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• DR ELLIE CANNON: Is a poor diet the cause of my anaemia? 

  06-05-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Ellie Cannon answers questions from a 79-year-old suffering with anaemia after a nasty virus, who is not seeing any improvement while taking iron tablets.
  
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• HEALTH NOTES: Lisa wants a lift after dramatic weight loss

  06-05-2017 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lisa Riley has gone from a size 28 to a size 12 and the weight loss is one of the most dramatic celebrity transformations in recent years. She is going to have breast surgery.
  
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• 'Disabled in the body, not the mind or heart': surviving polio in Nigeria – video

  06-05-2017 22:45
  
  Unable to complete his education after contracting polio as a child, Aminu was determined not to become a beggar on the streets of Kano in north-west Nigeria. His solution was to design a bike that restored his mobility. Now he produces dozens of them, employing fellow polio survivors and helping to transform livesContinue reading...
  
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• Is your JOB causing your sleep deprivation?

  06-05-2017 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Mothers rank the highest when it comes to sleep deprivation, with 25 per cent getting less than five hours a night - considerably less than the recommended seven to nine.
  
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• Getting lost may be the first sign of Alzheimer’s, scientists discover

  06-05-2017 16:39
  
  Edinburgh University study of early indicators raises hopes of finding a way to ward off disease through lifestyle changesLosing your navigational skills or getting lost even though you are in a familiar setting may provide some of the first indications that Alzheimer’s disease could affect you in later life. This is a preliminary discovery of a remarkable long-term study being carried out by scientists who are searching to uncover how dementia first affects the brain.The Prevent project &
  
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• World first blood glucose meter created for diabetic cows

  06-05-2017 15:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The blood glucose meter has been created in answer to the growing problem facing British farmers, with up to one in seven cattle potentially having the condition.
  
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• Lib Dems pledge 1p income tax rise to fund NHS

  06-05-2017 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The party says the move would raise around £6bn a year for health and social care costs.
  
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• High blood pressure could be to blame for THIS common pain

  06-05-2017 11:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HIGH blood pressure and cholesterol could be causing a common circulation condition which causes people pain when walking. However, experts believe they have found a treatment.
  
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• Fashion models in France need doctor's note before taking to catwalk

  06-05-2017 11:16
  
  New law to counter promotion of unhealthily thin bodies will require media to state when photos have been manipulatedFashion models in France will need to provide medical certificates proving they are healthy in order to work, after a new law was introduced banning those considered to be excessively thin. Related: Fashion industry told to end its quest for ‘unattainable thinness’Continue reading...
  
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• The 105-year-old still working - How?

  06-05-2017 11:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dr Bill Frankland on how he's still working at 105 years of age
  
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• Lib Dems pledge 1p tax rise to 'rescue NHS and social care'

  06-05-2017 10:01
  
  Tim Farron says money from income tax rise will go into ring-fenced £6bn annual budget to address chronic underfunding
  The Liberal Democrats have pledged to increase income tax by a penny for every earner to fund a £6bn-a-year cash injection for the NHS and social care. In what was described as their flagship spending commitment of the general election campaign, the party’s leader, Tim Farron, said voters recognised the need to “chip in a little more” to address the
  
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• What I’m really thinking: the care home visitor

  06-05-2017 10:00
  
  I feel like an inconvenience, a stranger interrupting my relative’s routinesI come whenever I can, a round trip of several hours. And although the care staff are always welcoming, I see the disappointment in their eyes when I leave. With a couple of short breaks, I can usually last three hours. It’s all I can take of the mumbled sentences that make no sense, watching television while he sleeps and swapping pleasantries with the staff, who always seem surprised by my presence.The
  
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• More than a quarter of young adults in the UK do not drink alcohol – in data

  06-05-2017 10:00
  
  New survey results on UK alcohol use show levels of teetotalism rising among young people, but falling in older age groupsYoung adults in the UK are more likely to be teetotallers than their older counterparts, according to figures released this week. More than a quarter of 16- to 24-year-olds do not drink, compared with just over a fifth of the broader adult population.Last year, just under 21% of people surveyed in England, Scotland and Wales said they did not drink alcohol, equivalent to arou
  
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• ‘I don’t know who I am without it’: the truth about long-term antidepressant use

  06-05-2017 09:30
  
  Prescriptions have doubled in a decade, but very little is known about the effect of taking SSRIs for years and years. Is it a lifesaver or a happiness trap?Tell us about your experiencesSarah never planned to take antidepressants for 14 years. Three years after she began taking them, when she was 21, she went to her GP and asked to stop: 20mg of Seroxat a day had helped her live with anxiety and panic attacks, but she began to feel uncomfortable about being on medication all the time. Her docto
  
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• Are you a long-term user of antidepressants? Tell us about your experiences

  06-05-2017 09:30
  
  A growing number of people are being prescribed antidepressants, but little is known about the long-term effects. Have you been on medication for years? In the past decade there has been a doubling in the number of prescriptions written for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRRIs) – the most common antidepressant. NHS research shows there are now more than 70m prescriptions dispensed in the UK in a year, the “greatest rise” of any drug in the last year.But while the shor
  
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• Back pain symptoms - THIS could be a sign your condition is SERIOUS

  06-05-2017 09:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BACK pain - particularly pain in the lower back - is a common problem that affects most people at some point in their life. The majority of cases are not serious - but experts have revealed the serious symptoms people should look out for.
  
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• New type of diabetes discovered - Could YOU be showing symptoms of type 1.5 NOT type 2?

  06-05-2017 07:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DIABETES is a condition where sufferers are split into either type 1 or type 2 but now experts believe thousands could be suffering from a newly-discovered variable of the condition: type 1.5 diabetes.
  
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• ‘She was radiant, way out of my league’: a story of love and mental illness

  06-05-2017 07:30
  
  Mark and Giulia fell in love at 18 and mapped out a golden future together. Then one day, he came home to discover Giulia on the floor, obsessing over a key – and everything changedIn 2009, Mark Lukach came home from his teaching job in San Francisco to find his wife, Giulia, sitting on the carpet, their dog sprawled next to her. He could instantly sense that something was wrong. Then Giulia looked up at him and said: “I can’t figure out what I’m going to do with the Vesp
  
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• France bans extremely thin models

  06-05-2017 03:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Models will need to provide a doctor's certificate showing their body mass index is healthy.
  
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• FDA approves drug Radicava to treat ALS

  06-05-2017 03:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Radicava is the first treatment approved for American sufferers in the condition in 20 years, after a six-month clinical study in Japan showed it to be a success.
  
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• Robert Wilson dies aged 75 after battle with Alzheimer's 

  06-05-2017 02:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robert Wilson, the father of actor Owen Wilson, has died after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. The former TV executive passed away on Friday, aged 75.
  
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• Charlie Sheen 'had borderline dementia, cured by HIV drug'

  06-05-2017 02:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking to Daily Mail Online on Friday, Sheen said he didn't have dementia symptoms until starting his first regime of anti-HIV drugs. But those symptoms disappeared after starting on PRO-140.
  
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• Why NHS checks to catch the next Dr Shipman are useless 

  06-05-2017 02:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The General Medical Council and the politicians who introduced the scheme should hang their heads in shame for the shocking failure in their duty to protect patients, writes DR MAX.
  
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• Antibiotics may soon be useless against infections

  06-05-2017 01:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The country is on the brink of a ‘post-antibiotic’ era in which infections will only be cured by fresh air and sunshine, the chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies has warned.
  
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• Vegetable crisps have equivalent of EIGHT spoons of sugar

  06-05-2017 01:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The snacks, packed with beetroot, carrots, parsnips and sweet potato, are presented as healthy and sophisticated - but UK manufacturers have even sweetened some products with sugar and honey
  
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• Bogey bacteria may boost your immune system

  06-05-2017 01:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Scott Napper, professor of biochemistry at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, said: ‘Nature pushes us to do different things because it is to our advantage.'
  
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