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• 'I Did 50 Crunches Every Day For A Month—Here's What Happened'

  07-04-2017 23:24
  
  Does this old-school move really yield results? One writer decided to find out.
  
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• Hundreds of major hospital data breaches gone unreported

  07-04-2017 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new report, from Michigan State University, has found that numerous data breaches of hospitals went unreported by healthcare providers. Out of 1,800 breaches, only 68 percent were reported.
  
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• 'This Is How I Lost More Than 40 Pounds And Kept It Off For 4 Years’

  07-04-2017 23:05
  
  Nicoletta Richardson’s plan included carbs and brownies, but that didn’t keep her from losing weight.
  
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• Night Owls and Early Birds Saw ‘The Dress’ Differently, According to Science

  07-04-2017 22:38
  
  This article originally appeared on RealSimple.com.We know, we know: You’re tired of hearing about “the dress,” the viral photograph that dominated the Internet back in February 2015, with so many burning questions: Is it white and gold or black and blue? Is it over- or underexposed? And, seriously, why can’t we agree?More than two years later, an NYU neuroscientist has one possible explanation for why the world was so divided on the optical illusion. And we have to admit
  
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• 5 Types of Orgasms Every Woman Should Experience In Her Lifetime

  07-04-2017 22:33
  
  Plus, exactly how to make them happen for you.
  
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• 7 Sexologists Share Their Favorite Sex Toys Under $20

  07-04-2017 22:16
  
  Plus, exactly how to use them to maximize your pleasure.
  
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• 7 Sexologist-Approved Sex Toys Under $20

  07-04-2017 22:16
  
  Plus, exactly how to use them to maximize your pleasure.
  
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• FDA approves at-home genetic tests for 10 diseases

  07-04-2017 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US regulators granted Silicon Valley biotech firm 23andMe permission to become the first company to market reports showing customers' health risks based on...
  
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• Lucozade reducing its sugar content could be DANGEROUS

  07-04-2017 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For a period of time in Britain, there will be both old and new stock of Lucozade on sale, so patients will need to check the label before they buy the energy drink, experts warn.
  
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• Bijou Phillips recovering after successful kidney surgery

  07-04-2017 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After secretly battling a rare kidney condition for years, Bijou Phillips has finally received the lifesaving gift of a new kidney and is now recovering from her transplant.
  
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• I Was Young And Active, But A Blood Clot In My Leg Almost Killed Me

  07-04-2017 20:42
  
  I'm 24 years old, an avid runner and cyclist, follow a healthy diet, have never smoked, and have no family history of major health problems. In other words, I'm as healthy as they come. So it came as a shock a few months ago when a sudden health issue came close to killing me. It started as a bad cramp. I woke up at 3 in the morning to what felt like a charley horse in my left calf, something that I'd experienced plenty of times before. I didn’t think much of it, though, because
  
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• The Symptoms Of Colon Cancer That Every Young Woman Should Know

  07-04-2017 20:38
  
  The disease is on the rise among people born after 1990.
  
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• Aspirin May Lower the Risk of Dying from Cancer

  07-04-2017 20:32
  
  This article originally appeared on Time.com. Studies have linked the regular use of aspirin, an over-the-counter painkiller, to lower risks of heart attack and stroke. The risk-reducing benefits may also extend to death from certain types of cancer. What isn’t yet known is how much aspirin is needed to protect against an early death from cancer, and how long people have to take it.To clear up the link, researchers led by Yin Cao at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical S
  
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• 7 Things You Need To Know About Neil Gorsuch, The New Supreme Court Justice

  07-04-2017 20:27
  
  ​Find out where he stands on issues like abortion and maternity leave.
  
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• Why loving dogs is good for your health says UofA

  07-04-2017 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study, from the University of Alberta in Canada, has found that people who are exposed to pets at an early age are less likely to be obese and have fewer allergies.
  
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• The Best Lipsticks For Every Skin Tone

  07-04-2017 19:32
  
  Flip each card to reveal your perfect shade.
  
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• Improving air quality requires a little less conversation, a lot more action | Letters

  07-04-2017 19:30
  
  The findings in your article (Hundreds of thousands of children being exposed to illegal levels of damaging air pollution from diesel vehicles, 4 April) are scandalous. We are storing up huge unknowns in terms of the future of our children’s lung health. We need urgent action. The government must bring in a fair and ambitious Clean Air Act with targets to ensure pollution levels are monitored around every school and nursery located close to busy roads, arming parents and teachers with the
  
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• No conflict of interests on pesticide advice | Letters

  07-04-2017 19:29
  
  The assertion by Professor Dave Goulson (Farmers could slash pesticide use without losses, research reveals, 6 April) cannot go unchallenged. He says that pesticides are massively over-used because farmers are advised by agronomists working on commission to sell products.The Agricultural Industries Confederation represents the majority of businesses that supply both agronomy advice and crop protection products to UK farmers. Farmers can elect to pay separately for agronomy advice and crop protec
  
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• LA girl with childhood Alzheimer's in race against time

  07-04-2017 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marian McGlocklin, 18 months, from Los Angeles, California, has been diagnosed with childhood Alzheimer's. Her family is now in a race against time to find a cure before the disease kills her.
  
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• UK eats almost four times more packaged food than fresh

  07-04-2017 19:11
  
  Most of western Europe and north America also consumes more calories from packaged food than fresh according to analysis of data from 54 countriesThe UK eats almost four times as much packaged food as it does fresh produce, according to new data, with most of western Europe and north America following a similar pattern.The packaged food revolution – which includes ready meals and calorific cakes and biscuits – is held at least partly to blame for the rise in obesity in the US and Eur
  
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• 13 things you need to know about probiotics

  07-04-2017 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  You’ve probably heard that you need to take probiotics for gut health, but do you know how to get them, or what they even do? Here, UK nutritionist Rob Hobson explains the fast facts.
  
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• 6 Crazy Things Your GI Doc Has Seen (And Would Really Like To Un-See)

  07-04-2017 18:12
  
  "I found a huge hairball."
  
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• Family's liver donor match plea for son Charlie Collins

  07-04-2017 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A south Wales family makes an appeal to find a liver donor for their ill son.
  
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• 3 Strength-Training Habits You Should Quit Immediately

  07-04-2017 17:55
  
  If you're mixing up your workouts ALL the time, you're doing something wrong.
  
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• 8 Brilliant Home Hacks Inspired By HGTV's 'Tiny House'

  07-04-2017 17:46
  
  Make the most out of your teeny, tiny space.
  
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• The FDA Just Approved At-Home DNA Tests for 10 Diseases

  07-04-2017 17:43
  
  This article originally appeared on Time.com. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever home DNA tests that let people find out their genetic risk for developing certain diseases.The FDA said Thursday it will allow home DNA testing company 23andMe to market its genetic tests directly to consumers, giving people risk information for 10 diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, celiac and several blood diseases.[brightcove:5315457854001 default]“
  
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• Exactly What Mama June Ate To Go From 460 Pounds To A Size 4

  07-04-2017 17:41
  
  The reality star’s trainer shares the smart food swaps that led to her major weight loss.
  
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• ​People Are Freaking Out About The Photo This Actress Took With Her Son—Here's Why

  07-04-2017 17:17
  
  Is her picture funny, or inappropriate?
  
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• This Tiny Shift in Thinking Can Keep You Motivated

  07-04-2017 17:13
  
  This article originally appeared on RealSimple.com. If you’ve ever kicked off a new goal with tons of motivation, only to feel less and less excited about it over time, you’re not alone. But there's good news: According to a new study, making one deliberate change in your mindset may help you follow through to the end.When researchers from the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba set out to study why enthusiasm tends to fizzle during progression toward goals&mda
  
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• Are video games to blame for fragile bones?

  07-04-2017 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unnamed teenager was admitted to Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich, after fracturing his femur earlier this year. Doctors said it was down to a vitamin D deficiency. (stock)
  
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• How Lucozade reducing its sugar content could be DEADLY

  07-04-2017 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For a period of time in Britain, there will be both old and new stock of Lucozade on sale, so patients will need to check the label before they buy the energy drink, experts warn.
  
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• The Richest Americans Live 10 Years Longer than the Poorest

  07-04-2017 16:58
  
  This article originally appeared on Time.com. Money may not buy you happiness, but it may help buy you health, and ultimately a longer life. Researchers analyzing data on income disparities and health outcomes in the U.S. found that health gaps between the rich and poor are widening, and that’s translating to bigger differences in how long people live.In a study published in The Lancet, scientists from Boston University School of Public Health report that the richest 1% of Americans l
  
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• Scientists are closer to developing Coeliac vaccine

  07-04-2017 16:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Chicago have discovered a virus may cause the illness. Exposure to the virus around the timegluten is introduced into a person's diet may cause the agonising symptoms.
  
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• 6 Hot Sex Tips That Will Make Your Entire Body Feel Ahhhh-Mazing

  07-04-2017 16:08
  
  Kiss chemicals and hazardous habits goodbye.
  
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• This Simple Move Will Sculpt Your Upper Back AND Abs

  07-04-2017 16:07
  
  A tiny tweak to this classic move will bring big results.
  
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• My teenage cousin is having a crisis, but her mother won’t get her the help she needs

  07-04-2017 16:00
  
  I had mental health problems as a teen and my cousin’s mother is acting the same way mine did. I fear that history will repeat itself. Annalisa Barbieri advises a readerMy cousin is 16, and apparently going through a crisis. She hates college, skips classes and has spoken to my grandmother often of hating her life and not enjoying anything any more. My grandmother is in bits about this and has tried to talk to my cousin’s mother, her daughter, about getting her some help. However, my
  
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• THIS is why YOU should sleep naked: GP reveals five health key benefits

  07-04-2017 15:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SLEEPING naked has significant health benefits - and could even boost male fertility, a GP has revealed.
  
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• 'I Ate A Huge Lunch Every Day For A Month—Here's What Happened'

  07-04-2017 15:48
  
  It became my biggest meal of the day.
  
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• The foods to eat MORE of to get your dream body

  07-04-2017 13:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nutritionist Cassandra Barns has revealed the foods and drinks you need to add to your diet. Oats can reduce bloating and help you get a flatter stomach, she says.
  
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• Human brain is wired to identify heroism, study says

  07-04-2017 13:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pre-verbal infants as young as six months can find themselves drawn to figures who protect the weak because the desire for justice is innate, experts from Kyoto University claim.
  
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• Charlotte Bevan death: 'intimidated' health workers backed off from case

  07-04-2017 13:30
  
  Mother and baby left St Michael’s hospital in Bristol unchallenged, as staff found her hard to deal with, serious case review findsHealth professionals “backed off” from dealing with the mental health issues of a new mother who was later found dead in a river gorge together with her four-day-old daughter because she was middle-class and they found her intimidating, a review has said.Professionals had found it difficult to deal with Charlotte Bevan, who walked out of a hospital
  
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• World Health Day 2017: What is it? Why does it matter?

  07-04-2017 13:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TODAY marks World Health Day 2017, but why does it matter and what is its theme this year – Depression: Let's Talk.
  
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• Love handles increase the risk of heart disease

  07-04-2017 12:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A cluster of conditions including excess fat around the waist may increase the risk of heart disease despite lying dormant for a decade, according to scientists at Florida Atlantic University.
  
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• Suicidal people are more likely to commit violent crimes

  07-04-2017 12:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Those who had ever deliberately hurt themselves were five times more likely to be convicted for such a crime, researchers from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, found.
  
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• Kenya's third biggest killer, cancer – in pictures

  07-04-2017 12:18
  
  Cancer is the third highest cause of death in Kenya and often those who suffer from it cannot afford treatment. On World Health Day, Georgina Goodwin’s photography tells the stories of six patientsContinue reading...
  
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• Common ‘harmless’ virus can cause THIS disease - forcing YOU to go gluten free

  07-04-2017 12:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  COELIAC disease could be triggered with a common, harmless virus - experts have found.
  
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• California cientists are working on an acne vaccine

  07-04-2017 12:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At present, experts from the University of California, San Diego, have only attempted the process on biopsies. They plan to test it on human patients in the coming months, reports suggest.
  
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• Sharp rise in A&Es turning away ambulances

  07-04-2017 11:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Paramedics warn the issue is causing delays getting to the most seriously ill and injured patients.
  
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• Hospital parking 'unreasonably stressful', says RAC

  07-04-2017 11:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The RAC says too many hospitals force patients to carry around "pocketfuls of change" to pay.
  
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• Gothenburg finds being tall can increase risk of stroke

  07-04-2017 11:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tall women are more likely to have a stroke or heart failure, according to scientists from the University of Gothenburg. Their larger heart chambers can disrupt the organ's rhythm, causing disease.
  
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