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• ​These Are All The Crazy United Passenger Stories That Have Emerged Since Last Week's Scandal

  17-04-2017 23:37
  
  ​So much for flying the friendly skies...
  
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• Tiny sensor placed under the skin to test for diabetes

  17-04-2017 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The device, called Eversense, continuously monitors blood sugar levels. The patient receives an alert on their phone if their levels are too low or high.
  
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• Cyclist champion Alex's struggle with haemophilia

  17-04-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alex Dowsett, from Great Baddow, Essex, won a gold medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. The cyclist, 28, couldn't take part in many sports at school as it was too 'dangerous'.
  
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• Does your lifestyle put you at risk from AIR POLLUTION?

  17-04-2017 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tiny pollutants in the air are responsible for 40,000 deaths in Britain a year. More than 85 per cent of the country is exposed to illegal levels of air pollution.
  
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• If You Want A Deeper Relationship, Ask Your Partner These 10 Questions

  17-04-2017 23:27
  
  It might be uncomfortable. But that's good.
  
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• Can You Tighten Your Vagina? And 12 More Awkward Sex Questions, Answered

  17-04-2017 23:16
  
  We asked so you don't have to.
  
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• Painkillers for a sore neck robbed me of 27 years

  17-04-2017 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pamela Wilson went from being happy to anxious and unsteady on her feet. When she was on pills she was so dizzy she couldn't get out of bed for weeks. She was laid off work aged 27.
  
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• Anorexia sufferer describes her devastating battle

  17-04-2017 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stephanie Rodas, 28, from New York struggled for 15 years with anorexia. Now she's speaking out about her battle to help others identify their symptoms and get the help she wants.
  
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• Why salty food DOESN'T make you thirsty

  17-04-2017 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a study carried out during a simulated mission to Mars, an international group of scientists has found the idea that salty foods make you thirsty to be nothing but an old wives' tale.
  
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• The 10 Most Highly-Reviewed Sex Toys On Amazon

  17-04-2017 21:55
  
  One customer said: "My privates are still pulsating almost an hour later!"
  
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• This Is Why You Have A Headache Every Day

  17-04-2017 21:17
  
  We asked a doc to explain all the possible causes of your pounding head pain.
  
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• 6 Photos That Perfectly Explain This Heartbreaking Skin Disorder

  17-04-2017 21:05
  
  "I didn't have fingerprints because I was picking all of the skin off.”
  
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• The science behind the mercury poisoning in S-town

  17-04-2017 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Why did hatmakers and John McLemore exhibit strange symptoms? Both had mad hatter disease - a neurological disease from years of prolonged exposure to toxic mercury fumes?
  
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• Celebrities praise Prince Harry after grief denouncement

  17-04-2017 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harry's to speak out was hailed as 'a true turning point' by mental health charity Mind, while campaign group Time to Change said he 'will have helped change attitudes'.
  
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• Prince Harry 'in total chaos' over mother Diana's death

  17-04-2017 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prince was close to a breakdown before eventually getting counselling nearly 20 years after Diana's death.
  
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• 5 Celebs Reveal Their Biggest Weight-Loss Struggles

  17-04-2017 19:43
  
  “At first it was so hard.”
  
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• The mental health benefits of boxing

  17-04-2017 19:12
  
  Prince Harry has revealed that he found boxing to be a good way of relieving aggression – but he’s not the first to find refuge in the ringIf it takes a prince to alert the nation to the safety-valve powers of boxing in coping with mental stress – as Prince Harry has done this week – Frank Bruno, who has rubbed shoulders with royalty and struggled with mental health issues, will surely lead the applause.The former world heavyweight champion, now 55, has been sectioned thr
  
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• Cuts and Brexit add to pressure on the NHS | Letters

  17-04-2017 19:06
  
  The government’s statement that there are 11,200 more doctors and 2,100 more nurses on the wards since 2010 (Hospitals offer doctors £95 an hour as staffing crisis grows, 15 April) is not the experience of those of us in frontline NHS work. Last year 30% of foundation doctors (those who have finished medical school and are at the point of choosing the specialty to train in up to consultant level) chose not to apply for specialist training straight away and went off to do something el
  
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• 'Electric shock' therapy is on the rise in England

  17-04-2017 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The crude treatment was thought to have fallen out of favour, yet figures demonstrate its popularity. Over 22,600 procedures were conducted in England in 2015-16, with 10.1 sessions per patient.
  
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• Heavy drinkers suffer significant brain impairements

  17-04-2017 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experienced drinkers struggle as much with their short-term memory and complex processing skills as infrequent drinkers, according to a Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System study,
  
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• ​These 6 Questions Can Help Determine If You Have Adult ADHD

  17-04-2017 18:18
  
  ADHD isn't just a problem for kids.
  
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• Follow These 5 Steps To Build An Absolutely Epic Salad

  17-04-2017 18:08
  
  No chef skills required.
  
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• Prince Harry Says He Sought Therapy At 27 To Cope With His Mother’s Death

  17-04-2017 18:02
  
  ​"My way of dealing with it was sticking my head in the sand."
  
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• Why today's uber clean environment is BAD for kids

  17-04-2017 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new book written by two scientists leading the investigation into the microbiome says that growing up in too clean of an environment and that it can actually make them sick.
  
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• This Dad’s Response To His Daughter’s 'Accident' Is The Most Adorable Thing Ever

  17-04-2017 17:57
  
  The viral photo has over 60,000 retweets.
  
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• Scientists discover HIV lives in TWO blood cells, not one

  17-04-2017 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research by the University of North Carolina reveals the virus persists in macrophages, large white blood cells found in the liver, lung, bone marrow and brain, as well as T-cells.
  
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• 'Get The Hell Out Of My Race': The First Woman To Run The Boston Marathon On How She's Silenced Critics Over The Years

  17-04-2017 17:30
  
  This year marks the 50th anniversary of when Kathrine Switzer finished the famous race.
  
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• The 10,000 steps a day recommendation lacks evidence

  17-04-2017 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pedometers are a fitness craze with people everywhere tracking their daily steps. Yet, an expert from Ohio State University reveals the 10,000 step recommendation may have been pulled out of thin air.
  
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• Children aged just four are suffering poor mental health

  17-04-2017 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A massive 98 per cent of teachers and school leaders have detected mental health problems in young students, according to The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers, UK.
  
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• Porn addicts have greater relationship anxiety

  17-04-2017 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Brigham Young University, Utah, found self-confessed porn addicts are more likely to stop dating or withhold details of their habit from their partner than those with a healthy porn use.
  
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• Being overweight triples your risk of womb cancer

  17-04-2017 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The effects of womb cancer can be devastating, particularly for young women. Standard treatment involves removing the womb, leaving sufferers unable to become pregnant.
  
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• An 'infertile' woman with two vaginas is pregnant

  17-04-2017 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Krista Schwab, 32, from Washington State, was told she would never get pregnant as she has two vaginas, cervixes and wombs. Krista is now five months pregnant with a baby boy.
  
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• 'I Asked 4 Nutritionists How To Eat Before My Wedding—Here's What They Said'

  17-04-2017 17:07
  
  Your guide to getting clear skin and beating bloat on the big day.
  
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• What is ECT and how does it work?

  17-04-2017 16:41
  
  One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest has coloured perceptions of electroconvulsive therapy, but the modern reality is differentThe public perception of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is rooted in cultural depictions, not least the dramatic scene in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in which Jack Nicholson is held down as the treatment is carried out.Sylvia Plath’s account in The Bell Jar is hardly less brutal. Describing ECT, administered without general anesthetic, the prot
  
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• Tea, biscuits and classical music: inside an ECT clinic

  17-04-2017 16:40
  
  Electroconvulsive therapy is a serious procedure, but the rooms where it takes place feel calm and ordinaryElectroconvulsive therapy is such a serious treatment that there is something almost prosaic about the place where it happens. There is a sense that the therapy is no more dramatic – or time-consuming – than visiting a blood bank. There is even a tea and biscuit station at the end.Within a suite of five rooms at the Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS trust, classical
  
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• 'It can't be much worse than licking a battery.' What it's like to have ECT

  17-04-2017 16:40
  
  With electroconvulsive therapy on the rise in the UK, one patient describes what happens when enough electricity to power a lightbulb is routed into the brainI have had depression and anxiety, mainly depression, on and off since I was a teenager. After dealing with it for 10 years I had a particularly bad winter when I was working almost 24-hour shifts at work.I went to visit my aunt overseas because I got a few weeks’ sick leave. I thought I’ll go, I’ll decompress, but while I
  
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• Electroconvulsive therapy on the rise again in England

  17-04-2017 16:39
  
  ECT stages comeback after years of decline, with thousands treated on NHS despite lack of scientific explanation for effectsThe use of electroconvulsive therapy to treat serious mental health problems, a procedure long thought to be in steep decline, is on the rise again in England, a Guardian analysis indicates.
  Exclusive data covering four-fifths of NHS mental health trusts in England shows that more than 22,600 individual ECT treatments were carried out in 2015-16, a rise of 11% from four yea
  
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• Prince Harry grief revelations draw praise from mental health experts

  17-04-2017 16:24
  
  The prince has told how he sought counselling after 20 years of bottling up grief over his mother Diana’s deathMental health experts have praised Prince Harry for revealing that he sought counselling after 20 years of bottling up his grief over his mother’s death.The prince said he had suppressed his emotions after losing his mother, Princess Diana, when he was 12. He took up boxing to help cope with feelings of aggression before finally seeking counselling. Related: The lesson of Pr
  
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• 5 Ways To Maximize Your Rest Days—And Get Better Results

  17-04-2017 15:38
  
  What you do on your day off definitely matters.
  
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• The lesson of Prince Harry’s grief? We need mental health services for all | Suzanne Moore

  17-04-2017 13:33
  
  Prince Harry has revealed that bottling up his grief after Diana died led to chronic mental health problems. He got help – but ordinary people still struggleOne of my strongest memories of attending Princess Diana’s funeral is of sitting up high in Westminster Abbey and looking down on her young sons. During the long service no one touched them or hugged them, though everyone was moved by the handwritten “Mummy” card on top of her coffin. The much reviled Sarah, Duchess o
  
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• Healthcare for Americans with mental illnesses worsened after recession

  17-04-2017 12:00
  
  Study finds people still had limited access to mental healthcare from 2008-2014 as Affordable Care Act and other laws unable to overcome financial downturnSix years after the recession, Americans with mental illness still had limited access to treatment, according to researchers.
  US laws meant to improve that access, including the Affordable Care Act (ACA), were unable to overcome the crippling financial impact of the recession on the millions of Americans seeking care, according to a study publ
  
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• Mother suffered a stroke after taking contraceptive pill

  17-04-2017 11:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Natalie Trickett of Claughton-on-Brock, Lancashire collapsed one morning, losing her eyesight and the feeling on the right side of her face. Doctors later told her it was due to her pill.
  
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• Running prolongs your life – and 10 more reasons to reach for your skort | Rose George

  17-04-2017 11:00
  
  If you want a longer life, nothing beats running – not even quitting smoking or losing weight. But it’s also a good route to happiness and fancy toenailsRunning can prolong your life, or at least keep death at bay for an average of three more years, according to a new study that examined health and mortality data from 55,000 people. Combine running with other exercise, write the authors, and you reduce mortality (an odd scientific way of saying you prolong life) by 43%. Running alone
  
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• The Danish beermakers brewing up work for autistic people

  17-04-2017 10:00
  
  Just 16% of autistic adults are in full-time paid employment, despite the vast majority saying they want to work. This beer company aims to help.With its collection of small vessels and hoses, plain tiled floor and bags of malt, the workplace of People Like Us in Skippinge, Denmark, is a typical brewing scene.
  But for Rune Lindgreen, a 39-year-old with Asperger Syndrome, it is much more than that. Lindgreen was out of work for almost a decade before landing a job as a beer developer in this comp
  
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• Food nourishes mind and body. So let’s enjoy eating | Ruby Tandoh

  17-04-2017 09:00
  
  Anxiety surrounding food is making people ill. Society needs to do more to help those who struggleAs you read this I’m probably tucking into my third chocolate bunny, with a side of hot cross bun. It wasn’t always like this. When I was 18, I was admitted to a mental health ward. I’d been swinging between anorexia and bulimia for three years, but the tipping point was a suicide attempt one night during the summer holidays after my A-levels. Related: Bad fad – Ruby Tandoh o
  
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• The hidden layers of Benin's mental health patients – in pictures

  17-04-2017 08:00
  
  Benin photographer Louis Oké Agbo creates montage portraits to underscore the humanity of his country’s most misunderstood and maligned people Continue reading...
  
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• Air pollution as bad for wellbeing as partner's death, say researchers

  17-04-2017 07:00
  
  Authors of Can Clean Air Make You Happy? say exposure to nitrogen dioxide can be as damaging as ‘big-hitting’ life eventsThe effect on wellbeing of exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a gas mostly produced in diesel fumes, is comparable to the toll from losing a job, ending a relationship or the death of a partner, research suggests.The study found a “significant and negative association” between life satisfaction and levels of the pollutant, which causes lung problems. These e
  
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• The surprising foods nutritionists say they'd NEVER touch 

  17-04-2017 03:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Superfoods are worshipped one minute and shot down in flames the next. To get to the truth, we asked leading nutritionists what foods they’ve banned from their own kitchen cupboards.
  
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• Smart plaster that tells doctors how you feel

  17-04-2017 02:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tiny sensors are fitted into the dressings that can spot infections, pick up blood clotting, and send data back to the patient’s doctor. It could also connect to a smartphone.
  
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• Medics use video to help parents of neo-natal babies

  17-04-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new scheme is being trialled at a Glasgow hospital to help parents keep in touch with their babies.
  
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