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• 5 Trainers Share Their #1 Tip For Clients Trying To Lose 10 Pounds

  07-06-2017 23:54
  
  Do this and watch the weight melt off.
  
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• How This Yogi Is Reclaiming The Word 'Fat'

  07-06-2017 23:17
  
  "To me, to use the word fat is not an insult."
  
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• 9 Father's Day Gifts You Can Totally Order On Amazon

  07-06-2017 22:47
  
  Oh hey, two-day shipping.
  
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• Low fat dairy raises risk of Parkinson's disease 

  07-06-2017 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eating three or more portions of low fat dairy a day raises risk by 34 per cent compared to eating less than one serving, say researchers from the University of Harvard.
  
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• This Mom Is Spilling Details About What It's Like To Give Birth To A 13.5-Pound Baby​

  07-06-2017 22:05
  
  “I couldn’t believe it. It was like I delivered a toddler.”
  
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• Boston marijuana dispensary creates a weed pizza

  07-06-2017 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ermont Inc, a Quincy, Massachusetts medical marijuana dispensary, created a weed-infusedpizza. The highcomes from the tomato sauce, which is infused with 125 mg of THC distillate.
  
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• Polygraph for pedophiles: how virtual reality is used to assess sex offenders

  07-06-2017 20:57
  
  A controversial lab in Montreal is developing virtual reality images that can help build a profile of a pedophile, and determine their risk to societyIn a maximum security mental health facility in Montreal is a “cave-like” virtual reality vault that’s used to show images of child sexual abuse to sex offenders. Patients sit inside the vault with devices placed around their penises to measure signs of arousal as they are shown computer-generated animations of naked children.&ldq
  
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• This Deaf Singer's Performance On 'America's Got Talent' Will Blow You Away

  07-06-2017 20:25
  
  "I want to do more with my life than just give up."
  
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• How May and Hunt constituents' hospitals are struggling to meet targets

  07-06-2017 20:13
  
  Berkshire and Surrey trusts are mostly missing A&E targets and each faring poorly on other measures, data showsRevealed: scale of hospital staff shortages in top Tory areasA Guardian investigation has revealed significant shortcomings at the three hospital trusts used by constituents of Theresa May in Maidenhead and Jeremy Hunt in South West Surrey. The trusts are the Royal Berkshire; the Royal Surrey County hospital in Guildford; and Frimley Health. Continue reading...
  
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• 5 High-Calorie Foods You Need To Eat If You're Trying To Lose Weight

  07-06-2017 20:08
  
  Do not fear these foods.
  
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• Overweight children are less popular

  07-06-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Fat-shaming' – insulting or bullying children because of their weight is causing obese children to be treated a social outcasts, the University of South California researchers claimed.
  
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• Is trendy almond milk stunting your child's growth?

  07-06-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto found that drinking one cup of cow's milk a day makes children 0,2cm taller than average, while non-cow's milk makes them 0.4cm shorter.
  
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• Doctors Thought This Teen Was Pregnant—But She Actually Had A Rare Disease

  07-06-2017 19:53
  
  "I had a lump growing in my stomach for a year and I just ignored it."
  
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• When to See the Strawberry Moon—and Where It Got Its Name

  07-06-2017 19:42
  
  This article originally appeared on Travel + Leisure. Later this week, stargazers will be able to spot the Strawberry Moon in the sky.On Friday, June 9 at approximately 9:09 am ET, this month’s full moon will reach its peak. To most people, the moon will appear full the nights before and after its peak.However, those looking for a giant strawberry in the sky will be disappointed. The Strawberry Moon — also referred to as the Rose Moon — won’t be tinged any particular
  
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• Ask Yourself These 4 Questions Before You Even Think About Cheating

  07-06-2017 19:20
  
  Affairs often aren't all they're cracked up to be.
  
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• Revealed: scale of hospital staff shortages in top Tory areas

  07-06-2017 19:07
  
  Guardian investigation highlights severe understaffing at Royal Berkshire, Royal Surrey County and Frimley Health trustsThe maternity unit at the main hospital used by Theresa May’s local constituents is so severely understaffed that wards are running with only a quarter of the nurses they need, potentially putting mothers’ and babies’ lives at risk.
  The Royal Berkshire hospital’s staffing data shows that on some days in March its delivery suite lacked two-thirds of the n
  
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• The One Change That Helped This 'Biggest Loser' Contestant Lose Weight For Good

  07-06-2017 18:59
  
  Jessica Limpert regained all the weight she lost on the NBC show.
  
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• The Best Swimsuits for Women with Small Boobs

  07-06-2017 18:55
  
  Let your little ladies shine in these stylish options.
  
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• The Best Sex Toys For Getting Down With Another Woman

  07-06-2017 18:12
  
  Plus, expert advice on how to put them to good use.
  
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• Why the elderly should be prescribed ballroom dancing

  07-06-2017 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking at Cheltenham Science Festival, dance scientist Dr Emma Redding said dancing can also improve older people's self-esteem, ease symptoms of dementia and combat loneliness.
  
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• Overdoses now the top cause of death of young Americans

  07-06-2017 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Preliminary CDC data published by the New York Times shows US drug overdose deaths surged 19 percent to at least 59,000 in 2016.
  
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• Khloe Kardashian's nutritionist reveals the star's diet

  07-06-2017 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Khloe Kardashian is known for her outgoing personality and amazing body. Her nutritionist reveals the celebrity has seven meals a day and drinks plenty of water to keep in shape.
  
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• ​9 Packaged Snacks That Are Actually Good For You, According to Nutritionists

  07-06-2017 17:59
  
  ​These store-bought options don't suck.
  
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• Olivia Parker's best photograph: an early warning of Alzheimer's

  07-06-2017 17:35
  
  ‘It was only after John died that I realised these were an early sign of his illness’They say Alzheimer’s starts way before you notice it. But there are little things. Although my husband John died last year, it wasn’t until quite recently that I noticed this photograph – and realised what it meant. It was taken in 2004, seven years before I actually recognised John was ill. At the time, I would notice things, but he’d explain them away. He had stopped reading
  
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• This Fitness Blogger Hasn't Shaved Her Legs In A Year—Here's Why

  07-06-2017 17:32
  
  "Self-confidence is your super power."
  
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• Deaths from liver cancer have DOUBLED since the mid-1980s

  07-06-2017 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The American Cancer Society report comes after rock legend Gregg Allman, a baby boomer, died from liver cancer at 69. He was diagnosed in 2008, a year after his hepatitis C diagnosis.
  
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• Do burqas prevent women from absorbing vitamin D?

  07-06-2017 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Last month, UKIP leader Paul Nuttall said a burka ban would help women boost their vitamin D levels from sunlight. Yet an expert from the University of Aberdeen said diet and supplements are enough.
  
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• 6 Women Get Brutally Honest About What It's Like To Recover From An Eating Disorder

  07-06-2017 16:36
  
  ​"Life's a tangled-up mess; not a straight line. Recovery is the same way​."
  
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• Research shows who is more likely to be scared of ISIS

  07-06-2017 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Women, known to be the more anxious gender, tend to show greater signs of worry about ISIS' barbaric slaughters of nonbelievers of Islam, Israelian scientists say.
  
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• Addiction to prescription pills will overtake HEROIN

  07-06-2017 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Addiction to prescription and over-the-counter drugs has risen 22% in 2 years and will soon overtake alcohol and harder drugs admissions, according to rehab provider UKAT.
  
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• Friendships more important than family as we age

  07-06-2017 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Friendships play an increasingly greater role over family to our health and happiness as we age, a Michigan scholar has found. The findings were based on two surveys involving 280,000 people.
  
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• First grader shares photos after she beat stage 4 cancer 

  07-06-2017 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sophi Eber, seven, shared an inspiring picture of her first and last day of first grade. The Missouri little girl had beaten her stage 4 neuroblastoma and fully recovered in the time span.
  
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• Shadow health secretary gets caught out over NHS prescription cost – video

  07-06-2017 15:01
  
  During an interview with the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire, Labour’s Jon Ashworth is asked about the cost of a prescription, to which he gives the answer: ‘This is one of those questions where you catch us out’
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• Monitoring troponin levels can show survival after surgery

  07-06-2017 14:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  High levels of a protein in the bloodstream may show that a person is suffering from underlying inflammation in the body, researchers at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough say.
  
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• Hamilton mother who thought she was run down had SEPSIS

  07-06-2017 14:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jacqueline Lomoljo, 46, from South Lanarkshire, thought she was run down or had a 48-hour bug but she had sepsis – deadly blood poisoning – which was causing her organs to fail.
  
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• How yoga could ease cancer patients' pain and fatigue

  07-06-2017 14:23
  
  Researchers in one study find patients who do yoga sleep less but are less tired, while another study sees mood benefits among those who add yoga to exerciseYoga may help ease the pain and fatigue of cancer treatment, according to new research.One study conducted at the University of Rochester used two surveys to interrogate why a group of about 300 mostly female cancer patients felt less fatigued following a program of yoga. Related: New therapy offers hope against incurable form of breast canc
  
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• Is an anti-heroin vaccine on the horizon?

  07-06-2017 13:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University are the first to successfully test such a vaccine in monkeys. The effect is strongest in the first four weeks, but lasts for more than eight months.
  
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• Yoga improves quality of life for breast cancer sufferers

  07-06-2017 13:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York believe yoga lowers the stress hormone cortisol which makes patients more relaxed and better able to cope with side effects.
  
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• Judge 'lost the will to live' after dementia diagnosis, inquest hears

  07-06-2017 13:29
  
  A letter found after Sir Nicholas Wall, 71, killed himself at care home stated he had ‘no hope for the future’, says police officerA former senior family judge killed himself at a care home after he “lost the will to live” following his dementia diagnosis, an inquest has heard.Sir Nicholas Wall, who became president of the family division in 2010 and retired on health grounds in December 2012, was found hanged in his room at the Emily Jackson House care home in Sevenoaks,
  
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• 'Sleeping beauty diets' have serious health consequences

  07-06-2017 11:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Tracey Wade from the Flinders University School of Psychology in Australia, warned followers of the controversial diet are risking depression as excessive time in bed reduces socialising.
  
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• Paris pollution victim sues France for bad air

  07-06-2017 11:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parisian Clotilde Nonnez has lived in the capital for 30 years and has seen her health deteriorate.
  
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• Can VR be used to assess child abusers? Controversial research lab is finding out

  07-06-2017 11:00
  
  A mental health facility in Montreal is developing virtual reality to act as a polygraph test for pedophiles, and determine their risk to societyIn a maximum security mental health facility in Montreal is a “cave-like” virtual reality vault that’s used to show images of child sexual abuse to sex offenders. Patients sit inside the vault with devices placed around their penises to measure signs of arousal as they are shown computer-generated animations of naked children.“We
  
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• Doctor's call to 'equally protect' boys with HPV vaccine

  07-06-2017 10:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dr Kirsty Bonney says she wants to see boys "equally protected" against cancers caused by HPV.
  
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• Homeless babies and starving parents: the poverty seen by doctors

  07-06-2017 10:47
  
  A survey of 250 paediatricians reveals a shocking return to old-fashioned poverty that will hit future generations
  Nearly one in three children in the UK – a total of four million – live in poverty. It’s a statistic that perhaps many people acknowledge is shocking, but they don’t appreciate its implications.Living in poverty can have all sorts of damaging effects on a child, not least on their health. Poverty makes children sick; those living in the most deprived areas ha
  
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• Vigorous exercise for over 2 hours causes gut damage

  07-06-2017 10:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research, by Monash University in Australia said that 'with increasing intensity and duration of exercise there was a proportional increased risk of gut damage and impaired gut function.'
  
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• Horsham woman undergoes grueling form of chemotherapy

  07-06-2017 10:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sally Barnes, from Horsham, West Sussex, chose to undergo a treatment called Isolated Limb Perfusion at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London to overcome her skin cancer battle.
  
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• Global study finds 75% of pregnant women don't have healthy weight gain

  07-06-2017 07:29
  
  Data from Asia, US and Europe finds 23% do not gain enough weight and more than 50% gain too much, increasing risk of premature birth and caesareansA comprehensive new study has found 75% of women are not gaining a healthy recommended weight when pregnant.Gaining too little or too much weight during pregnancy increased the risk of premature births or requiring caesareans, it said, and the prevalence of both obesity and excess gestational weight gain was increasing. Related: Can mindfulness reduc
  
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• The Tories would oversee the rundown of A&E and maternity units | Denis Campbell

  07-06-2017 07:00
  
  Guardian experts give their view on the main parties’ public service manifesto pledges. Here, our health editor looks at what’s in store for the NHS• David Brindle on social care
  • Patrick Butler on social security
  • Dawn Foster on housing
  • Frances Ryan on disability
  • Anna Bawden on local government
  • Alan Travis on home affairs
  • Jane Dudman on the civil service
  • Damian Carrington on the environment
  • Scotland, Wales and Northern Irela
  
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• Labour’s £8bn injection promises a ‘real living wage’ for care workers | David Brindle

  07-06-2017 07:00
  
  Guardian experts give their view on the main parties’ public service manifesto pledges. Here, our public services editor looks at social care• Denis Campbell on health
  • Patrick Butler on social security
  • Dawn Foster on housing
  • Frances Ryan on disability
  • Anna Bawden on local government
  • Alan Travis on home affairs
  • Jane Dudman on the civil service
  • Damian Carrington on the environment
  • Scotland, Wales and Northern IrelandThe manifesto o
  
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• An egg a day appears to help young children grow taller

  07-06-2017 06:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hard-boiled or fried, a trial in Ecuador suggests eggs may provide vital nutrition to reduce stunting.
  
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