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• Ambulance workers say new cost-cutting measure risks lives

  08-01-2017 23:00
  
  South East Coast ambulance service will no longer pay paramedics to interrupt meal breaks for some emergenciesParamedics have accused their own NHS ambulance service of endangering lives in a bid to save money by cutting a system under which they abandon meal breaks to respond to patients with life-threatening conditions.Crews at the South East Coast ambulance service (Secamb), which covers a huge swath of south-east England, were told that they would no longer be paid overtime for abandoning th
  
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• Video shows Florida airport shooter open fire, passengers scatter

  08-01-2017 21:36
  By Zachary Fagenson FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - The gunman who killed five people at a Florida airport walked calmly through the baggage claim area before wordlessly pulling a handgun from his waistband and shooting at victims who fled or dived to the floor in panic, video showed. The 20 seconds of footage published on Saturday by website TMZ, apparently from a security camera, shows the suspect carrying a bag and clothing in his left hand as he strolled with other passengers past luggage
  
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• GOP lawmakers vow quick action to enact new health care law

  08-01-2017 20:42
  
  Top Republicans said Sunday they'll move quickly to enact a new health care law, but they won't say how long that might take or what might replace President Barack Obama's version. Questions surrounding ...
  
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• Ben Jennings on the state of the NHS – cartoon

  08-01-2017 20:36
  
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• No more wrinkles: Scientific breakthrough promises the end to ageing

  08-01-2017 19:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WRINKLES, crow’s feet and laughter lines on faces could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a ground-breaking discovery about how the body repairs itself.
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. drugmaker Merrimack nears deal with France's Ipsen - sources

  08-01-2017 19:38
  By Carl O'Donnell and Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) - U.S. cancer drug developer Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc is close to selling its most developed products to French peer Ipsen SA in a deal that could be worth more than $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The deal would give Merrimack the resources to fund the development of three new compounds targeting pancreatic, lung, and other types of cancers. It would boost Ipsen's portfolio, which has traditionally focussed on end
  
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• Theresa May rejects claims the NHS is a 'humanitarian crisis'

  08-01-2017 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister, pictured today in her first TV interview of the year, is being urged to authorise a £700million bailout for the health service as pressure on medics grows.
  
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• 'The worst conditions in memory': NHS doctors describe their week in A&E

  08-01-2017 18:03
  
  After PM denies NHS faces a humanitarian crisis, medics tell of ‘horrendous’ working conditions and patients coming to harmThe Guardian asked a number of doctors working in A&E departments across the country to explain how their departments have coped over the past seven days, said to have been the worst week ever for NHS emergency departments. These are some of their responses: Related: Theresa May cannot ignore NHS crisis or brush off criticsRelated: Theresa May urged to get a
  
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• 'The worst conditions in memory': NHS doctors describe a week in A&E

  08-01-2017 18:03
  
  After PM denies NHS faces a humanitarian crisis, medics tell of ‘horrendous’ working conditions and patients coming to harmThe Guardian asked a number of doctors working in A&E departments across the country to explain how their departments have coped over the past seven days, said to have been the worst week ever for NHS emergency departments. These are some of their responses: Related: Theresa May cannot ignore NHS crisis or brush off criticsRelated: Theresa May urged to get a
  
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• Hacking cough plaguing Britain could be caused by virus that gives sufferers PNEUMONIA

  08-01-2017 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GP surgeries across Britain have reported seeing a large number of patients with a nasty cough. Experts warn it could be caused by the adenovirus which can lead to pneumonia.
  
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• How colour-changing cats might warn future humans of radioactive waste

  08-01-2017 17:30
  
  As the UK gets ready to build more nuclear plants, scientists are looking for new ways to tell our distant descendants where we’ve buried our sludge
  Plans for a new fleet of UK nuclear power plants are under way. Last month, for example, Hitachi and the Japanese government confirmed a plan to construct 5.4 gigawatts of generating capacity at UK sites. But what about the waste? And what happens when, in thousands of years, our descendants – who may not read any current human language
  
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• Buddha branding is everywhere – but what do Buddhists think?

  08-01-2017 16:00
  
  Buddhism is all about restraint and detachment, so no wonder the religion’s philosophy is proving popular at the start of a year in which many already feel anxiousNew year, new tenuously legitimate diet rooted in spirituality. The Buddha diet is one of January’s horde. Ostensibly rooted in sensible, restrictive eating, it’s also one of the latest examples of consumer society co-opting asceticism to sell stuff. The book Buddha’s Diet is climbing bestseller lists; Buddha bo
  
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• Kent toddler who suffers from neurofibromatosis receives breakthrough treatment

  08-01-2017 14:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Skyler McKenzie, of Tonbridge, Kent, suffers from neurofibromatosis, which causes a large number of tumours to appear throughout her body.
  
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• Will new FDA rules curb antibiotic use in farm animals and the rise of superbugs?

  08-01-2017 14:30
  
  The meat industry is facing mounting pressure to phase out antibiotic use. Here, we trace how a widespread use of those drugs can be bad for public health
  New federal rules went into effect last week that ban the use of antibiotics to help livestock gain weight, a practice that leads to antibiotic-resistant bacteria that pose health threats to humans. Meat producers will also need a veterinary prescription to use these drugs for other purposes such as treating or preventing disease.The new rules
  
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• Will new FDA rules curb antibiotic use in farm animals?

  08-01-2017 14:30
  
  The meat industry is facing mounting pressure to phase out antibiotic use. Here, we trace how a widespread use of those drugs can be bad for public health
  New federal rules went into effect last week that ban the use of antibiotics to help livestock gain weight, a practice that leads to antibiotic-resistant bacteria that pose health threats to humans. Meat producers will also need a veterinary prescription to use these drugs for other purposes such as treating or preventing disease.The new rules
  
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• NHS not in 'humanitarian crisis', says Theresa May

  08-01-2017 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May rejects claims by the Red Cross of a "humanitarian crisis" in the NHS.
  
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• Theresa May denies 'humanitarian crisis' in Britain's NHS

  08-01-2017 13:17
  
  Prime minister rejects British Red Cross claims but acknowledges huge pressures on health serviceTheresa May has rejected claims by the British Red Cross that the NHS is facing a “humanitarian disaster” as hospitals and ambulance services struggle to keep up with rising demand.Two patients died after long waits on trolleys in hospital corridors over the new year and the charity said it was responding to a crisis in the health system. Continue reading...
  
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• Bird flu found in North Yorkshire backyard

  08-01-2017 11:34
  
  UK’s chief veterinary officer warns poultry owners to be vigilant as surveillance zone set up to limit risk of disease spreadingBird flu has been found in a small flock in a backyard in North Yorkshire, the UK’s chief veterinary officer said, warning that people who kept chickens and ducks in their gardens needed to be vigilant.A 3km protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone have been put in place around the infected premises, near Settle, to limit the risk of the disease spreadin
  
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• Choked by smog, Beijing creates new environmental police

  08-01-2017 10:27
  
  Officials in Beijing have announced a new environmental police squad to root out illegal burning in the city, the latest government response to the widespread public anger over China's persistent problems ...
  
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• How a diet planned by a man's sons saw him lose SIX STONE

  08-01-2017 10:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geoff Whitington (pictured now) weighed more than 19 stone, had advanced type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and was popping handfuls of pills every day.
  
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• Designer babies: an ethical horror waiting to happen?

  08-01-2017 09:30
  
  Nearly 40 years since the first ‘test-tube baby’, how close are we to editing out all of our genetic imperfections – and should we even try to do so?Comfortably seated in the fertility clinic with Vivaldi playing softly in the background, you and your partner are brought coffee and a folder. Inside the folder is an embryo menu. Each embryo has a description, something like this:Embryo 78 – male
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• Changing the way you think | Dan Glaser

  08-01-2017 07:00
  
  It’s all too easy to give up on our resolutions, but new research shows that with perseverance we can rewire our brains even in adulthoodMany of us may already be struggling with our New Year’s resolutions, but at least we can take comfort in modern neuroscience. Forty years ago, we’d have been less hopeful.Back then neuroscience would say that the brain was fixed after early childhood. One famous experiment in the 1960s showed that if kittens were placed in a visually deprived
  
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• How workouts practiced by celebrities like Hugh Jackman can also work wonders for YOU

  08-01-2017 05:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Functional 45 – or F45 as it is better known – emerged in Australia where it has gained a cult following among celebrity fans including Hugh Jackman (pictured) and Nicole Richie.
  
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• Children suffering from nystagmus struggle to recognise their mum

  08-01-2017 04:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One famous nystagmus sufferer is Richard Osman, presenter of the television game show Pointless. Children suffering from the eye condition struggle to recognise their own mother.
  
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• Six quick and easy meals which include sensational suppers and lip-smacking lunches

  08-01-2017 04:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chicken with Mediterranean vegetables is just one of the 'lip-smacking lunches', while other meals include king prawn stuffed pumpkin and baked mackerel with cauliflower rice.
  
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• Yellow fever holiday jab 'cuts breast cancer risk'

  08-01-2017 03:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study raises the possibility that the vaccine, given to tourists heading to tropical destinations such as Kenya, could be a cheap and effective means of preventing thousands of cancer cases.
  
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• Gun was given back to Florida shooting suspect last month

  08-01-2017 01:13
  By Zachary Fagenson FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - Police in Alaska took a handgun from the man accused of killing five people at Fort Lauderdale's airport on Friday, but they returned it to him last month after a medical evaluation found he was not mentally ill, authorities said on Saturday. Esteban Santiago, a 26-year-old Iraq war veteran, had a history of acting erratically and investigators are probing whether mental illness played a role in the latest U.S. mass shooting. According to cou
  
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• Now, open wide. Then I can tell how rich you are | Barbara Ellen

  08-01-2017 01:05
  
  Good teeth are vital to all of us, yet the cost of maintaining them is prohibitive for far too many peopleA study published in the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation reports that more than 100,000 A&E visits a year are caused by tooth problems, with patients trying to avoid NHS dental charges by going to hospitals for free treatment, frequently at weekends.This comes as no surprise. While it’s said that it will soon be possible to identify whether someone is rich or poor simply by how over
  
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• My cancer diary: tasteless dinner on the Isle of Wight and a dash to A&E

  08-01-2017 01:05
  
  Chemo may have spoiled the Christmas lunch but 2017 holds the promise of a change in treatmentSo here we are – Christmas proper is upon us and I have to drive to the Isle of Wight to see the kids and lots of their aunties, uncles and cousins. I’ve got over the disappointment of the rather exciting clinical trial I was lined up for but, at the last minute, couldn’t join. Continue reading...
  
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• How dropping acid saved my life

  08-01-2017 01:05
  
  When writer Ayelet Waldman fell into depression she started microdosing with LSD. She tells Rachel Cooke about her extraordinary experiment with acidSome time ago – for reasons that will become apparent I am not allowed to say when, exactly – the American writer Ayelet Waldman scored some LSD. She did this, not on a street corner or via the dark web, but middle-class style, through an acquaintance of an acquaintance, for which reason the drug arrived at her home in Berkeley, Californ
  
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• Is America developing a ‘crack-like addiction’ to Botox beauty?

  08-01-2017 01:04
  
  How a culture hooked on body image is fuelling a dangerous trendA remarkable new study of the use of Botox in America has revealed that some women suffer a “crack-like” addiction to the process, as they attempt to top up previous treatments.The number of women aged between 19 and 34 having the cosmetic procedure has risen by 41% since 2011, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Men are also increasingly turning to Botox – they now make up 10% of all u
  
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• Gun was given back to Florida shooting suspect last year

  08-01-2017 00:46
  By Zachary Fagenson FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - Police in Alaska last year took a handgun from the man accused of killing five people at Fort Lauderdale's airport on Friday, but returned it to him last month after a medical evaluation found he was not mentally ill, authorities said. Esteban Santiago, a 26-year-old Iraq war veteran, had a history of acting erratically and investigators are probing whether mental illness played a role in America's latest mass shooting. Marlin Ritzman, specia
  
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