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• Anti-vaxxers blamed for huge measles outbreak in Minnesota

  05-05-2017 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 30 children have contracted the virus in recent weeks, primarily in the state's large Somali-American community, where many avoid the MMR jab over unfounded fears that it causes autism.
  
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• Obese women are LESS likely to suffer from preeclampsia

  05-05-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research by the University of Pennsylvania suggests obese women are less than half as likely to suffer strokes, seizures, and other serious complications of the disorder.
  
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• Exactly What To Do When You See Your First Gray Hairs

  05-05-2017 22:49
  
  You can't fight 'em (sorry), so you might as well embrace 'em.
  
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• We Asked 3 Cirque Du Soleil Performers To Share Their Exact Workout Routines

  05-05-2017 22:46
  
  Those stunts require SERIOUS muscle.
  
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• Dakota Johnson's trainer reveals a 5-step routine for you

  05-05-2017 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For celebrities, being in shape is part of the job. For the rest of us, it can feel like a challenge. But celebrity workout guru Ramona Braganza insists it is not impossible - and shares a new routine.
  
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• Use This Formula To Build The Perfect Taco For Your Weight-Loss Plan

  05-05-2017 21:50
  
  Whether you're Paleo or counting points, we've got your back.
  
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• 'I Fell In Love With THIS Food—And It Helped Maintain My 90-Pound Weight Loss'

  05-05-2017 20:49
  
  Irina Gonzalez shifted her eating habits—and got major results.
  
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• Cancer news: THIS type of tumour growth causing majority of DEATHS in patients could be st

  05-05-2017 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CANCER most often becomes deadly not from an initial tumour, but when cells from a separate tumour then spread throughout the body. However, new research might have found a way to fight it.
  
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• Watch This Video Of A Torn Earlobe Being Repaired And Prepare To Squirm

  05-05-2017 20:30
  
  Dr. Pimple Popper is mixing it up with her latest procedure.
  
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• 'I Started Acting Like My Husband's Mistress—Here's What Happened'

  05-05-2017 20:22
  
  His reaction = priceless.
  
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• The Crazy Impact Exercise Can Have On Your Sex Life

  05-05-2017 20:09
  
  Raise your hand if yoga makes you horny.
  
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• This Woman Lost 713 Pounds In 2 Months After Life-Saving Weight Loss Surgery

  05-05-2017 20:03
  
  But is that safe?
  
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• This Viral Hashtag Illustrates How the New Healthcare Bill Affects Women

  05-05-2017 19:28
  
  While supporters cheered the passing of the American Health Care Act by the House of Representatives yesterday, many people who opposed it took to Twitter, where they voiced their outrage over one part of the new plan and made the hashtag #iamapreexistingcondition go crazy viral.What's it all about? While the AHCA keeps some Obamacare provisions in place, like allowing young adults to stay on their parents' insurance plan unti
  
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• 'I Am A Pre-Existing Condition: Don't Deprive Me Of The Insurance That's Changed My Life'

  05-05-2017 19:06
  
  Karinne Cyphers, who has several pre-existing conditions, says paying the $200,000 bill for her pregnancy out-of-pocket would have ruined her.
  
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• Asthma treatment: New drug IMPROVES control to help sufferers swerve DEATH

  05-05-2017 18:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ASTHMA affects 5.4 million people in the UK, and someone has a life-threatening asthma attack every ten seconds - but a new drug could help sufferers control the condition.
  
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• Chinese man has legs that weigh the same as a PANDA

  05-05-2017 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liu Zhongqiu, from China, developed elephantiasis after being bitten by a mosquito as a child. He has given up all hopes of his legs, which weigh around 323lbs (150kg) ever returning to normal.
  
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• Air pollution plan: sacrificing the nation's health to save an election campaign

  05-05-2017 18:26
  
  Penalising UK drivers in the heat of an election campaign promises a political car crash, so the government has hit the brakes and slammed clean air policy into reverseFor seven years, people in Britain have been forced to hold their breath and wait for a comprehensive plan to tackle the nation’s toxic air crisis. After a series of humiliating defeats in the courts, Friday’s government plan was meant to finally deliver.But instead ministers hit the brakes and slammed the policy into
  
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• Inspiral Carpets drummer killed himself after 20 years of 'unbearable' tinnitus

  05-05-2017 18:14
  
  Wife of Manchester musician Craig Gill tells inquest her husband had long suffered from sleep deprivation and anxiety due to ear conditionThe wife of the Inspiral Carpets drummer Craig Gill says there needs to be a greater awareness of the devastating effects of tinnitus after an inquest into his death returned an open verdict.Rose Marie Gill issued a statement about the condition after an inquest into her husband’s death heard how the only concern he had in his life was the tinnitus he ha
  
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• Experts finally discover what triggers eczema

  05-05-2017 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from Newcastle University shows that it is because sufferers are missing a vital protein called filaggrin in their skin. This drives the development of the condition.
  
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• The Truth About Sleep reveals test for sleep deprivation

  05-05-2017 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than half of all adults in the UK struggle to nod off, with 40 per cent saying they regularly get just six hours sleep - considerably less than the recommended seven to nine.
  
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• Retirement is no less stressful than working says study

  05-05-2017 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Those who have left top jobs are less stressed, based on saliva tests measuring the stress hormone cortisol, according to researchers from Manchester University.
  
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• Fact check: how well does your birth control work?

  05-05-2017 17:36
  
  Teresa Manning, Donald Trump’s likely choice for a key family planning job, has said contraception’s ‘efficacy is very low’ over the years – but is she right?Hello, how are you today? If you’ve got a uterus, maybe the answer is “not so great” – especially if you’ve heard reports about Donald Trump’s latest appointee. The woman tipped for a key family planning role, Teresa Manning, has previously worked with an anti-abortion group
  
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• These Easy Tweaks Could Literally Help You Save Thousands On Your Next Vacation

  05-05-2017 17:16
  
  BRB, booking flights right now.
  
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• Planned Parenthood head: 'Being a woman is now a pre-existing condition'

  05-05-2017 17:15
  
  Cecile Richards spoke hours after the American Health Care Act narrowly passed in the House, describing the damage it could cause if it gets past the SenatePlanned Parenthood’s president, Cecile Richards, gave a damning verdict on the Republicans’ healthcare bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, saying: “Being a woman is going to be now a pre-existing condition in this country.”Speaking hours after the American Health Care Act was narrowly passed
  
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• This Is How Long Most Couples Wait To Have Sex For The First Time

  05-05-2017 16:59
  
  It's all about doing what feels right to YOU.
  
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• Having something in common with your doctor eases pain

  05-05-2017 16:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Knowing you share religious or political beliefs with your doctor acts as a placebo effect against the pain of an injection, according to researchers from the University of Miami.
  
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• UK's new air pollution plan dismissed as 'weak' and 'woefully inadequate'

  05-05-2017 16:46
  
  Lawyers who forced ministers to deliver new proposals to tackle toxic air crisis say government is not taking responsibility for public health emergencyThe government’s new plan to tackle the UK’s toxic air crisis is “much weaker than hoped for”, according to the environmental lawyers that forced ministers to deliver the proposals.James Thornton, chief executive of ClientEarth, said the government was “passing the buck” to local authorities and said he failed
  
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• UK men opting for 'moob jobs' QUADRUPLES

  05-05-2017 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Four times as many men have had breast reductions privately since 2012, according to leading cosmetic surgeon Dr Navid Jallali. He says 'countless' men are denied NHS treatment.
  
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• Arthritis symptoms - THIS condition could be triggered by bowel infection and last months

  05-05-2017 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ARTHRITIS can be a life-long condition and tricky to treat. However, one type of arthritis - known as creative arthritis is a relatively short-lived condition which can flare up after a person has an infection, most often in their bowel.
  
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• 6 Reasons You’re Still Hungry—Even Though You Just Ate A Healthy Breakfast

  05-05-2017 16:33
  
  Here's where you might be going wrong.
  
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• 6 Signs You're Headed For A Nervous Breakdown

  05-05-2017 16:31
  
  Experts call this an "emotional health crisis"—learn how to spot the signs.
  
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• Mountains of the mind: 'I’ve become part of the landscape and it’s become part of me'

  05-05-2017 16:26
  
  Sion Jair walks the Lake District fells every day, sometimes twice a day. He navigates without GPS, and knows nearly every rock and slope, a skill he hopes will keep his dementia at bay – and one he is keen to pass on before it’s too late
  We begin in darkness and head up towards the light. It is that time just before the dawn when it’s neither day nor night. Down near Lake Coniston, I can hear an owl and a curlew calling, both claiming the hour for themselves. “I like to
  
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• Get Your Strongest Core Ever With This One Move

  05-05-2017 16:25
  
  Your shoulders will get in on the action too.
  
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• How to have a healthy Cinco de Mayo

  05-05-2017 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With Cino de Mayo celebrated as a day of drinking, it can be a struggle to balance nutrition and alcohol. Nutritionists weigh in on the boozy holiday with tips and tricks.
  
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• I’m childless and lonely. I feel moving would help, but my husband isn’t keen

  05-05-2017 16:00
  
  IVF failed and I’m on antidepressants, and I yearn to live somewhere calm and peaceful. Annalisa Barbieri advises a readerI’m coming to terms with a life that I wasn’t expecting after 20 years of marriage and am struggling to find a route to a new life. My wish is to live by the coast, about 70 miles from our current home.My husband and I have come through infertility and eight rounds of IVF without children (adoptions and alternatives have been explored). He is 
  
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• Breast cancer bra made by teenager could save millions

  05-05-2017 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Julian Rios Cantu, 18, from Mexico, has won the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) in Frankfurt for his Eva bra which could provide an early warning for women developing breast cancer.
  
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• 5 Things to Know About AHCA, the New House Republican Health Care Bill That Just Passed

  05-05-2017 15:42
  
  This article originally appeared on Money. The Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare narrowly passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, advancing a plan that would gut health coverage for millions of Americans while delivering tax cuts to the rich.The American Health Care Act, as the bill is called, had been tweaked in several ways since it was pulled from a House vote in March after failing to garner enough support. In making changes, Republican leaders tried to appease bo
  
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• 50 Health Issues That Count as a Pre-existing Condition

  05-05-2017 15:24
  
  This article originally appeared on Money. The Republican plan to repeal and replace the the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which narrowly passed a vote in the House today, rolls back protections for people with pre-existing conditions, which could increase health care costs for an estimated 130 million Americans.[brightcove:5377671624001 default]The American Health Care Act stipulates that states can allow insurers to charge people with pre-existing conditions more for health insurance (which
  
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• Donald Trump's homicidal healthcare bill will kill some, and enrich others | Adam Gaffney

  05-05-2017 15:21
  
  Medicine saves lives, while stripping healthcare coverage to fund tax breaks for the rich takes lives. If this bill passes, legislators will have blood on their hands Let us imagine that you would like to redistribute hundreds of billions of dollars from working class people to the rich, and wouldn’t hesitate to risk the lives of tens of thousands of people to do so. Well, as luck would have it, there is a bill— the “American Health Care Act” (AHCA)—that does precis
  
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• Prescription pain killers: share your stories with us

  05-05-2017 15:02
  
  The number of prescriptions being written for strong opioid medications, such as codeine, have doubled. But doctors warn that these drugs can be addictivePrescriptions of powerful pain killers, such as codeine and tramadol, have doubled in the past decade – with the number of prescriptions issued rising from 12m in 2006 to 24m in 2016. NHS Digital figures show that one of the highest increases in prescriptions has been for oxycodone, which shot up from 387,591 to 1.5 million – a 206%
  
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• 'Unnecessary' painkillers could leave thousands addicted, doctors warn

  05-05-2017 14:51
  
  Prescriptions for powerful opioid painkillers have doubled from 12m to 24m in past decade, NHS Digital figures revealPrescription pain killers: share your stories with usPowerful and potentially addictive opiate painkillers are being handed out too readily, leading doctors have warned after it emerged that the number of times the drugs are being prescribed in the UK has doubled in the past decade.
  The Faculty of Pain Medicine and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society said they were worried about the
  
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• The ultimate guide to figuring out your skin type

  05-05-2017 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Utah-based naturopathic expert Dr Trevor Cates outlines five problematic skin types - each linked to hormonal or nutritional imbalances. Here's how to identify yours and address your skin woes.
  
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• Government fails to commit to diesel scrappage scheme in UK clean air plan

  05-05-2017 13:39
  
  Introduction of clean air zones proposed after high court ruled plan could not be postponed until after election, but no decision on expected scrappage schemeThe government’s new plan to tackle the UK’s toxic air crisis does not commit to a scrappage scheme for dirty diesel cars and places the largest burden for solving the problem on to local authorities.These could impose charges on older diesel cars to keep them out of polluted areas, but the government said other measures should
  
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• Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $110m in US talc cancer case

  05-05-2017 12:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US woman says she developed ovarian cancer after 40 years using Johnson & Johnson talcum powder.
  
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• Is red wine GOOD for diabetics?

  05-05-2017 12:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Boston University have found an antioxidant, known as resveratrol, in red wine reduces artery stiffness in type 2 diabetics, which is a known cause of heart-related illness.
  
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• The 12 things you should NEVER let your dog eat 

  05-05-2017 12:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As well as chocolate, all forms of onion will make your pet ill including dried/dehydrated, raw and cooked onions, says London-based Emma Hammett, who set-up First Aid for Pets.
  
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• Ten tips to cope with stress

  05-05-2017 12:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The World Health Organisation has declared stress 'the health epidemic of the 21st century'. It even caused nearly half of all workplace sick days last year in the UK.
  
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• Could baker's yeast spell the end of deadly superbugs?

  05-05-2017 12:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Imperial College London researchers were able to demonstrate that their penicillin-producing baker's yeast had beneficial properties against streptococcus bacteria.
  
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• Inflammatory bowel disease cure - THIS surprising drug could treat symptoms

  05-05-2017 10:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CROHN’S disease and ulcerative colitis - both inflammatory bowel diseases - can cause severe pain and suffering for sufferers. There is no cure, but scientists believe they could have found a way of protecting against ulcerative colitis with an arthritis drug.
  
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• The incredible uses for apple cider vinegar

  05-05-2017 09:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Available in supermarkets and health food shops, experts believe it to be the most potent and beneficial of all acidic liquids, but apple cider vinegar isn't just for splashing into your bedtime glass of water.
  
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