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• JASON ELLIS explains how to cure your insomnia

  12-02-2017 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An estimated 15 per cent of people are living their days with bleary-eyed insomnia, which lead to serious illness, stress and fatty foodcravings. But sleep expert Jason Ellis has a plan to cure your insomnia.
  
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• Get fit in just FIFTEEN minutes

  12-02-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ever tried to sit down and stand up with only one leg? This is a great move for toning the bottom. When exercising the thighs and bottom, our oestrogen levels can rocket to high levels.
  
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• Drugmaker Stada confirms takeover bid from two companies

  12-02-2017 23:08
  (Reuters) - German generic drugmaker Stada said it has received two offers for the acquisition of the company, one of which is private equity group Cinven Partners LLP. Cinven is offering a price of 56 euros per Stada share. Stada did not mention the name of the other bidder.
  
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• Terminally ill mother dies just five days after husband 

  12-02-2017 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A terminally ill mother whose family shared a heartbreaking picture of her holding the hand of her dying husband has passed away just five days after him. 
  
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• Real-life Daniel Blakes need greater support | Letter

  12-02-2017 21:04
  
  As psychologists in the north-east of England, we are encouraged to hear that Jobcentre Plus in Newcastle “try to treat people as individuals” and we extend an invitation to Steve McCall to discuss the impact of social policies (‘I hope people don’t think I, Daniel Blake is a documentary’: Loach fails to represent reality, says jobcentre boss, 11 February). The film unfortunately does “represent the reality” of many people we have met who struggle with a
  
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• Stada receives 3.6 billion euro offer from private equity group Cinven - FT

  12-02-2017 20:27
  (Reuters) - German generic drugmaker Stada has received a 3.6 billion euro takeover offer from private equity group Cinven, the Financial Times reported. Cinven's offer follows a year-long activist campaign to improve Stada's profitability by Active Ownership Capital, one of its largest shareholders, and is believed to be pitched at close to 58 euros a share, the Financial Times reported, citing sources.
  
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• Officials say Hamburg airport scare was likely pepper spray

  12-02-2017 17:37
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Hundreds of passengers at Hamburg Airport were evacuated and more than a dozen flights canceled after some 68 people were injured by a hazardous material that likely spread through the airport's air conditioning system.
  
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• A mother talks about walking 6,000 miles in memory of her daughter

  12-02-2017 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman whose five-year-old daughter died from a rare illness has told BBC Radio 5 live how she finished a 6,000-mile walk in memory of her daughter.
  
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• Ex-VW chairman refuses to testify in German emissions probe

  12-02-2017 15:32
  HAMBURG/BERLIN (Reuters) - Ex-Volkswagen Chairman Ferdinand Piech, who resigned after a showdown with former chief executive Martin Winterkorn, has refused to testify to German lawmakers investigating a possible government's role in the VW emissions scandal, according to his lawyer. Piech, also VW's former CEO who spearheaded the carmaker's global expansion, gave testimony to lawyers of U.S. law firm Jones Day last April and to German prosecutors in Braunschweig near VW's Wolfsburg headquarters
  
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• Surgeons 'kicking their heels' as bed shortage delays operations

  12-02-2017 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surgeons in England are wasting time waiting for beds in which patients can recover, NHS leaders say.
  
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• Hamburg airport halts flights, evacuates in bad air scare

  12-02-2017 14:17
  
  German firefighters on Sunday evacuated hundreds of passengers at Hamburg Airport after about 50 people were injured by an unknown hazardous material that likely spread through the airport's air conditioning ...
  
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• Hamburg airport stops flights after toxin injures dozens

  12-02-2017 14:01
  
  German firefighters on Sunday evacuated hundreds of passengers at Hamburg Airport after 50 people were injured by an unknown toxin that likely spread through the airport's air conditioning system. All ...
  
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• British barbers are to be given mental-health training

  12-02-2017 12:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Lions Barber Collective is a national initiative working with Government body Public Health England to provide hairdressers with mental-health training.
  
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• Having both ovaries removed nearly doubles risk of death

  12-02-2017 12:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Warwick University scientists have concluded the benefit is ‘far outweighed’ by the increased danger of developing heart disease or cancer that comes with removing both ovaries.
  
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• Nursing toddlers

  12-02-2017 12:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Should nursing a toddler be controversial? Mothers share their experiences of breastfeeding for longer.
  
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• NHS surgeons 'kicking their heels' as bed shortages delay operations

  12-02-2017 10:18
  
  Senior health officials warn of ‘shocking waste’ because beds are being taken up by patients waiting for community social careSurgeons are “kicking their heels” because of delays to operations caused by a shortage of beds, two health groups have warned.
  The “shocking waste” of surgeons’ time is partly down to the lack of social care for elderly patients outside hospitals, they said. Related: Councils 'at breaking point' due to budget cuts and rising soci
  
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• Catwalk models put cancer in spotlight

  12-02-2017 09:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cancer patients took to the catwalk as part of New York Fashion Week.
  
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• How our brains perceive the truth | Daniel Glaser

  12-02-2017 07:00
  
  The parliamentary inquiry into ‘fake news’ could be missing the point because there’s always a disconnect between ‘truth’ and how we see itThe rise of “untruths”, fabrications and propaganda has led to a parliamentary inquiry into the “growing phenomenon of fake news”.Yet the disconnect between the “truth” and how we see and read it has always been there. When we read something, we think it’s a process of “information
  
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• Heart surgeon develops 'off-the-shelf' transplant pump that could save thousands of lives

  12-02-2017 06:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ONE OF the world’s most eminent cardiac surgeons has pioneered a pump that could be used as an “off the shelf heart transplant”, saving thousands of lives a year.
  
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• From chemotherapy to the catwalk, cancer center stage at New York Fashion Week

  12-02-2017 04:51
  By Melissa Fares NEW YORK (Reuters) - Less than a week ago, Tiffany Schwantes, 34, was hooked up to an intravenous chemotherapy drip at her local cancer center in Huntsville, Alabama, receiving treatment for cancer that has metastasized to her lungs. On Saturday night, she strutted a catwalk draped in a pale pink strapless Dalia MacPhee ball gown for New York Fashion Week, one of 11 people with advanced-stage cancer transformed into models for one glamorous night in Midtown Manhattan. Adjusting
  
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• A birth plan is bound to fail midwife Clemmie Hooper

  12-02-2017 02:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pregnant women are advised by the NHS to have a birth plan in place before going into labour but mothers-to-be should stay open-minded says Clemmie Hooper (pictured).
  
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• Fix that 'dead' arm... by rewiring the nerves in your neck

  12-02-2017 02:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experimental procedure, offered at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, has already brought what were thought to be ‘dead’ muscles back to life, up to two years after they became immobile.
  
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• Quiet hour for Tesco's autism shoppers

  12-02-2017 02:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For one hour every Saturday morning, lights will be dimmed and in-store music, display monitors and announcement systems will be turned off at Tesco's Crawley, Sussex store.
  
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• Thousands go online for therapy. But does it work?

  12-02-2017 01:05
  
  Counselling apps and videochats cut queues, but some critics voice ethical fearsFaced with joining a desperately long NHS waiting list, Joe Rackham opted for online counselling instead. “I just felt that I couldn’t wait any longer – I was motivated and ready to deal with my issues and quite liked the idea of doing so in the comfort of my own home,” said the 29-year-old, who lives in London. After an online search, he found a therapist whose profile suited his needs and bo
  
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• Private hospital rated ‘outstanding’ while under investigation over death

  12-02-2017 01:05
  
  CQC rating issued in week that coroner wrote to hospital about a 57-year-old man who died in a case involving negligent use of equipmentThe family of a man whose death was blamed on negligence at a private London hospital have said they are “horrified” by the decision of a health watchdog to rate the clinic “outstanding”, even as a coroner’s investigation into its conduct and the actions of some of its nursing staff is ongoing.Robert Entenman was the second man in h
  
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• Crisis in the NHS: the waiting goes on… and on

  12-02-2017 01:05
  
  David Simonds on record waiting times in hospital accident and emergency wards Continue reading...
  
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• The day two men talking about cancer on the radio made the nation stop

  12-02-2017 01:04
  
  Steve Hewlett tells of the impact of his cancer diaries on Radio 4Making the kids’ tea is not usually a traumatic event, but last Monday I had to stop. Too many tears. On Radio 4’s PM, the journalist Steve Hewlett was being interviewed by the presenter Eddie Mair; Hewlett was describing his recent wedding. It had taken place three days earlier, organised within an hour. Speed had been essential because Hewlett, who has cancer, had been told by his consultant that he might not last. T
  
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• Prescriptions for antidepressants cost NHS more than £750,000 per day

  12-02-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ANTIDEPRESSANT prescriptions have risen to more than 60 million a year costing, the NHS a record £780,000 a day, an investigation has found.
  
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• Mental health therapy for Muslims embraces religion

  12-02-2017 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Muslims with a mental illness could recover with a new therapy which embraces religion, it's claimed.
  
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• Brain food: How your diet can longer your life

  12-02-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WANT to know the key to a longer life? Dr Preston Estep says the secret lies in the diet.
  
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