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• Couch potatoes 'at highest risk of dementia': Skipping exercise is as dangerous as carrying the Alzheimer's gene

  10-01-2017 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sedentary older adults are just as likely to develop dementia as those with the gene, even with no risk factors, according to new research from Canada's McMaster University.
  
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• Breast is best - but is it enough? Most breastfed infants do NOT get enough vitamin D 

  10-01-2017 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research by the Mayo Clinic has confirmed what many parents fear: breast milk rarely provides enough vitamin D for newborns. So they advise mothers to feed their babies supplements.
  
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• Overweight woman who shed 150lbs does a 5K run NAKED to celebrate

  10-01-2017 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Naomi Teeter weighed 300lbs when she started her weight loss journey in 2009. After rapidly losing half of her body weight, she was left with sagging skin that she has yet to remove surgically.
  
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• You’ll Never Believe What Docs Found Inside This Woman’s Ovary

  10-01-2017 23:04
  
  Here’s what you need to know.
  
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• Feed a cold?

  10-01-2017 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  None of us can dodge colds and flu, so here's what helps... and what doesn't.
  
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• Is It Safe To Take A Painkiller Before A Workout?

  10-01-2017 22:41
  
  We asked an expert so you don't have to worry about it.
  
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• 3 Italian doctors suspended for tending ER patients on floor

  10-01-2017 22:35
  ROME (AP) — Three doctors at a Naples-area hospital have been suspended for treating emergency room patients while they were lying on the floor.
  
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• Forget cough medicine! Why a HOT TODDY is the best thing to drink when you're under the weather 

  10-01-2017 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A recent study found cough do nothing to treat colds. But according to family physician Dr Sarah Brewer, Hot Toddies - whiskey, honey and lemon - are the secret to a speedy recovery.
  
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• Vaccination skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr to chair vaccine safety commission

  10-01-2017 22:19
  
  Trump’s pick to lead charge on science behind vaccinations said parents should choose whether children are vaccinated but called himself ‘pro-vaccine’
  Donald Trump has asked Robert F Kennedy Jr, a prominent skeptic regarding the use of vaccines, to chair a commission on vaccination safety.“President-elect Trump has some doubts about the current vaccine policies and he has questions about it,” said Kennedy, speaking with reporters after a meeting with the president-e
  
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• Vaccination skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr to chair vaccination safety commission

  10-01-2017 22:19
  
  Trump’s pick to lead charge on science behind vaccinations said parents should choose whether children are vaccinated but called himself ‘pro-vaccine’
  Donald Trump has asked Robert F Kennedy Jr, a prominent skeptic regarding the use of vaccines, to chair a commission on vaccination safety.“President-elect Trump has some doubts about the current vaccine policies and he has questions about it,” said Kennedy, speaking with reporters after a meeting with the president-e
  
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• What It's Like To Be A Woman In The Black Lives Matter Movement

  10-01-2017 22:16
  
  “Black liberation encompasses all black people—not just black men.”
  
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• Alstom beats GE in dispute over $800 million train signal contract

  10-01-2017 22:11
  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday said Alstom SA may ask an independent accounting firm to resolve a dispute over the French company's $800 million (£657 million) purchase of General Electric Co's train-signalling business, and rejected GE's bid for arbitration. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan said the "plain language" of the November 2014 sales contract justified letting Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu handle the matter first, rather than arbitrators
  
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• The 18 Best Weight-Loss Tips Of All Time

  10-01-2017 21:36
  
  Here’s what we’ve learned from more than 100 readers who lost weight.
  
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• 5 Women Share How They Asked for a Divorce

  10-01-2017 21:35
  
  We can’t tell you how Angelina did it, but here’s what these women did.
  
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• This Breakfast Soup Is So Much Better Than Oatmeal

  10-01-2017 21:31
  
  It's a morning game-changer.
  
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• With Trump, fight to end U.S. abortion rights gathers steam

  10-01-2017 20:26
  By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The battle to restrict abortion in the United States, heating up with the election of Donald Trump as president and a conservative Congress, will be waged from the nation's highest court down to state legislatures, activists say. At the top are efforts to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court Roe v Wade ruling that legalized abortion, challenging the landmark decision with cases now in the legal pipeline. Legal in the United States since 1973,
  
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• Smoking set to kill 8 million a year by 2030 if we don't cut down, WHO study warns

  10-01-2017 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Currently, smoking claims 6 million lives annually - mostly in low-income countries. According to the World Health Organization, that will reach 8 million in little over a decade.
  
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• Foods that contain NO calories because you burn more than you consume as you eat

  10-01-2017 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some of the zero calorie foods on the list may surprise you, including swede. Experts warn that the foods need to be eaten in moderation to have zero calories.
  
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• Words are not enough to tackle the crisis in mental health | Letters

  10-01-2017 19:46
  
  I am, of course, pleased that Theresa May recognises that increasing numbers of adults and children are suffering from mental health difficulties (May pledges to try to reduce stigma, 9 January). The huge emotional burden this puts on families only increases the risks. These difficulties have escalated in the six years since massive cuts to public services and most preventive mental health services, alongside the increased culture of competition that leads to more anxiety and less security.Havin
  
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• Johnson & Johnson to reveal average drug price increases

  10-01-2017 19:19
  
  Health care giant Johnson & Johnson plans next month to disclose price increases of its prescription drugs as the industry tries to calm the storm over soaring prices.
  
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• 'My Weird Symptoms Turned Out to Be Narcolepsy'

  10-01-2017 19:15
  
  “My body felt like Jello.”
  
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• Moldovans revealed as the biggest drinkers in the world by interactive map

  10-01-2017 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A fascinating new interactive map has plotted alcohol consumption worldwide revealing Eastern European nations top the ranks. Brits are the 17th biggest drinkers while the US comes in at 49th.
  
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• Revealed, the reason you crave a kebab when you're drunk

  10-01-2017 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instead of filling us up, a study led by London's Francis Crick Institute found alcohol fires up neurons in the brain normally activated by starvation - forcing us to eat more.
  
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• Man moves ambulance for 'being in his way'

  10-01-2017 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man moves an ambulance which was blocking a parking space, while staff in the back carried out emergency treatment.
  
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• Revealed: Seven home remedies to keep your child healthy as hacking cough sweeps the country (and they even include CHOCOLATE) 

  10-01-2017 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While concerned parents should still check with their GP, local pharmacist or NHS 111, these seven natural remedies can also help little ones breathe a little easier.
  
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• Chinese pensioner carries her intestines in a PLASTIC BAG on outside of her body

  10-01-2017 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT Lan Guo'e, from China's Niuche village, keeps her intestines in a bag and washes them with warm water. She has had to do that for over 20 years.
  
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• Mass killer Breivik makes Nazi salute again at appeal on jail conditions

  10-01-2017 18:29
  By Alister Doyle SKIEN, Norway (Reuters) - Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik gave a Nazi salute on Tuesday to a court where Norway appealed against a ruling that it has violated his human rights by keeping him in virtual isolation since he massacred 77 people in 2011. Breivik, in a black suit and striped tie and a beard he has grown in the past year, made the defiant gesture as he entered the high-security courtroom at the start of the Jan. 10-18 hearing about his detention conditions. Judge
  
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• FTSE hits new record as miners help European shares inch up

  10-01-2017 18:21
  By Helen Reid and Danilo Masoni LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 blue-chip index hit fresh record highs on Tuesday, boosted by gains among retailers, while a rally in mining stocks more than offset weaker financials, helping European shares end slightly in positive territory. The pan-European STOXX 600 index inched up 0.1 percent, while the FTSE 100 rose 0.5 percent after hitting a new all-time high of 7,284.81 points. France's CAC 40 was flat and Germany's DAX added 0.2 percent. Reta
  
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• Era of low calorie sweeteners: 200% increase in 'diet' drinks among US kids in 10 years - but are they REALLY much better for them?

  10-01-2017 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts warn this apparent 'health kick' may be entirely superficial, since studies show low-calorie sweeteners are just as likely to cause obesity, diabetes, and other issues.
  
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• Do YOU have the hacking cough? It could cause you to become fat, experts warn 

  10-01-2017 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Currently tens of thousands of people across Britain are believed to be suffering from the pneumonia-causing bug. But previous research has found it can cause chickens to gain weight.
  
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• Could this be a way to reverse blindness? Revolutionary stem cell transplant restores vision in mice

  10-01-2017 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research, from the RIKEN institute in Japan, is the first time photoreceptors have been successfully transplanted to host cells and sent visual signals to the host retina and brain.
  
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• Poorer countries fail to act on smoking due to big tobacco threats, says WHO

  10-01-2017 18:06
  
  Industry lobbying means low- and middle-income countries fear raising cost of cigarettes which is most effective way to curb smokingMany low- and middle-income countries are too scared by the threats and misinformation of big tobacco to raise the price of cigarettes, even though it would hugely benefit both health and the economy, according to a major new report.The most effective measure to help people stop smoking is to impose high taxes on cigarettes, says the report by the World Health Organ
  
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• New David Bowie EP marks first anniversary of death, 70th birthday

  10-01-2017 18:04
  Fans of David Bowie were able to mark the first anniversary of his death on Tuesday by listening to a new EP from the "Space Oddity" star called "No Plan". Downloads were available on Sunday, which would have been Bowie's 70th birthday.
  
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• Obama health law posts solid sign-ups despite GOP repeal vow

  10-01-2017 17:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress may be moving to repeal "Obamacare," but millions of people are still signing up. The administration said Tuesday that 11.5 million enrolled nationwide through Dec. 24, ahead of last year's pace.
  
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• Alcohol flips brain into hungry mode

  10-01-2017 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alcohol switches the brain into starvation mode, ramping up appetite and hunger, scientists discover.
  
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• Leak shows full extent of NHS winter crisis

  10-01-2017 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Record numbers of patients are facing long waits in A&Es in England, the BBC learns.
  
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• Warming oceans could be increasing amount of deadly toxins in shellfish

  10-01-2017 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of researchers, led by Oregon State University, found strong correlations between toxic levels of domoic acid in shellfish and warm-water ocean conditions.
  
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• NHS Digital data shows record number of over 70s are enduring 12 hour waits in A&E

  10-01-2017 15:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data from NHS Digital shows that in 2013/14 there were 34,088 reported delays in A&E departments for elderly patients - but this jumped to 88,252 over the course of last year.
  
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• Kenya sets up doctors network to fight doping

  10-01-2017 15:29
  By Isaac Omulo NAIROBI (Reuters) - Athletics Kenya (AK) has drawn up a list of accredited doctors who will be responsible for examining samples from elite athletes and ensure they are not tempted to use banned drugs, AK's chairman said on Tuesday. The initiative is part of Kenya's effort to clean up its image after a series of doping cases brought the nation to the brink of being barred from the 2016 Rio Olympics. After last-gasp measures to reassure the international authorities, Kenyan athlete
  
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• Mass killer Breivik makes Nazi salute at court appeal on jail terms

  10-01-2017 15:00
  By Alister Doyle SKIEN, Norway (Reuters) - Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik gave a Nazi salute on Tuesday to a high-security court where Norway is appealing a ruling that it has violated his human rights by keeping him in strict isolation. Breivik, in a black suit and tie and sporting a beard he has grown in the past year, made the defiant gesture as he entered the courtroom at the start of the Jan. 10-18 hearing about his detention since he massacred 77 people in 2011. Breivik, 37, made a s
  
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• ‘Care work is tough. We should not be paying minimum wages’

  10-01-2017 15:00
  
  David Miles, head of Mears Group, which has given up some homecare contracts, says paying staff more could save moneyWhether or not you agree with reports at the weekend that the NHS is facing a “humanitarian crisis”, caused by delayed discharge and unprecedented demand for services, it is abundantly clear that when it comes to health and social care, the status quo is not an option.As calls grow for the government to do more to tackle the funding gap in social care – predicted
  
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• 5 Ways PCOS Might Be Secretly Messing With Your Weight

  10-01-2017 14:45
  
  The disease can cause you to store more fat around your abdomen.
  
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• Don’t blame the weather for your back pain – scientists discover there is no link between the two

  10-01-2017 14:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A pair of Australian studies suggest that the weather plays no part in the symptoms associated with either back pain or osteoarthritis. Instead it only makes people aware of their discomfort.
  
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• Boy, 4, has been cured of leukaemia which caused his eyes to bleed and POP OUT after his story attracted the attention of fundraisers

  10-01-2017 14:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Sagar Dorji, from Lakhimpur, India, developed acute myeloid leukaemia last year. His story went viral and local health officials paid for his chemotherapy - which has stopped his eyes bleeding.
  
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• Mexican conjoined twins who shared body but had separate heads die before treatment

  10-01-2017 13:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sharing a single body and fitted with tubes, a clip of the newborns, who were delivered in the city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was posted on social media by relatives towards the end of last week.
  
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• Saline bags 'tampered with' at Carlisle Cumberland Infirmary

  10-01-2017 13:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police investigate the suspected tampering of saline bags at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle.
  
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• Weekend warriors: why a two-day blitz is as good as a week’s steady exercise

  10-01-2017 13:29
  
  A new study claims that confining fitness regimes to Saturday and Sunday is as effective as spreading them over a week. Either way, scrolling through Netflix still doesn’t countName: Weekend warriors.Age: You’re as young/old as you feel. Continue reading...
  
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• Valeant to sell assets for $2.12 billion to ease debt load

  10-01-2017 13:23
  (Reuters) - Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is selling its Dendreon cancer business and three skincare brands for about $2.12 billion as the troubled Canadian drugmaker looks to pay down its more than $30 billion debt. Valeant's U.S.-listed shares rose 15 percent to $17.65 in premarket trading on Tuesday. Laval, Quebec-based Valeant is the subject of a number of recent investigations related to speciality pharmacy, including by congressional panels and the U.S. Securities and Commission.
  
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• More than 2m people wait over four hours in A&E, figures show

  10-01-2017 13:19
  
  NHS data shows record levels of emergency unit attendance, with rising numbers waiting longer for treatment
  More than 2 million people had to wait more than four hours at A&E units last year, a sharp rise on the previous year, official NHS figures have shown.The latest annual data from NHS Digital shows that more people than ever before were treated at an accident and emergency unit in England last year – the first time the figure has risen above 20m – which suggests shortstaffed
  
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• 17 superfoods that are set to be 2017’s hottest health food trends

  10-01-2017 13:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A collection of superfoods are set to explode in popularity this year, according to Musclefood.com. Household items such as turmeric and macadamia nuts will be huge this year.
  
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