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• How a nail through the shin bone can fix a worn-out knee

  04-03-2017 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The surgery, called intramedullary high tibial osteotomy (IMHTO), sees the surgeon remove a wedge of bone in the tibia in order to straighten out the bone. This alleviates pressure on the knee joint.
  
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• 'Defend NHS with all your might', Corbyn urges demonstrators

  04-03-2017 18:25
  
  Tens of thousands protest against further funding cuts to health service and social care at march through central LondonJeremy Corbyn has told tens of thousands of demonstrators to “defend the NHS with all of your might” at a protest march through central London. Organised to warn that further funding cuts in the health service represent “a real risk to the safety of patients”, the event on Saturday sought to demand a fully and publicly funded NHS and social care services
  
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• NHS protest: Tens of thousands march against 'hospital cuts'

  04-03-2017 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated in London against what they call "yet more austerity".
  
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• Hairdressers of the world unite against hidden dangers of the salon

  04-03-2017 17:06
  
  Asthma, arthritis and even cancer are occupational hazards – but Britain has helped block EU safety rulesHairdressing is not an obviously dangerous occupation. Yet working in a hair salon or a barber’s shop can provoke skin conditions, musculoskeletal diseases such as arthritis and tendonitis and work-related asthma.Now Usdaw, the shopworkers’ union which represents many of Britain’s estimated 140,000 hairdressers, is calling for a “new deal” to protect them.
  
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• Could omega-3 foods help cut damage caused by pollution?

  04-03-2017 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Harvard Medical School discovered that toxic particles can penetrate through the lungs into other organs, including the brain and testicles.
  
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• NHS march: Protesters tell their stories

  04-03-2017 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nurses, a teacher and an 'old' writer tell the BBC why they made the trip to London's Parliament Square.
  
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• Dr Max: The REAL reason hospital beds are vanishing

  04-03-2017 12:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Immigration and an ageing population have placed unprecedented pressure on the NHS, writes DR MAX.
  
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• Stop pretending we can’t afford the NHS: that’s the message of our march today | Larry Sanders

  04-03-2017 11:00
  
  We won’t stand by and watch this government dismantle public healthcare – and if Theresa May really means her promise to ‘work for all’, she’ll listenWe are living in a world in which the politics of the leaders of two of the world’s great nations – America and Britain – is built on broken promises. During Donald Trump’s election campaign he promised to “take on Wall Street”. So when just weeks later the president announced a cabi
  
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• How many calories do you burn during sex? THIS condom device could tell you

  04-03-2017 10:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AS well as protecting against STIs, a new device could reveal how many calories men burn during sex - and even help them lose weight and get fit.
  
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• What I’m really thinking: the university dropout

  04-03-2017 10:00
  
  Social media is a constant reminder that other people are managing to do something that made me so ill I was forced to walk awayI wish I could tell you what really happened. If you cared, I could explain how I stopped eating and sleeping, about how I’d cry over deadlines and exams while isolating myself from my friends. If you want, we can talk about the antidepressants I now take and the counselling sessions I had in the three months I was away. But that’s not what you wan
  
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• Headache warning signs - pain could be one of THESE dangerous conditions

  04-03-2017 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HEADACHES affect hundreds of people every day - but sometimes pain in the head can indicate a more serious condition.
  
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• Are the 2010s really like the 1930s? The truth about life in the Great Depression

  04-03-2017 09:00
  
  Record unemployment, costly healthcare, a massive north-south divide, rat-infested slums – and movie palaces, dance halls and lidos. Juliet Gardiner kicks off our special focus on the 1930s with a look at daily life in BritainCommentators often point to parallels between the current era is and the 1930s – whether they are discussing geopolitics, state benefits or even “alternative facts”.There are many striking similarities, but significant differences, too – as the
  
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• Emergency £1.5bn funding for social care is needed, MPs tell chancellor

  04-03-2017 08:01
  
  Communities and local government committee calls on Philip Hammond to plug gaps in budgetsThe chancellor should commit an extra £1.5bn in immediate funding for social care in next week’s budget, according to a cross-party committee of MPs who say there is an urgent need for a wider review of the way the system is financed.The communities and local government committee, which has been taking evidence on the subject for a wider report into adult social care to be published next month,
  
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• Obese Pennsylvanian woman discovers 140-pound tumor

  04-03-2017 02:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mary Clancey, 71, from Saint Clair, Pennsylvania, always assumed she was destined to be overweight at 350 pounds. Then, doctors found a 140-pound tumor inside her ovaries.
  
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• Surge in vitamin D sales

  04-03-2017 02:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research has suggested a tried and tested way of preventing a winter cold; vitamin D. Scientists have highlighted its importance in a major study - and now shops are seeing a surge in sales.
  
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• Drug giants' 'illegal deal to double price of pills'

  04-03-2017 02:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The competition watchdog said that Actavis and Concordia had agreed to fix a price for hydrocortisone tablets, used to treat hormone deficiencies.
  
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• Sleep problems mounting in under-14s

  04-03-2017 01:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With under-14s in England getting the least sleep in Europe, these parents try out a new routine.
  
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• Sleep problems mounting in children

  04-03-2017 01:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hospital attendances for sleep disorders in under-14s in England triple in 10 years.
  
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• Obese woman discovers 140-pound tumor

  04-03-2017 00:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mary Clancey, 71, from Saint Clair, Pennsylvania, always assumed she was destined to be overweight at 350 pounds. Then, doctors found a 140-pound tumor inside her ovaries.
  
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• FDA approves first ever treatment for nighttime weeing

  04-03-2017 00:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Noctiva is a nasal spray, designed to be taken twice-daily, that increases absorption of liquid into the kidneys, slowing urine production. Nighttime weeing affects 25 million Americans.
  
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