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• Now YOU can fight back against sepsis

  10-04-2017 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sepsis kills 44,000 people in Britain every year — more than deaths from bowel, breast and prostate cancer combined — and leaves 100,000 people seriously ill.
  
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• 5 Acne Spot Treatments That Actually Work

  10-04-2017 23:45
  
  Zit? What zit?
  
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• The deadly trade of the prescription pills sold online

  10-04-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In less than three hours, we were able to buy six potent drugs that should only ever be dispensed after a doctor has authorised their use following a full patient consultation.
  
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• What You Can Tell About A Guy’s Relationship Style, Based On His Zodiac Sign

  10-04-2017 23:06
  
  Read him like a book.
  
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• 5 Signs Your Hormones Are Making You Gain Belly Fat

  10-04-2017 22:57
  
  Plus, exactly what you can do to stop that.
  
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• Exactly When To Replace Running Shoes, Sports Bras, And More

  10-04-2017 22:31
  
  Chafing? Toss it.
  
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• This Is The Most Popular Sex Position Among Both Men AND Women

  10-04-2017 22:30
  
  Take a wild guess.
  
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• Why This Woman Wrote a Love Letter to Her Thighs

  10-04-2017 22:29
  
  Most people have features they'd rather not flaunt on social media—and for many of us, that feature is our thighs. We feel pressure to tone them up, or whittle them down, or else hide them away. That's precisely why Instagrammer @shastavibes decided to write a love letter to the upper halves of her legs.Most of her page is filled with impressive yoga poses and sequences, but on Friday @shastavibes posted something a full-body selfie: Clad in a black leotard with ba
  
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• Iggy Azalea says she lost 15lbs twerking. Is that healthy?

  10-04-2017 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 26-year-old Australian rapper claims a week of rehearsals for her music video Mo Bounce caused her to plummet in weight. Dr Todd Sontag of Orlando Health explains how that is possible.
  
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• Scientists use selfies to diagnose rare diseases

  10-04-2017 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Human Genome Research Institute has successfully developed facial recognition software to diagnose rare diseases using just one photo.
  
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• Selena Gomez Just Got A New Tattoo With A Very Personal Meaning

  10-04-2017 21:55
  
  ​She and her colleagues are honoring the late founder of Project Semicolon.
  
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• United Forcibly Removed This Doctor From An Overbooked Flight—Watch The Video

  10-04-2017 21:21
  
  This is disturbing.
  
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• Byrdie reveals how to recover from a bad night's sleep

  10-04-2017 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From avoiding caffeine to checking off your to-do list first thing, sleep expert Dr. Neil Stanley has rounded up the best ways to power through after a night of insomnia.
  
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• Teen model Peyton Linafelter beats stage 4 ovarian cancer

  10-04-2017 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Last year, model Peyton Linafelter, from Aurora, Colorado, was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer on her 16th birthday. Despite the likely death sentence, she beat it and is now speaking out.
  
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• ‘I Drank Whole Milk Instead Of Almond Milk For A Month—Here’s What Happened'

  10-04-2017 19:28
  
  “Everything tasted better…"
  
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• People Are LOVING This Speech Ashton Kutcher Just Gave About Mila Kunis And His Kids

  10-04-2017 19:11
  
  This guy is keeping it real.
  
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• Scientists grow womb lining to understand period problems 

  10-04-2017 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new report, from the University of Cambridge in the UK, has revealed that scientists have successfully grown a man-made womb lining in order to under the menstrual cycle better.
  
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• Is Your Supplement Toxic?

  10-04-2017 19:00
  
  A growing number are spiked with prescription, banned, or untested drugs that you won't see listed on the label.
  
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• Brain areas key to dreaming are discovered

  10-04-2017 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison studied the brain activity of people who were dreaming and found a region called the posterior cortical 'hotzone' is key to dreams (stock image).
  
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• You’ll Never Believe What 2 People In Florida Just Found In Their Bagged Salad

  10-04-2017 18:35
  
  This is DISGUSTING.
  
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• Jeff Brazier calls for boys to be vaccinated against HPV

  10-04-2017 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Jeff, born in Tiptree and the father of Jade's children Freddy, now 11, and Bobby, 12, says there is little awareness of the link between HPV and cancer for men.
  
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• People at risk of HIV in Scotland to be given PrEP drug on NHS

  10-04-2017 18:33
  
  Aids campaigners say move puts pressure on England to end delays in providing the medication despite two court rulingsPeople at risk of HIV in Scotland are to be given drugs on the NHS that will protect them from infection, it has been announced, in a move that Aids campaigners say will put pressure on the authorities in England to end delays in providing the same medication despite two major court rulings.In a major victory for campaigners, the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) said pre-expos
  
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• Do women’s periods synchronise when they spend time together?

  10-04-2017 18:28
  
  A study carried out by a fertility app and Oxford University says not, but still the myth enduresTalk to a woman about her period and she will probably give you an example of the time her cycle aligned with a friend, partner, colleague or family member. Many of us have noticed that the closer we get to another woman the more we seem to get crampy, grumpy, tired, bloated and spotty at the same time. It’s as if our uteruses, in a monthly show of solidarity, are saying hey, why not go with th
  
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• 11 Gifs That Perfectly Illustrate How Damn Hard It Is To Lose Weight

  10-04-2017 18:25
  
  It's not all sunshine and #TransformationTuesdays.
  
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• We need to talk about... public healthcare - podcast

  10-04-2017 18:09
  
  Is it reasonable to expect the state to provide universal healthcare? Vicky Frost and a panel including the Guardian’s Sarah Boseley and Denis Campbell answer Guardian members’ questions about the challenges facing public healthcareVicky Frost is joined by Guardian members; Sarah Boseley, the health editor of the Guardian; Professor Jane Dacre, president of the Royal College of Physicians; Helen McKenna, senior policy adviser at the King’s Fund, an independent healthcare charit
  
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• How I overcame the IBS that plagued me since I was 8

  10-04-2017 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British blogger Scarlett Dixon has suffered with stomach pains, bloating, constipation and diarrhoea her whole life, with doctors unable to help. She took matters into her own hands.
  
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• Should you take your shoes off inside the house?

  10-04-2017 18:00
  
  Studies show you could be walking all sorts of germs into your home, but is that any reason to leave your trainers at the door?My brother is a fastidious shoes-off-er. I visited him recently and, within a couple of minutes, he gestured at my feet in horror. “What are those?” he asked. “These?” I replied, pointing to my trainers. “I bought them onli–” “No!” he yelled. “What are they doing on in my house?”This is the best way to div
  
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• 10 ‘Healthy’ Foods That Are Secretly Loaded With Salt

  10-04-2017 17:26
  
  Surprised?
  
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• Cancer drug Kadcyla approved for use by NHS Scotland

  10-04-2017 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kadcyla will be available in Scotland, despite being withdrawn in England because it is too expensive.
  
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• Surge in young strokes at 30,000 more a year than in 2003

  10-04-2017 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In 2003, America recorded 141,474 acute ischemic strokes in patients aged between 18 and 64 years old. That figure shot up to 171,386 by 2011, according to a new CDC study.
  
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• 'Super' bedbugs are becoming resistant to treatment

  10-04-2017 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blood-sucking 'super' bedbugs becoming resistant to insecticides, causing the number of the critters to skyrocket. according to scientists at Purdue University, Indiana.
  
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• Only work out when you’re HUNGRY claim scientists

  10-04-2017 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After eating, the body is too busy responding to the meal consumed - meaning exercise won't stimulate excess fat, researchers from the University of Bath claim.
  
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• 4 reasons you're NOT losing weight on a vegan diet

  10-04-2017 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Not losing weight on a vegan diet? No-nonsense nutritionist May Simpkin, from the UK, explains why - and exactly how to fix it.
  
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• SKYN find men's penis size has grown by 1 inch since 2015

  10-04-2017 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A survey by the condom brand SKYN found that the average man aged between 18 and 34 measures in at 6.1 inches, but a 2015 study by King's College London found it came in at 5.16 inches.
  
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• NHS Scotland to fund 'game-changer' Prep HIV drug

  10-04-2017 16:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scotland will be the first place in the UK to routinely offer the drug to eligible patients.
  
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• 5 Must-Follow Rules If You Want To Get Strong

  10-04-2017 15:30
  
  Don't shy away from those heavy weights.
  
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• Amniosense pantyliner warns women about premature birth

  10-04-2017 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Despite looking like a normal sanitary towel, the AmnioSense, sold only in the UK, has the ability to change colour when it picks up traces of amniotic fluid - a known risk factor.
  
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• Warrington woman paralysed after lifting twice her weight

  10-04-2017 14:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victoria Griffiths, 31, from Warrington, was lifting double her body weight, when she wobbled and fell forwards. She was rushed to hospital where she had four-hour emergency surgery on her back.
  
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• The NHS is set to borrow £10 billion from hedge funds  

  10-04-2017 14:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jim Mackey, chief executive of the financial regulator NHS Improvement, is due to meet with treasury officials today in a bid to finalise a hedge fund agreement.
  
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• Terrified your GP surgery is about to close? Here's the real story | Ann Robinson

  10-04-2017 14:09
  
  Yes, some have closed, but it’s unfair to paint an apocalyptic picture of the NHS. The reality is that everyone who needs a doctor will get to see oneThe latest GP story to scare us witless says that a “record number of GP practices closed last year, forcing thousands of patients to find a new surgery”. Pulse, the GP website, highlighted NHS England data that shows nearly 100 practices closed in 2016 – a 114% increase on 2014 – and that more than a quarter of a mill
  
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• Let’s put our NHS worries in perspective – and celebrate what we have | Ann Robinson

  10-04-2017 14:09
  
  Yes, some GP surgeries have closed, but it’s unfair to paint an apocalyptic picture. The reality is that everyone who needs a doctor will get to see oneThe latest GP story to scare us witless says that a “record number of GP practices closed last year, forcing thousands of patients to find a new surgery”. Pulse, the GP website, highlighted NHS England data that shows nearly 100 practices closed in 2016 – a 114% increase on 2014 – and that more than a quarter of a mi
  
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• 7 in 10 women can climax more than once during sex

  10-04-2017 13:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Celebrity couple Dr David Delvin and Dr Christine Webber quizzed 1,250 British women in an online survey about their sexual health status.
  
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• DAD website user says vagina ice pops help post-birth pain

  10-04-2017 13:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Martin Wanless revealed on the parenting site DAD that he used condoms filled with frozen water to relieve his partner's post-birth pain. The method is also recommended by midwives.
  
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• 'When I met Chloe she was dead': one girl, four hearts and an NHS miracle

  10-04-2017 12:55
  
  Chloe Narbonne’s heart failed when she was 11, starting a near-hopeless fight for survival. A year on from groundbreaking surgery, she is alive and this is her storyRevealed: girl of 13 is first child in Britain to receive artificial heart“By the time I met Chloe she was dead,” André Simon says matter-of-factly. “I told her parents clearly that she didn’t really have a chance to survive. What I was proposing gave her a theoretical chance.” He pauses. &l
  
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• Revealed: girl of 13 is first child in Britain to receive artificial heart

  10-04-2017 12:27
  
  Daring operation saved Chloe Narbonne after a failed transplant meant the device was the only way to keep her aliveA 13-year-old girl from Worcester is the first child in Britain to have received an artificial heart, the Guardian can reveal, after doctors decided it was the only way to save her life.Chloe Narbonne had the device installed in a complex nine-hour operation that involved 30 NHS staff at the Royal Brompton, a specialist heart and lung hospital in London. The artificial heart kept th
  
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• Meet the girl who has had four hearts – video

  10-04-2017 12:27
  
  Born with a serious heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy, Chloe Narbonne had five major operations – and four hearts – by the age of 12. She defied the odds to become the youngest person in Europe to receive an artificial heart thanks to groundbreaking surgery involving 30 NHS staff. Now Chloe, her mother and medical personnel tell her amazing story for the first timeContinue reading...
  
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• I've had to remove all of a toddler's teeth. It's time for a war on sugar

  10-04-2017 11:03
  
  Parents are also to blame as well as a lack of education, and investment in oral health prevention in EnglandIt is the end of an afternoon in theatre and I have extracted more than 100 teeth from my operating list of eight patients, the youngest a two-year-old who needed all 20 baby teeth removing because they were so decayed. I watch in silence as a child younger than my own is transferred from the operating table and I wonder how we reached this point as a society where I don’t believe w
  
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• Foreign doctors are 13 TIMES more likely to be incompetent

  10-04-2017 10:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University College London researchers also found that Egyptian and Nigerian-born GPs face an eight-fold higher risk of being investigated for their actions.
  
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• Portsmouth parents desperate for drug to keep son alive

  10-04-2017 10:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tyler James Hadley, nine months, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, was born with spinal muscular atrophy type one - the most severe form of the neuromuscular condition.
  
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• A firefighter is paralysed after lifting twice her weight

  10-04-2017 10:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victoria Griffiths, 31, from Warrington, was lifting double her body weight, when she wobbled and fell forwards. She was rushed to hospital where she had four-hour emergency surgery on her back.
  
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