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• 'Now I'm a doctor, I know they treated my anorexia wrong'

  20-02-2017 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When doctors told Elizabeth's parents that her heart was struggling and she was not stable enough to move, she couldn't believe her ears. Surely there was nothing wrong with losing weight?
  
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• Should Vitamin D be added to milk to stop us getting sick?

  20-02-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A recent study published in the British Medical Journal found that people who take vitamin D supplements are less likely to succumb to colds, flu and infections such as pneumonia.
  
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• 'I've had a cough for 20 years. Could it be acid reflux?'

  20-02-2017 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kirstine Jackson from Sheffield has struggled with a chronic cough for more than 20 years, and has been prescribed asthma medication for the symptoms. Dr Martin Scurr advises on treatment.
  
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• The reason chocolate cake can be IMPOSSIBLE to resist

  20-02-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cornish clotted cream is 60 per cent fat, so why do we find it nearly addictively delicious? TV doctor Michael Mosley reveals what cake and smelly cheeses do to our bodies in a new BBC2 series.
  
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• The thousands still denied the 43p breast cancer pill

  20-02-2017 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Caralyn Duignan, 53, from Crewe, was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, but did not learn about the life-saving drug from her GP. Instead, she discovered it from an article online.
  
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• Antidepressants may not be perfect, but they DO save lives

  20-02-2017 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As a psychiatrist, Professor Carmine Pariante has treated thousands of people over the past 25 years for debilitatingclinical depression. He writes that antidepressants do help in many cases.
  
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• How you can turn your mobile phone into a STETHOSCOPE

  20-02-2017 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Most people are familiar with health apps, but there are now phone devices that can test everything from fertility to a fever. Experts such as Suffolk GP Matt Piccaver give their verdicts.
  
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• Can a blood pressure pill really cure a runny nose?

  20-02-2017 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a U.S. trial, verapamil reduced sniffles in those suffering from chronic sinusitis — which affects one in six people. Sinusitis develops when the nasal passages and the lining of the sinuses get inflamed.
  
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• Utah's anesthesia abortion law unenforced

  20-02-2017 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Medics claim they have tried to seek guidance on how lawmakers want them to administer anesthesia - a complicated and risky procedure. But no legislators will agree to draw up guidance.
  
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• Martin Rowson on the NHS deficit – cartoon

  20-02-2017 20:53
  
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• Eight reasons why KISSING is so good for your health 

  20-02-2017 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kissing can be fun but did you also know it can actually improve your health? From giving your immune system a boost to lowering blood pressure, we take you through eight health benefits.
  
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• The NHS is wounded by internal market and inspection culture | Letters

  20-02-2017 19:37
  
  Here is an alternative our chronic impasse over the NHS (Report, 17 February): abolish the internal market, together with its draconian micromanagement and inspection culture. These are flawed and failed ideologies. In attempting to replace vocational motivation with commercial incentives we have all but destroyed the best of healthcare’s professional art, heart, spirit and intellect. Our profession’s impoverishment of morale is widespread and increasingly hazardous. The internal mar
  
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• Vitamin D is not just beneficial, it’s a necessity | Letter

  20-02-2017 19:33
  
  Great to see vitamin D on your front page at last (Vitamin D ‘proved to cut risk of colds and flu’, 16 February). Those of us in the British Society for Ecological Medicine, a group of doctors who take the nutritional aspects of our patients’ treatment very seriously, have been banging on about the benefits, and indeed the necessity, of vitamin D for decades. Indeed, the society’s president, Dr Damien Downing, published a book about it back in 1988 entitled Day Light Robb
  
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• John Irving attacks 'intolerant' Trump in defence of political awards speeches

  20-02-2017 19:28
  
  Writer of The Cider House Rules laments new president’s threat to LGBT and abortion rights, and says winners at next weekend’s Oscars should be free to protestOscar-winning novelist John Irving has taken aim at Donald Trump over the latter’s threat to LGBT and abortion rights as well as religious-based bigotry.Irving, who won a best adapted screenplay Oscar in 2000 for the adaptation of his own novel The Cider House Rules, has contributed an essay to the Hollywood Reporter in w
  
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• Staffordshire mother says breastfed son ‘spotted cancer’

  20-02-2017 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teddy was "very distressed" and pushed his mother away when she tried to feed him.
  
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• Why pricey antioxidants could KILL you

  20-02-2017 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The vast majority of US adults take pills in a desperate bid to keep their immune system stealthy, their skin fresh, and their energy levels high. But a study shows that is dangerous.
  
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• Radical treatment for MS can stop disease in its tracks

  20-02-2017 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nearly half of multiple sclerosis patients who received the treatment saw the disease stop progressing for five years, Imperial College London researchers found. (stock)
  
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• New weapon in the global fight against fake malaria drugs: a cheap scanner

  20-02-2017 18:00
  
  Like a TV remote, a device known as Scio uses infrared light and connects to a smartphone to determine whether medications are genuineA new device that uses similar infrared light to TV remotes can accurately detect fake antimalarial drugs, according to a scientific paper published Monday.The researchers revealed how they were able to use an optical scanner purchased online for $250 to distinguish perfectly between life-saving malaria drugs and deadly counterfeits. Continue reading...
  
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• White bread DOESN’T make you fat

  20-02-2017 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Weight gain from bread is completely dependent on how your body, specifically stomach bacteria, reacts to it, according to researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
  
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• Lauren Holiday speaks about brain tumor during pregnancy 

  20-02-2017 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former US soccer player, Lauren Holiday, is speaking out about the struggles she faced when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor shortly before she was due to give birth to a daughter.
  
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• Risky treatment can stop multiple sclerosis for years

  20-02-2017 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Doctors say only some patients will be suitable to try it, being so high risk.
  
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• Would YOU try 'whisper therapy'?

  20-02-2017 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Heard of ASMR? The so-called 'whisper therapy' taking the world by storm could help your insomnia, stress and anxiety.
  
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• David Baddiel on impact of dad's dementia

  20-02-2017 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Comedian David Baddiel has made a documentary about the impact of his father's rare form of dementia.
  
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• NHS hospitals overspend by nearly £300m

  20-02-2017 16:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The NHS has the target to end the financial year with a £580 million deficit, but forecasters now predict it will reach £873 million. Experts say the spending is 'unaffordable and 'unsustainable'.
  
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• Arthritis CURE - this procedure could TREAT knee pain and avoid joint replacement

  20-02-2017 16:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EARLY stage arthritis affecting the knee could be treated by doctors and the procedure could avoid the need for a joint replacement.
  
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• Breast cancer diagnosed after breastfeeding problem

  20-02-2017 16:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When her baby boy stopped breastfeeding, Sarah Boyle insisted on a hospital scan.
  
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• ‘Will Saving My Calories For Alcohol Help Me Lose Weight?’

  20-02-2017 16:02
  
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• 'Help! I Can’t Stop Thinking About Random Things During Sex!’

  20-02-2017 16:02
  
  Like: “What should I make for dinner tomorrow night?"
  
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• 'Confession: I'm A Health Writer Who Hates Cooking'

  20-02-2017 16:02
  
  And no, I don't feel guilty about it.
  
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• Winter pressure 'busts NHS budget'

  20-02-2017 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A deficit of £900m has been racked up by NHS trusts as they struggle to cope during the 'challenging winter'.
  
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• Aztecs downfall is linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak

  20-02-2017 15:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany studied the teeth of Aztecs and found traces of salmonella DNA. The bacteria is believed to have come from Europe.
  
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• ‘Why Do I Suddenly Have Random Bruises All Over My Body?!'

  20-02-2017 15:30
  
  Um, is this serious?!
  
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• Add These 3 Moves To Your Routine For A Tighter Butt

  20-02-2017 15:30
  
  Bonus: They’ll help you sculpt flat abs, too.
  
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• Sepsis figures branded 'SHOCKING’: Do YOU know the symptoms of killer condition?

  20-02-2017 15:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SEPSIS - or blood poisoning - is the action to an infection where the body attacks its own organs and tissues. Experts have revealed more people suffer with the condition each year than previously believed.
  
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• Overweight children can blame their parents and genes

  20-02-2017 14:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For obese children, around 60 per cent of their BMI has been passed down from their mother and father, University of Sussex researchers found.
  
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• NHS trusts post 'unsustainable' £886m third-quarter deficit

  20-02-2017 14:30
  
  Shortfall in England, attributed to extra pressure on NHS over winter, is £300m over target for end of financial yearNHS trusts in England posted a deficit of £886m at the end of the third quarter, £300m more than the target for the end of this financial year. NHS Improvement, which published the figures on Monday, is predicting a year-end deficit of between £750m and £850m, much higher than the £580m previously described as the highest figure the health servi
  
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• Roe v Wade: plaintiff's death highlights weakening of abortion rights in US

  20-02-2017 14:00
  
  Norma McCorvey did not live to see the case overturned. But today’s abortion access may more closely resemble thecountry of her youth than she imaginedIn 1998, Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” in the Roe v Wade supreme court decision, testified before a group of senators about the case fought in her name 25 years earlier. “I am dedicated,” she said, “to spending the rest of my life undoing the law that bears my name.” Related: Norma McCorvey, 'Roe' in Roe
  
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• Oldham woman who constantly smells like FISH

  20-02-2017 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kelly-Fidoe White, from Oldham, has spent her entire life suffering from Trimethylaminuria - a disorder more commonly known as 'fish odour syndrome'.
  
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• Protect against virus linked to THESE five cancers with jab available on the high street

  20-02-2017 13:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HPV is a virus which can cause cervical cancer in women, penile cancer in men and genital warts in both sexes.
  
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• Gastric bands 'could IMPROVE the health of overweight diabetics'

  20-02-2017 13:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FITTING a gastric band could give overweight diabetic people more control over their disease and lead to them needing fewer insulin jabs or pills, a new study found.
  
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• NHS admin staff keep services running - but we're being hit by cuts

  20-02-2017 12:53
  
  Computers take 20 minutes to boot up and we run stationery orders by executive level staff; things are getting worse Secretaries, waiting list and medical records clerks, clinical audit facilitators, business analysts and IT technicians and other support staff pull together to keep essential lifesaving NHS services running smoothly. To a staff nurse, the help of a ward clerk to retrieve a patient’s medical history can be just as crucial as that of a senior consultant. Data quality officers
  
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• Boys as well as girls should be told about the evils of FGM

  20-02-2017 12:00
  
  Information on FGM should be available for all, but perhaps it’s the males that need educating more than anyoneLynne Featherstone, the Liberal Democrat parliamentarian who was once a home office minister, and Justine Greening, the education secretary, have written to Theresa May asking that she will allow girls’ schools to teach pupils what a bad idea female genital mutilation (FGM) is, so that the poor things will know how they can avoid being so tortured.I can’t remember when
  
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• Liver cancer risk: THIS technique could see if YOUR vital organ is damaged

  20-02-2017 11:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  POOR liver health caused by eating too much fat, inflammation or scar tissue caused by drinking too much alcohol could be spotted by detailed MRI scans - and save the lives of patients.
  
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• Is positive thinking making us depressed?

  20-02-2017 11:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We should not 'sugar-coat' the negative aspects of life, says author Svend Brinkmann
  
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• Future cancer cure? Putting patient into hibernation could STOP spread of disease

  20-02-2017 11:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CANCER could be tackled more effectively by putting patients into a torpor state similar to that of a hibernating bear, a leading scientist has claimed.
  
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• The wife who FAINTS during sex

  20-02-2017 10:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Laura Crow, 28, from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, was diagnosed with postural tachycardia syndrome in 2011. Doctors believe it was triggered by her first pregnancy.
  
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• The six foods that will give your gut a MAKEOVER

  20-02-2017 10:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert shares the six foods that can improve gut health, which can stop weight gain and help signs of ageing, according to experts.
  
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• Macmillan warns of cancer 'survival gap' in Scotland

  20-02-2017 10:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A cancer survival gap is growing between people living in the most and least deprived parts of Scotland, a charity warns.
  
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• Prostate cancer symptoms: Man only diagnosed after spotting BLOOD in semen

  20-02-2017 10:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MAN diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer after spotting blood in his semen said he had no other symptoms of the disease.
  
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• Bowel cancer MAPPED - killer disease linked to DIET most common in THIS British region

  20-02-2017 09:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BOWEL cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer - mostly affecting people over the age of 60. The condition has been linked to diet, smoking and ageing.
  
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