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• Marijuana increases your risk of a stroke, study warns

  09-03-2017 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study has found that that smoking marijuana can increase your risk of a stroke or heart failure. The drug was also linked to other cardiovascular factors such as obesity, smoking and alcohol use.
  
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• 7 OTC Meds That Might Make Your Sex Life Suck

  09-03-2017 23:42
  
  That heartburn medication might be killing your game.
  
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• 7 Stunning Photos That Prove Strong Is the New Pretty

  09-03-2017 23:41
  
  Girls are confident, loud, fearless, and carefree. They are also thoughtful, creative, resilient, and determined. They are all this and a whole lot more. That’s the message behind Strong is the New Pretty ($18, amazon.com), a powerful book containing more than 175 portraits of girls doing what they love (whether it's ballet, playing music, or wrestling)—and owning their strength.The pictures of these badass little girls in all their glory will make you want to reconnec
  
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• Should You Work Out Today? A Flow Chart

  09-03-2017 23:40
  
  The ultimate quiz for the ultimate question.
  
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• How TWO lesbian surrogates helped a couple have children

  09-03-2017 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tracy and Peter Akoun, from Portsmouth, are bringing up two daughters, Nyobi (right) and Kenya (left), who were born a month apart to two different lesbian surrogate mothers.
  
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• 8 Things All Guys Think When They’re Getting Ready To Propose

  09-03-2017 21:31
  
  Straight from a guy who totally nailedhis proposal.
  
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• This Is What It's Really Like To Date A Man With A Small Penis

  09-03-2017 21:10
  
  A small ween ain't no thing.
  
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• Viagra IS safe to take after having a heart attack

  09-03-2017 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Currently, the NHS warns men should exercise caution taking anti-impotence drugs if they have heart disease. But the new Swedish study shows that Viagra may have a beneficial effect.
  
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• Scientists create synthetic life after building yeast DNA

  09-03-2017 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of scientists, including researchers from Imperial College London, successfully created five synthetic chromosomes with DNA made from chemicals in the laboratory.
  
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• Brain is hardwired to make us copy other people's itching

  09-03-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Washington University found the brain is hardwired to copy others when they scratch or yawn. Itching is controlled in a brain area called the suprachiasmatic nucleus.
  
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• This Intense 40-Minute Workout Will Blast Body Fat

  09-03-2017 19:59
  
  Less than an hour but more intense than anything you’ve ever done.
  
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• The 3 Tips That Every Woman Who’s Lost Weight Agrees On

  09-03-2017 19:52
  
  Keep these in mind and you can’t go wrong.
  
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• Morning people are MORE likely to have a healthy diet

  09-03-2017 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Finland claim that body clocks play a role in our eating habits - with morning people possessing a healthier diet.
  
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• This Common Fruit Just Got Named To The 'Dirty Dozen' List For the First Time Ever

  09-03-2017 19:27
  
  In other words, it's contaminated with pesticides.
  
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• Use pram covers 'to protect babies from air pollution'

  09-03-2017 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Traffic lights are the worst place for exposing babies and toddlers to air pollution.
  
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• Islamic prayer ritual reduces back pain, study reveals

  09-03-2017 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new study, from Binghamton University in New York,the daily ritual of Islamic prayer can reduce symptoms of lower back pain using proper knee and back angles.
  
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• Boy died of cardiac arrest on his way to A&E 21 miles away

  09-03-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Callum Cartlidge collapsed at home in Redditch, Worcester, but instead of taking him to a hospital just 1.9miles from his house medics were directed to another 21 miles away.
  
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• ​This Actor Posted A Picture Of His Daughter That Has Everyone Freaking Out

  09-03-2017 18:15
  
  What do you think?
  
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• Doctors perform surgery on boy born with five thumbs

  09-03-2017 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kyrie Carter, from Fresno, California, was born with five thumbs between his two hands. The 16-month-old underwent an incredible surgery where doctors were able to remove the extra digits.
  
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• Jogging with epilepsy

  09-03-2017 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Katie Cooke is a runner with epilepsy - when she has a seizure during a race, she wants to get up and keep running, not be taken to hospital.
  
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• Smaller plates make us eat MORE as they encourage seconds 

  09-03-2017 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts form the University of Liverpool believe eating from small plates could actually fool us into gaining, rather than losing, unwanted fat - by encouraging us to eat second helpings.
  
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• Kristen Stewart Just Got The Most Extreme Haircut Ever

  09-03-2017 17:42
  
  What do you think of her new look?
  
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• Gluten-free diet could give you type 2 diabetes

  09-03-2017 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study, from Harvard University, warns that eating a gluten-free diet could give you type 2 diabetes. The diet has become popular despite alack of evidence of long-term health benefits.
  
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• Mexican government accused of torture by ex-patients of disabled care home

  09-03-2017 17:23
  
  In a landmark legal case against the government, an NGO is fighting for disabled people’s right to live in their communities, rather than institutions
  For decades, disabled children and adults living in institutions worldwide have suffered abuse of all kinds – from deprivation and solitary confinement in miniature cells, to sexual abuse and forced sterilisation.Now a charity which has documented this abuse for more than 20 years is bringing a landmark legal case against the Mexican g
  
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• Mexican government accused of torture at disabled care home

  09-03-2017 17:23
  
  In a landmark legal case against the government, an NGO is fighting for disabled people’s right to live in their communities, rather than institutions
  For decades, disabled children and adults living in institutions worldwide have suffered abuse of all kinds – from deprivation and solitary confinement in miniature cells, to sexual abuse and forced sterilisation.Now a charity which has documented this abuse for more than 20 years is bringing a landmark legal case against the Mexican g
  
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• Robots don’t challenge surgeons such as me – they challenge dogmatic practice | Ara Darzi

  09-03-2017 17:09
  
  I believe patient care depends on the use of disruptive innovators. My live demo at the Science Museum will show how far we’ve already comeOn Friday 10 March, I will perform an operation in public for the first time. In a live demonstration, I will aim to show how robots can assist surgeons to cut more safely, with greater precision, and achieve better results for patients.I should say at the outset that no patient’s life will be put at risk during this event. I will be operating on
  
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• 60cm plastic sheath that can reverse diabetes

  09-03-2017 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Six patients no longer needed to use insulin to control their condition a year after being given the EndoBarrier treatment at Birmingham City Hospital, the latest trial of the device suggests.
  
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• The Secret To Scoring Gwyneth's Epic Abs

  09-03-2017 16:32
  
  Go ahead and consciously uncouple with your boring abs routine.
  
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• Pus-filled spider bite ERUPTS after doctor lance it

  09-03-2017 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the moment a spider bite erupts into a bloodied mess. Footage taken from South Africa shows a patient having his wound cleaned by health professionals - and has since gone viral.
  
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• Empire star Gabourey Sidibe's weight loss surgery

  09-03-2017 16:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There was a burst of interest in weight loss surgery on Wednesday after Empire star Gabourey Sibide revealed her decision to go under the knife.
  
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• Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil could be new Zika virus

  09-03-2017 16:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The entire state of Espirito Santo is now considered at risk for transmission of the virus, the World Health Organization claims. But it believes it could soon spread to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
  
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• UK workers record lowest rate of sick days since records began

  09-03-2017 15:48
  
  Britons were absent for an average of 4.3 days last year, with coughs and colds the most common cause followed by back pain, ONS figures showBritish workers have reported the lowest level of sickness absence since records began almost a quarter of a century ago, according to official figures for last year.About 137m working days were lost from illness and injury in 2016, said the Office for National Statistics, equivalent to 4.3 days per worker, the lowest rate since 1993, when it was 7.2 days.R
  
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• Use buggy covers to combat air pollution danger, parents warned

  09-03-2017 15:28
  
  Parents should protect their infants by using covers on pushchairs during the school run, particularly in the morning, according to expertsParents should use covers on their pushchairs during the school run to protect their infants from air pollution, experts have warned.Scientists tested the pollution levels inside prams to assess the exposure of infants taken on the school run with older siblings. The researchers found that the fine particle pollution from vehicle exhausts, which is particular
  
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• Mississippi pro-choice activist fired on International Women’s Day

  09-03-2017 15:04
  
  Lori Gregory lost former program director position at Hope Haven, a children’s crisis mental health facility: ‘I’d rather go down for something I believe in’Catholic Charities fired a Mississippi employee on International Women’s Day for discussing her former pro-choice advocacy work in a recent magazine article.Lori Gregory is the former program director of Hope Haven, a children’s crisis mental health facility in Jackson, Mississippi. Hope Haven provides fre
  
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• Latest NHS stats: Highest trolley wait figures on record

  09-03-2017 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nearly 1,000 people waited over 12 hours to be admitted to A&E departments in England in January, according to the latest data from NHS England.
  
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• Is Yellow Fever the new Zika virus?

  09-03-2017 14:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The entire state of Espirito Santo is now considered at risk for transmission of the virus, the World Health Organization claims. But it believes it could soon spread to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
  
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• Eating whey protein before breakfast may prevent diabetes

  09-03-2017 13:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The substance, which can be bought as a powder and then be made into a smoothie, also improved blood sugar levels in men with type 2 diabetes, Newcastle University researchers found.
  
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• NHS trusts record 15,000 excess deaths

  09-03-2017 13:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A BBC analysis finds 19 NHS trusts in England have much higher death rates than expected.
  
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• Warnings over children's health as recycled e-waste comes back as plastic toys

  09-03-2017 13:08
  
  A trend towards using plastic parts in electrical and electronic goods is causing a headache for the recycling industryFlame retardants used in plastics in a wide range of electronic products is putting the health of children exposed to them at risk, according to a new report (pdf). Brominated flame-retarding chemicals have been associated with lower mental, psychomotor and IQ development, poorer attention spans and decreases in memory and processing speed, according to the peer-reviewed study b
  
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• Roe v Wade: Suffragette producers to make film about abortion ruling

  09-03-2017 12:54
  
  Story will centre on Sarah Weddington, the lawyer who represented Norma McCorvey in landmark case that paved way for abortion rights across USThe producers of Suffragette are to make a film telling the story of Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that gave every woman in the US the right to have an abortion.According to Deadline, Alison Owen and Debra Hayward’s Monumental Pictures is set to produce the film, which will be written by the Bafta-winning screenwriter Jennifer Majka. Continue
  
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• NHS chiefs order hospitals to begin urgent overhaul of A&E care

  09-03-2017 12:40
  
  Plans requiring GPs to assess every patient when they arrive at A&E come as NHS England discloses worst ever performance in JanuaryNHS bosses have ordered hospitals to push through an urgent overhaul of A&E care, with GPs assessing every patient when they turn up, to help the health service avoid another winter crisis. The move comes as the NHS in England disclosed that it recorded its worst performance ever in January, missing vital treatment targets covering A&E, cancer and planned
  
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• The solution to the NHS funding crisis? Its property | Dag Detter

  09-03-2017 12:30
  
  The only way for the National Health Service to avoid years of deficits is for it to outsource its buildings to professional management companiesThe NHS was offered little relief in Wednesday’s budget. The proposed spending increase of £250m in social care the first year and then £130m the following two years will hardly cover inflation, let alone other cost pressures that the shortfall places on the health service. With such austerity the NHS faces years of underfunding, accor
  
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• Hunt demands NHS hits target for A&E care

  09-03-2017 12:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The health secretary says seeing 95% of patients in four hours is critical for safe care.
  
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• Woman claims she was wrongly branded anorexic by doctors

  09-03-2017 12:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hannah Leffler, 26, from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, was subjected to 12 months of examinations before she was eventually diagnosed with gastroparesis in 2015.
  
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• Google's DeepMind plans to make patients' health records trackable

  09-03-2017 12:18
  
  Tech company’s health subsidiary planning digital ledger based on blockchain to let hospitals, the NHS and eventually patients track personal dataGoogle’s AI-powered health tech subsidiary, DeepMind Health, is planning to use a new technology loosely based on bitcoin to let hospitals, the NHS and eventually even patients track what happens to personal data in real-time.Dubbed “Verifiable Data Audit”, the plan is to create a special digital ledger that automatically record
  
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• Google's DeepMind plans bitcoin-style health record tracking for hospitals

  09-03-2017 12:18
  
  Tech company’s health subsidiary planning digital ledger based on blockchain to let hospitals, the NHS and eventually patients track personal dataGoogle’s AI-powered health tech subsidiary, DeepMind Health, is planning to use a new technology loosely based on bitcoin to let hospitals, the NHS and eventually even patients track what happens to personal data in real-time.Dubbed “Verifiable Data Audit”, the plan is to create a special digital ledger that automatically record
  
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• I went to a death cafe to learn how to talk to dying patients

  09-03-2017 11:46
  
  Medical students do not learn how to talk about death. Junior doctors are forced to learn on the job – and that isn’t fair on patients or familiesIt is taboo in British culture to talk about death. We say someone has “passed away”, “kicked the bucket” or “left us” – anything to avoid even using the word. This has consequences. While 70% of people wish to die at home, half of us will actually die in hospital. Our reluctance to talk about death
  
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• Dutch scientists on how to get super-sized Sherlock memory

  09-03-2017 11:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands found that memory training alters brain functions and can double memory capacity (stock image).
  
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• Anti-depressants left woman BURNING from inside-out

  09-03-2017 11:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman from Texas was left clinging to life after being burnt from the inside out, just three weeks after she started taking anti-depressants.
  
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• Boy, 6, with a 4 INCH crack across his entire skull

  09-03-2017 10:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Pheaktra Pov, from Cambodia, was born with a small crevice on the top of his skull, but doctors were baffled and sent him home. Over time it has continued to grow.
  
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