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• These NSFW Photos Prove Once And For All That People Are Gorgeous At Every Size

  05-01-2017 23:33
  
  Simply stunning.
  
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• These NSFW Photos Prove Once And For All That Love Is Gorgeous At Every Size

  05-01-2017 23:33
  
  Simply stunning.
  
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• Morning sickness pill endorsed by Kim Kardashian 'does not work', new study warns

  05-01-2017 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The morning sickness pill Diclegis, endorsed by Kim Kardashian, could in fact increase the risk of birth defects. The just-found 1970s study questions if the pill should have been approved.
  
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• Females 'can sense if man caves under pressure' and this makes them less attractive

  05-01-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study in rats by Binghamton University found females had an almost innate sense of male's emotional history.
  
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• Canadian research reveals more likely to suffer from dementia if you live on a busy road

  05-01-2017 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Toronto and Public Health Ontario found people exposed to traffic fumes and noise were up to 12 per cent more likely to develop the disease.
  
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• Don't lose your snooze: the technology that's promising a better night's sleep

  05-01-2017 22:30
  
  Sleep technology is one of the biggest trends at CES, the world’s top electronics show, from beds that stop snoring to a pillow that monitors sleep cycles A bed that adjusts itself in the night to stop people from snoring. A princess and the pea-style gadget that fits under a mattress and monitors sleep. A “water-based, app-controlled mattress topper”, which will encourage deep slumber. Related: LG unveils Hub Robot to compete with Amazon Echo and Google HomeRelated: What do dr
  
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• WTH Is The Mono Diet And Can It Help You Drop Pounds?

  05-01-2017 22:02
  
  Some versions of this plan encourage eating ONLY bananas all day.
  
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• This Savory Greek Yogurt Will Be Your New Favorite Breakfast

  05-01-2017 21:43
  
  In case you’re getting tired of overnight oats.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: No evidence to back claim of VapoRub death

  05-01-2017 21:42
  A viral Facebook post claims a 2-year-old boy died after his mother applied Vicks VapoRub to his skin, but the manufacturer and authorities in U.S. and Mexico say they have no record of such a death.
  
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• The Best Workout To Do At Each Stage Of Your Menstrual Cycle

  05-01-2017 21:28
  
  These recommendations might surprise you.
  
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• Here’s Why the Cancer Death Rate Has Plummeted

  05-01-2017 21:23
  
  This article originally appeared on Time.com.Death rates from cancer, the second-biggest killer in the United States, have dropped 25% since 1991, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. That statistic translates into a lot of lives saved; had the cancer death rate remained steady from its peak in 1991, about two million more people would have died from cancer in the years until 2014, the report finds.The drop is fueled by decreasing death rates from the four largest types of
  
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• 6 Women With Kick-Ass Careers Explain How They Balance Work And Love

  05-01-2017 21:08
  
  Bethany Frankel swears by owning who she is.
  
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• New advice: Peanuts in baby's diet can prevent scary allergy

  05-01-2017 20:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — New parents, get ready to feed your babies peanut-containing foods — starting young lowers their chances of becoming allergic.
  
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• Cancer deaths dropped 25% in two decades as data reveals drop in fatalities

  05-01-2017 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cancer deaths have dropped an astonishing 25 percent in the past two decades, largely due to the decrease of smokers and the closing of the racial gap as minorities became more insured.
  
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• Brain-injury deaths in high school football players rising

  05-01-2017 20:23
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two dozen high school football players died in recent years from traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, and the annual death count has been growing slightly, according to a new study.
  
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• Salford woman donates kidney to NHS for saving husband's life

  05-01-2017 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman is donating a kidney to a stranger to repay the NHS for saving her husband's life.
  
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• Ryan: Lawmakers will act this year on replacing health law

  05-01-2017 20:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers will act this year on bills not simply repealing President Barack Obama's health care law but replacing it as well, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday.
  
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• Jury: DuPont should pay Ohio man $10.5M more in cancer suit

  05-01-2017 19:57
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal jury says DuPont should pay an additional $10.5 million in damages to an Ohio man who says he got testicular cancer because of a chemical used to make Teflon.
  
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• How beans on toast can tackle the pain of gout

  05-01-2017 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gout sufferers should eat baked beans on toast to tackle the painful condition, new research from Brazil has revealed today.
  
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• U.S. Senate Democrats demand probe of Trump health nominee

  05-01-2017 19:51
  By Susan Cornwell and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats on Thursday demanded an ethics probe into Tom Price, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for health secretary, following a report that the fierce Obamacare critic traded in healthcare company stock while pushing legislation in Congress that could affect those shares. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and others made their comments as congressional Republicans moved ahead with their long-desired effort to dismant
  
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• NHS to diagnose patients via new smartphone app after criticisms of 111 helpline

  05-01-2017 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The NHS will roadtest new smartphone technology in a bid to diagnose patients.
  Starting at the end of January, more than a million residents of north London will trial the triage app.
  
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• Town or country

  05-01-2017 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The air is cleaner and there is less pollution, so is a rural existence the answer to a healthy life?
  
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• Long-time residents left in limbo by Brexit vote | Letters

  05-01-2017 19:20
  
  With growing unease I read the story about fellow EU citizen Monique Hawkins, whose application for a document certifying permanent residency was rejected by the Home Office even though she seems to have fully complied with the rules when submitting her application (Report, 29 December). I am German, 61 years old, married to a British husband and 16 years in the UK. Throughout these years I did my best to integrate. I worked, never claimed any benefit and participated in community life through v
  
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• Duke University finds breakthrough for cancer victim infertility after chemotherapy

  05-01-2017 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A breakthrough for cancer victims could prevent women becoming infertile after chemotherapy.
  
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• Transgender man: Catholic hospital denied my hysterectomy

  05-01-2017 19:11
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A transgender man sued a Roman Catholic hospital Thursday, saying it cited religion in refusing to allow his surgeon to perform a hysterectomy as part of his sex transition.
  
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• You Have To See These Stunning Photos Of Maybelline’s First Male Brand Ambassador

  05-01-2017 19:05
  
  He proves that makeup isn’t just for women.
  
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• Duke University finds second-hand smoke affects baby BEFORE you get pregnant 

  05-01-2017 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  We know pregnant women should avoid smoke exposure. But new research by Duke University has shown this risk was identical in lab rats exposed to tobacco before conceiving.
  
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• What You Should Do Today If You Have Obamacare

  05-01-2017 18:03
  
  This article originally appeared on Money.com.As Republicans move to eliminate Obamacare, you might be worried about the future of your health insurance plan—and rightfully so.Here’s what’s happening: Republicans are meeting to try to figure out how to speedily repeal major parts of Obamacare through an obscure process called budget reconciliation. The reality is that it’s very likely that major portions of Obamacare—like premium tax credits and the indivi
  
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• Fertility breakthrough for cancer victims may stop women becoming infertile after chemotherapy

  05-01-2017 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A breakthrough for cancer victims could prevent women becoming infertile after chemotherapy.
  
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• Tips for giving babies peanut-based foods to prevent allergy

  05-01-2017 17:51
  New national guidelines say parents can protect their children from becoming allergic to peanuts by feeding them peanut-containing foods as early as 4 to 6 months of age.
  
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• Toddler celebrates first birthday after she was born with bowel OUTSIDE her body

  05-01-2017 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A miracle baby from Essex is celebrating turning one today today – after cheating death when she was born with her bowel outside her body.
  
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• Give peanut to babies early - advice

  05-01-2017 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Babies should be given peanut early - some at four months old - in order to reduce the risk of allergy, according to new US guidance.
  
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• Would YOU trust it? NHS to diagnose patients via new smartphone app after criticisms of 'inadequate' 111 helpline

  05-01-2017 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The NHS will roadtest new smartphone technology in a bid to diagnose patients.
  Starting at the end of January, more than a million residents of north London will trial the triage app.
  
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• Democrats embracing Tea Party tactics? That won't work without a new ideology | Jamie Peck

  05-01-2017 16:45
  
  To protect liberal gains like Obamacare, the Democrats need a more aggressive game. But that is not enough – they need to change their thinking, tooWhile Republican lawmakers were colluding with vice president-elect Mike Pence about how best to repeal — and probably not replace — the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, President Obama held a meeting of his own. Unlike many previous meetings of his, Republicans were not invited. He did not “reach across the aisle.”Inst
  
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• Give babies peanut-based foods early to prevent allergies, doctors suggest

  05-01-2017 16:29
  
  New health guidelines recommend introducing peanuts to high-risk infants as early as four to six months, a departure from advice to hold off until age threeMost babies should start eating peanut-containing foods well before their first birthday, according to new guidelines that aim to protect high-risk tots and other youngsters, too, from developing the dangerous food allergy.The guidelines from the US National Institutes of Health mark a shift in dietary advice, based on landmark research that
  
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• Cancer deaths dropped 25% in two decades: Data reveal astonishing drop in fatalities - thanks to fewer smokers and closing the racial gap

  05-01-2017 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cancer deaths have dropped an astonishing 25 percent in the past two decades, largely due to the decrease of smokers and the closing of the racial gap as minorities became more insured.
  
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• Morning sickness pill endorsed by Kim Kardashian 'does not work', experts claim after controversy over claims it caused birth defects

  05-01-2017 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The morning sickness pill Diclegis, endorsed by Kim Kardashian, could in fact increase the risk of birth defects. The just-found 1970s study questions if the pill should have been approved.
  
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• 'Hopeless' suffering in Lake Chad as children starve, mothers sell sex to survive - Red Cross

  05-01-2017 16:08
  By Lin Taylor LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women in the Lake Chad basin have been forced to sell sex to survive due to an insurgency by Boko Haram fighters that has driven millions from their homes and left children to starve, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday. The violence has displaced more than 2.4 million people across the swamplands of Lake Chad, where the borders of Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria meet, and disrupted the livelihoods of hundreds
  
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• Trump presses Democrats on Obamacare, urges bipartisan fix

  05-01-2017 15:59
  U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump kept up his attacks on Democrats and Obamacare on Thursday while calling for a bipartisan congressional effort to come up with a healthcare alternative that would lower costs and improve care. In a series of tweets, Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, blasted Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer and his fellow Democrats, who have vowed to preserve President Barack Obama's legacy-defining healthcare law even as Republicans move ahead with their lon
  
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• U.N. envoy hopes Astana talks will consolidate Syria truce

  05-01-2017 15:45
  GENEVA (Reuters) - Peace talks being prepared later this month in the Kazakh capital of Astana should aim to consolidate Syria's ceasefire and pave the way for wider U.N.-backed negotiations in February, the U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday. Turkey and Russia brokered the Dec. 30 cessation of hostilities and have pledged to work to open up access for aid agencies to deliver supplies across Syria, his humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said. But Egeland voiced disappointment t
  
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• How a humble serving of beans on toast can tackle the pain of gout

  05-01-2017 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gout sufferers should eat baked beans on toast to tackle the painful condition, new research from Brazil has revealed today.
  
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• 3 Important Things You Need to Know Before Trying a Detox Diet

  05-01-2017 15:30
  
  Read this before loading up on green juice.
  
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• Giving peanut-based foods to babies early prevents allergies

  05-01-2017 15:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials at the National Institutes of Health insist earlier exposure could dramatically reduce the number of children with allergies.
  
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• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center grow stomach's outside the body

  05-01-2017 15:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The breakthrough from researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center could help researchers to explore how certain diseases and drugs affect the human stomach.
  
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• Cancer UPDATE: Swapping tomato ketchup for chilli sauce could prevent the disease

  05-01-2017 14:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CANCER could be prevented by eating chilli sauce, according to new research.
  
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• BAT quits nicotine inhaler to focus on vaping

  05-01-2017 14:30
  By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) - British American Tobacco (BAT) has quit plans to market a nicotine inhaler called Voke to focus on consumer items like e-cigarettes rather than health products. The move reins in BAT's earlier, very diversified approach to cigarette alternatives, which are being pursued by all big listed tobacco companies including Philip Morris International and Japan Tobacco International as a growing health consciousness reduces smoking rates. BAT's decision to narrow its
  
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• Catherine O’Brien will donate her kidney to ‘repay’ NHS

  05-01-2017 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Catherine O’Brien plans to donate her kidney to ‘repay’ the NHS for treating her husband’s cancer
  
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• China confirms latest human death from H7N9 bird flu

  05-01-2017 14:13
  A man in China's eastern province of Shandong has become at least the fourth person to die this winter from H7N9 bird flu, state media said on Thursday, while officials in southern Guangdong confirmed 14 cases of the virus in December. Regional fears of a major bird flu outbreak have been sparked by a record outbreak of avian influenza in poultry in South Korea, as well as infections in birds in Japan. The 77-year-old man diagnosed in Shandong's Rizhao city on Tuesday died later the same day, th
  
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• Terminally ill mother, 39, makes emotional plea for cancer drug to remain free on NHS - so she can see her only child start school

  05-01-2017 12:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A terminally ill mum from Croydon is pleading for a cancer drug to remain free on the NHS so she can live long enough to see her son start school - despite the fact its been branded cost ineffective.
  
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• KCL researchers suggest immune systems 'influenced by genetics'

  05-01-2017 12:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The likelihood of catching a cold depends on your family. Researchers at King's College London found that nearly three-quarters of immune traits are influenced by genes, which he inherit.
  
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