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• Exercising in the sunshine 'reduces risk of heart attack'

  30-04-2017 19:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TAKING exercise in the sunshine can slash the risk of heart attacks and strokes by almost a quarter, a study claims.
  
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• Kinesiology tape is being used to aid muscle recovery

  30-04-2017 13:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is now ubiquitous kit for any runner serious about their game – strips of coloured adhesive tape that adorn arms, legs, backs and even necks. It is called kinesiology tape, or K-tape.
  
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• Google’s Mo Gawdat: ‘Happiness is like keeping fit. You have to work out’

  30-04-2017 11:00
  
  When the tech guru’s son unexpectedly died, he turned to an equation they had devised together to get through the griefMo Gawdat is the chief business officer at Google X – the “moonshot factory” responsible for some of the company’s more audacious projects, such as self-driving cars and a balloon-powered global internet. Before he joined Google, while working as stock trader and tech executive in Dubai and in response to a period of depression, he used his eng
  
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• Non-O blood group 'linked to higher heart attack risk'

  30-04-2017 10:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It may be because of higher levels of a blood-clotting protein in A, B and AB blood groups.
  
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• Ona Gritz: 'I had spent more than enough time hiding and pretending'

  30-04-2017 10:30
  
  For years, the poet and author tried to keep her cerebral palsy secret, until motherhood and a new love taught her to make peace with her body and share her experienceThere are ways to cover for the fact that you can’t run like the other kids, or skate, or climb fences, or ride your flowered banana seat bike without training wheels. My own strategy was to suggest alternatives, offering to bring out a board game, colouring books and crayons, or my brand new, unopened jigsaw puzzle with the
  
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• Did walking help Theresa May decide on a snap election? | Daniel Glaser

  30-04-2017 07:00
  
  Walking and thinking at the same time is only possible if the task is simpleIt was during a walking holiday in Snowdonia, says Theresa May, after ‘long and hard’ reflection that she made the decision to call a June election. So much for walking and creative inspiration. But is there a connection between the two?Neuroscience would say that depends on the difficulty of the task. Using a mathematical example, you can test this out for yourself. When you start with an easy challenge like
  
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• Men with prostate cancer saved by breast tumour pill  

  30-04-2017 03:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ben Stiller, 51, (pictured with his wife Christine Taylor) revealed he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014 and he underwent surgery, a prostatectomy, and is now cancer-free.
  
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• HEALTH NOTES: A bitter pill for wildlife star Chris

  30-04-2017 02:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wildlife presenter Chris Packham, 55, (pictured) from Hampshire, was diagnosed with a stomach ulcer while filming on location but has now managed to bring it under control.
  
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• Cannabis on the NHS: Boy is first to be given drug

  30-04-2017 02:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Billy Caldwell, 11, suffers from particularly vicious seizures which cannot be controlled by medication. But after years of suffering up to 100 fits a day, his condition is finally under control.
  
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• Magnap system helps people stop snoring

  30-04-2017 02:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The device sits above a second magnet implanted in the hyoid - a bone in the throat - and when the collar is worn during sleep, the power of the two magnets keeps the airways open.
  
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• ‘Healthy’ kids meals with more sugar than a donut 

  30-04-2017 02:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research reveals shockingly high 'hidden' sugar content in many children's 'healthy' meals that may surprise parents.Honey, fruit juices and agave syrup can mask the sugar content on labels
  
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• Sophie Burgess' parents accuse NHS of cover up after death

  30-04-2017 01:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sophie Burgess was just 11 months old when she died at St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey, after receiving almost eight times the recommended dose of a powerful anti-seizure drug.
  
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• Schoolboy given goggles to regain sight

  30-04-2017 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Charlie, now eight, started losing his sight aged four, and has only been able to see close up until now.
  
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• Motherhood in the time of Zika

  30-04-2017 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Katie Falkenberg's photo feature on mothers caring for children damaged by the Zika virus in Brazil was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2017.
  
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• The surgeon who cruelly betrayed his patients’ trust | Barbara Ellen

  30-04-2017 01:05
  
  Breast surgeon Ian Paterson exploited the secrecy that’s particular to his professionBreast surgeon Ian Paterson has been convicted of 17 counts of “wounding with intent” and three counts of “unlawful wounding” and is now bailed, awaiting sentencing.Many women have come forward to claim compensation, which sounds richly deserved. For years, Paterson performed hundreds of unnecessary or inadequate surgeries, for mainly female patients at the Heart of England NHS Foun
  
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• The fertility industry trades in hope but freezing my eggs has offered me none

  30-04-2017 01:05
  
  Private clinics need to be clearer about the success rates for a procedure that is costly and emotionally drainingThree years ago, I had my eggs frozen at a private clinic, emerging five grand poorer with only three “viable” eggs, which are still languishing on ice, and a 5% chance of conception if I decided to use them for IVF in the future. I subsequently wrote a play about the private fertility industry and its two competing narratives. The first narrative celebrates miraculous jo
  
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• The fertility industry trades in hope but freezing my eggs has left me lost | Jemma Kennedy

  30-04-2017 01:05
  
  Private clinics need to be clearer about the success rates for a procedure that is costly and emotionally drainingThree years ago, I had my eggs frozen at a private clinic, emerging five grand poorer with only three “viable” eggs, which are still languishing on ice, and a 5% chance of conception if I decided to use them for IVF in the future. I subsequently wrote a play about the private fertility industry and its two competing narratives. The first narrative celebrates miraculous jo
  
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• Unemployment 'increases risk of heart failure by up to 50 PER CENT'

  30-04-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BEING unemployed could raise the risk of death for heart failure patients by up to 50 per cent, a study claims.
  
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• Tennis player claims cervical cancer jab ruined her life for years

  30-04-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A PROMISING tennis player claims a vaccine she was given at 13 to help protect girls against cervical cancer has left her bedridden and in pain for nearly a decade.
  
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• Lady Annabel Goldsmith: ‘Miracle new op has helped save my eyesight too’

  30-04-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SOCIALITE Lady Annabel Goldsmith has spoken of her joy at how revolutionary eye surgery, which treats the leading cause of blindness, has transformed her life.
  
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• Broccoli can help beat strokes says King's College London

  30-04-2017 00:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A molecule called sulforaphane, which occurs in broccoli, turns on a protective enzyme in the brain. It may pave the way for a new pill to help protect patients against the effects of strokes.
  
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