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• This 2-Move Workout Will Rev Your Metabolism In Minutes

  09-01-2017 23:48
  This quickie routine is exactly what you need if you want to get the most out of your gym time.
  
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• Lawyers trade blame in meningitis outbreak trial

  09-01-2017 23:42
  
  The former president of a compounding pharmacy blamed for a deadly meningitis outbreak in 2012 put "profits over patients" and ignored repeated warning signs that drugs manufactured by his company ...
  
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• Shooting suspect's mental issues may explain little

  09-01-2017 23:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Esteban Santiago, the 26-year-old man held in the fatal shootings last week at Fort Lauderdale's airport, reportedly has a history of mental difficulties and it's tempting to assume they explain the crime. Experts say: Don't.
  
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• 'Singing and dancing for a career means you have to be fit, but ice cream is my vice': Singer and TV personality Donny Osmond answers our health quiz

  09-01-2017 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donny opens up about losing his voice due to a polyp on his vocal chords, and fearing he would never sing again. He had a similar scare in 2004, when he had an op to fuse the disks in his neck.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Despite woes Obamacare not in 'death spiral'

  09-01-2017 23:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says that President Barack Obama's health care law "will fall of its own weight."
  
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• Secrets of an A-list body: We reveal how YOU can get Jake Gyllenhaal's thigh muscles

  09-01-2017 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Hollywood actor is known for starring in roles that require a buff physique. For his performance in Southpaw, the 36-year-old did 2,000 sit-ups a day and flipped a 250 lb tyre 20 times daily.
  
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• Can tilting the bed really stop your partner snoring? Experts reveal 7 medical marvels that were once considered science fiction

  09-01-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs, says new technology encourages us to take an interest in our own health, and can help those with chronic conditions.
  
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• So THAT'S why you're feeling tired all the time! The thousands of patients told they're healthy when they really have GH, which can damage your liver and even cause kidney failure

  09-01-2017 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Suzy Makin from Manchester thought she was doing the right thing when she started giving her husband iron supplements. Now they know the pills could have caused kidney failure.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt ditches four-hour target as A&E crisis deepens

  09-01-2017 23:11
  
  Royal College of Emergency Medicine said significant level of overcrowding at substantial number of hospitals jeopardises patient safetyFrontline doctors have issued an unprecedented warning that patient safety is at risk at many A&E units across the NHS because hospitals are overwhelmed, as the health secretary ­provoked controversy by suggesting the four-hour treatment target should exclude people who waste time by presenting with minor ailments. Related: Share your experiences of the
  
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• 'By moving my kidney, surgeons beat the life-threatening cancer': A new procedure did not only save Gerry's life, but also spared her from years of dialysis

  09-01-2017 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Last April, Gerry O'Neill from Wiltshire had a CT scan which revealed she had a tumour in her right kidney. This meant she needed a transplant, and would depend on dialysis all her life.
  
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• 'Will going vegetarian lower my cholesterol?' Our expert reveals how adjusting your diet can reduce your chances of getting heart disease or stroke

  09-01-2017 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Richard Eddington from Berks was recently diagnosed with high cholesterol. His doctor recommends a diet of fish, fruit and vegetables. But would going vegetarian be more effective?
  
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• It's not just true about diets, yo-yo EXERCISE makes you fat

  09-01-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at City University, New York, found that when people exercised above a moderate threshold of activity, the extra work had no effect on the number of calories they burned.
  
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• Are YOU scared of going to the dentist? After painful past experiences caused by an extra nerve, a young model avoided treating her chipped teeth for four months

  09-01-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch model Nienke Van der Peet chipped two front teeth after falling over last year, but put off getting it fixed for four months, even though the broken area was so sensitive it made her wince.
  
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• Get to the gym - for your child's sake: Study reveals how preschoolers follow their parents' EVERY move when it comes to exercise

  09-01-2017 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Following more than 1,000 families with activity trackers, US government researchers at the National Institutes of Health found children engaged in more exercise if their parents did too.
  
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• There’s a New Personality Type You Should Know About

  09-01-2017 22:54
  
  This article originally appeared on RealSimple.com.Email is often cited as one of the most stressful things about the modern workplace, especially for people who feel pressure to stay logged on 24/7. Now, researchers say that different personality types respond in different ways to certain email habits and behaviors—and that knowing your “type” may help you reduce email-related dread or anxiety.The new research, which was presented today at the British Psychological Society&rsq
  
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• Here's Why Email Makes You So Stressed Out

  09-01-2017 22:54
  
  This article originally appeared on RealSimple.com.Email is often cited as one of the most stressful things about the modern workplace, especially for people who feel pressure to stay logged on 24/7. Now, researchers say that different personality types respond in different ways to certain email habits and behaviors—and that knowing your “type” may help you reduce email-related dread or anxiety.The new research, which was presented today at the British Psychological Society&rsq
  
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• This Body-Positive Athletic Ad Shows Women With Diverse Bodies and People Are Loving It

  09-01-2017 22:22
  
  This article originally appeared on HelloGiggles.com.Plus-size clothing brand Lane Bryant just released an athletic ad campaign that promotes body confidence, and we’re here for it! The retailer recently caught the world by storm with its #ThisBody campaign, featuring plus-sized entertainers donned in lingerie. And now, with the release of its line LIVI Active, Lane Bryant is keeping up with the body-positive momentum.The four-par
  
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• US government sues manufacturer of memory pill for 'preying on fears of elderly people'

  09-01-2017 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prevagen is touted on national TV commercials as a scientifically-proven supplement to boost brain proteins. But according to the FTC, there is no proof the supplement works.
  
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• The Guardian view on the NHS crisis: Theresa May is in denial | Editorial

  09-01-2017 21:46
  
  The NHS is doing more than ever. It is great value for money. But without new cash, the nation’s healthcare will be in jeopardyConsistency and calm can be great strengths in a political leader in troubled times. But there is always a risk that they will look simply like a denial of reality. The speech that Theresa May gave to the Charity Commission on Monday morning fell into the latter category. Her failure to talk at all about the winter crisis in the NHS will fuel the damaging sens
  
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• The science of first sight: Researchers reveal how a baby's brain learns to see -  and it could restore sight for people with vision problems

  09-01-2017 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at UNC's School of Medicine have found out more about how the brains of baby mammal's develop as they refine their sense of sight.
  
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• I Started My Morning Meditating In a Pod And It Was Awesome

  09-01-2017 21:05
  
  By now, we’ve all learned about the health benefits of meditation: the practice boosts serotonin levels (yay, happiness!), lowers blood pressure, and can even alleviate chronic pain. But for many of us, taking the time to totally disconnect and do literally nothing for any period of time may seem like an impossible feat. Trust me, I understand the struggle: whenever I have a few spare minutes, I'm tethered to my phone watching YouTube videos or scrolling through my Instagram feed.I never t
  
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• The need to get to grips with the NHS crisis | Letters

  09-01-2017 20:58
  
  The Red Cross described the NHS as being in a state of “humanitarian crisis” (Humanitarian crisis in NHS, says Red Cross, 7 January). Last Thursday, 5 January, all consultants at Salisbury District Hospital received a message stating, among other things: “Every bed in the hospital is full … ED [emergency department] majors is full with no more physical spaces to see patients, ambulances are queuing outside … All other local hospitals in a similar situation.”
  
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• Theresa May: media are misrepresenting my Brexit views

  09-01-2017 20:39
  
  Prime minister suggests press claims that she is aiming for a hard Brexit are responsible for drop in sterling
  Theresa May has said the media were responsible for a slump in the value of the pound by wrongly claiming her views about Britain leaving the EU equated to a hard Brexit.The prime minister was responding to a question about the negative market reaction to her comments on Sunday when she hinted that the UK would not be able to remain a full member of the European single market, but would
  
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• How This Woman Lost 100 Pounds To Get ‘Revenge’ On Her Cheating Ex

  09-01-2017 20:37
  
  Khloe Kardashian would be proud.
  
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• 7 ways to keep YOUR January diet on track

  09-01-2017 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British nutritionist Amie Richmond and weight loss expert Tiffany Cruikshank offers their advice to help you slash your sugar intake.
  
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• 4 Easy Ways To Upgrade Your Ramen Noodles

  09-01-2017 20:29
  
  Just a few add-ins make for a healthy meal.
  
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• Top memory pill 'does not work': US government sues manufacturer for 'preying on fears of elderly people'

  09-01-2017 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prevagen is touted on national TV commercials as a scientifically-proven supplement to boost brain proteins. But according to the FTC, there is no proof the supplement works.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt sets out the measures to relieve 'distressed' A&Es

  09-01-2017 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Health Secretary has told the Commons how hospital trusts can relieve their 'distressed' emergency departments on a temporary basis.
  
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• Married couples are half as likely to break bones in old age than singletons 

  09-01-2017 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from the University of Zaragoza in Spain found that men and women who were married or a had a partner reduced their risk of fracturing a bone by 50 percent and 30 percent, respectively.
  
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• Writer whose jaw expanded because of rare condition reveals how he could die at any minute

  09-01-2017 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Up to 8,300 people in the UK, including Mike Scalise, have acromegaly - where the body produces too much growth hormone - but it often isn't diagnosed until patients are in their 40s.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt accused of watering down four-hour A&E waiting target

  09-01-2017 19:36
  
  Health secretary tells MPs only people with urgent health problems should be expected to be seen within that periodJeremy Hunt was accused by Labour of watering down the four-hour A&E waiting time target after he told MPs that only those with urgent health problems should be expected to be seen within that period. Related: Share your experiences of the NHS this winterContinue reading...
  
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• ‘As she is born, part of me is dying’ – how becoming a mother changes you

  09-01-2017 19:34
  
  Books speak of pregnancy as a pastel-hued dream. But the idea that suddenly you have so much more to lose can be frighteningFor many years, having a child was the thing I desired most of all. Unlike other desires, I couldn’t articulate why. It was beyond language. I want to study blah because blah; I want to work at blah because blah. Obvious, easy. Why did I want a child? I just did. My cells did. For all my concern about bringing another carbon footprint into the world, I couldn’t
  
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• 'Mental health system is broken'

  09-01-2017 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People share their experiences of mental health problems and services.
  
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• Britain's most used pesticide is linked to a deadly liver disease, shocking new study claims

  09-01-2017 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Minute quantities of glyphosate, sold under the brand name Roundup by Monsanto, caused a fatty liver disease in a feeding study using rats, researchers from Kings College London found.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt: up to 30% of people using A&E departments do not need emergency care – video

  09-01-2017 19:10
  
  Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, tells MPs in the House of Commons that up to 30% of people using A&E departments do not require emergency care. Speaking on Monday, Hunt emphasises the need to have a conversation with the UK public about the purpose of A&E, stating that the four-hour A&E waiting target is only meant for urgent casesHunt says four-hour A&E target only meant for urgent cases - Politics liveContinue reading...
  
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• Tens of thousands of people uprooted by militia violence in central Congo - U.N.

  09-01-2017 19:03
  By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tens of thousands of people in the central Democratic Republic of Congo have been uprooted in recent months by spiralling violence between a militia group and government security forces, the United Nations said on Monday. More than 100,000 people across the provinces of Kasaï, Kasaï Central and Kasaï Oriental have fled their homes since August due to fighting between government forces and militia group Kamuina Nsapu, accordin
  
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• Kendall Jenner Gets Candid About What It’s Like To Live With Anxiety And Panic Attacks

  09-01-2017 19:02
  
  She says this struggle was a low point of 2016.
  
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• Lawyer: Executive blamed in meningitis outbreak not to blame

  09-01-2017 18:56
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer for the former president of a compounding pharmacy blamed for a deadly national meningitis outbreak has told jurors that his client isn't responsible.
  
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• Red Cross NHS remark touches nerve with Conservatives

  09-01-2017 18:54
  
  Casting charity’s important work as an emergency response to a humanitarian crisis was always going to be controversial There is something uniquely startling about the vision of an international aid agency, usually found working in countries struck by famine and natural disaster, mobilising to provide emergency backup to the NHS. So Mike Adamson, chief executive of the British Red Cross, will have been acutely aware of the potency of his description of the “humanitarian crisis”
  
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• Mars to buy pet healthcare provider VCA for $7.7 billion

  09-01-2017 18:53
  (Reuters) - Candy and pet food conglomerate Mars Inc is buying veterinary hospital operator VCA Inc for $7.7 billion in a deal that will give the maker of Pedigree pet food an even bigger share of the $4 billion global pet healthcare market. The deal will help family-owned Mars, better known for candies such as M&Ms and Snickers, add about 800 pet hospitals to its network of more than 900 clinics, which includes the 61-year-old Banfield pet hospital chain. McLean, Virginia-based Mars is alre
  
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• Hunt says four-hour A&E target only meant for urgent cases - as it happened

  09-01-2017 18:50
  
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments, including Theresa May’s ‘shared society’ speech and Jeremy Hunt on the NHSMay’s speech - Summary and analysisAfternoon summary 5.28pm GMTI know La La Land did well at the Golden Globes last night - I didn’t realise the secretary of state was living there. Perhaps that’s where he has been all weekend. Can he now confirm that the NHS is facing a winter crisis and the blame for this lies at the door of N
  
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• Jeremy Hunt to make an emergency statement on the NHS

  09-01-2017 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Hunt, pictured, told MPs in an emergency statement today: 'It is clear that we need to have an honest discussion with the public about the purpose of A&E departments.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt casts doubt on NHS's four-hour A&E target

  09-01-2017 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The four-hour target to assess patients in A&E in England may be relaxed, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt suggests.
  
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• Hunt says four-hour A&E target only meant for urgent cases - Politics live

  09-01-2017 18:28
  
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments, including Theresa May’s ‘shared society’ speech and Jeremy Hunt on the NHSMay’s speech - Summary and analysisAfternoon summary 5.28pm GMTI know La La Land did well at the Golden Globes last night - I didn’t realise the secretary of state was living there. Perhaps that’s where he has been all weekend. Can he now confirm that the NHS is facing a winter crisis and the blame for this lies at the door of N
  
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• Writer, 38, whose jaw expanded in size because of a rare condition made famous by a James Bond villain reveals how he could die at any minute from stress

  09-01-2017 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Up to 8,300 people in the UK, including Mike Scalise, have acromegaly - where the body produces too much growth hormone - but it often isn't diagnosed until patients are in their 40s.
  
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• 6 Times Meryl Streep Showed The World She’s A Total Badass

  09-01-2017 18:25
  
  Bow down to the Queen.
  
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• 11 Surprising Uses For Botox

  09-01-2017 18:09
  
  This article originally appeared on Time.com.Though it’s best known for smoothing wrinkles, Botox, which is derived from one of the most deadly toxins known to man, has repeatedly stunned the medical community for its seemingly endless applications. Though the drug is approved for nine medical conditions and several cosmetic ones, Allergan, the company that owns Botox, holds close to 800 more patents for potential uses of the drug. Since it was approved nearly 30 years ago, Botox has indee
  
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• Jeremy Hunt rejects Red Cross claim of NHS 'humanitarian crisis' – video

  09-01-2017 17:41
  
  Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, denies the claim made by the British Red Cross that the NHS is suffering a humanitarian crisis. Hunt does however concede that there are ‘very serious problems’ in a small number of hospitals. The health secretary was speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Monday, following the Red Cross’s definition of a humanitarian crisis as ‘a crisis affecting a large number of people, for a long period of time’Jeremy Hunt denies Red C
  
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• 13 Jaw-Droppingly Gorgeous Looks From The Golden Globes This Year

  09-01-2017 17:38
  
  These women are crushing it in their careers and looking glam while doing it.
  
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• How to Make Any Workout Way More Fun

  09-01-2017 17:36
  
  Just try these crazy-easy tips from Next Fitness Star Selena Watkins.
  
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