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• 5 Women Share Their Steamiest Winter Sex Stories

  06-01-2017 23:59
  
  “It was 20 degrees and our butts were freezing.”
  
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• Leading experts suggest IVF is little better than doing NOTHING  

  06-01-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  THOUSANDS of women in Britain are having IVF unnecessarily, an infertility expert has claimed, when they are able to have a child naturally, a Scottish professor has claimed.
  
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• Officials: Foreign government may have breached health data

  06-01-2017 23:16
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A foreign government may have been behind a cyber breach of health insurance company Anthem Inc. that compromised the records of more than 78 million consumers, investigators said Friday. They declined to identify the hackers or the foreign government.
  
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• DEA opens shop in China to help fight synthetic drug trade

  06-01-2017 23:04
  
  SHANGHAI (AP) — In a sign of improving cooperation between the U.S. and China to fight the global drug trade, the Drug Enforcement Administration will open a new office there and its top chief will visit next week for the first time in more than a decade.
  
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• GOP worries about killing health law without replacement

  06-01-2017 23:01
  
  Republicans are increasingly jittery over rushing to demolish much of President Barack Obama's health care law without having a GOP alternative that's ready to go. While nothing about revamping the nation's ...
  
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• Taking up running? Here's what you need to know to make it to February before giving up 

  06-01-2017 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New runners often want to quit after first starting because of the body's wear-and-tear. Running expert Dr Vybarr Cregan-Reid urges not to give up so quickly and how you can stick it out.
  
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• 'The Life Changes That Helped Me Lose 120 Pounds and Cope with My Anxiety and Depression'

  06-01-2017 22:40
  
  Kayla Woodward says finally finding a support system changed her entire life.
  
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• Remedies to beat the winter cold: 5 top tips to get you through this season 

  06-01-2017 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As winter progresses, common colds are more likely to occur. If you do catch one, nutritionist Sarah Flower offers some natural remedies to ease your symptoms and have you feeling better quickly.
  
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• Max Zeumer on why some people find it harder to get fit and how to fix it 

  06-01-2017 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Canadian research has delved into the phenomenon of people who do not respond to exercise. And an Equinox trainer gives his top tips on how to get past the issue.
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow Says Clean Sleeping Is The New Clean Eating

  06-01-2017 21:07
  
  What is it—and is it even legit?
  
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• NHS faces 'humanitarian crisis' as demand rises, British Red Cross warns

  06-01-2017 21:05
  
  Senior doctor calls health service ‘broken’ after deaths of two patients left to wait on trolleys at Worcestershire Royal hospitalThe NHS is facing a “humanitarian crisis” as hospitals and ambulance services struggle to keep up with rising demand, the British Red Cross has said, following the deaths of two patients after long waits on trolleys in hospital corridors.Worcestershire Royal hospital launched an investigation on Friday into the deaths and did not deny reports t
  
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• Breakthrough could heal wounds without leaving scars

  06-01-2017 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania have workout out how to manipulate lesions so they heal as regenerated skin as opposed to scar tissue.
  
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• Is Coconut the Key to Weight Loss?

  06-01-2017 20:53
  
  This food trend is taking over in 2017.
  
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• 8 Nurses Share The Most Disgusting Things They’ve Ever Seen At Work

  06-01-2017 20:49
  
  “I still can’t eat mustard.”
  
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• Many colds do not require antibiotics, pharmacist says

  06-01-2017 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  GPs warn patients with coughs and colds to stay away from surgeries - with cases at a seasonal high.
  
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• NHS director Peter Lewis jailed over corrupt hospital contract

  06-01-2017 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An NHS director and a software supplier are jailed over a corrupt hospital IT contract.
  
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• The Guardian view on AI in the NHS: not the revolution you are looking for | Editorial

  06-01-2017 20:02
  
  Computer systems may not replace doctors or nurses. But even to replace support staff would be a huge changeThe news that two healthcare trusts in London are to experiment with a system to look up symptoms by text message, to triage the kind of non-urgent queries at present handled by the NHS 111 service, raises many questions. They may not seem urgent when people are dying in the corridors of an NHS hospital for want of money, but in the long term they are just as important. Some are purely med
  
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• Video footage of girl's painful epilepsy seizures goes viral

  06-01-2017 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A young girl from Devon has become an internet sensation - after her parents uploaded shocking footage of her painful epileptic fits, which have now been cured thanks to medial trials.
  
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• Bosses with psychopathic traits can transform you into an office bully

  06-01-2017 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A research team from the University of Manchester's Business School asked people about their own well-being, and their relationship with their boss, and found toxic bosses make employees behave badly.
  
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• E-cigarettes could damage sperm through toxic chemicals in the flavourings

  06-01-2017 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest study by researchers at University College London to raise health concerns about the fashionable devices found cinnamon-flavoured e-cigs in particular make sperm slower swimmers.
  
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• Surgeons label 3D printing technology 'revolutionary'

  06-01-2017 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surgeons are labeling 3D printing technology as revolutionary - as the ability to print bespoke implants gives patients quicker recovery times and a better end result.
  
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• Investigators link insurer cyber breach to foreign nation

  06-01-2017 19:43
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A foreign government was likely behind a cyber breach of health insurance company Anthem Inc. that compromised more than 78 million consumers' records, investigators said Friday.
  
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• Boy with world's largest head has surgery to remove fluid from around his skull

  06-01-2017 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Indian-born Mrityunjay Das, who is just seven months old and suffers from hydrocephalus, has been relieved of nearly four litres of fluid, which inflated his face to the size of a watermelon.
  
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• Worcestershire Royal Hospital in 'meltdown' as 3 patients are found dead

  06-01-2017 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A crisis-hit hospital in Worcestershire has been described as being 'in meltdown' after two patients died in over-crowded corridors - and a third was found hanged on a ward.
  
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• Andrew Ward obituary

  06-01-2017 19:34
  
  My fiance, Andrew Ward, who has died aged 38, was born with cystic fibrosis. The life expectancy of someone born today with CF is 41, but for Andy it was a triumph to reach adulthood. Throughout his life he defied the odds.Andy was born and brought up in Leeds, the son of Valerie Bond (nee Ward), a cleaner, and Steven Westerman, a builder. He attended Whitecote primary, Bramley St Peter’s C of E middle and Benjamin Gott High schools, then left home to become a bar supervisor in Harvey&rsqu
  
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• 'It was manic': patients describe meltdown at Worcestershire hospital

  06-01-2017 19:31
  
  Pauline Freeman, 66, was left on a trolley for 54 hours while others talk of corridors resembling a war zoneThe ambulance arrived swiftly, and within an hour of suffering a stroke early on Monday, 66-year-old Pauline Freeman was on a hospital trolley at the Worcestershire Royal hospital.From then on it went less smoothly. “My wife woke me up at 4.30am and said she couldn’t feel her left side,” said her husband, John. “The ambulance was there in record time and she was on
  
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• Kim Kardashian West Says Her Psoriasis Has Spread To Her Face

  06-01-2017 19:28
  
  Why this sometimes occurs—and what to do if it happens to you.
  
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• Scientists discover blood test which 'predicts how long people will live'

  06-01-2017 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It sounds like the premise of a sci-fi film. But, believe it or not, scientists at Boston University claim to have discovered a game-changing blood test that could help predict lifespans.
  
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• Dr Pimple Popper squeezes puss-filled cyst the size of a MARBLE from patient's head

  06-01-2017 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  She is known for her nauseating skill of lancing puss-filled cysts. So it's probably little surprise that Dr Pimple Popper is back in action with another stomach-churning procedure.
  
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• Ducks gassed in thousands as France fights bird flu virus

  06-01-2017 19:03
  By Regis Duvignau LATRILLE, France (Reuters) - Workers wearing masks and protective clothes gassed thousands of ducks in southwest France on Friday, in a massive cull that was ordered in an attempt to prevent a spread of the H5N8 bird flu virus. France, which has the largest poultry flock in the European Union, has reported 95 outbreaks of the virus this time around. Most of the cull is taking place in and around the Gers area of southwest France, where geese and ducks are reared in vast numbers
  
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• How to stop your teen developing an eating disorder

  06-01-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new study, eating disorder symptoms in children may be detectable as early as nine years old. Results showed that these children were most likely to have greater symptoms at age 12.
  
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• An end to scars? Breakthrough could heal wounds without leaving a trace

  06-01-2017 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania have workout out how to manipulate lesions so they heal as regenerated skin as opposed to scar tissue.
  
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• Some new dentists unable to do NHS work, say British Dental Association

  06-01-2017 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The British Dental Association say some new dentists are facing delays in being able to do NHS work.
  
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• Ambulance system failure 'might have led to patient death'

  06-01-2017 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The London Ambulance Service is investigating whether computer failure on New Year's Day may have contributed to the death of a patient.
  
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• Ralph Lauren joins fight to ensure fabrics not damaging forests and lives

  06-01-2017 18:15
  By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Fashion giant Ralph Lauren Corp, whose designs are sashayed on Hollywood's red carpets, has unveiled plans to trace wood pulp used in its clothes to avoid buying from regions destroying forests or violating human rights. Rising cotton prices have boosted demand for wood-based fabrics such as viscose, rayon and modal, which increasingly involves clearing forests and taking land used by indigenous people, according to Rainforest Action Net
  
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• How the cheaper, faster alternative to costly clear braces can perfect YOUR smile 

  06-01-2017 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Frustrated with his crooked teeth, James Draper tried the Iman Aligner - a little-known brace which focuses on the front six teeth of both the upper and lower jaw.
  
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• How do we fix air pollution? It's simple but it needs political will

  06-01-2017 17:24
  
  We know diesel vehicles are the key culprit, but when it comes to both long-term solutions and emergency measures the govenment has been asleep at the wheelCutting toxic levels of city air pollution to safer levels is simple, but not easy – it requires resolve. Yet, despite the key culprit in the UK being well known – diesel vehicles – the government has been asleep at the wheel for years.
  Levels of nitrogen dioxide have been illegally high across much of the UK since 2010. In
  
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• This Total-Body Move Will Get You The Biceps Of Your Dreams

  06-01-2017 16:53
  
  And the legs to match.
  
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• Even People Who Hate The Gym Will Love This Dance-Inspired Workout

  06-01-2017 16:44
  
  Blast fat while shaking that booty with Next Fitness Star winner Selena Watkins.
  
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• We’re Obsessed With Breakfast Fried Rice

  06-01-2017 16:30
  
  A whole new way to get your morning eggs.
  
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• I'm a junior doctor in the NHS, and I'm terrified for this winter

  06-01-2017 16:19
  
  The deaths in Worcestershire are tragically no surprise. Decades of reshuffling, top-down disorganisation, and now private sector demands have hammered the NHS, and it can barely cope any moreWidespread concerns that the NHS will face the “toughest winter ever” are not exaggerated or unfounded – just look at the terrible news today from Worcestershire. We really should be worried for ourselves and our relatives. As a junior doctor and a researcher looking after cancer patients
  
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• Hospitals warn over pressure of patient numbers

  06-01-2017 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A third of hospital trusts in England warn they need urgent action to cope with patient numbers.
  
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• Damascus water shortage threatens children, U.N. says

  06-01-2017 15:53
  By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - Children are at risk of waterborne diseases in Syria's capital Damascus where 5.5 million people have had little or no running water for two weeks, the United Nations said on Friday. "There is a major concern about the risk of waterborne diseases among children," UNICEF spokesman Christophe Boulierac said.
  
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• French authorities gas thousands of ducks after bird flu outbreaks

  06-01-2017 15:49
  
  Workers continue planned cull of 800,000 birds in south-west France to prevent spread of H5N8 virusWorkers wearing masks and protective clothes have gassed thousands of ducks in south-west France, in a massive cull that was ordered in an attempt to prevent a spread of the H5N8 bird flu virus. At one farm in the village of Latrille, in the heartland of duck and geese rearing country, 8,000 ducks were taken by hand and put in coloured metal containers where carbon dioxide was piped in to kill them
  
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• Skating is a frosty love affair for elderly Hungarians

  06-01-2017 15:47
  By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - In sub-zero temperatures, dozens of elderly Hungarians take to Budapest's beautiful City Park Ice Rink on their skates each morning to keep hale and hearty through ice dancing. The ice rink is the largest and the second oldest of its kind in Europe. "This keeps me in good shape ... as it moves every muscle," said Mara Patai, 70, with a big smile.
  
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• 1950s downtown being built in warehouse in San Diego to help dementia patients

  06-01-2017 15:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Glenner Town Square will open in 2018 as an immersive experience for adults with dementia to help them discuss the past and have a better quality of life through reminiscence therapy.
  
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• My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’

  06-01-2017 15:00
  
  It seemed like the ultimate challenge: a 5km swim between Greek islands. But would it help me deal with a trauma to come?I had always thought I could swim. It may have been because I could run. It may have been because I wanted to swim. Or because I only ever did 10 minutes of breaststroke at a time, or splashed off a warm beach. But I really couldn’t swim.It took 12 months of lessons and practice before I was able to swim in open water, beyond the pool or my home beach in Brighton. Then I
  
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• 'Cash-strapped' Liverpool Women's Hospital could move

  06-01-2017 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Women's Hospital could move to a new site, saying its services are not affordable and patient needs are changing.
  
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• Obama derides 'reckless' plan to repeal now, replace later

  06-01-2017 14:21
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama derided as "reckless" on Friday a Republican plan to repeal his health care law now and replace it later, predicting that the replacement may never come.
  
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• Three patients die at Worcestershire hospital amid NHS winter crisis

  06-01-2017 14:12
  
  One woman reportedly died of heart attack after waiting 35 hours on trolley in corridor at busy Worcestershire Royal hospitalExtreme pressures facing NHS accident and emergency departments have been thrown into stark relief by the revelation that two patients died after lengthy waits on trolleys in corridors, and a third was found hanged on a ward at the same hospital.It has been claimed that one woman died of a heart attack after waiting for 35 hours on a trolley at Worcestershire Royal hospita
  
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