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• HEALTH NOTES: Model Vogue Williams reveals her acne agony 

  13-05-2017 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vogue, 31, who is dating reality TV star Spencer Matthews, revealed: 'I had to go on acne tablets last summer. I didn’t want to leave the house some days.'
  
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• Fix that achy knee by injecting it with your own BELLY FAT

  13-05-2017 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Early research was carried out on 20 patients with osteoarthritis and presented at the International Cartilage Repair Society meeting in Sorrento last September.
  
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• Why partners giggle (or sneeze) after sex

  13-05-2017 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report from the University of Maryland also recorded that some people have hallucinations or altered consciousness.
  
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• New pill spares women trauma of liver transplant

  13-05-2017 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the UK, 20,000 people – 90 per cent of them women – suffer from primary biliary cholangitis, also known as primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC).
  
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• Ransomware cyber-attack: disruption to last for days, says NHS Digital – as it happened

  13-05-2017 19:28
  
  Cyber-attack that hit NHS sparks political battle over health spendingCriminals behind cyber-attack have raised just $20,000, experts say ‘Accidental hero’ finds kill switch to halt spread of bug
  Charles Arthur: ‘Insufficient NHS funding to blame’ 5.55pm BSTWe’re wrapping up our live coverage of the ransomware cyber-attack and leave you with a summary of today’s main developments: 5.35pm BSTThe British Medical Association says the cyber attack has forced some
  
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• Disruption from cyber-attack to last for days, says NHS Digital – as it happened

  13-05-2017 19:28
  
  Cyber-attack that hit NHS sparks political battle over health spendingCriminals behind cyber-attack have raised just $20,000, experts say ‘Accidental hero’ finds kill switch to halt spread of bug
  Charles Arthur: ‘Insufficient NHS funding to blame’ 5.55pm BSTWe’re wrapping up our live coverage of the ransomware cyber-attack and leave you with a summary of today’s main developments: 5.35pm BSTThe British Medical Association says the cyber attack has forced some
  
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• Cyber-attack that hit NHS sparks bitter political battle over health spending

  13-05-2017 19:22
  
  Labour and Lib Dems claim Conservatives’ austerity squeeze has left service with outdated and unprotected IT systemsThe cyber-attack that disrupted NHS systems and forced operations to be cancelled throughout the UK on Saturday has become a bitterly contested election issue, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats blaming the crisis on the government’s failure to upgrade hospital computers.A Cobra emergency ministerial meeting held on Saturday afternoon heard that 48 NHS organisations
  
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• Cyber-attack sparks bitter political battle over NHS spending

  13-05-2017 19:22
  
  Labour and Liberal Democrats claim Conservatives’ austerity squeeze has left service with unprotected IT systemsThe cyber-attack that disrupted NHS systems and forced operations to be cancelled throughout the UK on Saturday has become a bitterly contested election issue, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats blaming the crisis on the government’s failure to upgrade hospital computers.A Cobra emergency ministerial meeting held on Saturday afternoon heard that 48 NHS organisations &nda
  
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• Worldwide ransomware attack hits NHS hospitals – video

  13-05-2017 19:04
  
  A worldwide ransomware attack affecting almost 100 countries has hobbled parts of the NHS across England and Scotland, rendering patient information inaccessible and forcing some emergency patients to be rerouted to other hospitals. Ransomware encrypts data on infected computers and demands payment in return for the release of filesCyber-attack: 48 NHS trusts hit by ransomware, says UK home secretary – liveContinue reading...
  
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• Dr Michael Mosley unveils life-changing new gut diet

  13-05-2017 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Michael Mosley has written a new book — The Clever Guts Diet — which explains what our gut bacteria is up to, and how it can be nourished. His new diet plan will feature in next week's Mail.
  
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• Cyber-attack: May says 'no evidence' NHS patient records compromised – live

  13-05-2017 16:05
  
  Report: Massive international ransomware cyber-attack hits‘Accidental hero’ finds kill switch to halt spread of bug
  Charles Arthur: ‘Insufficient NHS funding to blame’ 3.05pm BSTA Welsh government spokesperson said there had been no incidents in NHS Wales like those affecting NHS systems in England and Scotland. “We have recently invested in upgrading IT to protect potentially vulnerable frontline NHS Wales systems. We have also introduced a national standard for IT
  
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• Criminals behind cyber-attack have raised just $20,000, experts say

  13-05-2017 15:35
  
  Firm investigating illicit activity identifies three associated bitcoin addresses but can’t trace individuals before funds are withdrawnRansomware cyber-attack - live updatesThe global ransomware cyber-attack that targeted tens of thousands of computers in 100 countries and crippled NHS systems appears to have raised just $20,000 (£15,500) for the criminals behind it, experts working with investigators have told the Guardian.Tom Robinson, co-founder of Elliptic, a company that identi
  
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• Jeremy Hunt 'ignored warning signs' before cyber-attack hit NHS

  13-05-2017 13:08
  
  Shadow health secretary says concerns were repeatedly flagged about outdated computer systems that are vulnerable to attack• Global cyber-attack - live updates Jeremy Hunt has been accused of ignoring “extensive warning signs” that could have an unprecedented global cyber-attack that plunged the NHS into chaos this weekend.Hospitals across England and Scotland have been crippled by a global attack that targeted tens of thousands of computers around the world, with around 45 NHS
  
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• No whey! Dairy’s not so bad for you after all | Nell Frizzell

  13-05-2017 13:00
  
  Cheese-lovers’ hearts are churning with delight over a study that disavows the link between dairy and disease, but is it really the blank cheque to overindulge they’re longing for?My mother, it appears, is going to live forever. The woman who bought 12 pints of milk for a two-night holiday in Wales; the woman who has three “emergency” pats of butter in her fridge at all times, despite living five doors down from a corner shop; the woman who uses cheese as a seasoning and
  
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• Burton woman suffers pancreatitis after taking Roaccutane

  13-05-2017 13:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charlotte Carpenter, 24, from Burton-on-Trent, went to A&E with agonising pain and struggling to breathe after taking the acne drug - also linked to suicide - for just two months.
  
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• Disrupted patients ‘fed up’ with delays due to cyber-attack – video

  13-05-2017 11:54
  
  Thousands of patients have had medical appointments and procedures delayed thanks to disruption caused by a widespread cyber-attack. Nearly 100 countries reported problems with a ransomware virus on Friday which hobbled hospitals across England and ScotlandRandomware attack - latest updates NHS seeks to recover from global cyber-attack as security concerns resurfaceContinue reading...
  
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• Ransomware cyber-attack hits 99 countries with UK hospitals among targets – live

  13-05-2017 11:36
  
  Report: Massive ransomware cyber-attack hitsNHS seeks to recover from attack as security concerns resurface‘Accidental hero’ finds kill switch to halt spread of bug 10.36am BSTRussia’s central bank says it had detected “massive” cyber attacks on domestic banks, which successfully defended them, the RIA news agency reports.Russian media said that state-owned Russian Railways also successfully defended itself from a cyber attack. 10.27am BSTHome Secretary Amber Rudd w
  
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• Hair loss: THIS could be causing you to go bald - but there is a solution

  13-05-2017 11:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BALDNESS - or hair loss could be caused by heading a football, according to a startling new warning from experts.
  
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• Arthritis CURE - doing THIS could prevent symptoms of painful condition

  13-05-2017 11:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  OSTEOARTHRITIS - the most common form of arthritis - can potentially be prevented with a good diet and regular exercise, a new review has concluded.
  
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• Testicular cancer symptoms: Do you know THESE signs?

  13-05-2017 10:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TESTICULAR cancer mainly affects younger men between the age of 15 and 49, and if caught early, has a survival rate of 99 per cent. These are the common symptoms to look out for.
  
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• Sugar cravings: Swap in THESE foods to BEAT them

  13-05-2017 10:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SUGAR can increase risk of dying from heart disease, suffering from Alzheimer’s and type 2 diabetes, and also trigger weight gain. A food psychologist reveals how to bypass sugar and other cravings.
  
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• NHS workers and patients on how cyber-attack has affected them

  13-05-2017 09:57
  
  Claims that patient care has been unaffected are dismissed by doctors, nurses, pharmacists and patientsRansomware attack hits 99 countries - live updatesOfficials have claimed in the wake of the global ransomware attack that patient care has been unaffected despite 45 NHS sites being hit. But hospitals across England and Scotland were forced to cancel routine procedures and divert emergency cases in the wake of the attack, which has shut down access to computers in almost 100 countries. Here, pa
  
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• Admissions by Henry Marsh – the bestselling neurosurgeon reveals more

  13-05-2017 09:00
  
  The author of Do No Harm has written an entertaining and very personal follow-up in which he looks back on a life in medicineDeath haunts the pages of Admissions: the author’s fear of his own, and those of his patients. The book opens with two paradoxical epigraphs: “We should always, as near as we can, be booted and spurred, and ready to go” (Montaigne), and “Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily” (La Rochefoucauld). Few of us prepare adequately for d
  
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• Postnatal depression – ‘I felt disembodied for so long but suddenly I was back in my own body’

  13-05-2017 07:45
  
  Jessica Friedmann talks to Viv Groskop about the terrifying years she experienced after the birth of her sonJessica Friedmann thought she was managing well after the birth of her son. Then suddenly her thoughts took a dark turn. “I had to come back into hospital two weeks later for a checkup and I realised that all I wanted to do was get out of the moving car. I was feeling as though I couldn’t handle being alive any more and that it would be better for Owen if I wasn’t.”
  
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• NHS seeks to recover from global cyber-attack as security concerns resurface

  13-05-2017 07:31
  
  Cyber security centre says teams ‘working round the clock’ to fix systems rendered inaccessible by international ransomware attackGlobal cyber-attack – live updatesWhat is ‘WanaCrypt0r 2.0’ and why is it attacking the NHS?
  Have you been affected by the cyber-attack? The NHS is working to bring its systems back online after it became the highest-profile victim of a global ransomware attack and faced renewed concern about the strength of its infrastructure.The Nationa
  
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• Cyber-attack hits 99 countries with UK hospitals among targets – live updates

  13-05-2017 06:52
  
  Report: Massive ransomware cyber-attack hits more than 74 countriesThis is not targeted at the NHS, it’s an international attack, says Theresa MayNHS England declares major incident after ransomware blocks access to patient records, internal phones and emails5.52am BSTThe notoriously difficult process of tracking down the source of the attack begins.Ciaran Martin, the head of the UK’s cyber security agency, told the BBC on Friday night: “It’s important to understand that
  
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• Tinder-style online dating apps 'lower your self-esteem'

  13-05-2017 03:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by the University of North Texas has found putting pictures online, to be judged by strangers who can swipe right if they like you or left to reject you, only leads to insecurity.
  
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• Who gave celebs the right to decide which diseases matter?

  13-05-2017 03:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the condition of HIV/Aids might still be stigmatised, being involved in raising money for it is incredibly fashionable, writes DR MAX PEMBERTON.
  
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• Britons are switching to 'grazing' thanks to hectic lives

  13-05-2017 03:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New data has revealed that more and more Britons are abandoning the traditional three meals a day for 'grazing' or snacking on the go at regular intervals.
  
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• Cyber-attack hits 74 countries with UK hospitals among targets – live updates

  13-05-2017 02:35
  
  Report: Massive ransomware cyber-attack hits more than 74 countriesThis is not targeted at the NHS, it’s an international attack, says Theresa MayNHS England declares major incident after ransomware blocks access to patient records, internal phones and emails1.35am BSTThere are thousands of patients across England and Scotland who have been left in limbo, many forced to cancel operations at the last minute, the Guardian’s Kevin Rawlinson reports:Senior medics sought to reassure patie
  
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• Global cyber attack is using US spy hacking tools

  13-05-2017 02:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victims of the 'ransomware' have been reported in 74 countries around the world in the hours after the virus crippled the NHS- with Russia thought to have been hit the worst.
  
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• NHS cyber attack: Hospitals held to ransom

  13-05-2017 02:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Countless operations across Britain were cancelled and patients were turned away as almost 40 hospital trusts and hundreds of GP surgeries were locked out of their computer systems.
  
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• Men who go to bed before midnight have fitter sperm

  13-05-2017 01:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in China found that men falling asleep between 8pm and 10pm had the best sperm motility, meaning the sperm have a greater chance of fertilising an egg.
  
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• NHS left reeling by cyber-attack: ‘We are literally unable to do any x-rays’

  13-05-2017 01:36
  
  Patients left waiting for hours by ransomware attack while medics speak of struggle to provide vital healthcare
  Thousands of patients across England and Scotland have been in limbo after an international cyber-attack hit the NHS, with many having operations cancelled at the last minute.Senior medics sought to reassure patients that they could be seen in the normal way in emergencies, but others were asked to stay away if possible.Continue reading...
  
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• Psychologists say most of us fail miserably at empathizing

  13-05-2017 01:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using stress physiology measures, the researchers at the University of Buffalo, in New York, found that there are two routes to empathy.
  
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• Doctors report rise of people with sleeping butt syndrome

  13-05-2017 00:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spending hours sitting down may be causing damage to the muscles in the butt. Gluteal amnesia is when glutes are inactive for so long that they become harder to engage.
  
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• Chance the Rapper aunt dies of inflammatory breast cancer

  13-05-2017 00:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chance the Rapper announced Tuesday that his aunt Kimberly Bennett lost her battle against stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer on Sunday.
  
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• NHS cyber-attack: How doctors and patients reacted

  13-05-2017 00:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We hear from patients whose operations were cancelled and doctors angry at those behind the attack.
  
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• Patients have operations cancelled due to NHS cyber attack

  13-05-2017 00:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patrick Ward, 47, had travelled with his family from his home in Steeple, Dorset, to St Bartholomew’s Hospital in Central London for open heart surgery.
  
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