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• The playlist that could save your life: best songs for CPR

  23-03-2017 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York Presbyterian Hospital has released a 40-track playlist with songs that teach you how to match a 100 chest compression rate. The Bee Gees' Stayin' Alive took the top spot on the list
  
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• Workouts to help you recover from a heart attack

  23-03-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New guidelines from the American Heart Association has found that doing tai-chi, taking brisks walks, and even housework, can start the road to recovery if you've suffered a heart attack.
  
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• ​Are Tampons Bad for You?

  23-03-2017 23:28
  
  Some claim they’re unhealthy, but there’s more to the story.
  
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• 5 WWE Stars Share How They Stay So Freaking Fit

  23-03-2017 23:24
  
  These glam superstars work seriously hard.
  
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• 7 Divorce Lawyers Share The Craziest Things They've Ever Seen

  23-03-2017 23:17
  
  "The husband, we learned, had taught the parrot to say, 'My wife is a b*tch.'"
  
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• 7 Cute New Ways To Wear Khaki

  23-03-2017 23:06
  
  You need these for spring.
  
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• 12 Fat-Burning Moves That Will Help You Lose Weight

  23-03-2017 22:10
  
  Consider them the good kind of dirty dozen.
  
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• Kate Winslet Reveals She Was Fat-Shamed As A Child

  23-03-2017 22:02
  
  "I learned to embrace my flaws and make no apologies for who I am."
  
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• Five swaps you can make to spring clean your health

  23-03-2017 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With spring upon us, we face that time of year when we clean our homes. But we can also 'clean our health'. Here are five healthful swaps you can make to get ready for the season.
  
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• How One Woman Lost 119 Pounds And Transformed Her Body By Running

  23-03-2017 21:25
  
  “It is not possible to out-run my fork—I have tried!”
  
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• Republicans delay House vote to repeal Affordable Care Act

  23-03-2017 20:52
  
  Last-minute negotiations proved insufficient to secure GOP votes to replace Obama’s signature healthcare law, denying Trump first major legislative victory The Republicans on Thursday abandoned a vote on their plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act, as Donald Trump and House speaker Paul Ryan faced rebellion across the House Republican caucus. According to a leadership aide, the scheduled Thursday House vote on the bill was delayed at least for one day as Republicans scramble to find legi
  
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• REVEALED: Most cancers caused by DNA 'copying mistakes' during cell division

  23-03-2017 20:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MOST cancers are caused by random mistakes in the genetic code that occur when cells divide, new research has shown.
  
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• Lack of sleep can affect your ability to read emotions

  23-03-2017 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the study, led by researchers at the University of Arizona, researchers found that sleep deprivation hinders a person's ability to identify subtle happy and sad expressions.
  
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• America's tragic opioid toddlers revealed

  23-03-2017 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Studies have revealed the rise in the number of toddlers dying after accidentally ingesting opioids. Three stories reveal the heartbreak behind the innocent lives lost.
  
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• How to rewire your brain to lose weight for good

  23-03-2017 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robb Wolf, author of The Paleo Solution, has published a new book called Wired To Eat, which claims to reset your metabolism and give you a permanent blueprint for weight loss.
  
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• Scandal actress Katie Lowes reveals agony over psoriasis

  23-03-2017 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Actress Katie Lowes opened up about her struggle with psoriasis, which made her so uncomfortable she canceled her engagement shoot. Now she's speaking up to raise awareness.
  
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• A proper analysis of autism is long overdue | Letters

  23-03-2017 19:30
  
  Excellent news that the Sesame Street puppet with autism is female, helping to correct the myth that autism rarely affects girls and women (What a children’s puppet can teach us all, 21 March). I hope that, in addition to being female, “Julia” will have significant special educational needs relating to problems with language and learning: 50% of individuals with autism have this “triple whammy”. Despite this, research into the linked language and learning difficulti
  
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• Why I lie to my GP about my drinking | Letters

  23-03-2017 19:29
  
  While it is accepted that the regular output of research into drinking can add to our understanding of the problem, the credibility of using GP records must be questioned (Moderate drinking is good for the heart, 22 March). In my experience, and from talking to others over a number of years, very few of those who admit to drinking alcohol provide accurate information to their GP regarding consumption. I am 63 years old and have drunk alcohol most of my adult life. I drink 30 to 40 units per week
  
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• Scientists create chemical to reverse signs of ageing

  23-03-2017 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a study on mice, anti-senescent cell therapy could reverse age-related loss of fur, poor kidney function, and frailty, according to researchers from the Erasmus University Medical Center.
  
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• Carbon dioxide in the air could be into harmless methanol 

  23-03-2017 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York have discovered the catalyst needed to turn carbon dioxide into useful products.
  
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• A hot bath could be as effective as exercising

  23-03-2017 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Steve Faulkner, a researcher at Loughborough University, was behind research that found bathing can burn around as many calories as a half-hour walk. Here, he explains how it works.
  
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• Human trials of age-reversing pill to start in six months

  23-03-2017 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia have discovered a key molecular process in DNA repair that could stop cells from ageing and help DNA to reverse damage.
  
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• The most common cause of cancer? Simple bad luck

  23-03-2017 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite the belief cancer is usually inherited or triggered by lifestyles, two thirds of cases can be put down to DNA errors, experts from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center claim.
  
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• 5 Sneakers That Are Perfect For Cross-Training

  23-03-2017 18:56
  
  The shoe of the future has arrived.
  
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• Mother refuses to breastfeed newborn 'alien' son in India

  23-03-2017 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mother-of-four Khalida Begum gave birth to the as-yet-unnamed boy in Kathihar, India, on Monday night and was 'shocked' by his appearance.
  
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• Book suggests taboos held back knowledge of female body

  23-03-2017 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 16th Century book on anatomy has had a triangular piece of diagram removed by its original owner.
  
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• FYI: You’re Probably Using The Wrong Hairbrush

  23-03-2017 17:51
  
  Time for an upgrade.
  
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• 7 Things You Should Never Use As Lube

  23-03-2017 17:40
  
  Step away from the petroleum jelly.
  
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• ​This Woman Recorded Her Reaction Moments After Being Fat-Shamed, And It's Heartbreaking

  23-03-2017 17:29
  
  "You know nothing about my life or my circumstances."​
  
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• 'I Left My Husband For An 18-Year-Old (And I Have ZERO Regrets)'

  23-03-2017 17:27
  
  He gave me my first insight into what it felt like to really be seen.
  
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• You'll Be Dripping In Sweat After This 30-Minute Tabata Workout

  23-03-2017 17:14
  
  Get ready to crush your fitness goals.
  
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• Drug 'reverses' ageing in animal tests

  23-03-2017 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mice had more stamina, hair and improved organ function with the drug.
  
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• How sugary is your medicine?

  23-03-2017 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline analysed seven popular health remedies, including Calpol and chewable vitamins, and found that all contained more sugar per dose than a wine gum.
  
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• Female orgasms an 'achievement' to strive for claim men

  23-03-2017 16:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men consider women's pleasure a masculine achievement to accomplish, while some women believe it's something they should be given - rather than help create, US experts say.
  
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• Scientists discover a protein that can keep blood young

  23-03-2017 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a study of the bone marrow of mice, researchers from the University of Ulm, Germany, found older rodents tended to lack levels of the protein osteopontin.
  
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• Analysis of the George III letters suggests he had mania

  23-03-2017 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from St George's University, London, programmed a computer to 'read' hundreds of King George III's letters, to understand his mental state.
  
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• Your Step-By-Step Guide To Nailing A Perfect Smoky Eye

  23-03-2017 16:02
  It’s way easier than you think!
  
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• Jackson, Mississippi named fattest city in the U.S.

  23-03-2017 16:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Personal finance website WalletHub conducted a survey of the 100 most populated metro areas in the U.S., and found Jackson, Mississippi to be the most unhealthy.
  
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• Impossible Foods veggie burger to take on the US market

  23-03-2017 15:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Impossible Foods has announced is is moving into a new factory in East Oakland, California that will be capable of producing one million pounds of burgers every month.
  
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• Autistic twins improve after living in prison-like home

  23-03-2017 15:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samuel and Jacob Montague, both 11, of Graveney, Kent, were diagnosed with the condition when they were just two-years-old. Their behaviour worsened as they grew older.
  
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• Africa health: Rotavirus vaccine could save 500,000 children a year

  23-03-2017 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Indian vaccine, which protects against gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus, was tested in Niger.
  
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• The heroes who helped

  23-03-2017 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There has been praise for the bravery of the emergency services and the public in the wake of the attack.
  
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• Fat people spend more when reminded of being skinny

  23-03-2017 13:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The spending habits of overweight shoppers is influenced by images of thin people, according to experts from the Colorado State University and the University of Kentucky.
  
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• Want to feel happy? Go on a spiritual retreat

  23-03-2017 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After taking brain scans of a handful of participants who had been on a spiritual getaway, Thomas Jefferson University researchers found they had higher amounts of dopamine and serotonin.
  
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• Fat people encouraged to become super obese for surgery

  23-03-2017 12:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rationing of surgery to treat clinically obese people means that some need to become 'super-obese' before they are allowed a weight loss operation, a new UK report suggests.
  
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• Try this strange Pink Trombone voice simulator

  23-03-2017 12:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Pink Trombone voice simulator was created by Neil Thapen, a researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
  
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• Decades of TB progress threatened by drug-resistant bacteria, warn experts

  23-03-2017 12:27
  
  Rise of multi-drug resistant strains of tuberculosis could derail global efforts to eradicate the disease, according to a new report
  The rise of multi-drug resistant bacteria threatens to overturn decades of progress on tuberculosis (TB), experts are warning. Related: Where is the civil society response to the TB crisis? | Sophie CousinsRelated: WHO names 12 bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human healthRelated: It’s time for drastic action on drug-resistant microbesContinue readin
  
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• Trying to help a disabled girl seeking asylum brought my staff to tears

  23-03-2017 11:42
  
  Maryam had severe cerebral palsy and her family were in dire need but we couldn’t get support for themJane and Helen are highly experienced therapists. They have come straight to my office door from their home visit to a teenage girl, Maryam, with severe cerebral palsy, and both are on the edge of tears. Maryam and her family are recently-arrived asylum seekers. The family home has a leaking roof and toilet, the children have no toys, no spare clothes and there is no bedding. Maryam cannot
  
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• Going vegan the secret to a happy life

  23-03-2017 11:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former French scientist Matthieu Ricard - a world expert in human happiness - claims that going vegan isthe key to a happy, fulfilling existence.
  
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• Mum-of-four gets pregnant with triplets before tying tubes

  23-03-2017 10:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bobbie Rutland, 31, 'laughed at first, then cried' when she first discovered the news of triplets. The WA mum had wanted to get her tubes tied because she is unable to use most forms of contraception.
  
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