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• 6 Simple Tricks to Keep Your Brain Young

  09-05-2017 23:55
  
  Society tells us that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks—that it’s harder for adults to learn new skills than it is for kids. And in many ways, that’s true: Babies have nothing to do but eat, sleep, and learn, while grown-ups are faced with all sorts of time, money, and real-life constraints. (Not to mention, we get annoyed when we’re not good at things right away.)But it doesn’t have to be that way, says Rachel Wu, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at
  
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• Swearing Can Be Good for You, According to Science

  09-05-2017 23:23
  
  This article originally appeared on RealSimple.com. The next time you could use a little burst of power—whether you’re biking up a steep hill or simply trying to open a jar of pickles—it might help to utter a few not-safe-for-work words while giving it your all. According to a new study, swearing seems to increase strength for short periods of time.Previous research has shown that using profanity can increase pain tolerance. Scientists think this might be because it stimul
  
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• Nearly 30 million Americans drink contaminated tap water

  09-05-2017 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A report by the Natural Resources Defense Council found 12 percent of Americans have water with health-based violations in 2015. Pictured: Counties with health-based violations.
  
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• This Personal Trainer Says These 5 Words Are Sabotaging Your Weight-Loss Goals

  09-05-2017 23:09
  
  They seem harmless, but they'll get you...
  
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• 7 Things We're Buying On Sale RIGHT NOW From Victoria Beckham's Target Collection

  09-05-2017 23:06
  
  Hurry up before they sell out!
  
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• 5 Gynos Share The Sex Tips That Have Changed Their Patients Lives

  09-05-2017 23:01
  
  They know what they're talking about.
  
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• Why Your Energy Gels Are Giving You Diarrhea

  09-05-2017 22:29
  
  ​These mid-run snacks are not always good for the tummy.
  
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• Simone Biles Delivered An EPIC Response To A DWTS Judge Who Told Her To Smile

  09-05-2017 22:20
  
  She handled it like a true champ...literally.
  
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• Researchers use Twitter to track the flu

  09-05-2017 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have turned to Twitter in order to study how the flu spreads and grows. They used tweet locations across America to forecast the virus' evolution.
  
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• Venezuela's infant mortality, maternal mortality and malaria cases soar

  09-05-2017 21:11
  
  Country’s economic crisis takes heavy toll on public health, with infant death rate up 30%, maternal mortality up 65%, and malaria cases up 76% in 2016Venezuela’s infant mortality rose 30% last year, maternal mortality shot up 65% and cases of malaria jumped 76%, according to government data, sharp increases reflecting how the country’s deep economic crisis has hammered at citizens’ health. The statistics, issued on an official website after nearly two years of data silen
  
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• 4 New Types Of Camping You'll Actually Want To Try

  09-05-2017 20:58
  
  The Instagram photos alone will be worth it.
  
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• Fatal consequences of a lack of regulation | Letters

  09-05-2017 20:25
  
  Pollution and climate change are election issues, write Professor Steve Tombs and Geoff NaylorThe government attributes 40-50,000 premature deaths each year to the effects of airborne pollution; there are some 1 million cases of foodborne illness, which result in 20,000 hospital admissions and 500 deaths a year; and up to 50,000 people die each year as a result of injuries or health problems originating in the workplace (Enemies of the state: the 40-year Tory project to shrink public services, G
  
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• How do we know we can trust the latest polls? | Brief letters

  09-05-2017 20:03
  
  Opinion polling | The trouble with subtitles | Thatcher in your bedroom | Local government | What to call relativesDrs Mellon and Prosser explain (Letters, 6 May) why the opinion polls were wrong at the last general election – a failure to obtain representative samples. Specifically, pollsters did not contact enough people from hard-to-reach groups that do not vote in elections. What I want to know is, has this mistake been eliminated in the current polls, which are being respectfully repo
  
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• Ashley Graham on How Parents Can Teach Their Children Body Positivity by Loving Themselves

  09-05-2017 19:50
  
  This article originally appeared on People.com. As a leader in the body confidence movement, Ashely Graham says the journey to body acceptance starts with parents.During an appearance on Good Morning America on Tuesday to promote her new book, A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like, Graham, 29, discussed how parents should be careful about how they speak to their kids — and themselves.[brightcove:5421675919001 default]&
  
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• Keeping a diary helps you cope with divorce

  09-05-2017 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Arizona found that expressing our feelings by telling a story of our relationships has notable benefits over just writing down our emotions or daily activities.
  
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• This Dad's Reaction To His Son Getting In Trouble At School Is Priceless

  09-05-2017 19:23
  
  We're willing to bet this kid won't make the same mistake again...
  
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• Designer vaginas - Gabrielle Downey explains all

  09-05-2017 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Gabrielle Downey, gynaecologist at Birmingham City Hospital, warns these procedures are not available on the NHS and can be expensive, so women should be prepared.
  
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• Undocumented immigrants avoid vital nutrition services for fear of deportation

  09-05-2017 19:02
  
  Offices of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children have been inundated with calls to have names expunged from recordsThe phone calls began in February: “I’m not coming back.” “It’s not worth the risk.” “Erase my name from your records.” One person brought in a sheaf of vouchers and insisted on returning them.
  All over the US, undocumented immigrants were calling the offices of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Progra
  
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• Southern Health faces Connor Sparrowhawk drowning charges

  09-05-2017 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Connor Sparrowhawk drowned after suffering an epileptic fit in July 2013.
  
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• I Survived Flesh-Eating Bacteria—and It Changed My Life Forever

  09-05-2017 18:47
  
  This article originally appeared on Time.com. This essay is part of a TIME series on the growing effects of antimicrobial resistance: superbugs that may no longer be treated with standard-course antibiotics. In 2016, World Health Organization leaders called drug resistance a “major global threat” that’s estimated to kill 10 million people a year in 2050. Here is the remarkable story of Aimee Copeland, who lost her leg, foot and hands after acquiring a bacterial infection t
  
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• California mother's infant son dies after breastfeeding

  09-05-2017 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jillian Johnson was devastated when she learned she essentially starved her newborn while breastfeeding, leading to his death at 19 days old in early 2012.
  
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• Just How Worried Should You Be About Thyroid Disease?

  09-05-2017 18:33
  
  We asked a doc to break it down.
  
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• Olaseni Lewis died in part from 'disproportionate use of force'

  09-05-2017 18:23
  
  Coroner rules out unlawful killing but finds fault with medics and police who restrained graduate at London psychiatric hospitalThe death of a man after prolonged restraint by police on a mental health ward was caused in part by “disproportionate and unreasonable” use of force, pain compliance techniques and multiple mechanical restraints, an inquest has found. The narrative conclusion, which came after the coroner ruled out a verdict of unlawful killing, found fault with both police
  
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• Mother of man who died after police restraint calls for prosecution

  09-05-2017 18:23
  
  Coroner rules out unlawful killing but finds fault with police who restrained Olaseni Lewis at psychiatric hospitalThe mother of a young man who was killed by prolonged restraint on a mental health ward has called for the police officers involved to be prosecuted, after an inquest concluded that excessive force contributed to his death.Olaseni Lewis, 23, from South Norwood, south London, died on 3 September 2010, three days after he was subjected to two periods of restraint by police lasting mor
  
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• 'I Switched To Morning Runs For 2 Weeks—Here's What Happened'

  09-05-2017 18:20
  
  Wake-up time: 5:01 a.m.
  
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• Gardening helps reduce childhood obesity, study finds

  09-05-2017 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of California found that schools that teach gardening, offer healthy canteen food and send out informative nutrition newsletters have less obese students.
  
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• Twice as many girls as boys want gender swap

  09-05-2017 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Double the number of girls compared to boys were referred to the NHS's Gender Identity Development Service this past year -a reversal compared to 2009 when it first launched.
  
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• Bullying leads victims to to binge drinking and drug abuse

  09-05-2017 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the the University of Delaware studied more than 4,000 students and found children who are picked on aged ten may turn to drinking and drug abuse by the time they turn 13.
  
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• Everything You Need To Know About Styling Hair That's Straight On Top, Curly On The Bottom

  09-05-2017 17:31
  
  You're not alone with this hair struggle.
  
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• Mental health nurses in short supply as NHS struggles to fill vacancies

  09-05-2017 17:21
  
  An ageing workforce combined with a lack of new recruits means mental health nurses are having to take on higher caseloadsCommunity-based teams care for 97% of mental health patients. And nurses play a pivotal role, building up trust between patients and their families.However, since 2010 the total number of NHS mental health nurses in England has dropped by 15% – in parts of London, about 20% of job vacancies are unfilled. Helen Gilburt, a fellow in health policy at thinktank the King&rsq
  
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• 1 in 3 FDA-approved drugs 'are flagged for safety errors'

  09-05-2017 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Yale team analyzed data on new drugs approved between 2001 and 2010, with follow up through 2017. They found 32 percent of new drugs were flagged for a safety issue after approval.
  
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• 12 Easy Foods Swaps That Will Help You Lose Weight​

  09-05-2017 17:01
  
  The best part? You don’t have to sacrifice flavor
  
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• Children are SMARTER if dads get stuck in and play

  09-05-2017 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Imperial College London found that dads that are sensitive, calm and less anxious have the smartest children. This finding was regardless of family income.
  
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• Scientists Discover Why Hair Turns Gray and Goes Bald

  09-05-2017 16:47
  
  This article originally appeared on Time.com. Scientists have pinpointed the cells that cause hair to turn gray and to go bald in mice, according to a new study published in the journal Genes & Development.[brightcove:5370089730001 default]Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center accidentally stumbled upon this explanation for baldness and graying hairs—at least in mouse models—while studying a rare genetic disease that causes tumors to grow on ne
  
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• Basketball Wives' Laura Govan describes yeast infections

  09-05-2017 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  She was among the glamorous line-up on Basketball Wives in 2011. But Laura Govan reveals that moment in the spotlight coincided with the start of a difficult journey.
  
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• Teenagers ill after taking prescription drug Xanax

  09-05-2017 16:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Young people have been "deliberately risking their health", Wiltshire Police says.
  
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• Gardening, art, sport – 'prescriptions' for mental health that don't involve pills

  09-05-2017 15:46
  
  Social prescribing, where patients are referred to non-clinical activities, is producing positive outcomes. But can the voluntary sector keep up with demand? Group therapeutic work had never appealed to Kerina, who was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder in her 30s after suffering from mental health issues all her life. “You sit there reading paperwork and it feels like you’re in a classroom,” she says. Then two years ago the communi
  
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• Concern over rise in acne drug use

  09-05-2017 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Campaigners fear too many young people are being put on Roaccutane, a drug linked with suicidal feelings.
  
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• ‘Death and dying continues to be seen as a big taboo’ | Mary O’Hara

  09-05-2017 15:00
  
  The US palliative care specialist says end-of-life care should be a higher priority – and it makes sense financially, tooDr BJ (Bruce) Miller is convinced that how we care for people towards the end of their lives needs an urgent, radical rethink. An American palliative care specialist, Miller is in the UK this week as the keynote speaker at a conference marking the 50th anniversary of modern hospice care in Britain. He will argue that much more needs to be done to ensure the best possible
  
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• 'I am so addicted to OxyContin': readers on prescription painkillers

  09-05-2017 14:53
  
  In the UK prescriptions of powerful and potentially addictive opiate painkillers have doubled in the past decade. We asked our readers about these drugsMedical leaders have warned that powerful and potentially addictive opiate painkillers are being handed out too readily, amid news prescriptions of the drug have doubled in the past decade.Doctors have warned about the numbers of people in Britain who may be addicted to these drugs as a result. Recent estimates suggesting over 192,000 could be de
  
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• Blind man Marc Bilton can see again due to Orcam glasses

  09-05-2017 14:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marc Bilton, 48, from Dunstable, Bedfordshire, was diagnosed with a little-known eye condition when he was just 19. It forced him to give up his job and left him unable to play football with his sons.
  
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• Patients need motivation to recover. The NHS must offer hope | Kate Allatt

  09-05-2017 14:19
  
  It is futile prescribing stroke rehabilitation plans if patients lack motivation before therapy starts or are left at home trying to manage their own conditionOur NHS is under attack from all angles. People are living longer, we don’t eat well or exercise enough. Yet we expect more from the NHS; more people are visiting A&E departments and minor injury units year on year, and costs are rising.How do we tackle this? What if we focus on marginal gains, the performance strategy that helpe
  
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• Price of 'exciting' self-injectable contraceptive cut

  09-05-2017 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The price of an innovative device which allows women to inject themselves with contraception has been cut.
  
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• Female medic students take LONGER to react in emergencies

  09-05-2017 14:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Basel in Switzerland found female medical students took longer to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in an emergency scenario.
  
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• Labour expels three members over attempt to unseat Jeremy Hunt

  09-05-2017 12:58
  
  Kate Townsend, Steve Williams and Robert Park ousted over cross-party alliance bid to unseat Hunt and replace him with a GP• General election 2017 – live updatesLabour has expelled three senior members in Surrey for trying to unseat the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, by forming a progressive alliance with local Greens and Liberal Democrats to unite behind an NHS doctor standing against him.Kate Townsend, the South West Surrey party secretary who stood in last week’s local electi
  
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• Theresa May wants to scrap the Mental Health Act. Here’s what should replace it | Mark Brown

  09-05-2017 12:51
  
  If she is serious about reforming mental health care, she should redress the balance between reducing the risk to the public and maximising healing and careTheresa May is keen that we know she cares about mental health. She told us so in her first speech as prime minister. She announced alterations to the Equalities Act to reduce workplace discrimination, roll out mental health workers in schools and recruit 10,000 more staff by 2020. Related: Theresa May pledges mental health revolution will re
  
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• Rihanna's top knot look could make you BALD warns expert

  09-05-2017 12:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A leading Harley Street hair surgeon has warned the top knot look sported by so many celebs at the Met Gala in New York on Monday can causetraction alopecia.
  
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• We need a revolution in mindsets at the top of the World Health Organization

  09-05-2017 12:28
  
  Medical science has never been so productive and yet health inequalities have never been wider - more of the same is not an optionDoes it matter who heads the World Health Organization (WHO)?Yes, say West Africans badly let down by WHO’s feeble response to the Ebola epidemic. Yes, say Darfuris, whose suffering was disingenuously downplayed by WHO as too-sensitive. It matters to the thousands predicted to die from the health consequences of climate change. Continue reading...
  
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• Terminally ill nurse continues to care for girl, 12

  09-05-2017 12:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Joanna O'Toole said looking after sick children had "taught her an awful lot" about her own situation.
  
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• Food Unwrapped examines if we really need multi-vitamins

  09-05-2017 11:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kate Quilton headed to one of the largest producers of vitamins for Channel 4's Food Unwrapped to see what really goes into the pills, and was shocked by what she found.
  
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