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• The Dissociated Diet Is Blowing Up The Web, But Does It Work?

  26-01-2017 23:56
  
  You might wind up eating a LOT of fruit some days.
  
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• Hawaii bill would classify homelessness as medical condition

  26-01-2017 23:18
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — As an emergency room doctor, Hawaii Sen. Josh Green sees homeless patients suffering from diabetes, mental health problems and an array of medical issues that are more difficult to manage when they are homeless or do not have permanent housing.
  
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• Why LSD trips last so long

  26-01-2017 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A groundbreaking study by the University of North Carolina has used state-of-the-art technology to show why an acid trip lasts so long and what damage the brain has to inflict to end a trip.
  
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• Trump tells Republican lawmakers: Enough talk. Time to deliver

  26-01-2017 22:01
  By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - President Donald Trump pushed Republican lawmakers on Thursday for swift action on a sweeping agenda including his planned U.S.-Mexican border wall, tax cuts and repealing the Obamacare law, despite tensions over timetables and priorities. Congressional Republicans were in Philadelphia for a three-day retreat to hammer out a legislative agenda, with the party in control of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives for the fi
  
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• 6 Nutritionists Share Exactly What They Order at Subway

  26-01-2017 22:01
  
  We hope you like chicken!
  
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• Man With Bionic Penis Must Live With 2-Week Boner Before He Can Have Sex

  26-01-2017 21:05
  
  And he was born without a penis, so he's been waiting a LONG time.
  
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• The Guardian view on local government: put up or shut up | Editorial

  26-01-2017 20:08
  
  It is impossible to have decent public services on the cheap. So how should councils raise the cash?No one, ever, wants to talk about remote, unglamorous, local government funding. As long as the bins are emptied, most fit adults put up with the closure of the local library or reduced hours at the leisure centre as a sad but minor inconvenience. It is time to take a refresher course.What and how councils were funded was settled with a sigh of relief audible around the country after Mar
  
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• Study reveals why an acid trips last so long

  26-01-2017 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A groundbreaking study by the University of North Carolina has used state-of-the-art technology to show why an acid trip lasts so long and what damage the brain has to inflict to end a trip.
  
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• Why you should NOT feed a cold and starve a fever

  26-01-2017 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Salk Institute found that you should actually eat when you're sick because it will help prevent bacteria from spreading to other organs and make them transmit toother hosts quicker.
  
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• 5 Health Trackers That Go Way Beyond Counting Steps

  26-01-2017 19:49
  
  One of them can even help fight stress.
  
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• Trend of Americans giving up sweet drinks has flat-lined

  26-01-2017 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The trend of Americans consuming less sugar-sweetened beverages has recently plateaued. New data from the CDC showed two-thirds of US kids drink at least one sugary drink a day.
  
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• Ashley Graham Just Posted a Photo OWNING Her Cellulite

  26-01-2017 19:19
  
  She loves her “lumps and bumps” and wants you to love yours, too.
  
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• NFL says injuries down this season, including concussions

  26-01-2017 19:15
  NEW YORK (AP) — Injuries in the NFL decreased this season, including concussions.
  
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• Texas mother unable to see dentist due to facial birthmark

  26-01-2017 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jamie Henley, 37, from Forney, Texas, was born with a port wine stain that covers half her face, neck, chest and back. It has eroded her gums and caused chronic abscesses - which can be fatal.
  
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• Building more prisons is not the answer | Letters

  26-01-2017 19:03
  
  Wednesday’s opposition day debate on prisons served to highlight the ongoing crisis in the system. At the same time, the government’s “prison-building revolution” is gathering pace, with plans to expand prison capacity by at least 10,000 places. This appears to be a revival of the “Titan prisons” policy opposed by penal reformers and mothballed in 2009. It should be halted immediately. For example, the new prison recently proposed for the site of HMP Wellingbo
  
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• Human-animal hybrid embryo is created for the first time

  26-01-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in San Diego and The Catholic University of Murcia in Spain have created human-pig embryos for the first time.
  
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• Mandy Moore And Shane West Had A 'Walk To Remember' Reunion And It Was Everything

  26-01-2017 18:51
  
  We're not crying, you're crying.
  
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• 'This Is How I Went From Having An Eating Disorder To Being A Nutritionist’

  26-01-2017 18:33
  
  Heidi Schauster struggled with bulimia and binge-eating disorder for years.
  
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• DON'T do these two things if you're trying to fall asleep

  26-01-2017 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Often people have a habit of checking the time when their sleep is disrupted - but this is a mistake, says Dr Michael Breus, a member of the American Board of Sleep Medicine.
  
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• Human-pig 'chimera embryos' detailed

  26-01-2017 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Embryos that are about 0.001% human could lead to human organs being grown in animals.
  
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• First human-pig 'chimera' created in milestone study

  26-01-2017 18:00
  
  Prospect of growing human organs for transplantation raised by creation of first ever embryos combining two large, distantly-related speciesScientists have created a human-pig hybrid in a milestone study that raises the prospect of being able to grow human organs inside animals for use in transplants.It marks the first time that embryos combining two large, distantly-related species have been produced. The creation of this so-called chimera – named after the cross-species beast of Greek my
  
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• NHS equality boss and Devon CEO faces jail for fraud

  26-01-2017 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A former NHS equality boss faces jail for swindling £11,000 by diverting funds to her husband.
  
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• Expert reveals you SHOULD eat carbs to stay slim

  26-01-2017 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rob Hobson, Head of Nutrition at Healthspan, busts common carb myths – and reveals the smart way to incorporate them into your diet.
  
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• Is Your Career Killing Your Sex Life?

  26-01-2017 17:11
  
  Being a boss isn't easy.
  
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• Man, 48, found to have a 6-foot long tapeworm in his gut

  26-01-2017 16:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After initial tests, doctors discovered a segment of the worm in his colon. But after delving further, the team at the PVS Memorial Hospital, India, found the entire worm curled in his small intestine.
  
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• Future bowel cancer cure? Targeting gene could stop spread of FOUR cancers

  26-01-2017 16:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BOWEL cancer patients could soon be treated after a scientific breakthrough revealed a gene which could reduce the spread of tumours in cancer patients.
  
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• Athleisure fans warned not to wear sweaty gym gear

  26-01-2017 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wearing workout clothes as fashion items has been popularized by models such as Gigi Hadid. But US medical experts say failing to wash and change after exercise can have unwanted consequences.
  
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• Annette Karmiloff-Smith obituary

  26-01-2017 16:40
  
  Neuroscientist who provided fresh insights into our development as individualsWhat is the origin of the unique and complex behaviours that our species are capable of? Is it nature or nurture? How is human cognition – our memory, language, numerical abilities – organised? How do developmental disorders occur? These age-old questions have puzzled – and deeply divided – scientists for hundreds of years. Over the course of more than four decades, research by the developmental
  
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• Woman who bought abortion pills for daughter can challenge prosecution

  26-01-2017 16:28
  
  Judge allows judicial review in case that is set to focus attention on Northern Ireland’s abortion legislation Lawyers have won the right to challenge a decision to prosecute a mother in Northern Ireland who procured abortion pills online for her 15-year-old daughter.
  In a groundbreaking case that is set to focus attention on Northern Ireland’s abortion legislation, a judge in Belfast gave permission for a judicial review to be heard over the prosecution of the mother, stating that t
  
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• Swedish anti-abortion midwife sues officials in job claim

  26-01-2017 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Swedish midwife who refuses to carry out abortions sues a health authority for not employing her.
  
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• Proliferation of bird flu outbreaks raises risk of human pandemic

  26-01-2017 16:08
  By Kate Kelland and , Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The global spread of bird flu and the number of viral strains currently circulating and causing infections have reached unprecedented levels, raising the risk of a potential human outbreak, according to disease experts. Multiple outbreaks have been reported in poultry farms and wild flocks across Europe, Africa and Asia in the past three months. While most involve strains that are currently low risk for human healt
  
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• This is what the world looks like to the colourblind

  26-01-2017 15:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Images released from Colblindor, a blog run by Daniel Flück from Zurich, give an idea what the four types of colour blindness people experience actually look like.
  
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• More turkeys culled after new bird flu virus found on German farm

  26-01-2017 15:52
  More than 15,000 turkeys were being culled on Thursday after the new bird flu subtype H5N5 was confirmed on a north German farm, authorities said, adding to concerns about the spread of different strains of the disease. The H5N5 strain was found for the first time on a farm in Germany this week in Steinburg in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein which borders Denmark.. The H5N5 strain has in addition been confirmed on two other units of the same farm located in different villages where the
  
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• Kenyan doctors say will strike until pay demands met, ignore court

  26-01-2017 15:27
  By George Obulutsa and Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's doctors union said on Thursday a seven-week strike would continue as long as needed to secure demands for better pay and conditions, ignoring a court ruling ordering a return to work in five days or jail for union leaders. The strike, which began on Dec. 5, has emptied hospital beds as relatives take patients to care for them at home and poses a challenge for the government in an election year, as it seeks to prevent other state
  
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• Appeal right granted in abortion pills case

  26-01-2017 15:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A mother accused of buying abortion pills online is granted leave to seek a Judicial Review into a decision to prosecute her.
  
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• Six workouts you can do at your desk

  26-01-2017 15:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health blogger Helen Foster has come up with six simple office exercises which if you do them everyday for a week, can help you burn an extra 1,170 calories.
  
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• How a blind runner tackles marathons – tech podcast

  26-01-2017 15:08
  
  Simon Wheatcroft went blind at age 17. Yet today, he runs marathons. Leigh Alexander explores the incredible story of how he is able to do this with the help of some particularly innovative technology. This is a re-run of a podcast we launched in June 2016
  Leigh Alexander delves into the incredible story of how Simon Wheatcroft, who has been registered as blind since he was 17, runs marathons with the help of some particularly innovative technology. Continue reading...
  
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• Mother wins £40,000 payout from her former dentist 

  26-01-2017 14:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Karen Ann Haughton (pictured), 58, from Clapham in Bedford, underwent emergency surgery after the abscess was found on her brain in March 2012.
  
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• Haemophilia: One in five at risk from internal bleeding caused by rare blood disorder

  26-01-2017 14:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HAEMOPHILIA is an inherited bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency in one of the blood clotting factors.
  
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• Unborn baby set to help save older brother's life - as parents plan to harvest STEM CELLS

  26-01-2017 14:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE mother of a severely ill young boy is hoping his unborn brother can become a "miracle saviour".
  
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• The five things you should do at the end of EVERY day

  26-01-2017 14:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From keeping a journal to using Facetime, experts Janet Jones and Nick Goldberg reveal the quick and easy regime to follow each night.
  
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• The war on abortion is just beginning | Jessica Valenti

  26-01-2017 14:11
  
  In the short time Donald Trump has been president, his administration has set a disastrous course for women’s health and rightsIf you’ve ever wondered what the oft-used and much maligned word “patriarchy” looks like, you need look no further than a picture of Donald Trump, surrounded by white men, reinstating the global gag rule. The policy, which bans funding any international organization that dares to even talk about abortion, has contributed to thousands of women&rsqu
  
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• Is your child struggling at school? Feed them kale

  26-01-2017 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  College students who are iron deficient perform one grade worse than their healthy counterparts, scientists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Pennsylvania State found.
  
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• Meet the woman who lived for six days without lungs – video

  26-01-2017 13:50
  
  Doctors saved a Canadian woman’s life by removing her lungs for six days while she waited for a double lung transplant. In what is believed to be the first procedure of its kind in the world, Melissa Benoit arrived at Toronto hospital with just hours to live when staff and her family decided to take the unprecedented procedure
  Doctors save Canadian woman’s life by removing her lungs for six daysContinue reading...
  
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• Ambulance services 'not coping' as demand rises

  26-01-2017 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ambulance crews are finding it "increasingly difficult to cope" with rising demand, an audit in England finds.
  
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• Doctors save woman's life by removing her lungs for 6 days

  26-01-2017 13:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Melissa Benoit, was born with cystic fibrosis, but doctors at Toronto General Hospital discovered she had just hours to live when she was rushed there with a severe infection in April.
  
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• We are rightly proud that our NHS is free. Let’s keep it that way | Ann Robinson

  26-01-2017 13:33
  
  A group of GPs has suggested that some treatments could be paid for. But the profit motive would taint the precious trust between patient and doctorImagine you have a big, greasy, warty growth on your back. It’s embarrassing, catches on your clothes and means you avoid swimming or exposing your back on holiday. Your GP confirms that it’s not cancer and says it’s a seborrhoeic wart. That’s great, but you’d like it removed. Your GP says you can’t be referred for
  
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• Mother-of-three, 37, is left too embarrassed to smile

  26-01-2017 13:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jamie Henley, 37, from Forney, Texas, was born with a port wine stain that covers half her face, neck, chest and back. It has eroded her gums and caused chronic abscesses - which can be fatal.
  
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• Gaza's water shortage worsening, no easy solutions seen

  26-01-2017 13:06
  By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Marwan An-Najar, a Palestinian from the south of the Gaza Strip, says he has not tasted sweet tap water in 10 years. Every day, he travels four kilometres (2.5 miles) to fill a 20-litre plastic jerrycan at a local desalination station. Gaza has long suffered severe water problems, with its aquifer contaminated by sewage, chemicals and seawater and the territory's three desalination plants unable to meet demand.
  
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• Medical couple and butcher's boy win big from Actelion sale

  26-01-2017 13:03
  By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - The 70-year-old son of a Swiss butcher is among the biggest beneficiaries of Johnson & Johnson's $30 billion (23.76 billion pounds) takeover of Actelion, Europe's biggest biotech company. For Rudolf Maag, whose 5.1 percent Actelion stake is worth more than $1.5 billion, this is the second time in five years that deep-pocketed J&J's craving for Swiss medical companies has made him rich. The biggest European pharma deal in 13 years will also enrich Actelio
  
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