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• 12 Things You Should Do On Your Wedding Day, According To Couples Married 30+ Years

  19-04-2017 23:57
  
  "Allow yourself some alone time with your thoughts."
  
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• Female Viagra found in two 'herbal' over-the-counter pills

  19-04-2017 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zrect and LabidaMAX are marketed as supplements to give women a natural libido boost. However, both have been found to contain flibanserin, the tightly-controled chemical used in female Viagra.
  
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• ‘The 15-Minute Workout That Helped Me Sweat It Out At Coachella’

  19-04-2017 23:23
  
  Break out your tie-dye workout pants for this one.
  
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• Kim Kardashian Says The Flu Helped Her Lose Weight For An Event

  19-04-2017 23:07
  
  Here’s why that claim is so not legit.
  
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• Study reveals some people are born with nurturing gene

  19-04-2017 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has found that some are born with a 'nurturing gene' that destines them to be a better parent than those born without it.
  
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• This Reality Star's Photos Show What A Mastectomy Really Looks Like​

  19-04-2017 22:45
  
  "The Bachelor’s" Lesley Murphy tested positive for the BRCA2 gene mutation.
  
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• Italy experiencing measles epidemic after fall-off in vaccinations

  19-04-2017 22:20
  
  Italian Health Ministry said there had been almost 1,500 registered cases of measles this year as US issued a warning to visitors about the outbreakItaly has announced that it is experiencing a measles epidemic following a fall-off in vaccinations, as the United States issued a warning to visitors about the outbreak of the potentially fatal disease. Related: Italy's Five Star Movement blamed for surge in measles casesRelated: Watch how the measles outbreak spreads when kids get vaccinated &ndash
  
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• Migraine or Aneurysm? Neurosurgeon Weighs in on Warning Signs to Watch Out for After Mom of Four's Shocking Death

  19-04-2017 22:07
  
  This article originally appeared on People.com. After a North Carolina mother of four suddenly died on April 3 following a ruptured brain aneurysm after thinking she had a severe migraine, a leading neurologist wants people to know the warning signs — and also keep in mind that the medical condition is extremely rare.[brightcove:5402457814001 default]Dr. Howard A. Riina, professor and vice chairman of neurosurgery at NYU Langone Medical Center, tells PEOPLE that the pai
  
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• Prince Harry shows how NHS psychiatric services could move on | Letters

  19-04-2017 20:38
  
  While experts are right to congratulate Prince Harry (Harry praised for telling of ‘chaos’ over Diana’s death, 18 April), and call for more spending on mental health, there is an elephant in the room. Mental health services are dominated by an outdated, simplistic medical model of distress that is rather at odds with the prince’s views. While he makes the obvious link between painful life events and mental health difficulties, our services are still telling distressed peo
  
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• Exactly How Vanessa Hudgens Recently Lost 10 Pounds

  19-04-2017 20:01
  
  Hint: Avocado was key.
  
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• Anonymous STI text messaging service launches in the UK

  19-04-2017 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Under a new scheme being tried in Teesside patients who test positive for an STI will be offered the chance to have their previous sexual partners notified that they are at risk (stock image).
  
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• Could key to eternal youth be blood from umbilical cord? 

  19-04-2017 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study, from Stanford University School of Medicine in California, has discovered that umbilical cord blood could be the key to reversing the effects of age-associated mental declines.
  
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• A pint of strawberries a day can stave off breast cancer

  19-04-2017 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After five weeks on a strawberry-boosted diet, mice tested by Marche Polytechnic University in Italy showed no sign of progressing cancer spread and their tumors had shrunk.
  
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• ​Serena Williams Just Made A MAJOR Announcement On Snapchat

  19-04-2017 19:33
  
  We heart this so hard.
  
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• Florida releases batch of killer mosquitoes to fight Zika

  19-04-2017 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District released 20,000 male mosquitoes infected by the Kentucky-based company MosquitoMate with naturally occurring Wolbachia bacteria.
  
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• The Only 5 Products You Need To Get Vanessa Hudgens’ Glow

  19-04-2017 19:09
  
  You can totally copy this look at home.
  
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• Umbilical cord blood could slow brain's ageing, study suggests

  19-04-2017 19:02
  
  Scientists hope protein infusion which rejuvenated brains of aged mice could combat mental decline in older peopleScientists have reversed memory and learning problems in aged mice with infusions of a protein found in human umbilical cord blood.The striking results have raised hopes for a treatment that staves off mental decline in old age, but researchers stressed that more studies, including human trials, are needed before the therapy can be considered for clinical use.Continue reading...
  
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• Mom and new baby both battling life-threatening illnesses

  19-04-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lucy Eliopulos, 37, from Illinois, discovered a day after she gave birth to her son that she had brain cancer. Now, she, her son and her father are all battling life-threatening illnesses.
  
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• Harry says sharing experience of grief was 'only right'

  19-04-2017 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry says he had to talk about the death of his mother after encouraging others to open up.
  
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• King's College finds IVF doesn't impact future health

  19-04-2017 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  King's College London experts have said the findings should bolster confidence in the fertility treatment which lets thousands of parents achieve their dreams of having children.
  
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• Technology will turn future workers into cyborgs

  19-04-2017 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers claims that robots and people will work more closely together than ever before. This will involve tech-augmented human workers, both in factories and in offices.
  
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• Face map shows the features you're likely to inherit

  19-04-2017 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Kings College London studied the features of 1,000 female twins to find parts of the face that are likely to be controlled by genetics. Cheekbones are highly heritable.
  
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• When therapists also need therapists: 'Suffering is not unique to one group'

  19-04-2017 18:26
  
  Four practitioners open up about why they seek professional help: to maintain boundaries with clients, process their own life events and decide when to retireBritain’s Prince Harry has earned praise in recent days for speaking up about his personal issues with mental health, the need to not stay silent about emotions, and the benefits of seeking therapy.Describing how he arrived at a breaking point in an interview with the Telegraph, he explained it was listening to other people’s pr
  
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• These 3 Quick Tricks Might Help Calm You In Moments Of Panic

  19-04-2017 18:17
  
  We’ve all been there.
  
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• Mobile phone use when pregnant is linked to hyperactivity

  19-04-2017 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This may be due to the phone's electromagnetic radiation or mothers who spend more time on their mobiles being less responsive to their children, according to a scientist at the University of California.
  
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• Cutting your protein intake may reduce cancers

  19-04-2017 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eating a diet free from the protein building blocks glycine and serine benefited mice with intestinal or a common blood cancer, according to scientists at the University of Glasgow.
  
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• This Blogger’s Photo Reveals The Truth Behind ‘Fitspo' Selfies On Instagram

  19-04-2017 18:05
  
  ​"So much of what you see is contrived."
  
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• 51,000 people a year are hospitalized by police violence

  19-04-2017 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found the majority of cases involved people being struck by officers. Most patients were mentally ill men.
  
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• 8 Women On How They REALLY Felt When They Took These Smiling Instagram Pics

  19-04-2017 17:39
  
  "I didn't want to go to this party. I felt so empty.”
  
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• Milton Keynes family at risk of dislocating their bones

  19-04-2017 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Gemma Coles-Hassan, 34, from Milton Keynes, was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome age 11. She passed it onto her three children: Aydan, Theo and Maddison.
  
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• Nasal tampons, black alerts and Peppa Pig: junior doctors confess all

  19-04-2017 17:19
  
  Ahead of a Channel 4 documentary on the lives of the UK’s 60,000 junior doctors, four of them tell us about the fear, joy and exhaustion of life on the NHS frontlineFrom as young as 23, junior doctors work in every department of a hospital, from the corridors of A&E to the operating theatres. A new Channel 4 series, Confessions of a Junior Doctor, explores the story of these NHS frontliners as they deal with unprecedented difficulties for public healthcare. Four of them, writing anonym
  
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• 3 sexual positions men should avoid

  19-04-2017 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doggy position was responsible for 28 per cent of the penile fractures reported, making it the second-most dangerous position, according to previous Brazilian research.
  
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• Pollution is killing our children. Here’s how we can save them | Geraint Davies

  19-04-2017 16:29
  
  The impact of diesel particulates and nitrogen oxides on our health has reached catastrophic levels. My bill will make the right to clean air a realityEvery weekday, millions of primary school children across the UK put their lives at risk. Break time brings relief for busy teachers and is often met with screams of delight as children run out onto the playground. But in many of our major cities, tens of thousands of children in hundreds of schools, nurseries and colleges are at risk as they inha
  
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• This Is How Many Women Actually Like Rough Sex

  19-04-2017 16:25
  
  Plus, find out their top-rated kinks.
  
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• 7 Foods That Will Keep You Energized For Hours, According To Nutritionists

  19-04-2017 16:20
  
  Speed right past that mid-afternoon slump.
  
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• 6 Triumphant Moments Of Runners Helping Other Runners At The Boston Marathon

  19-04-2017 16:12
  
  The conditions were tough, so these good samaritans made sure no one was left behind.
  
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• Handy hacks for first-time mothers

  19-04-2017 15:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To make life as a new mother that little bit easier, MummyPages has unveiled eight ingenious hacks to help first-timers cope - from swaddling made simple to the 'bike' method to relieve gas.
  
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• 'I don't think anything can prepare you for seeing a patient die'

  19-04-2017 15:05
  
  Student nurses share their experience of dealing with death for the first time Nursing degree applications slump after NHS bursaries abolishedTalk about death, be kind and trust your instincts: tips for new nursesI saw my first patient death a few months ago, during my first placement on a medical ward. It was a woman with dementia. I was there when the doctor made the decision to remove her oxygen mask. We drew the curtains and I rubbed her leg, just to let her know that someone was with her. I
  
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• Drink beetroot juice and exercise for a 'younger' brain

  19-04-2017 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beetroot juice's nitric oxide content increases blood flow to the brain and improves exercise performance, making the brain more youthful, said scientists at Wake Forest University, North Carolina.
  
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