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• People Are Freaking Out About This New Avocado At Trader Joe's

  25-05-2017 23:29
  
  It's teeny tiny...and all over your Instagram.
  
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• 8 Healthy Sides You Need For Every Summer Cookout

  25-05-2017 22:09
  
  Make your grilling game even stronger with these tasty sides.
  
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• Arrest Warrant Issued For Bikram Yoga Founder

  25-05-2017 21:30
  
  The hot yoga guru is in some seriously hot water.
  
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• NHS issues warning for possible terror attack this weekend

  25-05-2017 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A letter obtained by the Health Service Journal warns of a potential threat following the Manchester terror atrocity which killed 22 people.
  
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• 'Why I Got Tested For The Alzheimer's Gene In My Thirties'

  25-05-2017 21:20
  
  Experts say women seem to be even more affected by the gene that has a correlation with Alzheimer's.
  
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• The US healthcare system is at a dramatic fork in the road | Adam Gaffney

  25-05-2017 20:38
  
  The Congressional Budget Office has given the revised American Health Care Act a dismal score. Will we let this terrible plan define our healthcare future?The US healthcare system – and with it the health and welfare of millions – is poised on the edge of a knife. Though the fetid dysfunction and entanglements of the Trump presidency dominate the airwaves, this is an issue that will have life and death consequences for countless Americans.The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO)
  
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• The age women have the best sex of their lives

  25-05-2017 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Women have the best sex of their lives at 36 and over, a study by contraception app Natural Cycles. That's good news for celebrities Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and Kelly Rowland.
  
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• Four ways your coffee habit is messing with your head

  25-05-2017 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A boy died after drinking three Red Bulls. While that’s excessive, it made us wonder about the pitfalls of drinking coffee. British nutritionist May Simpkin explains its effects.
  
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• California student hospitalized by nacho cheese incident

  25-05-2017 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Villasenor, 16, was left fighting for his life in the ICU after he ate a gas station's cheese that had botulism last month in Sacramento, California.
  
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• Tons Of Fast Food Chains Have Nutritionists—And They're Actually Like Weight-Loss Ninjas

  25-05-2017 19:23
  
  You've gotta try the tips they've used to make drive-thru menus healthier.
  
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• ​What Your Period Blood Consistency Means About Your Health

  25-05-2017 19:13
  
  ​Menstrual blood is different from blood anywhere else in body.
  
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• Photos Of These Crazy Bubbling Face Masks Are Going Viral—And For Good Reason

  25-05-2017 19:12
  
  They're the latest K-beauty product to start trending.
  
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• Keeping secrets can lead to stress and wrinkles

  25-05-2017 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A University of Columbia study claims that keeping secrets may be damaging to mental health because they drive up stress, causing sleeping problems, wrinkles and sickness.
  
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• More than half of Britons walk just a mile or less a day

  25-05-2017 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A survey showed 52% of UK adults walk just a mile or less on week days. Yet a brisk walk a day could help prevent around 3,400 cases a year. The charity urges people to take on its 10,000 step Walk All Over Cancer challenge.
  
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• How to feel less stressed

  25-05-2017 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Meg Arroll, a leading psychologist and consultant for Healthspan, has authored five books on health, specifically on chronic illness. Here she explains why we overthink everything.
  
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• Welsh baby born 3 months early was kept alive in a bag

  25-05-2017 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Six-month-old Harrison Smith from Paisley, Renfrewshire, spent nine weeks in hospital after being born with breathing difficulties and a bleed in his brain. He is battling chronic lung disease.
  
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• One snort of cocaine is enough to get addicted

  25-05-2017 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The McGill University, Montreal, findings show that many takers of the white powder could be further along the road to dependency than they may have realised.
  
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• Cannabis can make your teeth fall out

  25-05-2017 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Columbia University found self-reported frequent recreational cannabis users are more at-risk of the condition. It is unclear if the same is true for medical use.
  
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• Reminiscing about happy times can remove stress

  25-05-2017 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Remembering good times can cut someone's stress response by 85 per cent, firing up the reward centres in the brain, psychologists at Rutgers University in New York found.
  
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• ​52 Easy (And Delicious!) Ways To Use Your Favorite Veggies

  25-05-2017 17:42
  
  ​This is your ticket out of a bland vegetable rut.
  
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• 'Writing about Beethoven helped me come to terms with my own hearing loss'

  25-05-2017 17:40
  
  Musician Clare Norburn had been reluctant to admit to her hearing problems, but a decision to write about Beethoven helped her embrace the present rather than worry about the futureAs someone who makes a living as both a soprano and a playwright, I should find Beethoven an obvious subject of interest. Even more so now, as 18 months ago I was diagnosed with a hearing loss condition called acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma, which will eventually lead to complete hearing loss in my right ea
  
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• 12 Jours review – a devastating glimpse into broken souls

  25-05-2017 17:37
  
  Raymond Depardon’s documentary follows a judge who must decide whether psychiatric hospital patients can be allowed back into societyA young woman stares across a table at the judge who is reviewing her case. Her gaze is both searingly intense and curiously blank. Holding herself preternaturally still, muscles tensed against the turmoil of emotions, she pleads to see the two-year-old daughter who has been removed from her care. “Not all the time, I accept that. But just to change her
  
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• Children with divorced parents are less healthy

  25-05-2017 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the universities of Santiago de Compostela and Vigo in Spain believe it is how parents handle the situation, and not the divorce itself, that affects children's health.
  
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• Ancestry.com denies exploiting users' DNA

  25-05-2017 17:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The genealogy service says it is changing its terms and conditions after being criticised.
  
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• Midwives reveal what they wished women knew

  25-05-2017 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bournemouth-based midwives, Samantha Pantlin and Alex Williams, run The Naked Midwives, putting together programmes to ensure women are as prepared for birth as possible.
  
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• Aly Raisman Had The Best Comeback After Getting Body Shamed At The Airport

  25-05-2017 17:11
  
  Even Olympians aren't safe from BS comments about their bodies.
  
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• Average hospital bed occupancy rate for 2017 sits at 92%

  25-05-2017 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'exceptionally worrying' findings, based on NHS England figures, depict the true horror of the bed shortage across the country, the Royal College of Surgeons has warned.
  
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• Probiotics ease the symptoms of depression

  25-05-2017 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from McMaster University found 64 per cent of adults with IBS and depression had improved symptoms after six weeks versus 32 per cent given a placebo.
  
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• Charlie Gard doctors can stop providing life support, court rules

  25-05-2017 15:42
  
  Appeal court judges back earlier ruling in case of nine-month-old boy whose parents wanted to take him to US for treatment
  Doctors can stop providing life-support treatment to a sick baby who is being kept on a ventilator at Great Ormond Street hospital, appeal court judges have ruled. The decision comes after a legal battle by Chris Gard and Connie Yates, who had sought to keep their son, Charlie Gard, alive long enough to travel with him to the US for experimental treatment that may have prolo
  
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• Syrian refugee left in pain after swallowing his money

  25-05-2017 15:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite being submerged in stomach acid, all 26 of the notes, worth roughly £1,395 ($1,807), were all intact and still considered in a good condition, according to Dutch doctors.
  
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• Dads are attentive and emotionally engaged with daughters

  25-05-2017 15:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fathers of girls were more likely to sing to them and use words associated with their body such as 'belly,' 'cheek,' 'face,' 'fat' and 'feet' found researchers from Woodruff Health Sciences Centre in Atlanta (stock).
  
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• The 12 Best Deals From Nordstrom’s Memorial Day Sale

  25-05-2017 15:00
  
  Because we love us that sale rack life.
  
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• Pasta sales have fallen by 2% due to low-carb diets

  25-05-2017 14:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Almost one in four Italians are limiting the amount of pasta they eat for health reasons, with an overload of carbohydrates known to increase weight, according to a report by consumer analysts Mintel.
  
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• Fibre reduces the risk of arthritis by up to 61%  

  25-05-2017 13:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Tuft University, Boston and the University of Manchester compared those with the highest daily fibre intake to those consuming the lowest amounts.
  
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• I worried about working in psychiatry but one patient taught me how to listen

  25-05-2017 13:50
  
  It took ages to earn Sandra’s trust – she showed me how people’s lives can be consumed by the cruel fate of mental health problemsIn medicine, psychiatry isn’t seen as glamorous. As a student and while training, you fight with your colleagues for the sexy jobs in cardiology, intensive care or on the frontline. When the crash call goes off, it’s dramatic; chest compressions, ventilation, trying to be the hero you see depicted on television. A job in psychiatry wasn&r
  
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• Chinese woman with tumours finds support online

  25-05-2017 13:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 48-year-old dubbed 'elephant face' due to facial tumours has found support and friendship through live-streaming. Liu began posting online in 2016 and hopes to raise money for surgery.
  
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• Hilary Barry slams anti-vaxxers on breakfast show

  25-05-2017 12:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A New Zealand breakfast host sparked a heated online debate after saying those who think there's a link between autism and vaccines are 'wrong and stupid'.
  
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• Watford woman bullied for being a Sturge-Weber sufferer

  25-05-2017 11:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sharon James, 38, from Watford, received cruel taunts throughout her childhood due to her Sturge-Weber syndrome. But even as an adult, she has been reduced to tears by strangers.
  
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• Drug companies may stop producing unprofitable antibiotics

  25-05-2017 10:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Children are worst hit by the decision to restrict production of older drugs to treat a range ofillnesses, St George's University of London researchers said.
  
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• Learning to read rewires the brain in just six months

  25-05-2017 10:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, found reading causes the brain to completely reorganise itself. The brainstem and thalamus are most affected by reading.
  
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• Drexel researchers explain the science of day drinking

  25-05-2017 10:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts reveal the scientific reasons why the effects of day drinking may differ from a night out. They suggest it could due to your behavior, being under duress or circadian rhythms.
  
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• NY scientists cure mice muffin tops with anti-obesity pill

  25-05-2017 10:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, have discovered an antibody that stops fat triggering disease by collecting around the organs.
  
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• Drinking coffee reduces your liver cancer risk by 50% 

  25-05-2017 10:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Southampton and Edinburgh universities found drinking just one cup of coffee a day reduces your risk of developing the disease by 20 per cent.
  
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• Teenage pregnancies more common in children with ADHD

  25-05-2017 10:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As a result of the disorder, girls between the ages of 12 and 15 were found to be most vulnerable to succumb to risky sexual behaviour, according to Danish researchers.
  
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• Cheese IS good for you - just don't eat it on its own 

  25-05-2017 10:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A researcher from Copenhagen University says cheese is a good example of how a food's effect on health cannot be judged by its single nutrients as its fat content is unharmful.
  
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• Andrew Lansley's secret diary to be revealed

  25-05-2017 10:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Whitehall has spent several years and tens of thousands of pounds trying to block the publication of the appointments diary of former health secretary Andrew Lansley.
  
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• How can you stop teenagers from drinking and smoking?

  25-05-2017 10:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The least happy schoolchildren are almost twice as likely to take up alcohol and cigarettes, a study by University College London has found.
  
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• Drink and drug service cuts will hit overstretched A&Es

  25-05-2017 10:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cuts to addiction services will impact A&Es and cost the NHS more in the long run, claims a Royal College of Psychiatrists professor. Budgets for services in some areas have been slashed by 50%.
  
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• Fitness trackers 'poor at measuring calories burned'

  25-05-2017 09:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  But they are accurate at measuring heart rate, a study of seven devices has found.
  
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• 'You are wrong and stupid': TV host slams anti-vaxxers

  25-05-2017 09:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A New Zealand breakfast host sparked a heated online debate after saying those who think there's a link between autism and vaccines are 'wrong and stupid'.
  
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