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• Facebook video of woman putting oil on tick is dangerous

  18-05-2017 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video shows a tick doused in oil crawling out of a woman's skin in just 20 seconds. Yet, an expert from Western Connecticut State University warns against this removal method.
  
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• The key to good sleep? Seeing daylight when you wake up

  18-05-2017 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The results published in Sleep Health suggest that in office environments, being exposed to daylight or electric lights that are rich in short wave 'blue' light may be important for the health of workers.
  
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• 16 Women Share The First Things They Did After They Got Divorced

  18-05-2017 23:30
  
  "I marched down to the local river and threw my wedding ring right in it."
  
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• 1 in 4 adults admit they would swim while having diarrhea

  18-05-2017 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twenty-five percent of people confessed they would still swim in pools even if they had diarrhea, causing concern at the CDC due to the growing outbreak of infections because of the condition.
  
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• Report reveals the bottles LYING about their SPF levels

  18-05-2017 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One-third of sunscreens have the incorrect SPF labels on their bottles, according to Consumer Reports. 'Natural' and mineral-based sunscreens consistently under-performed.
  
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• Planned Parenthood forced to close four clinics in Iowa after funding cut

  18-05-2017 22:41
  
  Iowa’s Republican legislature voted to strip group of public fundingPlanned Parenthood warns of further cuts nationwide if health bill is passedAn aggressive campaign by Iowa lawmakers to strip Planned Parenthood of much of its public funding will force it to close four clinics serving 15,000 patients, the women’s health group said on Thursday. Related: Texas seeks unprecedented federal money to defund Planned ParenthoodContinue reading...
  
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• If You Can Quit This Terrible Habit, Your Relationships Will Dramatically Improve

  18-05-2017 22:39
  
  This woman tried it—and it worked.
  
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• 11 Women Share The Surprising Ways They Discovered They Had Cancer

  18-05-2017 22:31
  
  “I found out I was pregnant and had cancer at the same time."
  
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• General election 2017: ITV hosts first leaders' debate – politics live

  18-05-2017 22:21
  
  All the day’s campaign news, as the Conservatives launch a manifesto for ‘country and community’ and the first leaders’ TV debate takes placeConservative manifesto: key points and analysis
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  Care expert Andrew Dilnot condemns Tory plans as inadequateAfternoon summary 9.21pm BSTNuttall says he believes in academic selection, and he always has done. We need more grammar schools, he says. There are o
  
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• These 9 Women Are Proving Once And For All That Cellulite Is Beautiful

  18-05-2017 21:53
  
  We all have it, so why not flaunt it?
  
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• HPV vaccine protects men from oral cancer, study finds

  18-05-2017 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The HPV vaccine does protect against infection, preventing genital warts, and possibly oral cancer in men, according to new studies. These are the first studies completed on the effects of the vaccine.
  
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• 7 Super-Impressive Women Share What They Do Before 8 A.M. To Stay Fit

  18-05-2017 21:36
  
  ​"My day starts with an extra strong cup of coffee with a side of Tina Turner."
  
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• May's extra £8bn pledge for NHS is far less than it needs, experts say

  18-05-2017 20:59
  
  Thinktanks say PM’s extra investment is well below sums the House of Lords and OBR recently said the health service needsGeneral election 2017 – latest updatesTheresa May’s pledge of £8bn more for the NHS is far less than the service needs and could damage the quality of care and force it to reduce patients’ access to treatment, experts have said.While the minimum £8bn extra over the course of the next parliament will give the NHS more money than planned betwe
  
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• Study: Charlie Sheen inspired people to get tested for HIV

  18-05-2017 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at San Diego State University have published a study showing Sheen's TV appearance sparked an uptick with rates of people getting at-home HIV tests - reaching a record high.
  
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• The Guardian view on Theresa May’s manifesto: a new Toryism | Editorial

  18-05-2017 20:43
  
  Like Tony Blair in 1997, Mrs May is where the majority of voters are: to the left on the economy and to the right on social issues. She plays to this mood, a political judgment that risks society closing in on itself rather than opening upTheresa May’s manifesto reveals more about her plans to refound the Conservative party than her plans to run the country. Her programme for the Tories would read as a heretical document to many in her party, brought up on a diet of state-shrinking, me-fir
  
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• Why trendy scented candles are dangerous for your health

  18-05-2017 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To the surprise of researchers in San Diego, candles - touted as air cleaners - also had a significantly damaging effect on the air pollution, driving up home owners' risk of health problems.
  
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• Drug and alcohol charity Lifeline Project collapses

  18-05-2017 20:23
  
  Shock failure of charity serving 80,000 people a year and employing 1,300 comes after allegations over financial controlsOne of the UK’s leading drug and alcohol treatment charities has collapsed days after the Charity Commission launched an investigation into claims that it had critically weak financial controls.Frantic efforts are being made to save the jobs of 1,300 employees of the charity, Manchester-based Lifeline Project, and the services it provides for 80,000 people a year, includ
  
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• Could POPPY SEEDS be an alternative to IVF?

  18-05-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Global researchers led by the University of Adelaide's Robinson Research Institute found the technique is significantly more effective that water-based solutions.
  
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• Century-old tumours could shed light on rare childhood cancers

  18-05-2017 19:44
  
  Collection of samples found in hospital vault reveal genetic mutations that may be responsible for rarest forms of diseaseA collection of almost 100-year-old tumour samples has revealed genetic mutations that scientists believe could be responsible for some of the rarest forms of childhood cancer.Related: UK children with cancer could miss out on drug trials after Brexit, doctors warnRelated: Recorded childhood cancers rise by 13% worldwide, study findsContinue reading...
  
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• You Might Be Using Your Skin-Care Products In The Wrong Order

  18-05-2017 18:46
  
  And that could change everything.
  
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• Watch Dr. Pimple Popper Remove A Bowling-Ball Sized Cyst From This Man's Neck

  18-05-2017 17:59
  
  This might be her most extreme video of all time.
  
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• Read This Before You Even Think About Taking Adderall For Weight Loss

  18-05-2017 17:52
  
  The drug is often hyped as a weight-loss fix—but that couldn't be further from the truth.
  
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• Demi Lovato Wore Dreadlocks In A New Music Video—And People Are Pissed

  18-05-2017 17:26
  
  "Everything about this is questionable."
  
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• General election 2017: May says 'there's no Mayism', only 'solid Conservatism' at manifesto launch – politics live

  18-05-2017 17:01
  
  All the day’s campaign news, as Conservatives offer version of plans dismissed as ‘death tax’, with winter fuel payments to be means-testedConservative manifesto: key points and analysis
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  Care expert Andrew Dilnot condemns Tory plans as inadequate 4.01pm BSTThe Social Market Foundation thinktank has spotted another Tory 2015 manifesto pledge that has been dropped. Two years ago the manifesto included a
  
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• This Actress Just Revealed How Often She And Her Husband Have Sex

  18-05-2017 17:00
  
  Hint: It's A LOT.
  
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• Could depression boost the risk of dementia? Study reveals SHOCK results

  18-05-2017 16:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DEPRESSION and anxiety affect nearly one in five UK adults, but it doesn’t increase risk of dementia, says a new study.
  
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• Courtney Stodden reveals miscarriage drove her to pills

  18-05-2017 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Courtney Stodden, 22, said she has resorted to prescription drugs to cope with her emotions. The Hollywood girl revealed she mixes her anxiety medication with champagne.
  
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• Smiling Arlo has spent his whole life in hospital

  18-05-2017 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One-year-old Arlo Newcombe struggles to breath due to a rare lung disease. His family, from Bromley, London, have never taken him home as he permanently needs a ventilator.
  
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• The 'Charlie Sheen effect' on HIV

  18-05-2017 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at San Diego State University have published a study showing Sheen's TV appearance sparked an uptick with rates of people getting at-home HIV tests - reaching a record high.
  
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• ​Jennifer Lawrence Just Posted The BEST Response To Her Pole-Dancing Video Leak

  18-05-2017 16:36
  
  The video shows her dancing on a stripper pole and crawling on all fours
  
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• Pregnant women don’t need a blanket ban on drinking. They need the facts | Jennie Bristow

  18-05-2017 16:32
  
  Giving mothers-to-be advice with no scientific basis is patronising and coercive. Women have the right to see the evidence and make their own decisionsThe past 50 years have brought some huge victories for women’s reproductive choice. Access to contraception and abortion allowed sexually active women to avoid or terminate a pregnancy, enabling them to decide whether and when to have children. But these significant gains are limited by both old and new constraints. Women’s access to a
  
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• The Exact Circuit Workout Alexandra Daddario Did To Get 'Baywatch' Fit

  18-05-2017 16:19
  
  She works with Zac Efron's trainer.
  
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• Diabetes risk cut if you stay the same weight as you age

  18-05-2017 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Cambridge studied 30,000 people over 10 years and foundstaying the same weight cuts the risk of diabetes, which affects 414 million adults worldwide.
  
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• Game of Thrones character Daenerys gets a baby lookalike

  18-05-2017 15:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Devina Smith, from Mississippi, shocked her family when she was born with a mane of snow-colored hair. The newborn's silvery locks are caused by partial albinism.
  
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• Eating nuts reduces the risk of dying from bowel cancer

  18-05-2017 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston also revealed that eating nuts prevents colon cancer from returning by 42 percent, yet this does not apply to peanuts.
  
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• Yorkshire woman shows off her curved spine

  18-05-2017 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liz Barton, 47, from Richmond, Yorkshire, woke from an operation to remove a golf-ball sized tumour on her spine to find her back had a 100 degree twist, leaving her unable to work.
  
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• Chester hospital baby deaths to be investigated by police

  18-05-2017 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Countess of Chester hospital recorded a "higher than usual" mortality rate.
  
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• Dr Pimple Popper removes BOWLING BALL-sized neck lump

  18-05-2017 13:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: California-based dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee removes a 400g lipoma from the back of a man's neck with her bare hands in her latest viral video.
  
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• As a doctor I couldn't cure Jane but could grant her dying wish

  18-05-2017 13:43
  
  Even when conventional medicine can offer no more, a thoughtful deed can give patients something worth living forI hated my first job as a junior doctor on the medical wards. The district general hospital was busy and understaffed. I often felt out of my depth, trying to look after so many elderly and frail patients and found it hard to approach the terrifying registrar who bullied me, or the consultant who told me to “pull myself together” when I cried in a meeting. The long, lonely
  
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• Diabetes sufferers could REVERSE blindness with new drug

  18-05-2017 13:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DIABETES is the leading cause of blindness in people of working age in the UK, but a new drug may be able to help sufferers regain vision.
  
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• Infertility in older women explained by scientists

  18-05-2017 13:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and University College London have discovered insufficient protein levels may prevent eggs dividing properly.
  
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• ASOS backlash for listing UK size 10 as 'large'

  18-05-2017 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Twitter user called out the online retailer after seeing a pair of UK size 10 shorts listed as 'large'.
  
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• Meningitis vaccine plea after London girl dies of disease

  18-05-2017 12:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lauren Sandall, from Woodford Green in north east London, had just started her first week at university when she caught the deadly bacterial infection and died just 48 hours later.
  
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• General election 2017: Tory ​social ​care plans will leave 'many worse off', says expert Andrew Dilnot – politics live

  18-05-2017 12:21
  
  All the day’s campaign news, as Conservatives offer version of plans dismissed as ‘death tax’, with winter fuel payments to be means-testedConservative manifesto: five things to watch for
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  Care expert Andrew Dilnot condemns Tory plans as inadequate 11.21am BSTThe Evening Standard has published the findings of an Ipsos MORI poll showing Labour up eight points - but the Conservatives still well ahead. He
  
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• Theresa May’s social care system is a lottery. Just hope you’re not unlucky | Polly Toynbee

  18-05-2017 12:20
  
  The Tory manifesto pledge takes a bold step in raising money from elderly home-owners, but there are fairer ways to fund this, as Labour has shown in the past“No death tax!” the chancellor Philip Hammond proclaimed before the election campaign began. But here comes exactly that – and a very good thing too, as the Tory manifesto recoups the cost of care from property after death. Social care is in a crippling crisis, leaving half a million frail old people with no care at all, w
  
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• Mum's warning after daughter dies of meningitis W

  18-05-2017 11:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lauren Sandell was 18 years old when she died from the disease, a few months after starting university.
  
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• Colon cancer cure? Scientists say eating ALMONDS could be as good as chemotherapy

  18-05-2017 11:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  COLON cancer - also known as bowel cancer - survival has doubled in the last 40 years in the UK, but there are still thousands of deaths from the condition each year.
  
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• Suffering with high blood pressure symptoms? Eating chocolate could lower it

  18-05-2017 11:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HIGH blood pressure - also known as hypertension - affects 16 million people in the UK, and experts currently recommend people can reduce symptoms by exercising regularly, reducing sodium intake and limiting alcohol.
  
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• Gastric balloon you can SWALLOW can help slimmers shed weight without surgery

  18-05-2017 11:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A NEW gastric balloon that can be easily swallowed could be a safe and effective way to lose “substantial” amounts of weight, new research shows.
  
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• 'Real life hunchback' shows off her curved spine

  18-05-2017 11:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liz Barton, 47, from Richmond, Yorkshire, woke from an operation to remove a golf-ball sized tumour on her spine to find her back had a 100 degree twist, leaving her unable to work.
  
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