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• 8 Brides Share The One Workout They Swore By Pre-Wedding

  27-04-2017 23:31
  
  "Abs be damned, the flexibility and CALM of a great Pilates session was the absolute best thing I could do for my body pre-wedding."
  
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• Woman finds a parasitic WORM buried under her skin

  27-04-2017 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 45-year-old woman developed a rash from a parasitic infection known as cutaneous larva migrans. But the source of it was extremely rare: it came from a worm that normally only infects dogs or cats.
  
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• Oxford researchers identify two forms of love 'addiction'

  27-04-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Oxford University Centre for Neuroethics say love can trigger reward signals in the brain and can cause euphoria – but, it can also lead to cravings, and obsessive behaviour.
  
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• NHS needs £25bn in emergency cash, Theresa May told

  27-04-2017 23:00
  
  Group representing NHS trusts demands end to austerity funding, warning quality of care will suffer without extra fundingNHS leaders are urging Theresa May to give the health service an emergency cash injection of £25bn before 2020 or risk a decline in the quality of care for patients and lengthening delays for treatment.An influential group representing NHS trusts says that the care provided by hospitals and GP surgeries will suffer over the next few years unless the prime minister provid
  
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• Is Your Birth Control REALLY Making You Gain Weight?

  27-04-2017 23:00
  
  An ob-gyn explains what's actually going on.
  
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• These 2-Second Transformations Prove Everyone Deals With Bloat And Belly Rolls

  27-04-2017 22:15
  
  No matter what their Instagram photos look like.
  
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• Is It Even Possible To Follow A No-Carb Diet?

  27-04-2017 21:19
  
  All you eat is meat, meat, meat no matter what.
  
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• Baby girl goes home after surgery to remove parasitic twin

  27-04-2017 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Baby girl Dominique, 11 months, has returned home to the Ivory Coast after undergoing surgery in the US on March 8 to remove a parasitic twin that would have left her paralyzed.
  
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• The Guardian view on air pollution: playing politics with the nation’s health | Editorial

  27-04-2017 20:25
  
  The high court shouldn’t have been asked to decide on this. But it has rightly ruled against the government’s latest efforts to delay action on air qualityThanks to this government’s intransigence about tackling air pollution, the battle to improve the quality of the air we breathe has played out not in the political arena, but in the courts. Time after time, the government has found itself on the wrong side of the law: first for its failure to meet legally binding European tar
  
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• G20 must invest to deal with pandemics | Letters

  27-04-2017 19:26
  
  An alliance of medical charities in appeal to health ministers meeting in BerlinThe recent Ebola crisis in West Africa demonstrated that the world is woefully unprepared to deal with pandemics. Antimicrobial resistance and drug-resistant strains of HIV/Aids, TB, diarrhoeal disease, pneumonia and malaria also pose an increasingly serious threat to public health. These are diseases of poverty: 95% of cases are found in low-income countries and among poor and marginalised populations in middle-inco
  
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• Mexican woman, 58, gives birth to twins after having IVF

  27-04-2017 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An older women has had a twin boy and girl by C-section in Culiacan, Mexico after a round of IVF. They were born prematurely and will require monitoring to ensure they are progressing well.
  
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• This Mother Of 4 Died After Her Migraine Turned Out To Be Something Much Worse

  27-04-2017 19:07
  
  ​Here's what you need to know.
  
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• Playing snooker improves your mental health

  27-04-2017 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Popularised by the likes of Ronnie O'Sullivan, potting balls allows adults to escape the pressures of real life, scientists from Anglia Ruskin University believe.
  
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• ​This Actress Just Documented A VERY Private Moment On Snapchat

  27-04-2017 18:04
  
  Let's just say she's not afraid of an overshare...
  
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• These 5 Products Prove That Everyone Can Find Their Perfect Sunscreen Match

  27-04-2017 17:56
  
  Even for people who hate slathering the stuff on in the first place.
  
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• Cheese could be fueling antibiotic resistance

  27-04-2017 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swiss researchers have identified a new antibiotic resistant gene in dairy cows that could exacerbate the problem. If transferred to humans, it could turn into deadly superbug MRSA.
  
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• The WHO failed on Ebola. With a future pandemic inevitable it needs reform | Andrew Mitchell

  27-04-2017 17:43
  
  The World Health Organization will soon have a new head. Ethiopia’s former health minister Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the outstanding candidateNext month another less well known but equally vital election takes place: the new head of the World Health Organization (WHO) will be elected by health ministers from around the planet. Related: Who's WHO? Six candidates named for next World Health Organisation chiefRelated: Ebola overwhelmed the World Health Organisation: it must never happe
  
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• 6 Signs A Couple Is Headed for Divorce, According To Therapists

  27-04-2017 17:36
  
  ​If your fights sound like this, it's time to get help.
  
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• This $15 Product Makes Even the Most Unwearable Shoes Comfortable

  27-04-2017 17:34
  
  This article originally appeared on RealSimple.com. Getting a new pair of shoes has always been a bittersweet occasion for me. Once the joy of finding that perfect pair—and the tiny, happy rush of the purchase—has worn off, I’m left to grapple with the comfort conundrum: those awful initial wears before your new shoes are broken in (or is it your feet that need breaking in?). Whether it’s the highest heels or the lowest flats, I’ve yet to find a pair that doesn
  
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• How exercise addiction nearly killed one woman

  27-04-2017 17:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Katherine Schreiber, 28, from New York City, was addicted to working out. Her addiction stopped her period for two years, caused herniated discs in her spine, and nearly killed her.
  
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• Air pollution plan cannot be delayed, high court tells government

  27-04-2017 17:02
  
  Court rules immediate publication is essential and rejects Defra’s plea to delay until after the general electionThe government has been ordered to publish tough new plans to tackle air pollution after the high court rejected attempts by ministers to keep the policy under wraps until after the general election.In the latest defeat for ministers over their continued failure to tackle the UK’s air pollution crisis, which is responsible for 40,000 premature deaths a year,, Mr Justice Ga
  
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• 9 Reasons You Always Have To Pee In The Middle Of The Night

  27-04-2017 16:54
  
  Here's how to tell if your midnight bathroom runs are normal or not.
  
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• 'I Finally Got Up The Nerve To Bring A Sex Toy Into My Relationship—Here's What Happened'

  27-04-2017 16:39
  
  After 15 years of marriage, it was time.
  
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• ​Watch This Woman's Infected Cosmetic Fillings Get Popped And Try Not To Gag

  27-04-2017 16:15
  
  This cosmetic procedure went wrong in the worst possible way.
  
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• Bursaries are vital for the future of nursing | Anonymous

  27-04-2017 15:32
  
  I felt it was time to do something practical with my life so I trained to be a nurse. I couldn’t have done it without financial help
  As a nurse in accident and emergency I’m the first person you’ll see. I’ll triage you, order your bloods and x-rays, interpret results, get you painkillers, take your blood pressure and pulse and escalate any issues to senior staff. If I suspect or you disclose abuse, I report this. If you are not looking after your health I’ll help yo
  
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• Everything You Need To Know About Your Butt Hair

  27-04-2017 15:31
  
  Admit it: You've been curious.
  
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• New website offers US women help to perform their own abortions

  27-04-2017 15:00
  
  With reproductive rights under threat, Women Help Women gives legal and medical advice to women who may be taking matters into their own handsFearful that Donald Trump’s presidency poses a once-in-a-generation threat to US reproductive rights, an international advocacy group this week is unveiling what is sure to be a controversial response: a web portal dedicated to helping US women terminate their own pregnancies with abortion-inducing drugs they have obtained outside of a medical settin
  
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• Girls are more likely to be autistic if grandmother SMOKED

  27-04-2017 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exposure to cigarettes in the womb affects a woman's eggs, causing changes that may affect the development of her children, according to researchers from Bristol University.
  
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• Vaginal mesh left me in agony. When will women’s health be taken seriously? | Kath Sansom

  27-04-2017 14:28
  
  Women have lost their bladders, their bowels, their sex lives – yet feel ignored and helpless. Now lots of women are suing the NHS it’s time these operations endedIn the 21st century it is hard to imagine women being maimed in a surgery with risks that they are not being properly warned about.This, however, is the reality of vaginal mesh. A net-like implant, it is used to treat incontinence or prolapse, conditions that have often, but not always, been caused by childbirth. Between 20
  
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• Vaginal mesh left me in agonising pain. When will women’s health be taken seriously? | Kath Sansom

  27-04-2017 14:28
  
  Women have lost their bladders, their bowels, their sex lives – yet feel ignored and helpless. Now lots of women are suing the NHS it’s time these operations endedIn the 21st century it is hard to imagine women being maimed in a surgery with risks that they are not being properly warned about.This, however, is the reality of vaginal mesh. A net-like implant, it is used to treat incontinence or prolapse, conditions that have often, but not always, been caused by childbirth. Between 20
  
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• Dr Pimple Popper removes a cyst from a man’s back

  27-04-2017 14:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. California-based dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee struggled to remove the stubborn wet skin-filled sac as its flimsy walls risked breaking during the procedure.
  
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• As an NHS doctor, it’s my public duty to vote Labour | Yannis Gourtsoyannis

  27-04-2017 14:14
  
  Austerity has been built on the graves of tens of thousands of people. Yet the Conservatives remain silent about this collateral damage – or even cover it upI cannot put it more bluntly: as a doctor I consider it my public duty to urge votes against the Tories, and votes for Labour. And I’m not alone. Hundreds of NHS workers shared their fears of a Conservative election victory on social media under the hashtag #mypublicduty yesterday. The reason is simple. The last seven years of au
  
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• Woman discovered a cancerous tumour while pregnant

  27-04-2017 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Amy Douch, 24, from Gillingham, Dorset, discovered a lump in her breast when she was expecting her first child - which was later found to be a 'severely malignant' tumour.
  
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• Hunt broke law by axing NHS 18-week treatment target, says Labour

  27-04-2017 12:36
  
  Legal advice commissioned by Labour says health secretary is acting illegally in not forcing NHS England to ensure hospitals hit targetJeremy Hunt has broken the law by not forcing the NHS to ensure that patients receive hospital treatment within the stated maximum of 18 weeks, according to legal advice obtained by Labour.The counsel’s opinion says the health secretary is acting illegally by not obliging NHS England to compel hospitals to treat the required 92% of patients within 18 weeks
  
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• Eye test can spot glaucoma 10 YEARS before symptoms

  27-04-2017 12:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Glaucoma, caused by the death of retinal cells at the back of the eye, affects 60 million people around the world, a tenth of whom are completely blind.
  
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• A mother has given birth to healthy conjoined twins

  27-04-2017 12:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chelsea Torres, 22, from Blackfoot, Idaho, gave birth to Callie and Carter in January by Caesarean section following a nerve-racking pregnancy. She discovered their condition at a three week scan.
  
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• Plain packaging on cigarettes will help 300,000 give up

  27-04-2017 12:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cancer Research UK said standardised packaging would mean 257,000 fewer smokers in Britain if smoking prevalence declined at the same rate as that in Australia, where the same law is in effect.
  
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• Sugary sports drinks have little benefit for most

  27-04-2017 12:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to experts at The American Chemical Society, the popular beverages may be a waste of money for anything less than marathon runners. Water should hydrate us after a 30 work out.
  
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• Drug giants threaten to abandon the UK

  27-04-2017 10:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Financial limitations on the NHS' may threaten all of Britain’s £30 billion life sciences sector as firms may reconsider working in the UK, warns The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.
  
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• Fallen at home? Firefighter service eases pressure on ambulances

  27-04-2017 10:16
  
  Telecare scheme in Wolverhampton sees the fire brigade respond to calls from older people who have fallen at homeIt’s 9.30am on a sunny spring day in Wolverhampton. Three firefighters are in the mess at one of the city’s fire stations when a screeching alarm pierces the air. The team jumps up and leaps into a kitted-out 4x4. Instead of speeding down roads with blaring sirens and lights, however, they travel to their destination without breaking the speed limit. And when they arrive a
  
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• NHS trust investigate 51 other 'serious incidents'

  27-04-2017 10:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rhiannon Stanton-Davies' daughter passed away at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in 2009 and she claims it has not learned from its failures. New data shows the true scale of the crisis.
  
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• Millions failed by NHS GPs who shut in the afternoon

  27-04-2017 09:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a damning report, MPs say that half of England's 7,600 surgeries shut down at some point during the core hours of 8am and 6.30pm - leading to 'worse outcomes' for patients and overcrowding.
  
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• Standardised cigarette packaging is on its way, will it reduce smoking?

  27-04-2017 08:45
  
  A new systematic review of existing studies suggests it will reduce smoking, but long-term impacts of standardised cigarette packaging are still unknownStandardised packaging for cigarettes was first introduced in the UK in May last year. Tobacco companies were forced to stop producing branded packs, but were still allowed to sell off existing stock. From May 21st, that must stop too. Fancy, colourful, unique branding on cigarette packets will be completely replaced by uniform olive green boxes,
  
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• Man eats fish every day to test health benefits

  27-04-2017 05:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Writer Paul Greenberg stars in new Frontline documentary The Fish on My Plate, which sees him eat more than 700 seafood-based meals over one year.
  
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• The worst scenario

  27-04-2017 03:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Molly Watt was born severely deaf but as a teenager discovered she was going blind too.
  
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• Cheap and accessible drug tackles death in childbirth

  27-04-2017 02:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New research shows promising results for cutting the risk of women bleeding to death in childbirth.
  
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• Test may spot glaucoma before symptoms begin, study says

  27-04-2017 02:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A simple eye test could lead to earlier detection of a condition causing irreversible sight loss.
  
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• NHS managers have helped fuel bed blocking crisis

  27-04-2017 02:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Better Care Fund was set up in 2013 to help reduce the number of elderly people having to stay needlessly in hospital, but the costs have actually risen.
  
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• One in three children's wards close due to lack of doctors

  27-04-2017 02:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Four in ten special care baby units are also shutting every year because of manpower issues, according to a report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
  
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• Plain tobacco packaging 'may cut smokers by 300,000 in UK'

  27-04-2017 01:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A study review gives its best estimate of how standard packs could impact on smoking.
  
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