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• Carrie Fisher's celebrity friends wish her a fast recovery

  24-12-2016 20:36
  By Aron Ranen LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Friends and colleagues of Hollywood actress Carrie Fisher shared their hopes for a swift recovery for the "Star Wars" star on Saturday, a day after she was taken to a Los Angeles intensive care unit. Fisher, 60, suffered heart problems during a flight on Friday from London, where she had been shooting the third season of the British television comedy "Catastrophe." Her family had said she remained in the intensive care unit on Friday. "I'm shocked and sadden
  
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• Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt dies aged 68

  24-12-2016 18:28
  Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt died in hospital on Saturday in Spain aged 68 after suffering from a severe infection, his manager said. "We are truly devastated to have to announce that Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt has passed away," his family and Status Quo Manager Simon Porter said in a joint statement.
  
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• Number of urgent operations cancelled in England hits record high

  24-12-2016 17:19
  
  NHS cancelled 446 urgent operations in November, almost double the number in the same month last yearThe number of NHS patients in England who had urgent operations cancelled hit record numbers in November, soaring to almost double the level a year ago, according to government data.
  Opposition parties seized on the figures from NHS England as fresh evidence that ministers have failed to address underlying problems, particularly the underfunding of social care. Continue reading...
  
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• Europe on Christmas high alert after truck attack in Berlin

  24-12-2016 17:18
  By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Security was heightened for the Christmas weekend in Italy and at the Vatican on Saturday after Italian police killed the man believed to be responsible for the Berlin market truck attack while other European cities kept forces on high alert. In France, Britain and Germany, which have all been targets of Islamist militant attacks, police increased their presence at tourist spots in major cities and other densely populated areas. Anis Amri, a 24-year-old Tunisi
  
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• Security stepped up in Italy, at Vatican after truck attack suspect killed

  24-12-2016 15:03
  By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Security for the long Christmas weekend was heightened throughout Italy and at the Vatican on Saturday following the killing by police of the man believed to be responsible for the Berlin market truck attack. As investigators sought to determine if Anis Amri had accomplices in Italy, and associates of the 24-year-old were arrested in his home country of Tunisia, national security officials were taking no chances. At the Vatican, where Pope Francis was due to c
  
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• Alzheimer’s disease BREAKTHROUGH: Brussels sprouts vitamin could be KEY to treatment

  24-12-2016 13:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRUSSELS sprouts could hold the key to creating a drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease.
  
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• Vulnerable UK women choosing prison over life on the outside

  24-12-2016 13:00
  
  Many women are breaching parole because they fear abusive partners or have unmet mental health needs, charities sayCharities working with women released from prison say that some are breaching their parole conditions or committing further crimes so that they will be returned to jail – because their lives on the outside are so bleak.Many of the women seek a return to prison because they have nowhere to live, fear an abusive partner or have unmet mental health needs. Related: The disastrous
  
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• What is gastroenteritis? Symptoms including diarrhoea can last for WEEKS

  24-12-2016 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GASTROENTERITIS is a condition which usually brings on diarrhoea and vomiting - and is caused by either a bacterial or viral tummy bug.
  
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• What happened next: the refugee who came to stay and other stories

  24-12-2016 12:00
  
  What became of Helen Pidd’s Syrian lodger? Which blind date couples are still together? We follow up Weekend magazine stories of 2016After Helen Pidd and Yasser, her Syrian lodger, wrote about their house-share in January, they were inundated with offers of help, dinner invitations and football tickets. Readers asked how they, too, could host a refugee: an 89-year-old retired academic put up a friend of Yasser’s. Continue reading...
  
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• Firework blast hits China's Tangshan, two reported dead

  24-12-2016 10:59
  Two people have been reported killed after a firework explosion on the outskirts of Tangshan in northern China's Hebei province on Saturday. The explosion took place at 1 p.m. in a village in the steel producing district of Fengrun, state media reported. Footage and photographs circulated on social media showed large plumes of smoke drifting over a cluster of houses, one of which had been reduced to rubble as a result of the blast.
  
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• Acid reflux symptoms: GP reveals the food which will give YOU heartburn

  24-12-2016 10:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ACID REFLUX, also known as heartburn can cause an unpleasant taste in the mouth, a sore throat and a chronic cough - but also pain in the chest. The condition however, can be triggered by eating certain foods.
  
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• Ambulance services face paramedic shortage this winter, NHS data shows

  24-12-2016 09:00
  
  Services in England are short of 873 paramedics, with some plugging gaps with recruits from Poland, Finland and AustraliaAmbulance services are facing serious shortages of paramedics just as 999 calls hit new peaks and hospitals gear up for a potential winter crisis, new official NHS figures reveal.The 10 regional ambulance services in England are short of 873 paramedics, data shows, and some are recruiting paramedics from Poland, Finland and Australia to plug gaps in winter services.Related: Am
  
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• Brussels sprouts 'contain a nutrient which combats dementia'

  24-12-2016 04:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The experts from the universities of Durham and Aberdeen are creating a supercharged version of the acid produced by vitamin A rich vegetables like sprouts, carrots, spinach and tomatoes.
  
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• Kitchen know-how

  24-12-2016 03:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teenage chefs in Lancashire are learning how to cook and the importance of preparing healthy food.
  
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• Protein shot could prevent premature births by 'stopping' immune system setting off labour

  24-12-2016 03:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lead author of the research Professor Kang Chen, from Wayne State University in Michigan, has filed a patent for the treatment, which could be trialled on women within five years.
  
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• Actress Carrie Fisher suffers medical emergency on London-to-L.A. flight

  24-12-2016 02:55
  By Steve Gorman and Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood actress and writer Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" movies, suffered a cardiac episode on Friday during a flight from London to Los Angeles, where she was rushed to a hospital after landing. Fisher, 60, was described by her younger brother, Todd Fisher, as being in critical condition, and he said she remained under medical treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a Los Angeles ho
  
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• Christmas culinary challenge for NHS

  24-12-2016 02:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The NHS will serve more than 400,000 festive meals for patients on Christmas Day in the UK.
  
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• FDA OKs first treatment for rare genetic disorder

  24-12-2016 01:29
  The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first treatment for children and adults with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic disorder marked by progressive muscle weakness that's the most ...
  
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• DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: Amid the gloom I see the human spirit at its best in hospitals at Christmas

  24-12-2016 01:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite the awfulness of being ill at what is, especially for youngsters, such an exciting time of year, everything is done on children’s wards to maintain traditions, writes DR MAX PEMBERTON.
  
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