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• Rich only?

  24-02-2017 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New advice says we need to eat 10 portions of fruit and veg but is this only a diet for the wealthy?
  
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• We Asked 8 Celebrity Trainers What You Should NEVER Do Before A Big Event

  24-02-2017 23:26
  
  We have a feeling Emma Stone won’t be making these mistakes pre-Oscars…
  
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• 7 Women Dish On How They Got Over Their Biggest Beauty Insecurities

  24-02-2017 23:04
  
  “It’s not about what others say about your body, it’s about what you do with it to live your best life."
  
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• This Lunge Variation Will Set Your Legs On Fire

  24-02-2017 20:45
  
  In a good way.
  
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• How To Guarantee An Orgasm, According To Science

  24-02-2017 20:32
  
  There’s actually a three-step formula.
  
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• 6 Things The Color Of Your Period Blood Says About Your Health

  24-02-2017 19:41
  
  More pink than red could be bad news.
  
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• Families will pay high price for more fruit and veg to improve health | Letters

  24-02-2017 19:36
  
  The idea that 10 items of fruit or veg a day will seriously improve your health is a bit intimidating (Five a day? Try 10 to live longer, say scientists, 23 February). I priced the array pictured with your article. In Sainsbury’s it came to around £2.16; in Lidl £1.88. These amounts don’t seem very big until you multiply by seven for a week (£15.12 and £13.16 respectively), and they start to look frightening. For a family of four, £60.48 and £52.64
  
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• Dangers of washing your hands in hospital

  24-02-2017 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, have mapped out the biggest danger zones - and it all boils down to an area you might think would be the cleanest of all.
  
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• You'll Never Guess What Oscar Nominees Are Getting In Their Swag Bags This Year

  24-02-2017 19:23
  
  And the pelvic floor trainer goes to...
  
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• What’s Worse For Your Bod: Sugar Or Salt?

  24-02-2017 19:09
  
  Let’s settle this once and for all.
  
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• ‘I Lost 30 Pounds After Trying The Whole30 Diet—Here’s How I Did It’

  24-02-2017 18:59
  
  Alli Zack couldn't stick with anything until she tried this new way of eating.
  
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• Sending toddlers to childcare could make them stressed

  24-02-2017 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Children who spend more than eight hours in childcare are the most stressed, based on saliva samples taken by Norwegian researchers and tested for the stress hormone cortisol.
  
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• Heroin deaths have quadrupled in 5 years

  24-02-2017 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The drug now accounts for a quarter of overdose deaths, according to the new CDC data, which offer a glimpse into the scale of America's current addiction epidemic.
  
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• British boy with cancer could be forced to leave US early

  24-02-2017 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alex Goodwin, from Rugby, England, was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma last year after months of agony in his joints and muscles. He is mid treatment in Kansas - but may be forced home.
  
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• Former eating disorder sufferer shares pictures of stomach

  24-02-2017 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 25-year-old, known only as Clare, has struggled with eating disorders since she was a child. Clare, who is thought to be American, stopped restricting her diet last year and is now in recovery.
  
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• Vitamin found in beer could treat chemotherapy pain

  24-02-2017 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chemotherapy can make paitents sensitive for weeks on end. But expertsfrom the University of Iowa claim it can be stopped by taking a nicotinamide riboside supplement - found in beer and milk.
  
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• NHS patients offended when told they need to lose weight

  24-02-2017 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NHS guidelines says GPs should refer any overweight patient to weight-loss classes. But research, by Pulse magazine, suggests many patients become offended if the topic is raised.
  
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• Smartphones Are Really Stressing Out Americans

  24-02-2017 17:26
  
  This article originally appeared on Time.com. It’s easier than ever to stay in touch on multiple platforms throughout the day, but that 24/7 availability is stressing Americans out. Four out of five adults say they constantly check their email, texts and social media, according to a new report by the American Psychological Association (APA).The APA polled about 3,500 adults in an online questionnaire during August 2016 and found that people who are always looking at their digital devi
  
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• Greater Manchester patients to get seven-day GP access

  24-02-2017 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  £41m plans to increase GP access are approved by the board running Greater Manchester's NHS budget.
  
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• Exercise increases your chances of surviving a stroke

  24-02-2017 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using mice, University of North Carolina researchers found the loss of collateral vessels in old age is prevented by exercise. This can reduce the severity of a potentially deadly stroke, they say.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner Just Spoke Out About Trump’s Decision To Rollback Transgender Rights

  24-02-2017 16:56
  
  Thoughts?
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner Just Spoke Out About Trump’s Decision To Roll Back Transgender Rights

  24-02-2017 16:56
  
  Thoughts?
  
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• Exercise in middle age 'can protect against harm done by a stroke in later life'

  24-02-2017 16:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CYCLING or jogging in middle age can protect people against the harm done by a stroke, according to new research.
  
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• ‘I Love Snacking—What’s The Best Way For Me To Lose Weight?’

  24-02-2017 16:32
  
  Emily Johnson can’t quit the snack drawer—we asked experts to weigh in.
  
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• Revealed: thousands of children at London schools breathe toxic air

  24-02-2017 16:01
  
  Exclusive: 802 schools, nurseries and colleges are in areas where levels of nitrogen dioxide breach EU legal limitsTens of thousands of children at more than 800 schools, nurseries and colleges in London are being exposed to illegal levels of air pollution that risk causing lifelong health problems, the Guardian can disclose.A study identifies 802 educational institutions where pupils as young as three are being exposed to levels of nitrogen dioxide that breach EU legal limits and which the gove
  
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• Cancer patients could be significantly disadvantaged by Brexit, say experts

  24-02-2017 15:56
  
  Collaboration with Europe is key to future breakthroughs, say cancer experts including Nobel prize winner Sir Paul Nurse
  British cancer patients could be left “significantly disadvantaged” by the UK’s departure from the EU, leading oncologists have said, as collaboration with European scientists has been vital to making breakthroughs in the field. In an editorial published on Friday in the ecancermedicalscience journal, six doctors, representing cancer physicians, patient advoc
  
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• Cancer patients could be disadvantaged by Brexit, say experts

  24-02-2017 15:56
  
  Collaboration with Europe is crucial to future breakthroughs, say cancer experts including Nobel prize winner Sir Paul Nurse
  British cancer patients could be left “significantly disadvantaged” by the UK’s departure from the EU, leading oncologists have said, as collaboration with European scientists has been vital to making breakthroughs in the field. In an editorial published on Friday in the ecancermedicalscience journal, six doctors, representing cancer physicians, patient a
  
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• Diabetes breakthrough: Crash diets could REVERSE symptoms of disease

  24-02-2017 15:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  DIABETES could be reversed by going on a short term crash diet, research has revealed.
  
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• How your brain could be KILLING you

  24-02-2017 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The organ converts it's own energy supply into fructose - known to increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to the first study of its kind from Yale University.
  
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• Map shows the countries struggling to sleep via tweets

  24-02-2017 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US has the most people tweeting about insomnia, followed by Brazil, Argentina and the UK. Users can zoom in on their specific area, or view a map showing a wider range.
  
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• Straight women have fewest orgasms

  24-02-2017 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US study explores "orgasm gap" between genders and different sexual orientations.
  
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• Europeans brought strains of bacteria to the Americas

  24-02-2017 14:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Sweden and Japan found that European and African strains of Helicobacter plyori mixed together across the Americas, contributing to high rates of stomach cancer today.
  
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• Would you have fat injected into your PENIS?

  24-02-2017 14:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Men have long been concerned with their penis size - and now London surgeons Roberto & Maurizio Viel are helping to increase their lot.
  
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• Are ibuprofen and aspirin the cures for sepsis?

  24-02-2017 13:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drugs similar to aspirin and ibuprofen were found to stop the deadly response to an infection in worms, according to new research from the University of Colorado Boulder.
  
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• Almost HALF of online chemists ILLEGALLY offer cheap antibiotics WITHOUT prescription

  24-02-2017 13:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ANTIBIOTICS are illegally being doled out online by almost half of online pharmacies.
  
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• Fasting diet 'regenerates diabetic pancreas'

  24-02-2017 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Restoring the pancreas through diet could be "immensely" beneficial, doctors say.
  
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• Chinese man wants testicles removed to control sex drive

  24-02-2017 13:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A man in central China rushed into a hospital two days ago asking to have his testicles removed. The man (pictured), in his mid-40s,claimed he has a high libido that he cannot control.
  
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• I'm transgender: why does the WHO say I have a mental disorder?

  24-02-2017 12:37
  
  A review of World Health Organisation classifications is a chance to put an end to trans people being pathologisedIt was in November 28 years ago when I saw a psychiatrist for the first time. I was 17. The school year was just finishing and I lived in Córdoba, Argentina, with my father and siblings. I had the same friends from kindergarten to high school. I knew their families, they knew mine; all of them had come to visit when my mother died, all of them were there when I held a party an
  
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• I am transgender and being myself is not a disorder

  24-02-2017 12:37
  
  A review of World Health Organisation classifications is a chance to put an end to trans people being pathologisedIt was in November 28 years ago when I saw a psychiatrist for the first time. I was 17. The school year was just finishing and I lived in Córdoba, Argentina, with my father and siblings. I had the same friends from kindergarten to high school. I knew their families, they knew mine; all of them had come to visit when my mother died, all of them were there when I held a party an
  
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• 5 days of 770 calories could REVERSE diabetes says doctors

  24-02-2017 11:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Southern California believe that a near-fasting regime over a few months is a way to 'reboot' the body.
  
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• E-cigarettes users may be at risk of a STROKE

  24-02-2017 10:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a study on mice, exposure to the chemicals in the popular gadgets increased the risk of deadly blood clots, according to researchers from Texas Tech University, Amarillo.
  
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• Don’t dread old age. I’m 94, and I won’t spend my last years in fear of the Tories | Harry Leslie Smith

  24-02-2017 10:00
  
  I lived through the 30s and 80s and know the only to beat the tyranny of austerity is through defiance. As long as you can love, there’s a purpose to lifeI have lived a very long time. Tomorrow, it will be exactly 94 years ago that a midwife with a love of harsh gin and rolled cigarettes delivered me into my mother’s tired, working-class arms. Neither the midwife nor my mother would have expected me to live to almost 100 because my ancestors had lived in poverty for as long as there
  
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• How can health services keep pace with the rapid growth of cities? | Richard Vize

  24-02-2017 09:53
  
  Urbanisation is linked to a range of health issues; improving the health of people in cities is a central concern of government and international institutionsThe relentless growth of urban populations is driving city and national governments to increase access to healthcare while tackling the root causes of poor health.According to Oxford Economics [pdf], the world’s largest 750 cities will be home to 2.8 billion people by 2030 – more than a third of the global population. They will
  
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• Woman nearly lost both legs after varicose vein removal

  24-02-2017 09:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donna Zavaglia, 42, from Victoria, had a varicose vein procedure when she was 30 years old. But she nearly died after contracting necrotising fasciitis and had to undergo 18 surgeries.
  
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• A moment that changed me: lashing out at a man who opened the door for the newly thin me | Stacie Huckeba

  24-02-2017 09:00
  
  I had been ignored because of my size for so long I didn’t realise it until people started being nice to me. The knowledge broke over me like a wave of griefIt was July 2014, Nashville Tennessee. I was walking into a gas station for a bottle of water when the man behind me stepped up to open the door for me. With that act of kindness, something inside me snapped and I flew into a blind rage. I began screaming at him at the top of my lungs.“No, you can not open this door for me! You w
  
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• Dutch minister calls on UK to join safe abortion fund after Trump ban

  24-02-2017 08:00
  
  Twenty countries aim to raise $600m to fill gap left by Donald Trump’s ban on funding for pro-abortion NGOs in developing worldThe Dutch government has voiced hope that the UK will join 20 countries to set up a safe abortion fund to fill the gap left by Donald Trump’s “global gag rule”.Lilianne Ploumen, the Dutch international development minister, is leading an international campaign to raise $600m (£480m) to compensate for the Trump administration’s ban on f
  
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• Call the Midwife tackles female genital mutilation in latest storyline

  24-02-2017 08:00
  
  Anti-FGM campaigner Nimco Ali advised the makers of the BBC One drama on the episode, which is loosely based on the experiences of her relativesThis Sunday’s episode of Call The Midwife (BBC1 8pm) will chart new territory as the sisters of Nonnatus House tackle female genital mutilation in 1960’s Poplar.
  The BBC One drama will take a sympathetic look at the plight of Nadifa, a mother-to-be from Somaliland, who has undergone the procedure and is struggling with the after-effects. Cont
  
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• Meet the people who eat 10 portions of fruit and vegetables a day

  24-02-2017 07:49
  
  After scientists recommended eating 800g a day to prevent early death, readers tell us how they get so much greens in their diet
  Forget five a day, now it’s all about getting 10 portions of fruit and vegetables into your diet. That is according to scientists who say doing this could prevent up to 7.8 million premature deaths worldwide.But how do you make sure you get your 10 a day (about 800g of fruit and veg)? We asked those of you who already consume this amount. Here is a selection of r
  
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• Sorry ladies, you DO sweat just like men

  24-02-2017 03:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It had been suggested that women stay drier, but any difference between women and their partners is actually more to do with their body size. The study was done by the University of Wollongong.
  
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• Brian electric shocks may turn off anorexia:

  24-02-2017 03:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sending electric shocks deep into the brain could be a powerful treatment for anorexia. Researchers found ‘deep brain stimulation’ could rewire the part of the brain that drives chronic anorexia.
  
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