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• FDA finally decide most dangerous fish for pregnant women 

  18-01-2017 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The final FDA guidelines on the fish pregnant women should and should not eat were released. Fish low in mercury, like salmon and tilapia, were advised and high mercury fish, like shark, were not.
  
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• ‘My Partner Cheated On Me—And I Knew The Other Woman'

  18-01-2017 23:49
  
  Warning: Showtime-level drama below.
  
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• Humans are REALLY bad at reading the intentions of others

  18-01-2017 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Manchester have found that people aren't good at reading the true intentions of others.
  
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• Business euphoria over Trump gives way to caution, uncertainty

  18-01-2017 23:29
  By Patrick Rucker and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Early optimism among business lobbyists and executives that Donald Trump's election heralded better days has slowly given way to uncertainty as the president-elect fires off mixed and sometimes confusing messages on healthcare, taxes and trade. Some of that has frayed as questions arise over the nuts and bolts of Trump's campaign promises, although many in the business community said they remained optimistic. Doubts deepened over the we
  
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• 12 New Sex Positions Every Woman Should Try This Year

  18-01-2017 23:19
  
  Get 2017 started on the right note.
  
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• Can Eating Six Small Meals A Day Really Help You Lose Weight?

  18-01-2017 23:12
  
  Here’s what you need to know.
  
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• Inside lab where Mers vaccine made

  18-01-2017 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tulip Mazumdar visits the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford where scientists are developing vaccines for all three of the shortlisted viruses.
  
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• Virus lottery: What could be next epidemic?

  18-01-2017 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have shortlisted three little-known diseases that they think could become the next global health emergency.
  
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• Vaccines for three deadly viruses fast-tracked

  18-01-2017 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists identify three little-known diseases which could cause the next global health emergency.
  
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• Nipah: fearsome virus that caught the medical and scientific world off-guard

  18-01-2017 23:00
  
  Nipah will be among the first diseases to be targeted by a new initiative aiming to prevent epidemics. But what is it, and why is it so dangerous?In 1998, with no explanation or signal of danger, a fearsome disease took off in Malaysia. Pigs died in large numbers and then men slaughtering infected animals also fell ill. They passed it to their families at home. Nearly half of those who got sick died.It was not Ebola – it was a virus that became known as Nipah, after the Malaysian town of K
  
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• $460m pledged for vaccine initiative aimed at preventing global epidemics

  18-01-2017 23:00
  
  Lassa, Mers and Nipah will be first diseases targeted by programme announced at Davos by coalition of governments, philanthropists and businessA coalition of governments, philanthropists and business is pledging to put money and effort into making vaccines to stop the spread of diseases that could threaten mankind – and to prevent another outbreak as devastating as the Ebola epidemic.At the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Norwegian, Japanese and German governments, the Wellcome Trust an
  
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• GIF shows was babies see when they are first born

  18-01-2017 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Even before birth, fetuses can differentiate between light and dark. However, for weeks everything is in black and white and for months their eyes cannot work together. This 12-month gif explains...
  
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• 7 Women On The Brutal Reality Of Undergoing Chemotherapy In Their 20s And 30s

  18-01-2017 22:05
  
  “I was terrified of people finding my hair on them.”
  
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• Could this robot that 'hugs' organ prevent heart failure?

  18-01-2017 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The soft silicone device, created by Harvard researchers, stiffens and relaxes when inflated with pressurised air. It fits outside the patient's own heart, squeezing it to make it beat.
  
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• Price tries to reassure on health care; Dems not buying it

  18-01-2017 21:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Offering reassurances, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for health secretary said Wednesday the new administration won't "pull the rug out" from those covered by "Obamacare." Democrats were unimpressed, noting a lack of specifics.
  
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• Flabby heart keeps pumping with squeeze from robotic sleeve

  18-01-2017 21:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are developing a robotic sleeve that can encase a flabby diseased heart and gently squeeze to keep it pumping.
  
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• Sitting down makes you age by 8 YEARS

  18-01-2017 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers, from the University of California San Diego, found a strong link between a sedentary lifestyle and the premature ageing of cells in the body in a study of 1,481 women over the age of 64.
  
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• This One Extra Step Will Help You Get the Most Out of Your Skin-Care Products

  18-01-2017 21:22
  
  Give your usual routine a boost.
  
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• New jab for sight loss sufferers needed just 5 TIMES year

  18-01-2017 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore have zeroed in on a synthetic peptide that offers long-lasting protection from macular degeneration.
  
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• How noisy hospitals make dementia WORSE

  18-01-2017 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research by University College London and the University of Cambridge is the first to show that being confused or disorientated can accelerate cognitive decline in patients with dementia.
  
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• HEALTH WARNING: Sitting down for long periods 'can age women by nearly a DECADE'

  18-01-2017 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SITTING down for long periods can age women by almost a decade and put them at greater risk of deadly diseases, scientists say.
  
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• 5 Things That Will Make Your Sex Life Way Hotter, According To Real Women

  18-01-2017 20:49
  
  More of this please!
  
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• What You Should Know About Meningitis, the Deadly Infection That Killed a Man in California

  18-01-2017 20:17
  
  Imagine getting an alert from your gym that a member has died of meningitis, an infection that can be passed via close contact. You'd probably be worried, to say the least.This is what happened after 48-year-old Sevin Philips, a frequent visitor to a SoulCycle studio in Larkspur, California, died of bacterial meningitis on January 7. Out of an abundance of caution, health officials have since contacted more than 200 of his fellow riders who may have been exposed; bu
  
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• Eating disorders can be genetic, warns psychotherapist

  18-01-2017 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eating disorders could be more than just unhappiness with your body. Psychotherapist Abigail Natanshon says the onset of the disease can be nature as well as nurture.
  
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• WTH Is Goat Yoga And Should You Try It?

  18-01-2017 19:52
  
  Classes are selling out.
  
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• Experts say your HEARTBEAT could be used as a password

  18-01-2017 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Binghamton University encrypted patient data using the person's own unique electrocardiograph as the key to lock and unlock their digital healthcare records.
  
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• Sitting under parasol DOESN'T protect from sunburn

  18-01-2017 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beachgoers who sit under an umbrella are more likely to burn than those who wear sunscreen, a new Texas study funds. Parasols stop direct sunbeams but are no match for diffuse radiation.
  
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• Price says affordability, access key to health care reform

  18-01-2017 19:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump's pick for health secretary said Wednesday that access and affordability were his goals for revamping health care, and he offered assurances that the new administration is not planning to launch a Medicare overhaul.
  
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• Ireland reports 'mad cow' case, says no risk to health

  18-01-2017 19:01
  Ireland said on Wednesday that a dead cow had been confirmed as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), known as mad cow disease, but said it had not entered the food chain and there was no risk to human health or beef's trade status. The animal tested positive for 'Atypical BSE', Ireland's agriculture department said in a statement, referring to the strain that it said has been identified more recently and which occurs spontaneously in older animals with a low incidence rate. "The disclo
  
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• Teen shoots four, self at American school in northern Mexico

  18-01-2017 18:52
  
  By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A teenage student suffering from depression opened fire at a private American school in northern Mexico on Wednesday, injuring three students and a teacher then shooting himself in what state officials called an unprecedented attack that was caught on security video. Aldo Fasci, security spokesman for Nuevo Leon state, said the 15-year-old student pulled out a handgun inside a classroom at the bilingual Colegio Americano del Noreste and began shootin
  
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• AP-NORC Poll: Americans of all stripes say fix health care

  18-01-2017 18:25
  
  Sylvia Douglas twice voted for President Barack Obama and last year cast a ballot for Democrat Hillary Clinton. But when it comes to "Obamacare," she now sounds like President-elect Donald Trump. ...
  
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• So, Your Salmon Might Secretly Be Full Of Tapeworms

  18-01-2017 18:18
  
  BRB, vomiting.
  
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• Statins may prevent a leading cause of hospital deaths

  18-01-2017 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  in a new review of 36 studies, by researchers at Bristol University and Leicester Diabetes Centre, involving more than 3.2 million people, statins were found to cut the risk of venous thrombosis.
  
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• Californian girl born without an ear needs surgery

  18-01-2017 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alana Zarate, three, from Fresno, California, was born without an ear but still loves to sing and dance to her favorite Disney tunes. She needs 12 hours of surgery to be fitted with a prosthetic ear.
  
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• Sculpt Flat Abs And Tight Arms With These 5 Resistance Band Moves

  18-01-2017 18:01
  Do this versatile workout at the gym or at home.
  
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• 4 Toning Moves That’ll Make You Zen AF

  18-01-2017 18:00
  
  Yogi Ashley Hart shows you how she gets her ‘om on.
  
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• Hospital documentary puts bed shortage under spotlight

  18-01-2017 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One unavailable bed puts a stop to a 60-year-old man in need of surgery in BBC2's Hospital. The team of experts at St Mary's Hospital, London, try their hardest to find a bed but the patient is sent home.
  
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• Home Office refuses to enforce privacy code on NHS staff using video

  18-01-2017 17:31
  
  Surveillance camera commissioner’s advice that trusts be required to comply with code to protect patients is rejectedThe government has rejected a request by the surveillance camera watchdog to allow it to monitor the increasing and unregulated use of CCTV and body-worn video cameras in hospitals.The body cameras, which record sound as well as images, are being increasingly deployed in hospitals in an effort to tackle abuse of frontline health service staff. Related: Thousands of Metropoli
  
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• Watch This Teenage Ballerina Shatter Every Stereotype About 'Dancer Bodies'

  18-01-2017 17:29
  
  She proves that ballet is for all sizes.
  
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• Stopping swearing for two weeks can ‘help you lose weight and get in shape’

  18-01-2017 17:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BIOCHEMIST says that there is a way for people to lose weight if they stop swearing for two weeks and master self control.
  
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• Delaying clamping the umbilical cord cuts anaemia risk

  18-01-2017 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is believed the extra amount of blood from the slight delay, around a decilitre, equates to an extra four months of nutrients for children, researchers from Uppsala University, Sweden, say.
  
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• Greece reports outbreak of H5N8 bird flu at hen farm - OIE

  18-01-2017 16:53
  Greece reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus among laying hens on a farm in the southern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Thursday, citing a report from the Greek farm ministry. The country had already reported a case of H5N8 in a swan in December but this would be the first outbreak on a farm. Some 28,000 hens died of the virus, the report said.
  
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• Gynecologist slams Gwyneth Paltrow's 'vagina eggs'

  18-01-2017 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gwyneth Paltrow last week told goop readers to use jade eggs. Dr Jen Gunter warns the idea is nonsense - and could increase the risk of bacterial vaginosis or toxic shock syndrome.
  
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• Dementia sufferer Laura Borrell says doctors dismissed her

  18-01-2017 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Laura Borrell was diagnosed with dementia in 2015 when she was just 39. The former Law student from Hertfordshire said that she had a 'real battle' to get her condition diagnosed.
  
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• Netherlands bids to hosts EU drugs agency, replacing Britain

  18-01-2017 16:23
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Wednesday joined several other European Union states in bidding to become the host country of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) once Britain leaves the bloc. The London-based EMA has a workforce of about 900. It reviews experimental drugs and makes recommendations on market approval which the EU Commission usually follows. The tussle over its future location is expected to form part of a complex horse-trading process triggered by Brexit. Italy, Spa
  
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• DNA-testing smartphone aims to tackle drugs resistance

  18-01-2017 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A smartphone attachment that analyses DNA could help improve cancer and tuberculosis treatments.
  
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• 'Exceptional' NHS winter pressure in Wales

  18-01-2017 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The NHS in Wales has faced "exceptional" winter challenges, including some of the busiest days for A&E and ambulance services.
  
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• Pointed questions await Trump's pick for health secretary

  18-01-2017 16:15
  
  With coverage for millions of people at stake, Rep. Tom Price is facing pointed questions about President-elect Donald Trump's health policies — and his own investments in health care companies — from ...
  
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• Repealing Obamacare Would Take Insurance Away From 32 Million Americans and Double Premiums

  18-01-2017 15:55
  
  This article originally appeared on Fortune.com.As Congress marches down the path to repealing the Affordable Care Act, a new independent report highlights the steep costs of dismantling President Obama's signature domestic legislation.About 32 million more Americans would be uninsured by 2026 if Obamacare is repealed, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and 18 million would lose insurance in just the first year after repeal. Furthermore, premiums in the private individ
  
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• Drug trials funded by big pharmas could be biased

  18-01-2017 15:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts, from the University of California San Francisco, found in 58 per cent of trials the lead investigator had at least some degree of financial tie to the firm that made the drug being tested.
  
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