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• Dr Max: Why I'd ban all children from using Instagram

  27-05-2017 15:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Without doubt, there is one aspect of modern society that’s directly contributing to the spike in mental health problems among the young in the UK: social media, writes DR MAX.
  
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• Sunscreen label confusion putting Britons at risk, say experts

  27-05-2017 12:06
  
  Six out of 10 consumers don’t understand labelling on sunscreen products designed to protect skin from harmful rays from sunBritons are putting themselves at risk of sunburn and long-lasting skin damage by failing to understand the “dual protection” labelling on sunscreen products, research has warned.As the UK this week enjoyed an early heatwave, six out of 10 people polled said they were unaware that the SPF – Sun Protection Factor – rating displayed on labels doe
  
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• What I’m really thinking: the A&E doctor

  27-05-2017 10:00
  
  I want to be able to spend time with each person, to make a diagnosis, not just a best guessI’m sorry you’ve been waiting so long, but no, you’re not next to be seen. Yes, I do realise you have a heart condition. The next person I’m going to see has cancer, and the person I’m currently dealing with cannot breathe; as a general rule, if you’re well enough to harass the staff who are just trying to deal with each case as efficiently and safely as they can, you&r
  
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• Anal cancer symptoms - these factors could be putting you at risk

  27-05-2017 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ANAL cancer - a different disease to bowel cancer - is a disease few known about and even fewer want to talk about. It affects more than 1,000 people in the UK every year.
  
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• High blood pressure patients should do THIS properly to live longer

  27-05-2017 08:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LOWERING high blood pressure - also known as hypertension - be done by making changes to lifestyle, or people can take medication to reduce their reading.
  
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• Bowel cancer symptoms - women reveals signs were the same as THIS condition

  27-05-2017 08:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BOWEL cancer is more common in people over the age of sixty. However the disease can affect younger people and every year more than 2,500 people are told they have bowel cancer.
  
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• Heart attack cure - THESE drugs can reduce your risk AND tackle high cholesterol

  27-05-2017 06:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HEART attacks can be a symptom of heart disease. However, experts have now reveal statins, a group of medicines which are prescribed by GPs to lower the level of bad - or LDL - cholesterol in the blood, can also reduce risk.
  
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• Children are being led to believe they are mentally ill

  27-05-2017 02:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rising numbers of experts in the UK are questioning whether lessons in wellbeing – intended to tackle anxiety – are actually making pupils more unhappy. File photo posed by models.
  
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• Salt won't give you a heart attack, says scientist

  27-05-2017 01:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The dangerous myth that salt raises blood pressure began more than 100 years ago, with French scientists Ambard and Beauchard. They based their findings on studies of just six patients.
  
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• Autism diagnoses 'could be reduced under NHS plan'

  27-05-2017 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The National Autistic Society says it is deeply concerned about NHS plans in south-west London.
  
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• Canada man chooses to die from medical assistance

  27-05-2017 00:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Shields, 78, died by medical assistance on March 24 in Victoria, Canada. He allowed the New York Times to film thecontroversial last moments of his life before his lethal injection.
  
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• 10 stroke patients regain control of their paralyzed hands

  27-05-2017 00:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The machine, developed by the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, targets a small part of the brain that is needed to send the first 'movement signal' to our fingers.
  
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• Moths with larger antennae are better at detecting signals

  27-05-2017 00:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Male gum-leaf skeletoniser moths with larger antennae are better at detecting smaller amounts of sex pheromones from females, Australian researchers have found.
  
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