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• Children with autism struggle to read facial expressions

  06-04-2017 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study, from the University of Bristol in the UK, found that children with autism have a more difficult time recognizing facial expressions and also confuse different emotions.
  
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• Almost half of US adults infected with genital HPV

  06-04-2017 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new CDC report has revealed almost half of US adults are infected with genital HPV, which canlead to certain cancers. Most would have been preventable with the vaccine.
  
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• Connecticut woman's life is saved by her Fitbit

  06-04-2017 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Feedback from Patricia Lauder's Fitbit may have saved the Connecticut woman's life, as it confirmed her suspicions that shortness of breath and rapid heartbeat were worrisome.
  
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• ‘Why I Think This Disney Princess-Inspired Lingerie Is SO Wrong'

  06-04-2017 22:18
  
  Enough with the damsels in distress.
  
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• This Woman Recreated Kate Middleton's Wardrobe On The Cheap—And The Results Are AMAZING

  06-04-2017 21:37
  
  Can you tell the difference?
  
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• ​Kelly Osbourne's 10-Year Lyme Disease Battle Left Her Feeling Like 'A Vegetable'

  06-04-2017 21:22
  
  She told loved ones, "I can't live like this anymore."
  
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• ​Kelly Osborne's 10-Year Lyme Disease Battle Left Her Feeling Like 'A Vegetable'

  06-04-2017 21:22
  
  She told loved ones, "I can't live like this anymore."
  
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• Yo-yo dieting could increase risk of heart attacks

  06-04-2017 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Heart attacks, strokes and death were more common in patients whose weight changed the most over four years, researchers said - advising people to 'lose weight but try to keep that weight off'
  
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• The cheap and VERY effective spot potion

  06-04-2017 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One skincare expert believes she has a cheap and effective solution for treating spots - and you'll find everything you need in your kitchen cupboard.
  
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• ​This Pregnant Woman's Facebook Post May Have Saved Her Baby's Life

  06-04-2017 20:59
  
  Friends urged her to get checked out for a rare condition—and she had it.
  
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• Baby boomers and the ‘live now, pay later’ consequences | Letters

  06-04-2017 20:38
  
  As a baby boomer I am ashamed of many of my generation (My generation fought to be free. What happened to us?, 4 April). We are the luckiest generation of the 20th century. Born after the war into the NHS/welfare state, too young for national service, and the first teenage generation to have disposable income. We were witness/participants of the revolution of the 1960s. If we went to university, we had a grant. When we left school, there was almost full employment. Money has followed us as we go
  
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• UK's first double hand transplant patient delights in writing letter to thank surgeon

  06-04-2017 20:16
  
  Chris King describes getting his life back since surgery last year, as surgeon says he has progressed faster than anticipatedThe first person in the UK to have a double hand transplant has said writing a letter to thank his surgeon has been one the highlights of his first nine months since the operation, as well as being able to clap for his favourite rugby league team.Chris King, 57, described how he has got his life back since the surgery last July, when he became the second person to have a h
  
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• Is THIS how memories are stored in the brain?

  06-04-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study found that memories transfer between 'silent' and 'active' states, a pathway that if targeted by drugs could help to treat memory disorders.
  
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• Social care reviewer condemns UK system and calls for new tax

  06-04-2017 19:48
  
  Andrew Dilnot says adult social care system is ‘most pernicious means-test’ in the British welfare stateAndrew Dilnot, who carried out the government review into the funding for care and support in England, has condemned Britain’s social care system as “the most pernicious means-test in the whole of the British welfare state” and called for a new tax to fund adult social care for everyone who needs it.The chair of the Dilnot commission on funding of care and support
  
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• Mayo Clinic say menopausal women need the pill for longer

  06-04-2017 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Women must have missed their period for a full year before they can safely stop birth control, a US Mayo Clinic expert warns. About 90 to 95 per centwill be menopausal by 55.
  
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• How Much Women in the U.S. Spend on Beauty Products

  06-04-2017 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  How much money do YOU spend on make-up and skincare? A new survey reveals that the average American woman will spend up to $300,000 on products in her lifetime.
  
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• How to reverse your high blood pressure with food

  06-04-2017 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rich in potassium, bananas, sweet potatoes and spinach prevent hypertension by balancing levels of salt within the body, researchers from the University of Southern California claim.
  
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• What does Labour's school meals policy mean for families, teachers and politicians?

  06-04-2017 19:11
  
  Jeremy Corbyn may be on to a winner politically but there are implications for welfare, health and educationJeremy Corbyn’s announcement of a £1bn plan to introduce a VAT tax on private schools to pay for free school meals for all primary children has divided opinion. The Labour policy was greeted warmly by many health, welfare and education experts, while others pointed to potential pitfalls in its logic. Politically, it seems the Labour leader may be on to a winner, but how has the
  
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• 7 Sex Positions That Are More Fun Than Doggy Style

  06-04-2017 18:36
  
  Score all the benefits of doing it from behind, without getting down on all fours.
  
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• Immigration skills charge could hit health funding for years

  06-04-2017 18:17
  
  BMA and RCN warn over £1,000 fee which will be levied for many non-European skilled workers applying for visas A new immigration skills charge which comes into force on Thursday could take “desperately needed money” from the health service for years to come due to the service’s continuing reliance on foreign staff.Employers will have to pay a £1,000 annual charge for skilled workers from outside the European Economic Area who are newly applying for the two main cate
  
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• Gene mutation that makes you a night owl

  06-04-2017 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from Rockefeller University, in New York City, has found that people who stay awake at night have a gene mutation that's responsible for keeping clock genes off for longer.
  
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• 'Mowgli girl' found living with monkeys in India

  06-04-2017 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The eight-year-old girl, who screeches to communicate and walks on all fours, was found by police in a remote nature reserve in Bahraich, northern India.
  
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• A puke bucket and an ancient drug: is ayahuasca the future of PTSD treatment?

  06-04-2017 17:46
  
  I visited Peru to find out more about an intriguing ayahuasca study – and to have my own experience with the psychedelic brewI’m sitting on a blue plastic, wipe-down mattress with my back to a wooden pillar. Within arm’s reach on the floor is a small torch to light my way to the toilet during the night, on the other side an orange plastic bucket to puke into. As the light fades my four companions, each with his or her own plastic mattress and bucket, disappear from view while o
  
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• Why Putting On Lipstick Makes You Feel So Awesome

  06-04-2017 17:41
  
  It goes WAY beyond adding a pop of color to your face.
  
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• A man became infected with a pig's bacteria

  06-04-2017 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Spanish man became infected with a pig bacteria that has never been seen in humans before. The man, 53, is thought to have stepped on a contaminated syringe that punctured the sole of his boots.
  
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• 5 Women Reveal The Vibrators That Totally Changed Their Sex Lives

  06-04-2017 17:30
  
  Happy endings all around.
  
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• We’ve been labelled ‘anti-sex difference’ for demanding greater scientific rigour | Cordelia Fine and Rebecca Jordan-Young

  06-04-2017 17:28
  
  Our criticism of gender research has been portrayed as dogmatic feminism – thankfully the scientific community has looked beyond the headlinesAt a time when both science and feminism are under attack, there are welcome signs that neuroscience is showing new openness to critiques of research into sex differences. Mainstream journals increasingly publish studies that reveal how misleading assumptions about the sexes bias the framing of hypotheses, research design and interpretation of findin
  
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• ‘I Ate 3 Eggs Every Morning For A Week—Here’s What Happened'

  06-04-2017 17:13
  
  It was actually easier to pull off than anticipated.
  
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• Farms could slash pesticide use without losses, research reveals

  06-04-2017 17:04
  
  Study shows almost all farms could significantly cut chemical use while producing as much food, in a major challenge to the billion-dollar pesticide industryVirtually all farms could significantly cut their pesticide use while still producing as much food, according to a major new study. The research also shows chemical treatments could be cut without affecting farm profits on over three-quarters of farms.The scientists said that many farmers wanted to reduce pesticide use, partly due to concern
  
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• 7 Reasons You're Bloated That Have Nothing To Do With What You Just Ate

  06-04-2017 16:40
  
  Plus, how to de-puff.
  
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• More than one in five adults infected by high-risk HPV

  06-04-2017 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new CDC report has revealed that one in five US adults are infected with a high-risk form of HPV, leading to cancer. Most would have been preventable with the vaccine.
  
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• Olive oil, nuts and avocado can help you live forever

  06-04-2017 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roundworms were found to become obese and live for two days longer than their svelte counterparts after consuming mono-unsaturated fats, researchers from Stanford University found.
  
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• Your Complete Guide To Keeping Your Butthole Healthy

  06-04-2017 16:00
  
  You might be doing a half-assed job.
  
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• Online pharmacies could seriously damage your health

  06-04-2017 15:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Websites selling prescription medicines may seriously harm patient safety. The Care Quality Commission found four major online prescribers are coming up short in their standards.
  
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• Exactly How To Change Your Cardio Routine If You Want To Set A PR

  06-04-2017 15:30
  
  Cross that finish line like the boss lady you know you are.
  
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• Slimming World unveils its Couple of the Year

  06-04-2017 14:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark and Amanda Gibbon, from Chepstow in Monmouthshire, swapped their favourite sugary cereals, fry ups and curries for healthy oats and stir fries to shed 11st 5lbs between them.
  
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• How to lower your blood pressure: Just add THIS to your diet

  06-04-2017 14:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HIGH blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is ranked by the World Health Organisation as the leading global risk factor for disease. But the condition can be cured naturally - experts claim.
  
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• Nearly 4 out of 10 people don't have enough to smile aout

  06-04-2017 14:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Many Britains want to be more emotionally healthy but don't find enough to smile about, with 66 per cent blaming stress and 28 per cent saying they don't have time to smile.
  
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• Smoking causes 1 in 10 deaths across the world

  06-04-2017 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  And more than half of the tobacco-related deaths occurred in just four countries - China, India, the US and Russia, according to researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle.
  
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• Swapping dairy for soya could prevent cancer

  06-04-2017 13:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's trendy among hipsters, but eating a vegan diet could do wonders for your health. Scientists at the University of Ghent found swapping dairy for soyacould prevent cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
  
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• Los Angeles woman with Epidermolysis Bullosa survives

  06-04-2017 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vanessa Leinert, 30, from Los Angeles, wasn't expected to make it past the age of three as a rare skin condition causes her skin to fall off every time she walks, gets dressed or even uses her hands.
  
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• The boy who used to eat enough to feed 10 PEOPLE

  06-04-2017 13:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mahesh Bhubathi, 15, from Anantapur district in southern India, suffers from Prader-Willi syndrome - a genetic disorder which often leaves children constantly hungry.
  
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• Double hand transplant patient able to pour his own beer

  06-04-2017 12:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris King, 57, from Rossington, Doncaster, lost both his hands - except the thumbs - in an accident involving a metal pressing machine at work four years ago.
  
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• Expert claims HUMILIATION makes people become terrorists

  06-04-2017 12:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A professor of Psychology from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania believes that humiliation is often a key growth factor for terrorist conflicts (stock image).
  
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• Women who live in cities are at risk of breast cancer

  06-04-2017 12:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A major study of nearly 280,000 women at the University of Florida concluded exposure to sooty particles had an increased chance of having dense breast tissue.
  
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• Low-calorie sweeteners and diet soda can make you FAT

  06-04-2017 11:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Washington, US, found sugar substitutes mess up the body’s metabolism
  Consuming high amounts of sucralosemay promote fat formation, the new study shows.
  
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• Woman's spine exploded after 14m roof plunge in Peru

  06-04-2017 11:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emily Wornes, 25,from Brisbane, travelled to Peru on the trip of a lifetime with her best friend, but fell 14m through her hostel's roof on to a marble floor and batted to walk again after breaking her back.
  
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• Marmite boosts brain power, York University suggests

  06-04-2017 11:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marmite could boost brain activity, according to scientists, while some countries have outright banned it. For a humble yeast spread, there’s a lot of things to love — or hate — about it...
  
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• Anorexia at 38: how my friends helped me through it

  06-04-2017 11:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kathryn is a 38 year old mum from Liverpool who has been treated for adult anorexia in one of the NHS's 33 specialist units
  
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• Oxford University finds ketamine could treat depression

  06-04-2017 11:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some 42 per cent of people treated by experts at Oxford University successfully responded to the drug, which was slowly injected over 40 minutes once or twice a week.
  
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