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• 8 Things You Never Knew About Kellyanne Conway

  22-12-2016 23:50
  
  She’s REALLY into patriotism…
  
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• Road to recovery

  22-12-2016 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three years ago Alex Lewis went from having a cold to losing his limbs - now he's going back to work as an interior designer.
  
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• The Best Starbucks Order for You, According to Your Zodiac Sign

  22-12-2016 22:58
  
  Order this and the stars will align.
  
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• Aleppo evacuation is complete, Red Cross says

  22-12-2016 22:44
  GENEVA (Reuters) - A week-long operation to evacuate tens of thousands of people from east Aleppo as well as two Shi'ite villages in Syria's Idlib province is complete, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday. "All civilians who wished to be evacuated have been, as well as wounded and fighters," ICRC spokeswoman Krista Armstrong said. The aid agency led the complex operation in snowy winter conditions with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. ...
  
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• Babies fed with mother's breast milk become used to her diet

  22-12-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Those who were breastfed were far more willing to try new foods and had a better chance of liking them by the age of six-years-old, researchers based in Dijon, France, found.
  
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• Woman's obsession with spinach and kale smoothies almost caused her to go BLIND

  22-12-2016 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Asian patient, from Utah, was found to have crystalised deposits in her right eye. These are known to cause age-related macular degeneration - the leading cause of blindness.
  
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• Pope probes Order of Malta ouster over old condom scandal

  22-12-2016 21:13
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis launched an investigation Thursday into the ouster of a top official at the Order of Malta, the ancient aristocratic religious order, amid evidence that Francis' own envoy to the group engineered the removal without his blessing over a years-old condom scandal.
  
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• Syrian army retakes full control of Aleppo -statement

  22-12-2016 21:00
  The Syrian army said it had retaken Aleppo completely and brought "security and safety" back to the city, as the last group of rebel fighters were evacuated on Thursday. The evacuation of the rebels, who had been holed up in a small, battered enclave in Aleppo, puts the city entirely under the control of the army and its allies after years of fighting, state television said. Broadcasting live, state media showed footage of a convoy crossing from the Ramousah highway junction in south Aleppo to a
  
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• Why Christmas is the most TOXIC day of the year

  22-12-2016 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An air pollution expert, from the University of Essex, has warned that families could breathe in as many harmful particles over Christmas as if they stood all morning on a busy London road.
  
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• The 'rupture pregnancy' that left an unborn baby's foot OUTSIDE the uterus

  22-12-2016 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mother developed a tear on her uterus, which the baby's foot, still enclosed in the amniotic sac, went through. However, after 30 weeks, the mother gave birth to a healthy boy via c-section.
  
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• The 6 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Going Paleo

  22-12-2016 18:52
  
  How much meat is too much?
  
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• Don't want your child to be a fussy eater? Then breastfeed them: Babies fed with their mother's milk become used to her diet

  22-12-2016 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Those who were breastfed were far more willing to try new foods and had a better chance of liking them by the age of six-years-old, researchers based in Dijon, France, found.
  
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• Pope probes Order of Malta ouster engineered by own envoy

  22-12-2016 18:01
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday named a commission to investigate the ouster of a top official at the Order of Malta amid suspicion that his own envoy to the group, conservative Cardinal Raymond Burke, helped engineer the removal without his blessing.
  
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• ‘Why Can’t I Stop Farting During Workouts?!’

  22-12-2016 17:53
  
  All that deep breathing may be to blame.
  
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• How one woman's obsession with spinach and kale smoothies almost caused her to go BLIND after a build-up of a healthy compound clouded her vision

  22-12-2016 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Asian patient, from Utah, was found to have crystalised deposits in her right eye. These are known to cause age-related macular degeneration - the leading cause of blindness.
  
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• What is concussion? Simple test could help diagnose potentially DEADLY brain injury

  22-12-2016 17:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CONCUSSION - brain injury which can be potentially fatal - could now be diagnosed with a simple test, breakthrough research has revealed.
  
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• 7 Quiet Sex Positions for Getting Down on the DL

  22-12-2016 16:47
  
  Silent night, sexy night.
  
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• Man born without a hand undergoes 'world first' surgery to have a new limb'

  22-12-2016 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 32-year-old, who has spent his life without his left hand, underwent a 13-hour procedure at Wroclaw Medical University, Poland, last week to have the new limb attached.
  
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• Former players criticise RFU concussion decision

  22-12-2016 15:42
  English rugby's decision not to sanction Northampton Saints for their handling of George North's concussion against Leicester has been widely criticised, with one former international branding it "a disgrace". The rugby players' union (RPA) and a brain injury charity also took issue with the conclusion of a three-man RFU panel that the club did not deserve punishment despite wrongly allowing the Welshman to resume playing after sustaining the injury in the Premiership game earlier this month. We
  
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• Arthritis TREATMENT: ‘Wonder’ drug for sufferers given green light for NHS use

  22-12-2016 15:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PSORIATIC arthritis - a type of arthritis that develops in some people with the skin condition psoriasis - has been approved for use on the NHS.
  
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• The easy way to diagnose concussion?

  22-12-2016 15:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The test, which works with 90 per cent accuracy and was created at at Northwestern University, works by monitoring how the injured person responds to sound.
  
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• Scandal strikes at ancient Order of Malta over ex-chancellor

  22-12-2016 15:20
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday named a high-powered commission to investigate a reported condom scandal at the Order of Malta, the conservative Catholic religious order that dates from the medieval Crusades.
  
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• U.N. envoy calls for Syria ceasefire to avoid 'next Aleppo'

  22-12-2016 15:18
  A cessation of hostilities across Syria is vital to avoid another deadly battle like the one in Aleppo and get the peace process back on track, the United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday. At least 35,000 people, both civilians and fighters, have been evacuated from east Aleppo in a week-long operation, the latest U.N. figures show. "Many of them have gone to Idlib, which could be in theory the next Aleppo," de Mistura told journalists in Geneva.
  
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• 6 Women Who Actually Lost Weight Over the Holidays Share How They Did It

  22-12-2016 15:11
  
  Christmas cookies be damned.
  
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• Quiz reveals there are eight different personality types in the world

  22-12-2016 15:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are eight different personality types in the world, according to a new quiz: loyalists, individualists, healers, achievers, reformers, challengers, peacemakers and investigators.
  
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• Just in time for Christmas: Invisible, edible food coating DOUBLES your fruit and veg's shelf life

  22-12-2016 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The plant-based powder, developed by California startup Apeel, could help to tackle global food waste problems. The powder is made from uneaten food material such as orange peels.
  
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• The benefits of having grandchildren: Grandparents can enjoy 5 extra years of life if they occasionally care for them

  22-12-2016 14:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Providing care to anyone was associated with an increase of three years in life expectancy, a team of scientists from Australia, Germany and Switzerland discovered.
  
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• High-quality abortion services come at a price, so let’s pay it | Ann Furedi

  22-12-2016 14:29
  
  Abortion care charities now have to compete for contracts – and NHS cost-cutting means the cheapest service is almost always commissionedAbortion today is an extremely safe, straightforward procedure, provided in a highly regulated environment. One in three women in the UK will have an abortion in her lifetime, funded by the NHS (except if she lives in Northern Ireland). This will usually take place within an NHS hospital or in a centre run by one of the independent charitable providers &n
  
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• Philippines' Duterte enlists Mums' army for new front in war on drugs

  22-12-2016 14:19
  With a son addicted to methamphetamine and dealers and users winding up dead in a spree of killings in the Philippines, Emerciana Ybote was keen to be on the right side of President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody drugs war. The 51-year-old housewife is among 9,000 women in one Philippine province who have formed a "Community Drugs Watch" to keep an eye on families and steer addicted relatives away from the danger zone and towards rehabilitation. More than 6,000 people have been killed since Duterte to
  
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• New drug slows brain damage in MS patients in trial

  22-12-2016 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research on ocrelizumab involved testing on more than 700 patients suffering from an aggressive form of multiple sclerosis by scientists at institutions across the US and Europe.
  
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• Sweden needs more immigrants to counter ageing population - employment agency

  22-12-2016 13:38
  By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden needs more immigrants not fewer to sustain its cradle-to-grave welfare system and care for an ageing population, a senior official at the state employment service told Reuters in an interview. In 2015, a record 163,000 people sought asylum in Sweden, the highest per capita in Europe, part of an influx of more than a million people who entered the continent fleeing war and poverty. The pace of migration has worried some Swedes - the anti-immigrant Sw
  
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• Boy who lost his legs and one of his hands to meningitis is now walking again

  22-12-2016 12:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kye Vincent, from Leighton Buzzard, was diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia earlier this year. It ravaged his body and doctors were forced to put him in an induced coma to keep him alive.
  
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• New York to close remaining illegal cesspools in state parks

  22-12-2016 12:36
  NEW YORK (AP) — The state of New York has agreed to close all its remaining illegal cesspools in its state parks by 2019, 14 years after the passing of a federal deadline for the state to do so.
  
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• The science behind why you should stop stalking your ex on Facebook this Christmas

  22-12-2016 12:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Copenhagen suggest avoiding social media throughout the Christmas and New Year period to avoid feeling miserable.
  
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• Facebook break can boost wellbeing, study suggests

  22-12-2016 11:55
  
  Research finds leaving social network for a week increases life satisfaction, especially among heavy users and ‘lurkers’Taking a break from Facebook can boost emotional wellbeing and life satisfaction, with the effects particularly pronounced among people who “lurk” on the social network without actively engaging with others, a study suggests.The research by the University of Copenhagen showed the effects of quitting for a week were also strong among heavy users and those
  
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• 4,000 fighters have left Aleppo in latest stage, thousands await evacuation - Red Cross

  22-12-2016 11:55
  More than 4,000 fighters were evacuated overnight from east Aleppo to opposition-held areas, under an agreement between the warring sides overseen by the International Committee of the Red Cross and Syrian Arab Red Crescent, the ICRC said on Thursday. "Overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, in one of the last stages of the evacuation, more than 4,000 fighters were evacuated in private cars, vans, and pick-ups from eastern Aleppo to western rural Aleppo, as per the agreement reached between th
  
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• New York woman claims surgery that made nose collapse left her unable to BREATHE 

  22-12-2016 11:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ilysse Baum, 31, from New York, had surgery on her nose last year to correct her deviated septum but over 75 per cent of her nose collapsed she was left her looking like a 'Picasso painting' and struggling to breathe.
  
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• Facebook lurking makes you miserable, says study

  22-12-2016 11:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spending too long on social media is likely to cause envy and dissatisfaction, suggests a study.
  
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• Watch the heart-warming moment a blind toddler sees Shrek, Donkey and Kung Fu Panda for the first time

  22-12-2016 11:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patrick Heaton, who was diagnosed with cerebral visual impairment, was taken to DreamWorks Lights in Liverpool by his mother Lily, 33, to see the characters who are re-imagined as lanterns.
  
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• Jackfruit and plant water are the foods to help you lose weight

  22-12-2016 10:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Top nutritionists reveal the biggest foods to help with weight loss in 2017. Jackfruit can help prevent obesity thanks to anti- inflammatory properties while cactus water can keep you fuller for longer.
  
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• Mother gives birth to her twin boys 6 WEEKS apart after going into labour twice

  22-12-2016 10:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kim Vaughan, from Bedford, gave birth to Raiden after just 24 weeks - but he passed away shortly after birth. Doctors though Dylan would arrive soon, but he stayed in the womb for six more weeks.
  
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• The best food and drink for when you've over-eaten revealed

  22-12-2016 10:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nutritionist Rob Hobson has shared the 11 foods which help when you've overdone it at Christmas, including pineapple and papaya which can aid digestion and are a good source of fibre.
  
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• University of Tromso scientists find women fail to realise they've had a heart attack

  22-12-2016 09:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research by scientists in Norway suggests that although, in general, men can cope with more pain than women, women seem to be more able to cope with the specific pain of a heart attack.
  
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• Vehicles still leaving Aleppo after overnight evacuation - U.N. in Syria

  22-12-2016 09:13
  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Vehicles were still streaming out of eastern Aleppo on Thursday morning after an evacuation overnight monitored by the U.N., a United Nations official in Syria told Reuters on Thursday. Snow, bad weather and the poor condition of some cars appeared to have slowed the operation on Wednesday in east Aleppo, where only a small number of rebels are still waiting to leave under an agreement with the Syrian government. "The evacuation is still ongoing, monitors
  
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• Marie Stopes abortion clinic was like being on a conveyor belt says one mother

  22-12-2016 09:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jade Stevens, 37, said she visited the Marie Stopes clinic in Maidstone, Kent, seven times before she changed her mind about having an abortion in centre which she said was playing loud music.
  
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• Social care crisis means woman dying from cancer is refused pain relief

  22-12-2016 08:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A lack of communication between hospitals and local councils has been blamed on failings in the care services in a damning report warning how vulnerable patients are falling through the cracks.
  
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• Father killed by blood clot days into hospital trial to reduce casualty admissions 

  22-12-2016 08:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Birtwistle, 44, had a blood clot in his lung but medics at missed it and he was told he did not need to go to casualty at Bristol Royal Infirmary in November and diverted to a GP service instead.
  
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• Bionic eye that restores sight to the blind is made available on the NHS: £150,000 device uses tiny video camera to transmit images to a chip on the back of the eyeball

  22-12-2016 08:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NHS England will fund it for ten patients in a 12-month pilot starting next month. They will then be assessed for a year before officials decide whether to roll the system out more widely in early 2019.
  
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• Five Christmas miracles shared by healthcare professionals

  22-12-2016 08:45
  
  Kidney transplants, babies born to the strains of Away in a manger and the girl who survived a Christmas Day crash … staff recall their special memoriesI used to be a clinical nurse specialist in kidney transplantation. Prior to that I had been in charge of home heamodialysis and cared for many patients in remote areas. On Christmas Eve I had been working and went to bed around midnight. At 1am I had a call from a patient of mine whom I had looked after on home dialysis. A kidney had beco
  
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• Roche's emicizumab haemophilia drug succeeds in trial

  22-12-2016 07:39
  Roche Holding AG's emicizumab drug for treating haemophilia A showed it worked in a phase III study, the Swiss drugmaker said on Thursday. Roche is hoping to win a slice of the $11 billion-a-year haemophilia drug market with the drug, also known as ACE910, which represents a threat to more traditional treatments from Novo Nordisk and Shire . "The study showed a statistically significant reduction in the number of bleeds over time in people treated with emicizumab prophylaxis compared to those re
  
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