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• Jennifer Lopez Looks Stunning In Makeup-Free Video

  03-06-2017 23:19
  
  She doesn't need any makeup to look beautiful.
  
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• Man crippled by MS to swim the Channel

  03-06-2017 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mike Dawson has multiple sclerosis. Diagnosed in 2005, he now struggles to walk. But he is training to swim the Channel – and if he succeeds, he will be the first person with MS to do it.
  
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• New heart valve boosts baby hopes for young women

  03-06-2017 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nosheen Khan (pictured), 27, from Croydon, South London, is one of the first people in the world to have the new type of biotissue valve, fitted by renowned surgeon Professor Otto Wendler.
  
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• DR ELLIE CANNON: Earache on a plane

  03-06-2017 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DR ELLIE CANNON answers questions about ear pain when flying and talks about Australian singer Olivia Newton-John's cancer diagnosis.
  
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• Britons injure backs by incorrectly carrying children 

  03-06-2017 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nearly a third of 1,020 parents and grandparentssurveyed by Bupa reported hurting themselves during childcare tasks, with a quarter incapacitated by their pain.
  
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• Why can't doctors admit Tory NHS cuts are a myth?

  03-06-2017 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When it comes to the NHS, the mantra ‘Tory cuts’ is repeated so many times it’s just assumed to be true. In medicine, you hear it over and over again, with no one ever seeming to question it.
  
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• Prostate cancer treatment 'could help more patients'

  03-06-2017 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lead researcher describes findings from the clinical trial as a "once-in-a-career feeling".
  
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• Kids more likely to suffer depression from toxic parents

  03-06-2017 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Melissa Bright, a psychology research scientist at the University of Florida, is exploring how stressful experiences during childhood relates to a child's health.
  
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• Hot weather followed by rain sends pollen into overdrive

  03-06-2017 14:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A triple-whammy of hot weather followed by downpours just as grasses start flowering is about to send pollen production into overdrive in Britain.
  
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• Statins slash breast cancer death rates by remarkable 40%

  03-06-2017 13:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers believe the 3p-a-day pills dramatically boost survival rates by halting the growth of tumours.They say that in future, statins will routinely be used to treat breast cancer.
  
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• Prostate cancer trial stuns researchers: 'It's a once in a career feeling'

  03-06-2017 12:30
  
  Study with ‘powerful results’ finds that combining two existing therapies could extend the life of men with advanced, high-risk prostate cancer by 37%Combining two existing prostate cancer therapies could extend the life of men with advanced, high-risk prostate cancer by 37%, according to a study presented at the world’s largest cancer conference. The new findings could change how doctors first approach treatment of prostate cancer.“These are the most powerful results I&r
  
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• Gingivitis symptoms: Do YOU know the other reasons why your gums bleed?

  03-06-2017 12:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BLEEDING gums have tended to indicate to many of us that we might be suffering from gum disease. However, there are several other reasons why it may happen.
  
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• 'It was quasi-religious': the great self-esteem con

  03-06-2017 12:00
  
  In the 1980s, Californian politician John Vasconcellos set up a task force to promote high self-esteem as the answer to all social ills. But was his science based on a lie?In 2014, a heartwarming letter sent to year 6 pupils at Barrowford primary school in Lancashire went viral. Handed out with their Key Stage 2 exam results, it reassured them: “These tests do not always assess all of what it is that make each of you special and unique… They do not know that your friends count on yo
  
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• After surviving cancer I thought work would go back to normal – I was wrong

  03-06-2017 11:06
  
  Walking back into the office without any hair was difficult, but having a supportive public sector employer has made all the difference
  I’d never taken a dressing gown to work before. But my choice to return to work during the last stage of breast cancer treatment meant coming to the office in the morning, dressing gown in my handbag, before heading to the hospital at lunchtime for a daily dose of radiotherapy.After nearly a year of cancer treatment, returning to work was supposed to be th
  
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• High blood pressure symptoms: Eating THIS for dessert could lower it

  03-06-2017 10:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HIGH blood pressure is known to be improved with the help of a healthy diet, but new research suggests it could be reduced in particular by eating mangos.
  
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• A letter to … my husband, who copes with my anxiety disorder

  03-06-2017 07:45
  
  The letter you always wanted to writeYou have always known that I struggle with anxiety. At some stages of our life together, I have been paralysed by it, living it, breathing it but seeing little else, including you. My anxiety can stifle our time together. In my worst moments I constantly seek reassurance, I display symptoms of OCD and hyperventilate. I often wonder how you have managed to see the person beyond the anxiety, how you have tolerated me and stayed.When things are on a more even ke
  
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• Ovarian cancer drug 'very promising'

  03-06-2017 07:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ovarian cancer sufferer Marianne says the ONX-0801 trial was her "only option".
  
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• Ovarian cancer breakthrough: New treatment 'found to dramatically shrink tumours'

  03-06-2017 06:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RESEARCHERS have hailed the biggest breakthrough in advanced ovarian cancer for a decade after a new treatment was found to dramatically shrink tumours.
  
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• Experimental ovarian cancer treatment looks 'very promising', researchers say

  03-06-2017 06:01
  
  Early-phase study of drug that mimics folic acid to attack ovarian cancer cells could hold promise for women who stop responding to traditional treatmentAn experimental new treatment for ovarian cancer led to a dramatic shrinking of tumors in a small, early-phase study.Researchers were testing a drug, known as ONX-0801, for safety, but found that tumors in half of the 15 women studied shrank during the trial, a response they called, “highly unusual” and “very promising”.R
  
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• Drug shrinks ovarian tumours in early trial

  03-06-2017 06:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Small study raises hopes of treating women with advanced disease who do not respond to other drugs.
  
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• What are tonsil stones? THIS natural cure could get rid of problem - and bad breath

  03-06-2017 05:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TONSIL stones are hard deposits which can form on the the tonsils, in the back of the throat. The formations are sometimes called tonsilloliths.
  
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• Hope for thousands of women with ovarian cancer

  03-06-2017 04:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The drug does not cause hair loss, extreme tiredness or high risk of infection, meaning patients enjoy a better quality of life.
  
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• Poison pill

  03-06-2017 01:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Canadian doctor says one short letter managed to convince doctors that opioids were safe.
  
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• Statins could cut risk of dying from breast cancer by almost 40 per cent - study

  03-06-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  STATINS could prove a crucial weapon in the fight against breast cancer, experts announced.
  
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• Statins could reduce risk of breast cancer death by 38%, research shows

  03-06-2017 01:00
  
  Chinese research shows statins associated with reduction in deathAnalysis prompts calls for further clinical trials of cholesterol-reducing drugsStatins – drugs that lower cholesterol – could reduce the risk of death from women diagnosed with breast cancer by as much as 38%, a new analysis has found, prompting fresh calls for clinical trials.The new analysis of seven previous observational studies was presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, by Dr Binliang L
  
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• May and Corbyn face voters on BBC's Question Time – video highlights

  03-06-2017 00:55
  
  Prime minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn take part in a special general election edition of BBC1’s Question Time in York. May is questioned on her party’s plans for social care and public sector pay while Corbyn struggles to answer on whether he would be willing to deploy nuclear weaponsQuestion Time leaders’ special: May under fire over NHS and education – liveContinue reading...
  
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• General election: May falters during challenge over record on public services

  03-06-2017 00:48
  
  PM confronted by nurse over issue of low pay in Question Time special, while Jeremy Corbyn is questioned over Trident and national securityTheresa May came under sustained pressure over the Conservative party’s record on public sector pay, mental health services and social care in a combative election edition of BBC1’s Question Time broadcast less than a week before polling day.The prime minister faced a string of awkward questions from members of the public, including a challenge fr
  
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• The Most Confident People in the Room May Steer You to a Bad Decision

  03-06-2017 00:03
  
  Making group decisions among family, friends, or coworkers can be tough—especially when people have differing opinions, and some are more forceful about them than others.Now, a new study in Nature Human Behavior reveals a common trap we tend to fall into with these situations: People often match their levels of confidence to the confidence levels of other people around them, even if those others have more—or less—expertise on the topic at hand.RELATED: 10 Ha
  
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