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• Get your blood flowing by tickling your knees!

  04-02-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Systems like Slendertone that slimmers use to target muscle groups could be more effective that compression stockings for poor leg circulation, a study by London hospitals shows.
  
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• HEALTH NOTES: Brownlee brothers help sock it to DVT

  04-02-2017 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Brownlee brothers captured hearts when Alastair carried Jonny over the finish line in Mexico, but now they're turning their attention to another kind of support - elasticated flight socks.
  
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• Fans of TV doctor dramas end up 'scared' of surgery 

  04-02-2017 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doctors in Germany and Austria interviewed patients about to have surgery about their fear and anxiety and asked if they regularly watched medical TV shows.
  
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• Fewer but better clinics ‘will save more stroke victims’

  04-02-2017 22:37
  
  Dozens of units should be shut and reorganised into centres of excellence to lift survival rates, says charityDozens of hospital stroke units should be shut and the service reorganised into fewer centres of excellence in order to improve care, the charity representing stroke survivors has insisted.Centralising stroke treatment at a much smaller number of hospitals will increase patients’ chances of survival and reduce their risk of long-term disability, the Stroke Association says. Continu
  
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• DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: We need cameras in every care home

  04-02-2017 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: Betty, 77, has dementia and requires specialist care, which they assumed she would get at the Perry Locks Care Home in Birmingham.
  
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• Could adding friction to spending improve people's mental health?

  04-02-2017 10:51
  
  Banking is easier than ever thanks to contactless and mobile transactions. But making it simple to spend money isn’t all goodA recent report from the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute has revealed what many people with mental health problems already knew – mental illess can have a significant, and often terrifying, impact on your finances. Anxious? Good luck tackling the bank statements piling up, unopened. Having a manic episode? Time to spend thousands of pounds on things yo
  
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• Search me: should you Google your therapist?

  04-02-2017 10:00
  
  A therapist must be a blank slate, Freud said. Should analysts keep their lives offline – and is it OK if they look you up?Britain’s therapists have been busy over the past six months. In the weeks that followed the EU referendum, there was barely a client who didn’t kick off with Brexit. Some wanted to express feelings of disenfranchisement and anger, alongside guilt for not having done more to convince others of their opinion. Others, who had struggled with feeling excluded o
  
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• Can tech make banking better for those with mental health issues?

  04-02-2017 10:00
  
  Banking is easier than ever thanks to contactless and mobile transactions. But for people with anxiety and bipolar disorder, less ‘friction’ isn’t always bestA recent report from the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute has revealed what many people with mental health problems already knew – mental illess can have a significant, and often terrifying, impact on your finances. Anxious? Good luck tackling the bank statements piling up, unopened. Having a manic episode? T
  
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• Qatar Airways to let barred passengers on U.S. flights after ban blocked

  04-02-2017 09:43
  Gulf carrier Qatar Airways will allow passengers barred from the United States by President Donald Trump's executive order last week to resume boarding U.S.-bound flights after a federal judge blocked the move, an airline spokeswoman said on Saturday. U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has advised Qatar Airways it can board travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries and all refugees who had been banned under the order, according to a statement on the airline's website.
  
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• World Cancer Day: Have YOU been coughing for weeks? It could be lung cancer

  04-02-2017 08:01 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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• World Cancer Day: Don't ignore THESE symptoms of breast cancer

  04-02-2017 08:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BREAST cancer is the most common form of cancer in Britain - with over 53,000 new cases diagnosed in the UK each year.
  
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• World Cancer Day: Back ache could be a symptom of PROSTATE cancer

  04-02-2017 08:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PROSTATE cancer is one of the largest issues facing men's health, with rates are set to double over the next two decades. The disease is the most common cancer in males in the UK, and the second most common in the UK.
  
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• Mexico confirms first case of microcephaly from Zika

  04-02-2017 02:03
  Mexico has confirmed the first case of microcephaly linked to the Zika virus, the health ministry said on Friday. The affected child, a girl, was born prematurely on Nov. 5, 2016, and died at the moment of birth, the ministry said in a statement.
  
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• BBC's Caroline Wyatt flies to Mexico for an MS operation

  04-02-2017 00:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Caroline Wyatt travelled to a private hospital in Puebla, two hours south of Mexico City, for treatment in January. She returned to London last week and won't know if the treatment was a success for a year.
  
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• Dr Sarah Brewer reveals natural ways to treat ailments

  04-02-2017 00:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Sarah Brewer, a GP and Medical Director of Healthspan, reveals her top suggestions for tackling health issues yourself without relying on prescription drugs.
  
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• Southern California school closes due to contagious illness

  04-02-2017 00:08
  
  SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California school closed Friday to try to halt further spread of suspected norovirus contagion that appeared among a large group of students who attended a science camp at Yosemite National Park last week.
  
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