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• You’re Only 5 Steps Away From A More Organized Life

  21-04-2017 22:49
  
  Junk drawer, be gone!
  
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• 'These Are The Tiny Tweaks That Helped Me Lose 160 Pounds’

  21-04-2017 22:49
  
  Packing lunches for work was key.
  
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• 11 Foods That Will Speed Up Your Metabolism

  21-04-2017 22:49
  
  Eat, burn, repeat.
  
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• 'I Got Divorced—And Then Remarried My Ex-Husband'

  21-04-2017 22:43
  
  Four women share what inspired them to give it another go.
  
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• 'I Got Rhabdo After Spin Class': What You Need To Know About This Woman's Story

  21-04-2017 22:25
  
  A deadly condition more commonly seen among CrossFit participants, rhabdo is now being diagnosed in spinning participants, too.
  
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• Oregon study finds the countryside improves wellbeing

  21-04-2017 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists across the world have long reported a substantial link between spending time outdoors and an improved mood. The new Oregon State University study confirms the widely-held belief.
  
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• Tory failure to deliver pollution action plan angers environmentalists

  21-04-2017 22:19
  
  Ministers submit court application to delay tackling illegal levels of toxic fumes, deemed by MPs to be a public health emergencyThe government has made a last-minute application to the high court to delay the publication of its plan to tackle the air pollution crisis.Ministers were under a court direction to produce tougher draft measures to tackle illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution, which is largely caused by diesel traffic, by 4pm on Monday. The government’s original plans had
  
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• The life of conjoined twins who refuse to be separated

  21-04-2017 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carmen and Lupita Andrade, 16, from Connecticut, were born joined at the chest wall. The twins can't be separated and one of them has scoliosis which puts them at risk of dying.
  
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• Hospital sued for accidentally removing a woman's ovaries

  21-04-2017 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sequoia Hospital, in Redwood City, California, has been fined $47,450 after doctors accidentally removed the ovaries of a woman, who will now need lifetime estrogen replacement therapy.
  
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• Sixteen-year-old's revolutionary heart surgery idea

  21-04-2017 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A teenager on work experience came with a way for surgeons to see who has previously had surgery.
  
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• 'The Show "13 Reasons Why" Didn’t Trigger Me To Commit Suicide, But It Could Have'

  21-04-2017 19:53
  
  Its raw depiction of suicide might be a dangerous choice but it shouldn't be the real controversy.
  
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• Netflix show condemned for 'romanticising' teenager's suicide

  21-04-2017 19:52
  
  Royal College of Psychiatrists warns of potentially tragic consequences of 13 Reasons Why, which ‘graphically depicts’ young protagonist’s suicideMental health groups have criticised a new Netflix drama for its “sensationalised” portrayal of a 17-year-old’s suicide, which they say could encourage young people to take their own lives.
  The Samaritans, psychiatrists, and mental health campaigners claim 13 Reasons Why could prompt troubled young people to copy the
  
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• ​Serena Williams Won The Australian Open Pregnant—But Should That Really Be Surprising?

  21-04-2017 19:23
  
  ​We got an expert to weigh in on what you need to know about pregnancy and performance.
  
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• Shrewsbury trust warned over baby heart monitoring in 2007

  21-04-2017 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Since then, failures to monitor foetal heart rates have contributed to the deaths of five babies.
  
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• 14 Vegetarian Foods That Have More Iron Than Meat

  21-04-2017 18:44
  
  Yes, it's possible.
  
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• Kim Kardashian Is Selling A Prayer Candle—Here's Why People Are SERIOUSLY Angry About It

  21-04-2017 18:39
  
  What do you think?
  
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• Brain Tumour Charity cautious about Italy mobile phone ruling

  21-04-2017 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Charity urges caution after a ruling in Italy about mobile phone use and brain tumour growth.
  
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• Dementia news: Stimulation through work or learning is the best way to beat condition

  21-04-2017 18:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MENTAL stimulation through work or learning is the best way to beat dementia, a new study shows.
  
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• Walking up stairs boosts your energy more than caffeine

  21-04-2017 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research by thr University of Georgia found walking does far more for your energy levels than if you were to take the elevator while slurping on a soda or a cappuccino.
  
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• A 10-Day Silent Meditation Retreat Was the Hardcore Mental Detox I Needed

  21-04-2017 18:32
  
  I’m sitting on a cushion and my butt hurts more than it ever has before in my life. I'm trying desperately to get a Pitbull song out of my head. Beads of sweat are forming on the crest of my upper lip as “Uh beh beh beh beh beh beh beh beh beh beh, I’m on fire” cycles through my head for what feels like the thousandth time. There’s an itch on my nose and a desperate tickle in my left knee, but I’m gritting my teeth and focusing on my breath, coming in, going o
  
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• A 10-Day Silent Mediation Retreat Was the Hardcore Mental Detox I Needed

  21-04-2017 18:32
  
  I’m sitting on a cushion and my butt hurts more than it ever has before in my life. I'm trying desperately to get a Pitbull song out of my head. Beads of sweat are forming on the crest of my upper lip as “Uh beh beh beh beh beh beh beh beh beh beh, I’m on fire” cycles through my head for what feels like the thousandth time. There’s an itch on my nose and a desperate tickle in my left knee, but I’m gritting my teeth and focusing on my breath, coming in, going o
  
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• This Is Why Your Nails Are Turning Yellow

  21-04-2017 18:22
  
  Unless it's polish, it not a good look.
  
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• NHS tried to dodge vaginal mesh implant backlash

  21-04-2017 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A meeting between the MHRA and NHS England officials show an agreement to 'take the press element out of' a campaign for women reporting complications from the devices.
  
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• 'I Tried A Bidet To See If They Really Do Give Your Butt A Squeaky-Clean Rinse'

  21-04-2017 18:20
  
  Here's what happened.
  
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• Italian court finds link between cell phones and tumors 

  21-04-2017 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roberto Romeo used his company cellphone for three hours a day for 15 years without taking any precautions, resulting in the non-cancerous tumor and the loss of hearing in one ear.
  
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• White wine is linked to the development of rosacea

  21-04-2017 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Brown University, Rhode Island, found drinking five or more glasses of white wine a week increases your risk of developing the skin condition by 49 per cent compared to non-drinkers.
  
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• Prince Harry, mental health and the need for a more caring society | Letters

  21-04-2017 18:13
  
  In my view, those who try to come up with totalising explanations of mental health are misguided (Letters, 20 April). It’s neither purely social nor purely individualistic, though effective help should start from actually listening to and honouring the individual case. Often in practice it does not, and I would agree with Professor Read that a biogenetic medical model is generally inappropriate and can actually be damaging. It also goes radically unacknowledged that there are various diffe
  
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• Leptigen: Will This Fancy Diet Pill Really Help You Lose Weight?

  21-04-2017 18:02
  
  It’s more complicated than you think.
  
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• Obesity is a key cause of rising kidney cancer rates

  21-04-2017 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kidney cancer has increased by 40 per cent in just 10 years in the UK and could rise a further 26 per cent by 2035. Carrying too much weight may lead to insulin resistance, causing kidney cell division.
  
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• Should link between dementia and artificial sweeteners be taken with a pinch of salt?

  21-04-2017 17:42
  
  How people’s capacity for forgetfulness and lies may have impacted research tying stroke and dementia to diet drinksThey were supposed to be the healthy alternative to their sugar-rich siblings. But now lovers of diet colas and other low-calorie drinks have been hit by news that will radically undermine those credentials: a counterintuitive study suggesting a link to stroke and dementia. Related: Stroke and dementia risk linked to artificial sweeteners, study suggestsContinue reading...
  
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• NHS and medical devices regulator tried to limit scandal over vaginal mesh implants

  21-04-2017 17:19
  
  Minutes show NHS England and MHRA worked together to try to ‘avoid media attention’ of problems faced by womenNHS bosses and the watchdog that oversees medical devices tried to limit public exposure of the scandal over vaginal mesh implants that have harmed hundreds of women.Minutes of a meeting held in October 2016 show that NHS England and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) agreed to “avoid media attention” over the implants, despite the fact
  
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• Almost untreatable superbug CPE poses serious threat to patients, doctors warn

  21-04-2017 17:00
  
  Immune to some of the last-line antibiotics available to hospitals, cases of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae are on the rise, NHS data reveals• Read the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s report on the rise of CPEDoctors are warning that the rise of an almost untreatable superbug, immune to some of the last-line antibiotics available to hospitals, poses a serious threat to patients.Related: Will 2017 be the year we take drug-resistant superbugs seriously?Related: Resistan
  
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• This Plank Variation Works Your Six-Pack Muscles And Side Abs At The Same Time

  21-04-2017 16:47
  
  Get a tighter core with just one move.
  
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• Irritable bowel syndrome: Delayed diagnosis causing MILLIONS to suffer untreated

  21-04-2017 16:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME affects one in five people in the UK - but millions are struggling to get a diagnosis.
  
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• 'Hopeless': how senior doctor described NHS maternity unit's testing regime

  21-04-2017 16:44
  
  Emails to GP reveal concerns about ‘fax and forget’ culture at Shrewsbury and Telford hospital NHS trust, where baby deaths are under investigationA senior figure in an NHS trust’s maternity unit under investigation over avoidable baby deaths has admitted that some practices in the unit were “hopeless”.Andrew Tapp, medical director of women and children’s services at Shrewsbury and Telford hospital NHS trust, said in an email to a GP: “I think there are
  
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• American Airlines Pilots Are Complaining That Their Uniforms Are Making Them Sick

  21-04-2017 16:38
  
  This article originally appeared on Fortune.com.A U.S. airline is getting hot under the collar and this time it’s not United. Around 100 American Airlinesaalpilots have come forward with complaints of rashes, itching, and other symptoms, prompting an aviation union’s survey on pilots’ reactions to their uniforms, Bloomberg reports.If this sounds familiar it’s because it has happened before: back in December, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) said th
  
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• This App Can Boost Your Vocabulary In Just a Few Seconds

  21-04-2017 16:19
  
  This article originally appeared on RealSimple.com.Think you don’t have time to learn a new language? Before you answer, think about all those precious seconds you spend every day just waiting for things: for emails to send, smartphone signals to connect, friends to reply to messages, or even elevators to arrive.MIT computer scientists say these moments are perfect for “micro-learning,” or learning in tiny chunks spaced out throughout the day. So they’ve created a new set
  
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• This Is What Guys Really Think Of Sexy Lingerie

  21-04-2017 16:10
  
  Read this before splurging on some lacy stuff.
  
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• WHO urges action over growing hepatitis epidemic

  21-04-2017 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Viral hepatitis is believed to have killed 1.34 million people in 2015, an amount similar to that of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, according to figures from the World Health Organization.
  
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• Boy with eczema looked like he had third degree burns

  21-04-2017 15:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chase Henderson, five, from Highland, California, had been taking topical steroid creams to treat his eczema for two years. He stopped taking them after his mother found out about steroid addiction.
  
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• ​Here's How to Prevent Ingrown Pubes Once and For All

  21-04-2017 15:31
  
  ​What you need to know to take care of your down-there hair.
  
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• Fifteen babies have needlessly died at an NHS Trust

  21-04-2017 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Staff errors including failure to measure babies' heart rates are thought to be to blame for the fatalities. An investigation into each of the deaths at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has been launched,
  
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• Arthritis symptoms: Seven signs YOU could be suffering with painful condition

  21-04-2017 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ARTHRITIS is a painful condition affecting ten million people – young as well as old. Signs and symptoms you should look out for explained.
  
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• Sugary drinks face ban from NHS hospital shops

  21-04-2017 14:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Firms that have agreed to reduce sugary drinks to 10 per cent or less of total drink sales in their NHS hospital shops across England include WH Smith, Marks & Spencer, Greggs and Subway.
  
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• Princes open up about Diana for mental health campaign

  21-04-2017 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prince William, Prince Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge spoke frankly about Diana's death.
  
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• 'Thousands of people read about my testicular cancer'

  21-04-2017 14:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After Andrew Lowden's blog was shared widely, he launched #testicletuesday to raise awareness.
  
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• Ex-TOWIE star Abigail Clarke cured her IBS with probiotics

  21-04-2017 14:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Ex-TOWIE star Abigail Clarke, 25, suffered with a painful and sensitive gut for as long as she can remember, but was only recently diagnosed with the condition.
  
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• Ovarian cancer BREAKTHROUGH: New drug could help cure MAJORITY of sufferers

  21-04-2017 14:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  OVARIAN cancer recurs in up to three-quarters of women who are treated - but a new drug might be the answer to stopping it for good.
  
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• Smoking cannabis only rarely causes psychosis

  21-04-2017 13:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A York University review of existing cannabis studies published yesterday on 4/20, an unofficial day to celebrate cannabis, has found that cases of psychosis are relatively rare.
  
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• Are we ready for a grown-up election debate on the NHS and social care? | Niall Dickson

  21-04-2017 13:34
  
  Reform, funding, management – these are the issues NHS leaders want to see discussed in election campaignsIn an age when experts are no longer de rigeur, it may be asking too much for the political debate about the future of health and social care to be nuanced, balanced and informed. Were it to be so, it would surely be the first time we had achieved such dizzy heights in the bare knuckled fight of an election campaign. So what would be good to hear? First, an acknowledgement that all the
  
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