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• Polish PM flown to Warsaw hospital after car crash

  10-02-2017 23:25
  By Marcin Goclowski WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo was hurt when her car struck a tree in a crash in southern Poland on Friday, and she was flown by helicopter to a Warsaw hospital as a row broke out over security surrounding top government figures. "The PM's condition is good, PM will undergo additional routine checks in hospital in Warsaw," her spokesman Rafal Bochenek tweeted. Szydlo, 53, was first taken to a hospital in her hometown of Oswiecim, where the incident happ
  
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• 'This Simple Strategy Helped Me Lose 128 Pounds Without Plateauing Once’

  10-02-2017 22:45
  
  She’s kept the weight off for 11 years and counting.
  
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• Gabrielle Union On Why Skinny Margaritas And Master Cleanses Are SO Not Her

  10-02-2017 22:43
  
  Our March cover star dishes on everything from Trump to juice cleanses in our BTS video.
  
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• 6 Things We Can Thank Black Women For

  10-02-2017 22:39
  
  Meet some of the many "hidden figures" of history.
  
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• The Active Girl's Guide To San Francisco

  10-02-2017 22:38
  
  12 healthy places to eat and play in this NorCal metropolis
  
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• 6 Times Jennifer Aniston Dropped A Truth Bomb On All Of Us

  10-02-2017 22:28
  
  In honor of the star's 48th birthday.
  
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• ‘I Used Only Men’s Products For A Week—Here’s What Happened’

  10-02-2017 22:21
  
  Mmm, so much pine-scented goodness.
  
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• Polish PM flown to Warsaw for further checks after car crash

  10-02-2017 22:18
  By Marcin Goclowski WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo suffered bruising in a car crash on Friday and was being flown from southern Poland to a Warsaw hospital for what her spokesman described as routine checks. TV footage showed her car had hit a tree, and a police spokesman said her driver had broken a leg and his pelvis. The incident prompted security concerns after recent car crashes involving the president and defence minister, but a government source said nothing pointed
  
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• I was thin, fit - and had a heart attack at 28

  10-02-2017 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eve Walker, 43 from Detroit, was 28 years old when she had a heart attack and was diagnosed with heart disease. Now she's warning women to check for signs with their doctor before it's too late.
  
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• Are Twins Becoming Way More Common, Or Is It Just Us?

  10-02-2017 21:36
  
  We asked top experts to weigh in.
  
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• Daily aspirin could stop deadly cancer tumours growing

  10-02-2017 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has already been credited with helping to reduce heart attack risk, but now research from Texas suggests that daily doses of aspirin could help tackle cancer.
  
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• This One Move Will Work Your Chest, Arms, and Abs

  10-02-2017 20:49
  
  Your cleavage will thank you.
  
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• Appeals court OKs NYC salt-warning rule for some restaurants

  10-02-2017 20:41
  NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court says New York City's pioneering requirement for chain restaurants to flag salty items on their menus is both legal and "salutary."
  
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• Brazil Supreme Court judge calls for drugs legalization to beat gangs

  10-02-2017 20:29
  By Alonso Soto BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian Supreme Court justice called on Friday for the legalisation of marijuana and even cocaine to undo the growing power of drug gangs behind a wave of violence that has shaken Latin America's largest country. Justice Roberto Barroso, a Yale graduate and constitutional law professor, said 50 years of war against drugs had failed miserably, clogging jails with small-time dealers and fuelling a violent gang battle for control of the lucrative trade. "Unli
  
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• 9 Sex Positions To Try This Valentine's Day

  10-02-2017 20:01
  
  They don't call it V-Day for nothing.
  
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• ‘I Cheated—Should I Tell my Partner?’

  10-02-2017 19:56
  
  Before you drop a truth bomb, consider this.
  
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• If You Live In One Of These States, You Might Be More Likely To Contract An STD

  10-02-2017 19:14
  
  Rates are at an all-time high.
  
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• Why women SHOULD eat during labor

  10-02-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Until now, doctors have feared mid-push food could cause the woman to choke, or would affect the anesthetic if they needed an emergency c-section. But a new US study discredits that theory.
  
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• Upping fruit and veg intake makes you feel better in WEEKS

  10-02-2017 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Its long been known that fruit and vegetables are a crucial part of healthy eating. But now academics in New Zealand have proved the psychological benefits of balanced meals.
  
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• This Trainer Posted The Best Video In Response To People Body-Shaming Lady Gaga

  10-02-2017 18:06
  
  "Celebrate your wiggle, your jiggle, your cellulite, and your imperfectly perfect skin."
  
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• Burns victim celebrates marriage after surgery

  10-02-2017 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. Tej Bahadur Biswokarma, 21, from Kalikot, in Nepal, had spent most of his life on a liquid diet and was unable to speak after an oil lamp blew up in his face.
  
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• 5 Women Share How They Lost Weight Without Blowing Their Budgets

  10-02-2017 17:56
  
  Raise your hand if you’re sick of spending $14 on a lunch salad.
  
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• 5 Women Share How They Lose Weight Without Blowing Their Budgets

  10-02-2017 17:56
  
  Raise your hand if you’re sick of spending $14 on a lunch salad.
  
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• The most common diet mistakes - and how to fix them 

  10-02-2017 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Registered nutritional therapist Jackie Lynch offers her top tips on four common dieting mistakes to help you see just where you might be going wrong.
  
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• Trump's pick for health and human secretary takes office

  10-02-2017 17:49
  
  President Donald Trump's new health secretary took office Friday after becoming the latest Cabinet nominee to eke out a confirmation victory in the bitterly divided Senate. Vice President Mike Pence administered ...
  
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• False positives: the danger of test mix ups 

  10-02-2017 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kelly Clarkson revealed she was given false results that said she had cancer the day of the 2006 Grammy's. A new Illinois study reveals women are less likely to have a follow-up after a false positive.
  
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• The Active Girl's Guide to Denver

  10-02-2017 17:11
  
  Get lit on endorphins in the Mile-High City.
  
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• Epidemic of untreatable back and neck pain costs billions, study finds

  10-02-2017 17:07
  
  Costing the US alone $88bn a year, low back and neck pain is widespread and expensive – despite the fact that most treatments don’t workLow back and neck pain is an increasingly widespread and expensive condition worldwide, costing the US alone $88bn a year – the third highest bill for any health condition – despite evidence most treatments do not work.Millions of people worldwide suffer from low back and neck pain, most of it unexplained, although some professionals thin
  
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• Ohio governor delays 8 executions as court fight continues

  10-02-2017 16:31
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. John Kasich on Friday delayed eight executions as a court fight continues over the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection process.
  
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• EMA panel says that use of Actelion's Uptravi may continue

  10-02-2017 16:31
  A European Medicines Agency (EMA) drug safety panel recommended on Friday that Actelion's Uptravi drug may continue to be used amid a probe into five deaths in France among those using the pulmonary arterial hypertension medicine. Shares in the Swiss drugmaker, which is being bought for $30 billion (20 billion pounds) by Johnson & Johnson , rose more than 3 percent by 1340 GMT. Actelion's stock had slipped in late January after France's drug regulator issued a "Dear Doctor" letter recommendi
  
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• New treatment for alcoholics which INCLUDES booze

  10-02-2017 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alcoholics have long suffered a critical stumbling block on their road to recovery - total and utter abstinence. But a new London-based treatment could make that a thing of the past.
  
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• Teenager, 19, was forced to re-learn her own name

  10-02-2017 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jessica Sharman, 19, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, was on the way to work last March when she had a fit that left her unable to remember her own name.
  
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• Kenya declares drought a national disaster, seeks help

  10-02-2017 15:34
  By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya declared a national disaster on Friday, calling for aid to counter drought that is posing a major risk to people, livestock and wildlife. The Kenya Red Cross has estimated around 2.7 million people are in need of food aid after low rainfall in October and November and the next rainy season not due before April. President Uhuru Kenyatta called for "local and international partners to come in and support the government’s efforts to contain the sit
  
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• Ireland to legalise cannabis for specific medical conditions

  10-02-2017 15:20
  
  Patients with multiple sclerosis, severe epilepsy, or undergoing chemotherapy could be given drug despite safety fearsIreland is set to legalise the use of cannabis for treating specific medical conditions, after a report commissioned by the government said the drug could be given to some patients with certain illnesses.The Irish health minister, Simon Harris, said he would support the use of medical cannabis “where patients have not responded to other treatments and there is some evidence
  
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• Can YOU identify the stars from just their lips?

  10-02-2017 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These female celebrities all have the perfect pout according to maths. Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Katy Perry and more all possess the golden ratio because their bottom lips are larger than their top.
  
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• Boy who broke his bones because of COELIAC DISEASE

  10-02-2017 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doctors were left baffled when the Portuguese boy, continued to break his arm despite having a diet high in dairy. His coeliac disease was found to prevent the uptake of essential bone nutrients.
  
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• NHS Health Check: 'Most staff have been attacked', doctor says

  10-02-2017 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The body which advises hospitals on keeping their staff safe is to stop its work in March.
  
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• How long do you get with your GP? Doctors' consultation times – in data

  10-02-2017 14:00
  
  This week a leading GP said the average consultation times in the UK were too short for some patients. So how do they compare with those elsewhere in the world? Related: As a GP, I wish I could call time on the 10-minute appointment The doctor will see you now. But for how long? This week the president of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Dr Helen Stokes-Lampard, said GP consultations in the UK are too short for people with complex health needs. Continue reading...
  
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• MRI machine costing £10MILLION tested on a dead crab

  10-02-2017 13:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HOSPITAL staff tested a brand new £10 million MRI scanner on an unlikely patient - a dead crab.
  
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• Depressed patients SHOULD be allowed to self-harm

  10-02-2017 13:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Current treatment options of forcing someone to stop hurting themselves aren't working, argues Patrick Sullivan, a doctor student with mental health care experience from the University of Manchester.
  
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• Woman, 42, releases images of her 'baby bump'

  10-02-2017 13:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maria Christofi, 42, from London, was diagnosed with a fibroid - a benign tumour - a decade ago. She made the decision to have surgery last month after the symptoms became too much.
  
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• Drive to bring health and social care together is a well-intentioned mess

  10-02-2017 13:19
  
  Report by the National Audit Office lays bare government hubris and fictional promises of progress from within the NHSAs figures leaked to the BBC reveal the worst A&E performance figures in 13 years, a dissection by the National Audit Office of the stalled progress towards health and social integration lays bare government hubris and fictional promises of progress from within the NHS.
  Integration takes many forms, including multidisciplinary teams making coordinated assessments of a patient
  
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• Testicular cancer symptom: THIS is the best time of day to check your testicles for lumps

  10-02-2017 12:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TESTICULAR cancer is the most common cancer for men aged between 15 and 45, and This Morning explained which symptoms to look for to diagnose the disease.
  
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• India cuts some funding ties with Gates Foundation on immunisation

  10-02-2017 12:26
  (The Feb. 8 story was refiled to adds official clarification that ties partially, not fully, cut in paraagraphs 1, 4 and 7) By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A group backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that works on India's immunisation programmes will now be partially funded by the health ministry, a government official said, a move in part prompted by fears foreign donors could influence policy making. The decision is seen as part of India's broader clampdown on non-governmen
  
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• Jeremy Hunt responds to BBC's NHS Health Check

  10-02-2017 12:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The health secretary says there's no silver bullet to ease pressure on the NHS but that he has a plan.
  
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• The banana republic of Surrey has shown local council funding is broken | Simon Jenkins

  10-02-2017 12:10
  
  If Surrey’s ‘secret deal’ is to be a harbinger of a new health and care service then the whole murky world of local government funding needs rethinkingThe algebra is simple. The NHS is having another terrible winter. It does not collapse, but “spills demand” on to the next line of defence, local government welfare. But while the NHS gets more money annually from the Treasury, local government gets less, some 30% less since 2011. It cannot cope with the new pressure.
  
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• New weapon against MRSA? Pepper corns from the AMAZON could disarm superbugs

  10-02-2017 12:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PEPPER corns from the Amazon used in traditional healing could be the next weapon against the antibiotic-resistant superbug MRSA, a new study found.
  
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• Girls born with organs OUTSIDE her body

  10-02-2017 11:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Elliotte Sargent, from Wilmington, North Carolina, was born in September weighing just 6lb 2oz. She was diagnosed with gastroschisis in the womb.
  
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• Sleep helps kids to remember new words

  10-02-2017 11:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Arizona studied verb learning in three-year-olds, and found that those who napped after learning new verbs remembered them when tested 24 hours later (stock image)
  
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• NHS Health Check: Hunt says NHS problems 'unacceptable'

  10-02-2017 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In an exclusive BBC interview, the health secretary concedes NHS care is falling short in places.
  
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