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• 5 Workouts That Burn More Calories Than Spin Class

  21-12-2016 23:54
  
  Let the torching begin.
  
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• Snickers maker criticizes industry-funded paper on sugar

  21-12-2016 23:53
  
  Mars Inc., the maker of Skittles and M&M's, is breaking ranks with other food companies and denouncing an industry-funded paper that says global recommendations on limiting sugar are based on weak evidence. ...
  
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• 'Obamacare' holding its own: 6.4M signed up so far

  21-12-2016 23:51
  
  Despite rising premiums, dwindling insurers and the Republican vow to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, about 400,000 more people signed up through Monday than for a comparable period in ...
  
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• Winter health HACK: Switch OFF the heating to stay well, expert says

  21-12-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CATCHING a cold is something we all want to avoid, regardless of the time of year.
  
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• ‘I Thought I Was Just Having Heavy Periods—Until I Was Diagnosed with Fibroid Tumors’

  21-12-2016 23:17
  
  Toya Wright, author and ex-wife of rapper Lil Wayne, says her fibroids made her look five months pregnant.
  
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• Shorter treatment proves worse for kids with ear infections

  21-12-2016 23:14
  A study that tested a shorter course of antibiotics for ear infections in children under age 2 finds that kids do better with the standard 10-day treatment.
  
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• A novel approach: Fighting painkiller addiction at home

  21-12-2016 23:04
  
  People hooked on prescription painkillers were able to use a drug at home to curb cravings and prevent abuse while waiting to get in a treatment program, finds a small study that gives hope for a new way to fight the opioid problem.
  
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• 7 Signs You’re with the Right Person, According to Couples Married 30+ Years

  21-12-2016 22:55
  
  "He always accepted me with the baggage I came with."
  
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• How to Have the Most Amazing Bath of Your Life

  21-12-2016 22:46
  
  Beauty insiders share how they prep their own tubs for relaxation.
  
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• 8 Lung Cancer Symptoms You Should Know About Even if You're Not a Smoker

  21-12-2016 22:29
  
  The disease is the leading cancer killer of women in the U.S.
  
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• Aleppo endgame nears as evacuation resumes

  21-12-2016 22:03
  By Ellen Francis and Lisa Barrington BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appeared close to victory in Aleppo on Wednesday, but United Nations and rebel officials denied that an operation to evacuate fighters and civilians from the city had been completed. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a group that monitors the war, said Assad had control of Aleppo after the last fighters were brought out of the city and only one small position on the western outskirts remained in rebel
  
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• Senators urge action to block drastic drug price hikes

  21-12-2016 21:34
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Angered by skyrocketing drug prices, a pair of senators on Wednesday urged Congress to block companies from cornering the market on old, off-patent drugs.
  
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• Life changing

  21-12-2016 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Does one city which plans to eliminate suicide altogether have the answer?
  
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• Evacuations from east Aleppo still ongoing - U.N. official

  21-12-2016 20:29
  GENEVA (Reuters) - Evacuations from the Syrian enclave of east Aleppo continued on Wednesday evening, a U.N. official in Syria said. Earlier, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said President Bashar al-Assad took control of Aleppo city on Wednesday after the last batch of fighters was evacuated. But a U.N. official in Syria, asked about the report, told Reuters: "That is not something we can confirm. Evacuations are still ongoing." Another aid worker told Reuters that completion
  
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• Lack of EU coordination puts lone migrant children at risk of abuse, trafficking - report

  21-12-2016 20:25
  By Lin Taylor LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Children who flee to Europe from war-torn regions without their parents have no clear way of escaping abusive or exploitative adults as there are no unified policies in place to protect them, a European Union (EU) agency said on Wednesday. Conflicts and poverty in the Middle East and Africa has forced some 1.4 million people to head to Europe, fuelling the region's largest migrant crisis since World War Two. According to the United Nations chil
  
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• Free sanitary pads, menstruation classes mean Ugandan girls less likely to skip school - research

  21-12-2016 20:25
  By Umberto Bacchi LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - School attendance improves when girls in sub-Saharan Africa are taught about menstruation and given free sanitary towels, boosting their job prospects and self-esteem, researchers said on Wednesday. A team from Oxford University carried out a trial involving 1,000 girls at eight schools in Uganda, providing girls in six schools with sanitary pads, information on menstruation and a combination of both. "Many girls don't know about periods be
  
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• 5 Portion Control Tips You’ve Never Heard Before

  21-12-2016 20:21
  
  You shouldn't always go for the smaller plate.
  
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• Why the Move to Defund Planned Parenthood in Texas Is a Direct Attack on Women

  21-12-2016 19:52
  
  "If Planned Parenthood had not have been there for me, I wouldn’t have seen a doctor at all."
  
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• Actelion re-enters talks with J&J, sidelining Sanofi

  21-12-2016 19:45
  By John Revill and Ludwig Burger ZURICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Swiss biotech company Actelion has turned back to prospective bidder Johnson & Johnson for exclusive talks about a "strategic transaction", in an about-turn that appears to sideline rival suitor Sanofi . Actelion said in a brief statement on Wednesday it was in exclusive negotiations with the U.S. healthcare giant but that there could be "no assurance any transaction will result from these discussions", declining to comment furthe
  
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• Even Optimists Tend to Expect the Worst

  21-12-2016 19:23
  
  Even if you consider yourself to be pretty upbeat, it’s easy to get caught up in feelings of dread as you wait to hear about uncertain news. As the moment of truth draws nearer, people often find themselves increasingly convinced that bad results are ahead.These emotions may feel stressful and unhealthy, but a new study suggests they’re totally normal. In fact, this instinct to brace for the worst can actually be protective and serve as a buffer against potentially bad news, say rese
  
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• Head-injury survivors and suicide risk | Letters

  21-12-2016 19:22
  
  Sarah Wollaston MP rightly urges the government to identify suicide risks (Curbs needed on pro-suicide sites, say MPs as toll mounts, 19 December). There is one very grave one which the national suicide strategy takes no account of. There is compelling research to demonstrate that head-injury survivors – even survivors of concussion – are at particular risk of suicide and should receive the same attention and supervision from medical professionals as other high-risk groups, such as p
  
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• Mother reveals how her intuition led to her baby's Rhabdomyosarcoma cancer diagnosis

  21-12-2016 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Baby Penelope was born with a bruised lump on her back, which grew bigger over time. Doctors told her worried mother Emily, from NSW, that it was reflux, colic or constipation,
  
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• The 5 Yoga Moves That Helped Kaley Cuoco Get THOSE Abs

  21-12-2016 18:30
  She swears by this CorePower yoga flow.
  
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• Actelion re-enters talks with J&J in takeover twist

  21-12-2016 18:16
  The takeover battle surrounding Actelion heated up on Wednesday when the Swiss biotech company said it had begun exclusive talks with former suitor Johnson & Johnson about a "strategic transaction". The announcement could dash the hopes of French drugmaker Sanofi , which has been circling Actelion and which had making good progress in its negotiations, according to a person familiar with the matter. In a new twist Actelion said it was restarting talks with U.S. healthcare group Johnson &
  
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• A toxic leak left Corpus Christi with no water for days. A taste of things to come? | Sarah McClung

  21-12-2016 17:44
  
  Trump has installed people in key environmental protection positions who seem to care more for profits than people. Now we fear for our safetyCorpus Christi, Texas, calls itself the “sparkling city by the sea”. But lately it doesn’t feel very sparkling. The city imposed a four-day ban on consuming any tap water last Wednesday. No one could drink the water, shower, bathe, do dishes, wash laundry, hands, faces or children with it. There were fears that a corrosive asphalt emulsif
  
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• How Powdered Blood Could Revolutionize Medicine

  21-12-2016 17:39
  
  During an emergency, having blood on hand for transfusions is critical. But blood needs proper refrigeration, making on the spot care a difficult task. But what if paramedics were equipped with bags of powdered blood cells that could be combined with water and immediately distributed?It may sound like science fiction, but doctors are working to develop artificial blood cells that could save lives down the line.“Transfusion medicine is challenged by the limitations arising from&nb
  
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• Artificial leaf copies nature to manufacture medicine

  21-12-2016 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The silicone rubber device, created at the Eindhoven University of Technology, mimics nature's efficiency at harvesting sunlight. Experts say it could allow drugs to be made on Mars.
  
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• Aleppo evacuation resumes after day-long hold-up

  21-12-2016 16:54
  By Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - Buses carrying Syrian civilians and fighters began leaving the last rebel-held enclave of Aleppo on Wednesday after being stalled for a day, aid officials and pro-government media reports said. Obstacles hindering evacuations from east Aleppo and from two villages besieged by rebels had been overcome and the operation would be completed within hours, according to a news service run by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, an ally of the Syrian government. The eventual
  
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• Spicy ingredient in curry helps to slow growth of aggressive tumours

  21-12-2016 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Capsaicin - responsible for the fiery sensation after eating chilli and peppers - also caused triple-negative cells to die in their masses, researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, found.
  
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• NHS hospitals facing toughest winter yet, say health experts

  21-12-2016 16:40
  
  Rises in patients leaving A&E before treatment and patients returning within a week are very worrying, says thinktankRecord numbers of patients are leaving A&E units without being treated, new figures reveal, sparking fears that the NHS is “on the eve of a winter crisis” and cannot cope with soaring demand.In all, 53,000 people left an emergency department in England in September before receiving treatment, 24% more than the 42,461 who did so in September 2015. Data released
  
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• About 70 employees get sick after health department party

  21-12-2016 16:37
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Department of Health says dozens of its employees became sick after its holiday party.
  
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• Vladimir Putin orders clampdown on 'surrogate' alcohol as deaths rise

  21-12-2016 16:35
  
  Over 60 people have died after drinking fake batch of bath tincture in Siberian city of IrkutskRussia’s president Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to crack down on so-called surrogate alcohol, as the death toll from consumption of a fake batch of bath tincture exceeded 60.Putin on Wednesday demanded new regulations be put in place to tighten controls over the production and sale of liquids including perfume, cleaning fluids, medicines and cosmetics that contain more than 25% alcoh
  
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• Three genes could explain why some people are obese but healthy, say scientists

  21-12-2016 16:28
  
  Being overweight is a risk factor for diabetes and other diseases; genes could explain why 15-20% of obese people seem to suffer no health consequences Scientists have offered a genetic explanation for why some people are obese and healthy while others develop diabetes and heart disease as a result of their weight.The study identified three genes, which appear to influence whether fat is compartmentalised and stored around the outside of the body or whether it spills into the circulatory system.
  
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• Norway slightly eases mass killer Breivik's jail isolation

  21-12-2016 16:05
  By Alister Doyle and Stine Jacobsen OSLO (Reuters) - Norway has slightly relaxed the jail isolation of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik since an April court ruling that it had violated his human rights by keeping him in a "locked world", legal documents showed on Wednesday. The Norwegian state, preparing an appeal against the ruling starting on Jan. 10, said Breivik's still-draconian jail conditions were fully justified. The April ruling that Norway violated Breivik's human rights by keeping h
  
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• Headache CURE: Tackling THIS common night time habit could ease YOUR tension headaches

  21-12-2016 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TENSION headaches are the most common type of headache, which feels like a constant ache affecting both sides of the head.
  
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• The 20 Guys We All Googled Naked Pictures of This Year

  21-12-2016 15:40
  
  NSFW pics, galore!
  
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• Christmas is an isolating time for people with mental health problems

  21-12-2016 15:14
  
  At a time of year when most people are enjoying themselves there are many who cannot join in, but despite the challenges services face, help is available Christmas is a time for joy, celebration and bringing together family and friends to share this merriment. While taking nothing away from this much needed festivity, spare a thought for those who are less advantaged – particularly those with mental health problems. Related: Loneliness at Christmas: how are you tackling it?Related: My Chri
  
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• £24 test can diagnose cancer and Parkinson's with 86% accuracy

  21-12-2016 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The breath test, which costs as little as £24, was found to work as well as a dog's nose when tried on more than 1,400 patients in a study led by the Israel Institute of Technology.
  
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• 9 Women Share What Didn’t Change After They Lost 50+ Pounds

  21-12-2016 15:09
  
  “The way that friends and family treated me and supported me.”
  
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• 5 Things I Learned When I Meal-Prepped Every Sunday for a Month

  21-12-2016 14:53
  
  Being overly ambitious isn't always wise.
  
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• Can YOU answer the general knowledge quiz of the year?

  21-12-2016 14:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite 80 per cent of the nation claiming they can answer all of the questions, some of them are a lot tougher than you think - with only 50 per cent of people being able to answer question three.
  
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• Now we're supposed to embrace clean sleeping. How tiresome | Hannah Jane Parkinson

  21-12-2016 13:59
  
  Arianna Huffington and Gwyneth Paltrow are cashing in on the biggest health trend of 2017. But it’s possible to get shuteye without opening your walletYou thought sleep was the last refuge. You thought sleep was the one thing that couldn’t be packaged or pressed or juiced or diced or Instagrammed and made nice. You thought sleep was safe. You were wrong. I am testing sleep aids for the Observer, including theseContinue reading...
  
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• Turning your ear helps you hear, Cardiff Uni study finds

  21-12-2016 13:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It may seem obvious, but turning your ear towards a person when they talk can vastly improve the understanding of speech in noisy environments, scientists find.
  
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• Winds may finally clear 'scary' pollution from China's skies

  21-12-2016 13:47
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The dense smog that has smothered much of China for five days may finally soon clear, forecasters and state media said Wednesday, giving relief to hundreds of millions of people breathing dangerously polluted air and struggling under the government's emergency measures.
  
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• A simple 'sniff test' is accurate in diagnosing dementia early on

  21-12-2016 13:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania found asking elderly patients to try and identify 16 odours alongside a cognitive test was effective in diagnosing 87 per cent of dementia sufferers.
  
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• Health of 'young and old' hit by China smog

  21-12-2016 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People in Beijing in China outline their health concerns at the city's smog problem.
  
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• The NHS ​caught a bad case of 2016 ​– cartoon

  21-12-2016 12:46
  
  With Jeremy Hunt still standing and the NHS on its knees, is there worse to come? Continue reading...
  
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• 'Serious concerns' over Marie Stopes abortion services

  21-12-2016 12:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Inspectors raise "serious concerns" over patient safety at Marie Stopes International abortion provider.
  
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• The unhealthiest desserts on the high street (and the worst contains 1,217 calories in one serving)

  21-12-2016 12:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health experts at Treated.com analysed desserts at 24 high street restaurants, ranking them on calorie, sugar and saturated fat content. Harvester's Chocolate Fudge Cake came top.
  
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• Experts say you should pleasure yourself this Christmas to ward off depression

  21-12-2016 12:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For women, self-pleasure can help to prevent urinary tract infections through the process of 'tenting', Anthony Santella and Spring Chenoa Cooper, from the University of Sydney, previously said.
  
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