are that he is one of the following: a) careless; b) dyslexic; c) illiterate; or d) incipiently demented.Regarding the ominous final suggestion, symptomatic missp
  
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• How bucket lists can be DEADLY: Great Barrier Reef death rates have doubled this year because people are trying to tick off their goals

  19-12-2016 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is believed ten people have died this year while diving in the Great Barrier Reef - double the average. But the area's boss of tourism says most of these can be put down to adults trying to tick off their goals.
  
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• North China cities choked by smog shut factories, stop cars

  19-12-2016 16:24
  
  Engulfed in choking smog, some northern Chinese cities limited the number of cars on roads and temporarily shut down factories Monday to reduce air pollution during a national "red alert." More ...
  
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• Why depression makes chemotherapy less effective: Emotional state dramatically affects cancer patients' chance of survival, study reveals 

  19-12-2016 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study by scientists at Zhengzhou University, China, has identified exactly how depression alters the blood in a way that makes chemotherapy far less effective.
  
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• Here’s Why Rethinking Your ‘Cheat Day’ Could Help You Shed More Pounds

  19-12-2016 16:05
  
  Call it this instead.
  
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• Forty-one die in Siberia after drinking bath oil for alcoholic kicks

  19-12-2016 16:03
  By Andrew Osborn and Peter Hobson MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least 41 residents of the Siberian city of Irkutsk have died after drinking scented bath oil in a desperate search for an alcoholic high in one of the deadliest cases of its kind in years, Russian investigators said on Monday. Use of counterfeit or surrogate alcohol is rife in Russia's regions, where two years of economic pain have pushed more people below the poverty line. Russian media reported that the victims were poor residents of Irku
  
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• Duterte defends China, says unfair to blame Beijing for Philippines' drug problem

  19-12-2016 15:49
  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's office, responding to a Reuters report, came to China's defence on Monday, saying it was unfair to hold Beijing responsible for the drug problem in the Philippines. "Many of those running the drug trade are Chinese triads, which are criminal syndicates. "China has strict anti-drug laws, which carries even the penalty of execution when caught," the statement from the Presidential Communications Office said.
  
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• Tweet with flashing images sent to epileptic writer

  19-12-2016 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vanity Fair writer Kurt Eichenwald suffered a seizure after receiving a flashing image tweet
  
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• Send heavy drinkers for liver scan, GPs told

  19-12-2016 15:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Women who drink more than three-and-a-half bottles of wine a week should get their livers checked, say guidelines.
  
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• Siberian city declares emergency as dozens die from drinking alcoholic bath tincture

  19-12-2016 15:19
  
  Deaths in Irkutsk highlight widespread ingestion of ‘surrogate’ alcohol in Russia, including window cleaner and perfumeA state of emergency has been declared in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, as at least 48 people were reported dead on Monday from drinking a bath tincture known for its high alcohol content. The deaths have renewed controversy over the widespread ingestion of “surrogate” alcohol in Russia, including medical ethanol, window cleaner and perfume. Experts estim
  
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