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• Drug U-turn is 'milestone' for arthritis: New once-a-day tablet helps control the condition  

  14-01-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One sufferer who could soon be benefiting is Briton Pamela Relph, 27, (pictured). She is the only athlete in the world to have won two Paralympic gold medals in rowing.
  
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• It is clear to anyone in the NHS that we cannot carry on as we are | Bob Kerslake

  14-01-2017 23:18
  
  After a week of crises, one hospital boss sets out an NHS recovery planJim Callaghan may not have actually said “Crisis? What crisis?” in 1979, but the then prime minister’s words have gone down in history as the clearest example of a politician not in touch with the severity of the issues facing the country. Last week has seen a similar debate about the state of our accident and emergency services. Related: NHS in crisis as cancer operations cancelled due to lack of beds It is
  
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• Washington protesters vow to fight for civil rights under Trump

  14-01-2017 23:10
  By Lacey Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. civil rights activists vowed on Saturday to defend hard-fought gains in voting rights and criminal justice during the presidency of Donald Trump, kicking off a week of protests ahead of the Republican's inauguration. About 2,000 mostly black protesters ignored steady rain to march and rally near Washington's Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, as speakers urged them to fight for minority rights and President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, which
  
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• Devon boy is only child in Britain with a debilitating disease which is baffling doctors

  14-01-2017 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brave Oliver Brown has rare bone marrow disorder Myelodysplastic Syndrome. The youngster, from Plymouth in Devon, will have a transplant while doctors race to learn more about the disease.
  
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• NHS in crisis as cancer operations cancelled due to lack of beds

  14-01-2017 22:30
  
  Hospital chief warns government must face the truth, as patients lose surgery dates with some only receiving one day’s noticePatients with cancer are having their operations cancelled by hospitals with increasing regularity as the NHS winter crisis deepens, the Observer can reveal.In an alarming escalation, the previously unthinkable step of calling off cancer surgery has become more commonplace in the last fortnight, as a rapid increase in patient numbers has placed intolerable pressures
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn decries 'social care crisis made in Downing Street'

  14-01-2017 16:42
  
  Labour leader says entire system is at serious risk of breakdown unless government invests more money
  Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to take failing care homes into public ownership under a Labour government in a major speech slamming the Tories for “spectacularly” failing to spread Britain’s wealth evenly. The Labour leader attacked what he described as a rigged system where power is in the wrong hands, and accused the government of slashing taxes for the richest and lining the pocke
  
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• GPs urged to commit to seven-day service or lose funding

  14-01-2017 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Downing Street puts pressure on GPs to open from 08:00-20:00 in a bid to reduce the strain on A&E.
  
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• Italy PM Gentiloni leaves hospital, holds cabinet meeting

  14-01-2017 15:19
  Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni left hospital and held a cabinet meeting on Saturday following the heart procedure he underwent earlier this week, his office said. Doctors at Rome's Gemelli hospital said the 62-year-old, who took office last month, had made an excellent recovery from the emergency angioplasty they performed to unblock a blood vessel late on Tuesday. Gentiloni, formerly foreign minister, took over as premier when Matteo Renzi resigned after his proposed reform of the const
  
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• Amid primary care struggle, field hospital opens near Mosul fighting

  14-01-2017 15:12
  By Girish Gupta NEAR MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Civilians and soldiers wounded as Iraqi forces attempt to retake Mosul from Islamic State are receiving treatment in a high-tech field hospital about 20 km from the frontlines. Treating shrapnel, bullet and bomb wounds, the facility - complete with emergency rooms, intensive care units and a fully-stocked pharmacy - was set up by U.S. relief organisation Samaritan's Purse after Christmas in a patch of desert about half an hour's drive from clashes in
  
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• Bulgaria reports virulent bird flu at over 50 farms, culling 430,000 poultry

  14-01-2017 14:35
  A virulent bird flu virus has spread to 55 poultry farms in Bulgaria prompting the veterinary authorities to announce a cull of some 430,000 birds since it was first detected in the middle of December, agriculture minister Dessislava Taneva said on Saturday. The Balkan country has also registered four cases of bird flu in wild ducks since mid-December. Bulgaria has imposed a nationwide ban on poultry markets and on the hunting of game birds, and has already spent over a million levs ($543,714) t
  
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• Blogger told by doctors she will no longer receive chemo in heartbreaking post

  14-01-2017 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a short message on her Facebook page Hannah Lyson, from Lancashire, revealed that she had received the 'worst news imaginable' and her disease was not responding to treatment.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn pledges to nationalise failing care homes amid NHS crisis - Politics live

  14-01-2017 13:07
  
  Rolling coverage from the Fabian Society conference in London, including Jeremy Corbyn’s keynote speech 12.07pm GMTJonathan Bartley, the Green co-leader, says he got into Green politics after confronting David Cameron during the 2010 general election. He was taking his child to a hospital appointment in a wheelchair. A Tory aide saw the wheelchair and asked if Cameron could pose for a picture beside Bartley’s child. Bartley agreed, and then challenged Cameron over inclusive education
  
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• Flu symptoms and chest pain? Common virus can cause life-threatening heart failure

  14-01-2017 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A VIRUS - similar to the one which can cause the common cold - could cause heart failure, experts have warned.
  
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• May's scapegoat attempt could spark mass resignations, says top GP

  14-01-2017 12:56
  
  Dr Kailash Chand says GPs are rightly angry at government effort to shift blame for NHS crisis on to them with seven-day threat
  Family doctors and medical leaders have rejected Theresa May’s demand to move to a seven-day week, with one prominent GP warning that it could lead to mass resignations. Dr Kailash Chand, a former deputy chair of the British Medical Association, said GPs were so angry with government attempts to scapegoat them for the crisis in the NHS and chronic underfunding tha
  
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• The NHS is making people sick, GP tells BBC

  14-01-2017 11:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Doctors tell of their "guilt" and "distress" over the care they can provide amid pressures on the NHS.
  
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• GPs 'already work 24/7, 365 days a year'

  14-01-2017 10:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BMA's Dr Chaand Nagpaul says the government's ultimatum over working hours is "an insult".
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn promises 'complete break with this rigged system' in speech to Fabians - Politics live

  14-01-2017 09:46
  
  Rolling coverage from the Fabian Society conference in London, including Jeremy Corbyn’s keynote speech 8.46am GMTThis week Jeremy Corbyn has engaged in something of a relaunch. Any speech in January given by a leader who is behind in the polls tends to be described as a “relaunch”, but in this case there is a deliberate attempt to recalibrate the way he presents himself, best explained in this Politico Europe article. Essentially Corbyn plans to stir things up a bit more, stre
  
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• NHS crisis: 'My frail mum was forced to wait on the floor for eight hours'

  14-01-2017 09:00
  
  Reports of overcrowding, long waits and cancelled operations have led to claims that the NHS faces a ‘humanitarian crisis’. Here, patients tell their storiesDozens of hospitals in England have had to declare a black alert – a status that means its emergency care facilities and beds are under extreme pressure – this week after becoming so overcrowded that they could no longer guarantee patient safety. It follows a warning from the British Red Cross that the NHS is facing a
  
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• Council job cuts have finally caught up with me – but I'm relieved

  14-01-2017 08:16
  
  After years of avoiding the axe, redundancy now seems like a release. I won’t miss the insomnia and anxiety caused by the uncertainty of working for a councilEvery new year at the council brings with it a fresh cycle of angst and fear, because the battle to keep jobs begins all over again.But this year, I no longer care about losing my job – in fact, the prospect of facing redundancy fills me with relief. Relief that I no longer have to face a relentless cost-cutting cycle.Related: I
  
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• How we ‘fixed’ our diabetic dad – and saved his life

  14-01-2017 07:15
  
  When their father’s diabetes threatened his life, Ian and Anthony Whitington stepped in with a radical diet and fitness plan. It was a hard slog, but it workedWhen their father, Geoff, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the age of 50, brothers Ian and Anthony Whitington were not hugely surprised, and for 10 years, they drifted along and watched from the sidelines.“Dad had always been the ‘big man’,” says Anthony, 39. “As kids, we thought it was funny. Dad c
  
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• Beijing sets 2017 air pollution goal at more than double WHO's acceptable standard

  14-01-2017 06:48
  Beijing's air quality target for 2017 is more than double the acceptable standard set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the mayor announced on Saturday in the wake of weeks of hazardous air pollution in the Chinese capital. "We will work hard to keep PM2.5 at an annual average of around 60 micrograms per cubic metre," Beijing mayor Cai Qi said during his delivery of the city's annual work report at the opening of the Beijing People's Congress on Saturday.
  
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• China confirms one more human death from H7N9 bird flu

  14-01-2017 06:30
  A man in China's central Henan province has become the latest person reported to have died this winter from H7N9 bird flu, the state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday citing local health authorities. The 36-year-old roast duck salesman developed a fever and a cough around Dec. 25 in coastal Zhejiang province, near Shanghai, and returned to Henan in early January, Xinhua said. Bird flu is most likely to strike in winter and spring.
  
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• One Mistake That Can Affect Your Child's Weight

  14-01-2017 04:39
  
  This article originally appeared on RealSimple.com.Parents who think their children are overweight may trigger a self-fulfilling prophecy, according to a new analysis of two decade-long studies. Kids whose parents considered them chunky at age 4 or 5 tended to put on more pounds in subsequent years, compared to those whose parents thought they were a normal weight.This seems counterintuitive, acknowledge the researchers, since addressing children’s weight issues should theoretica
  
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• Having a chicory salad for lunch could stop you from getting dementia

  14-01-2017 03:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chicoric acid was found to prevent the formation of toxic clumps, the signature hallmark of Alzheimer's disease that are known as amyloid plaques, in the brain, Chinese researchers discovered.
  
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• From texting to having sex: The ultimate full-body workout to flex your muscles WITHOUT hitting the gym

  14-01-2017 01:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anatomy expert Mike Aunger is part of a campaign about how to properly train, fuel and use our muscles. Here he explains what muscles we use during day-to-day activities - including sex.
  
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• DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: Sorry, but dry January is actually bad for us 

  14-01-2017 01:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Please, will someone save me from the dry January bores? I’m fed up with their sanctimony whenever having an alcoholic drink is mentioned, writes DR MAX PEMBERTON.
  
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• Doctors operate on twins in the WOMB after discovering condition that starved one

  14-01-2017 01:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jake and Oliver Whettingsteel, from London, have celebrated their first birthday. The twins had a 50% chance of living after surgery while in the womb to separate their blood vessels.
  
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• Lorraine’s ultimate makeover: How to get in shape for 2017

  14-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PUT on a few pounds over the Christmas break? Now’s the time to get in shape. Lorraine Kelly shares her tips for looking and feeling great in 2017
  
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• GPs should do more to take pressure off A&E departments, says May

  14-01-2017 00:56
  
  Prime minister wants surgeries to offer a seven-day service, but is accused of trying to scapegoat family doctors for chaos in NHS hospitalsTheresa May is urging GP surgeries to make more effort to provide a seven-day service as she seeks to deflect blame for the deepening crisis in the NHS.With pressure mounting on the prime minister, amid growing evidence that hospitals are struggling to cope with surging winter demand, Downing Street issued a statement on Friday saying that surgeries should d
  
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• Fewer reps could reap BETTER results, scientist explains

  14-01-2017 00:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Performing fewer reps during your workout could actually have better results for your workout. Researchers in Scotland found that after two reps, overall fitness dropped by 5%.
  
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• Want to stick to your New Year resolutions? Move house, say scientists

  14-01-2017 00:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Bath have found that habits can be changed when you change the the factors around the habit - such as location and context.
  
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