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• Breast implants could feature material from space shuttles

  21-01-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Unlike standard breast implants, the new B-lite, created by an Israeli manufacturer, offer a gel filling containing tiny hollow microspheres made from borosilicate, used on the Nasa shuttle.
  
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• In challenge to Trump, women protesters swarm streets across U.S.

  21-01-2017 23:16
  By Emily Stephenson and Scott Malone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women took to the streets in unexpectedly large numbers in major U.S. cities on Saturday to stage mass protests against U.S. President Donald Trump, in an early indication of the strong public opposition the Republican may face in office. Hundreds of thousands of women -- many wearing pink knit hats -- fanned out through downtown Washington around the White House and other landmarks, and also thronged parts of New York, Los Angeles, Chi
  
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• Relief from eye condition that's a blinking pain

  21-01-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts in Oxford are trying out a device called Pressop which could replace the multiple botox jabs sufferers of blapharospasm have to have in order to weaken the overexcited muscles.
  
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• HEALTH NOTES: I'm knocked out by boxercise Julia Bradbury

  21-01-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Julia Bradbury has fallen in love with boxercise after starting it every Sunday morning after she had her twins in 2015. She's hosting Britain's Best Walks on ITV from Friday.
  
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• From no food to roast dinners - surgery let me eat again

  21-01-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  About 6,000 Britons suffer from the debilitating condition achalasia which means food cannot enter their stomach, but a new procedure can help change their lives for the better.
  
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• Breakthrough treatment for rheumatic conditions

  21-01-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A common arthritis drug has been found to be an effective treatment for rare debilitating rheumatic conditions, new research reveals. The trial of 250 patients in 14 countries included the UK.
  
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• Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush's health improves

  21-01-2017 21:31
  Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush is recovering well from pneumonia but will remain in the intensive care unit at the Texas hospital where he has spent the last week, a spokesman said in a statement. Barbara Bush, his wife, was also taken to the Houston Methodist Hospital this week with bronchitis but may be well enough to be discharged on Sunday, the statement said. "Following another good night's rest, President and Mrs. Bush have both continued to improve over the past 24 hours," Jim McG
  
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• How Trump's executive order impacts future of 'Obamacare'

  21-01-2017 20:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's first executive order targets the sweeping "Obamacare" law by giving federal agencies broad leeway to chip away at the measure. But Trump still needs Congress to do away with the law for good.
  
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• Women's anti-Trump march clogs Washington streets

  21-01-2017 19:42
  By Emily Stephenson and Scott Malone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of women, many wearing bright pink hats, marched in Washington on Saturday in a mass show of opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump's agenda the day after the Republican businessman-turned-politician took office. The Women's March on Washington was one of a series of street protests throughout the country and the world against the new president's often angry, populist rhetoric. Trump has angered many liberal Ame
  
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• Abu Dhabi creates $125 billion fund by merging Mubadala, IPIC

  21-01-2017 19:16
  By Stanley Carvalho ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's government merged two of its top investment funds on Saturday to strengthen their financial clout in an era of low oil prices, creating a company with assets totalling about $125 billion (101.03 billion pounds). The new fund, Mubadala Investment Co, was formed by merging Mubadala Development Co and International Petroleum Investment Co, which own corporate stakes in the energy industry and other sectors across the world. The new firm's assets
  
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• Correction: Police-Mental Health story

  21-01-2017 18:18
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Jan. 19 about a report on the NYPD's mental health crisis training program, The Associated Press erroneously reported whether Sgt. Hugh Barry had received the training. Barry had not participated in the four-day program, according to the Office of the Inspector General for the New York Police Department.
  
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• Women's march against Trump swamps Washington streets, subway

  21-01-2017 17:38
  By Emily Stephenson and Scott Malone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Large crowds of women, many wearing bright pink knit hats, poured into downtown Washington by bus, train and car on Saturday for a march in opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump only a day after the Republican took office. The Washington event was expected to be the largest of a series of marches across the world in cities including Sydney, London, Tokyo and New York to criticize the new president's often angry, populist rhetoric. T
  
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• Ex-model Lisa Brown starving to death from rare disease

  21-01-2017 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lisa Brown, 34, an ex-model from Wisconsin, is suffering from a rare disease that leaves her unable to keep food down. She says she's done fighting and is ready to let herself die
  
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• El Chapo, if convicted, would likely do time in 'Supermax’ prison

  21-01-2017 12:06
  By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - If Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, known as much for jail breaks as narcotics trafficking, ends up convicted in U.S. court, there is little doubt where he will spend the rest of his life - a super-secure Colorado prison housing America's most dangerous inmates. Guzman, 59, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn on Friday to charges he ran perhaps the world's largest drug smuggling operation during a decades-long criminal career that
  
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• On Trump's second day, thousands of women to march in D.C. in protest

  21-01-2017 12:03
  By Emily Stephenson and Scott Malone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the United States are expected to pack into downtown Washington on Saturday for a women's march in opposition to the agenda and rhetoric of President Donald Trump. The Women's March on Washington, featuring speakers, celebrity appearances and a protest walk along the National Mall, was planned as a counter-argument to Trump's populist presidential campaign, in which he angered many on the le
  
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• Romanian nightclub fire sends dozens to hospitals

  21-01-2017 10:28
  A fire broke out in a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest early on Saturday morning, resulting in more than 40 people being taken to hospital. Doctors said one person was in serious condition, while most of the victims suffered from smoke inhalation and hypothermia. Some had bone fractures, doctors said, indicating they had panicked and jumped from an upper floor terrace.
  
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• Lung cancer MAPPED: Disease caused by SMOKING is most prevalent in THIS British region

  21-01-2017 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LUNG cancer is one of the most common and serious types of cancer - affecting around 40,000 people in the UK every year.
  
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• Cardiff Uni bid to create osteoarthritis 'smart patch'

  21-01-2017 08:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientist in Wales are hoping to create a smart patch which could detect onset osteoarthritis in patients' knees.
  
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• Paying for care at home: how to negotiate the minefield

  21-01-2017 08:00
  
  How much does it cost, what help can you get with paying for it, and where can you get it amid cutbacks?How much should you pay for care in your own home as you get older – from getting in and out of bed to taking medication or help with shopping? And how do you find a carer? With adult social care in crisis as local authorities struggle to meet soaring demand at a time of cutbacks, Guardian Money tested prices and services in a town with a high density of older people: Eastbourne in East
  
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• Hiring a carer for my mother was a huge learning curve, but help is available

  21-01-2017 08:00
  
  From finding insurance to writing contracts and contributing to pension schemes, the unseen elements of hiring a career are complexIt’s hard to pinpoint the moment we knew we needed to find carers to come and help my mother. That’s the nature of a progressive condition. Symptoms creep up on you, bringing new care needs just when you thought everything was working well.After struggling with her balance for some time and suffering a series of falls, our mother, Jenny, was initially dia
  
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• Trump, in Oval Office, signs first order on Obamacare

  21-01-2017 02:56
  By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed his first executive order on Friday, heading into the Oval Office shortly after his inaugural parade to direct agencies to ease regulations associated with Obamacare, the signature healthcare law of his predecessor that Trump has vowed to replace. The White House also directed an immediate regulatory freeze for all government agencies in a memo from Trump's chief of staff, Reince Priebus, White House spokesman
  
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• DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: Anorexia has no respect for age 

  21-01-2017 02:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The case of one patient reveals that there is a hidden epidemic of eating disorders among older women. Doctors such as myself have known about this for a long time.
  
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• Singapore study explains what happens when we blink

  21-01-2017 02:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers based at UC Berkeley, the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and more have found that when we blink, our brain repositions our eyeballs to stay focused on what we're looking at.
  
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• Extra sleep night before could help pull all-night

  21-01-2017 02:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists claim it’s possible to ‘stockpile’ sleep in advance to help you cope. They reckon an extra two hours a night for a short period before going without could help millions cope (file image).
  
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• Trump, now president, pledges to put 'America First' in nationalist speech

  21-01-2017 02:22
  By Steve Holland and Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump took power as the 45th president of the United States on Friday and pledged to end what he called an "American carnage" of rusted factories and crime in an inaugural address that was a populist and nationalist rallying cry. Striking a defiant tone, Trump said American workers have been devastated by the outsourcing of jobs abroad. "From this day forward it’s going to be only America First,” the Republican told
  
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• Elderly people who break their hip more likely to die

  21-01-2017 02:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elderly people who break their hip face nearly three times the danger of dying in the year afterwards, a study has found.
  
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• Extra sleep before could help the following evening

  21-01-2017 01:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists claim it’s possible to ‘stockpile’ sleep in advance to help you cope. They reckon an extra two hours a night for a short period before going without could help millions cope (file image).
  
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• Outbreak of rare rat virus that causes brain hemorrhages

  21-01-2017 00:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The outbreak of the so-called 'Seoul virus' in eight people in Wisconsin and Illinois is significant since it should not be found in the United States, health officials warn.
  
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• Ex-model, 34, starving to death from rare disease

  21-01-2017 00:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lisa Brown, 34, an ex-model from Wisconsin, is suffering from a rare disease that leaves her unable to keep food down. She says she's done fighting and is ready to let herself die
  
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• George H. W. Bush's life-threatening infection explained 

  21-01-2017 00:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 92-year-old was placed in intensive care in a Houston hospital and given a breathing tube. He already suffers from vascular parkinsonism, a rare syndrome that mimics Parkinson's disease.
  
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