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• Scientists warn the next generation will have 'text neck'

  14-04-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some patients, particularly young patients who shouldn't yet have back and neck issues, are reporting disk hernias and alignment problems, the US study authors write in The Spine Journal.
  
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• What Every Woman Should Know About The San Bernardino School Shooting

  14-04-2017 23:04
  
  The shooter's Facebook page illustrates the extent to which domestic violence is often hidden.
  
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• Desperate hospitals beg doctors to take on extra shifts – at £95 an hour

  14-04-2017 23:00
  
  Amid warnings chronic understaffing is putting patient safety at risk, emails and texts highlight struggle to meet needDesperate hospitals are so short of doctors they are pleading with them to take on extra shifts, with some offering up to £95 an hour to cover gaps in medical rotas to maintain patient safety.Hospitals are so chronically understaffed they have been hiking pay rates in recent weeks and bombarding doctors with urgent emails and text messages in a bid to ensure standards of c
  
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• 'I Went For A Brazilian And Ended Up With Rhinestones On My Vagina'

  14-04-2017 22:50
  
  "I wanted to look sexy for my man. Instead, I looked sparkly."
  
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• How To Lose 10 Pounds Even If You Hate Vegetables

  14-04-2017 22:26
  
  Yes, you can skip salads and still shed pounds.
  
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• 5 Reasons You're Not Seeing Definition In Your Legs No Matter How Hard You Try

  14-04-2017 22:02
  
  Hint: You might not be stretching enough.
  
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• 8 Things Every Woman Should Know About Yeast Infections

  14-04-2017 21:36
  
  Let’s separate fungal fact from fiction.
  
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• Drinking gin can speed up your metabolism, study finds 

  14-04-2017 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gin is good for your metabolism. That is according to researchers at Latvia's University of Sigulda.
  
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• People who understand money are HEALTHIER

  14-04-2017 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings stem from a study which asked people from across Japan to answer questions assessing their calculation skills, understanding of pricing behavior, and bonds and stocks.
  
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• ‘How Often Should I Really Be Pooping?’

  14-04-2017 20:03
  
  Your number-one question about going number two.
  
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• The Surprising Upside to Having a Bad Boss

  14-04-2017 19:54
  
  This article originally appeared on RealSimple.com. Reporting to a boss who doesn’t appreciate your work can be a major drain on motivation and workplace morale. But it doesn’t have to be: According to a new study, low levels of support from a supervisor can be a motivating factor for people to make positive changes happen—and may actually increase happiness in the end.[brightcove:5297212324001 default]That may be good news for anyone who’s frustrated by a lack of le
  
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• 'Night cover is almost always short-staffed. It’s terrifying': doctors on rota gaps

  14-04-2017 19:45
  
  NHS staff reveal the impact of the struggle to recruit doctors to cover shifts, which is putting patients at riskThe Guardian has discovered that dozens of hospitals are struggling to recruit doctors to fill gaps in their rota. They are sending out urgent emails and text messages, often hours before a shift needs covering, asking for medics to come in. They are also offering increased hourly rates – of up to £95 an hour – in an attempt to encourage staff to cover.But, despite t
  
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• Amsterdam's solution to the obesity crisis: no fruit juice and enough sleep

  14-04-2017 19:16
  
  The city is successfully fighting fat by promoting tap water in its schools, along with healthy cooking classes and a ban on fast food sponsorshipThe city of Amsterdam is leading the world in ending the obesity epidemic, thanks to a radical and wide-reaching programme which is getting results even among the poorest communities that are hardest to reach.Better known for tulips and bicycles, Amsterdam has the highest rate of obesity in the Netherlands, with a fifth of its children overweight and a
  
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• Gamblers have a poor ability to adapt to risky situations

  14-04-2017 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gambling addicts are inclined towards unnecessarily risky decisions, showing a defect in risk assessment, according to researchers at Kyoto University, Japan.
  
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• Millions Of People Can’t Stop Watching These Full-Body Mask Challenge Videos

  14-04-2017 18:05
  
  You have to see it to believe it.
  
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• Period-syncing is a MYTH, University of Oxford study says

  14-04-2017 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have been probing the phenomenon ever since a 1971 study showed female college roommates ended up synchronizing. But new evidence from Oxford researchers casts doubt.
  
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• 11 Lisa Frank Products You Didn't Know You Could Still Buy

  14-04-2017 17:31
  
  We dare you to try to get through this list without spending $20.
  
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• Meghan Linsey Opens Up About Brown Recluse Bite That Left a Hole in Her Face: 'I'm Just Glad to Be Alive'

  14-04-2017 17:29
  
  This article originally appeared on People.com. One morning in February, singer Meghan Linsey woke up to a stinging sensation on her face. Still half asleep, she looked over and quickly realized there was a large, dying spider in her hand.[brightcove:5398638068001 default]She’d been bitten by a brown recluse, a venomous spider found mostly in the south central and midwestern United States.“The swelling was the first thing, and then I ended up just having crazy, crazy sympto
  
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• North Carolina Dad and Two Sons Receive Same Devastating Cancer Diagnosis: 'I Feel Guilty,' Says Dad

  14-04-2017 17:25
  
  This article originally appeared on People.com. North Carolina brothers Preston and Parker Jackson were both diagnosed with the same debilitating pancreatic cancer as their father, Wayne Jackson, within a few weeks of each other in 2016.[brightcove:5398666148001 default]“I did a lot of crying and a lot of praying,” Preston and Parker’s mother, Sharon Sechriest, tells PEOPLE. “It’s hard for me to swallow that both of my kids and their father have cancer, bu
  
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• Antidepressants prescribed far more in deprived English coastal towns

  14-04-2017 17:24
  
  Rate in Blackpool, Sunderland and East Lindsey almost twice the national average, analysis of NHS prescription data showsDoctors in deprived coastal towns in the north and east of England are prescribing almost twice as many antidepressants as those in the rest of the country, analysis of prescription data shows.Blackpool, Sunderland and East Lindsey, in Skegness, fill the top three spots for the most prescriptions out of England’s 326 districts.Continue reading...
  
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• Antidepressants prescribed far more in deprived coastal towns of north and east

  14-04-2017 17:24
  
  Rate in Blackpool, Sunderland and East Lindsey almost twice average for England, analysis of NHS prescription data showsDoctors in deprived coastal towns in the north and east of England are prescribing 50% more antidepressants than those in the rest of the country, analysis of prescription data shows.Blackpool, Sunderland and East Lindsey, in Skegness, fill the top three spots for the most prescriptions out of England’s 326 districts.Continue reading...
  
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• ​This Is The Amazing Reason Why Demi Lovato Posted A Picture Of Her Thighs

  14-04-2017 17:20
  
  ​"I'm still beautiful the way I am."
  
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• 3 Ways To Tone Your Chest And Shoulders Without Doing A Single Pushup Or Plank

  14-04-2017 17:11
  
  Give your wrists a rest.
  
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• Baby with eight limbs gets new lease on life in India

  14-04-2017 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Karam, from Iraq, was plagued by an extremely rare condition where a conjoined twin did not fully form - a sign of polymelia. His father flew him to India for the complex operation.
  
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• Low-intensity workouts improve your VISION

  14-04-2017 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  However, the same benefits can't be seen from more vigorous forms of exercise, such as running, cycling or swimming. University of California, Santa Barbara researchers say.
  
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• Does YOUR child have a crooked bite? They may die early

  14-04-2017 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Youngsters with bites that don't quite match up on either side show signs of early life stress, scientists at the University of Washington believe.
  
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• Stroke recovery: THIS surprising activity can boost brain health after dangerous episode

  14-04-2017 16:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  STROKE - caused when blood supply to any part of the brain is cut off and brain tissue is damaged - accounts for 10 per cent of all adult deaths in the UK, with 53,000 fatalities each year.
  
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• 'This Is How Meal Prepping Helped Me Lose Over 60 Pounds’

  14-04-2017 16:09
  
  Krista Mae Rahman went from fast-food junkie to fit by setting small goals.
  
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• Parkinson's breakthrough: Scientists one step closer to making a BRAIN out of stem cells

  14-04-2017 16:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SCIENTISTS are well on their way to turning stem cells into the most complex organ - the HUMAN BRAIN.
  
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• Cancer survivor climbing a mountain using crutches

  14-04-2017 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A bone cancer survivor has told BBC 5 live she climbed a mountain on crutches
  
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• This Total-Body Move Torches Fat And Builds Muscle At The Same Time

  14-04-2017 15:57
  
  Can you handle it?
  
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• 6 Things You Should Know Before You Buy Almond Milk Again

  14-04-2017 15:51
  
  There are a lot of myths surrounding this trendy health food—how many are you falling for?
  
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• Pneumonia CURE could be on horizon: Major superbug breakthrough could destroy deadly MRSA

  14-04-2017 14:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PNEUMONIA - a difficult to treat condition which kills hundreds of people every year - and even deadly MRSA - could one day be cured after a scientists revealed breakthrough in the way antibiotics work.
  
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• Don't go to sleep holding your baby

  14-04-2017 14:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trying to stop her crying, she held the 25-day-old infant in her arms while sat up in bed to feed her, an inquest heard. But she drifted off for three hours at her home in Daventry.
  
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• Easter warning to hayfever sufferers as pollen levels peak

  14-04-2017 13:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many of Britain's 18 million hayfever sufferers are allergic to pollen from birch trees. This normally reaches peak levels in May, but warm weather has brought the season forward by 10 days.
  
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• Unemployed people at higher risk of having a stroke

  14-04-2017 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The stress of not having a consistent income to provide for themselves or not could also explain the findings, Japanese experts suggest. Stress is a well-known risk factor of the fatal blood clots.
  
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• The UNHEALTHIEST Easter treats revealed

  14-04-2017 12:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many of the most popular Easter eggs contain about 1,000 calories - half a woman's daily recommended calorie intake. FEMAIL has also revealed the most calorific hot cross buns around.
  
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• Harare's park bench grandmas: 'I speak to them and feel a load is lifted off my heart'

  14-04-2017 10:00
  
  One in four Zimbabweans suffers from mental illness, but untrained female health workers are setting a new benchmark for the treatment of patients
  The therapy room is a patch of waste ground, and the therapist’s couch a wooden bench under a tree. The therapist is an elderly Zimbabwean woman, in a long brown dress and headscarf.Her patients call her “Grandmother” when they come along to sit on her bench and discuss their feelings, their depression or other mental health issues.R
  
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• Drug giant 'plotted to destroy stocks of cancer medicines'

  14-04-2017 09:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  South African firm Aspen Pharmacare has been accused of 'plotting to destroy supplies of life-saving cancer drugs' to drive up the price of medicines across Europe.
  
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• Alzheimer’s disease: Having TWO of these five factors could trigger the disease

  14-04-2017 09:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ALZHEIMER’S disease, the most common form of dementia, in incurable. It has previously been linked to linked to vascular disease, which affects the arteries and veins in the circulatory system.
  
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• Six megatrends that could alter the course of sustainable development

  14-04-2017 09:00
  
  As the world works to achieve the sustainable development goals, a recent UN report identifies six issues that challenge ambitious targetsWe are approaching two years into implementing the ambitious 2030 Agenda – a historic agreement to end poverty, combat inequalities, promote peaceful and inclusive societies, and protect the environment. The new global framework, with 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) at its core, commits to promoting development in an integrated way – econom
  
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• Smoking ban in beer gardens is blocked by the Government

  14-04-2017 08:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Government rejected plans to extend the ban to outdoor dining and drinking areas, condemning 'labour's municipal killjoys' for making the proposal.
  
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• NHS endures worst-ever winter crisis in A&E

  14-04-2017 03:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bed-blocking due to a lack of social care places is at a record high with more than 2,500 health patients prevented from leaving hospitals each day - specifically because there is nowhere for them to go.
  
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• Obese baby girl Chahat Kumar's weight alarms doctors

  14-04-2017 02:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chahat Kumar, eight months, from Punjab, India, weighs a similar amount to that of a four-year-old. She now struggles to breathe and even sleep as a result of her excessive weight.
  
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• Dating profile photos should be picked by a stranger

  14-04-2017 02:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of New South Wales found images selected by strangers conveyed a much more favourable first impression than images people selected for themselves.
  
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• The under sevens suffering panic attacks and depression

  14-04-2017 02:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  98 per cent of teachers said they had seen pupils with mental health problems. Most teachers feel social media is making youngsters feel more unhappy, along with exam stress and bullying.
  
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• FGM charge for Detroit doctor Jumana Nagarwala in US first

  14-04-2017 02:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jumana Nagarwala could face life in jail if convicted of mutilating young girls over more than a decade.
  
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• Locum doctors paid £3,600 for a single NHS shift

  14-04-2017 02:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hospital regulator and watchdog NHS Improvement said its most recent data showed one hospital regularly paying a locum at a rate of £360 an hour - the equivalent to £3,600 for a ten-hour shift.
  
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• Madonna’s new eyebrow secret is a microblading treatment

  14-04-2017 02:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new (and decidedly painful) means of semi-permanent eyebrow inking has given the star a new set of near-perfect brows after years of less-than-successful experimentation.
  
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• Meet the parents of children with a difficult diagnosis

  14-04-2017 02:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How Facebook videos have given an important voice to parents and children
  
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