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• ​This Reddit Post On Weight-Shaming Is Going Viral—But It's Not What You Think

  29-06-2017 23:28
  
  The comments on this thread speak volumes.
  
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• How to eat your way to losing 10 pounds in just two weeks

  29-06-2017 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nutritionist Fiona Kirk has shared the secrets of her new diet plan book with FEMAIL, sharing her meal plan, recipes and essential do's and don't that will see the weight drop off quickly.
  
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• 7 Women Share How They Became Serial Monogamists

  29-06-2017 22:32
  
  "My friends usually tease me for always being in a relationship."
  
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• One in three women are at risk of breast cancer

  29-06-2017 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study led by Queen Mary, University of London, involving almost 4,000 women found that a third stopped the pills before this recommended time.
  
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• Five tips on how to stay healthy on holiday

  29-06-2017 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many who go on summer vacation leave behind their stress and their healthy lifestyles. Nutritionists reveal tips on how to stay on track including staying hydrated and protecting your skin.
  
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• 'Did I Really Lose Weight—Or Is It Just Water Weight?'

  29-06-2017 21:40
  
  Decode the scale by asking yourself these four questions.
  
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• 5 Simple Snacks That Help Eliminate Belly Bloat Fast

  29-06-2017 21:18
  
  Eat these to depuff.
  
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• 11 Reasons Why Summer Flings Are Totally Overrated

  29-06-2017 21:07
  
  ​Summer loving, had me a blast?
  
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• David Kingsbury: Calories are key to losing weight

  29-06-2017 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Celebrity personal trainer David Kingsbury said calories help people lose weight, not just exercise. He tells his clients tobalance their calorie intake with the amount of calories burned.
  
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• Scottish government abandons 1% pay cap on public sector workers

  29-06-2017 20:40
  
  Holyrood’s finance minister says time is up for controversial policy after Westminster MPs voted down Labour motion to scrap it nationallyThe Scottish government has promised to unilaterally lift the cap on public sector pay in the face of threats by nurses to go on strike. Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, said the devolved Holyrood government would abandon the UK-wide pay deal that has restricted annual pay rises for about 500,000 staff, including nurses and firefighters,
  
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• The public sector pay cap is nothing to cheer | Letters

  29-06-2017 20:31
  
  Independent pay review bodies must be re-empowered, writes Alastair Hatchett, while others say that the emergency services deserve better from MPs who were praising them mere weeks agoGovernment ministers should come clean on how they enforce the public sector pay cap of 1% (Confusion as No 10 denies possible end to public sector pay cap, 29 June). When they are on the retreat on the issue, as now, they say that pay increases should be determined by the independent pay review bodies. But since t
  
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• Where is the space in the Guardian for traditional values? | Letters

  29-06-2017 20:29
  
  Is there no room for people who hold conservative views on issues such as marriage and abortion, asks Paul Tench. Plus Dawn McAvoy takes issue with Stella Creasy’s views on the rights of women in Northern IrelandIt is quite understandable that you challenge the DUP on their past (A troubled past, G2, 28 June) and their conservative attitudes on social issues. But is there no room in the Guardian world for people who hold traditional views on marriage, abortion, euthanasia, keeping Sunday d
  
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• NHS prescribed record number of antidepressants last year

  29-06-2017 20:06
  
  Data prompts debate about whether rise shows drugs are handed out too freely or whether more people are getting helpThe NHS prescribed a record number of antidepressants last year, fuelling an upward trend that has seen the number of pills given to patients more than double over the last decade.The figures raised questions over whether the rise shows doctors are handing out the drugs out too freely or whether it means more people are getting help to tackle their anxiety, depression and panic att
  
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• The government’s abortion commitment is good news. But it’s not enough | Elizabeth Nelson

  29-06-2017 19:58
  
  As long as women from Northern Ireland have to travel for terminations they are still hugely disadvantaged. We need the law at home to change tooAbortion for women in Northern Ireland has become a high stakes issue in British politics for perhaps the first time ever, potentially exposing the first faultlines in the young Tory-DUP agreement to maintain a weakened Conservative government. Following Stella Creasy’s attempt to amend the Queen’s speech, the government has offered a new co
  
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• Gut bacteria could influence your emotions finds UCLA

  29-06-2017 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from UCLA adds further evidence to the connection between the gut and emotional responses.
  
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• Queen's speech passes as 50 Labour MPs defy Corbyn and back staying in single market - Politics live

  29-06-2017 19:41
  
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenAfternoon summaryQueen’s speech debate - Summary 6.41pm BST 6.20pm BSTThis is from my colleague Anushka Asthana.Labour confirms that all frontbenchers who voted against government's demand for abstention on single market vote have been SACKED. 6.15pm BSTThis is from Sky’s Tom Boadle.Andy Slaughter tells me he "assumes" he's been sacked from Labour's frontbench after voting for @ChukaUmunna's amendment. 6.06pm BS
  
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• Five ways sex can make you healthier

  29-06-2017 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Having sex can make people even healthier, several studies claim. A recent study found sexual activity in older adults can boost brain power and people score higher on tests.
  
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• Why America's Deep South still has the highest HIV rates

  29-06-2017 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two professors at the University of Maryland explain the underlying issues which mean HIV is so prevalent among Southern African Americans.
  
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• Gut bacteria could influence your emotions

  29-06-2017 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from UCLA adds further evidence to the connection between the gut and emotional responses.
  
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• Northern Ireland women to get free abortions in England

  29-06-2017 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ministers make concession ahead of threatened Commons rebellion over Queen's Speech.
  
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• Calories - not exercise - are the key to losing weight

  29-06-2017 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Celebrity personal trainer David Kingsbury said calories help people lose weight, not just exercise. He tells his clients tobalance their calorie intake with the amount of calories burned.
  
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• People Are Seriously Mad About This 'Teen Mom OG' Star Allegedly Driving While On Xanax

  29-06-2017 19:12
  
  MTV and Ryan Edwards are facing some harsh criticism.
  
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• Maine reports first case of measles in 20 years 

  29-06-2017 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The patient was diagnosed in mid-June after traveling overseas, according to state epidemiologist Dr Siiri Bennett.
  
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• Northern Irish women win access to free abortions as May averts rebellion

  29-06-2017 18:53
  
  Ministers announce funding for NI women to have abortions in England, in attempt to head off Tory revolt in Queen’s speech voteA decades-long struggle to give Northern Irish women access to terminations on the NHS in mainland Britain was unexpectedly won in the space of 24 hours on Thursday, as the UK government dramatically changed its policy in an attempt to head off a damaging Tory rebellion on the Queen’s speech.Dozens of Conservative MPs were understood to have expressed to Tory
  
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• 'Metal-on-metal' hip implant patients recalled for tests over toxicity fears

  29-06-2017 18:02
  
  Alert issued by regulatory agency calls for for MRI scans and blood tests on expanded pool from 56,000 patients using devices believed to be at risk of bone or muscle damage
  Thousands of patients with “metal-on-metal” hip implants will be recalled for a battery of tests, including MRI scans and blood tests, due to concerns over toxicity.The alert, issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), expands the pool of patients believed to be at risk of bone or m
  
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• This Nutritionist Has A Severe Nut Allergy—Here's What She Eats In A Day

  29-06-2017 17:58
  
  Even the aroma of hazelnut coffee can send her system into overdrive.
  
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• THIS is what happens when a firework explodes in your face

  29-06-2017 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doctors managed to restore vision to the unnamed man's, 44, from India, left eye, which was also affected by the blast.The report's authors advise people use protective eyewear.
  
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• Charlie Gard's parents say his life support will be withdrawn on Friday

  29-06-2017 17:50
  
  Baby at centre of legal battle will die ‘knowing he was loved by thousands’, say Chris Gard and Connie YatesCharlie Gard, the critically ill baby at the centre of a protracted legal battle, is to have his life support withdrawn by a hospital on Friday, his parents have said.Chris Gard and Connie Yates said 10-month-old Charlie, who suffers from a form of mitochondrial disease – a genetic condition which causes progressive muscle weakness and brain damage – will die &ldquo
  
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• Some 81% of children with cancer are due to live 10 years

  29-06-2017 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Five-year survival rates are also expected to rise in England, with around 85.1 per cent of those diagnosed in 2016 being expected to live at least half a decade, versus 67.2 per cent in 1990.
  
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• Terminally ill man in race against time to travel world

  29-06-2017 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ron Flewett, 56, from Lincolnshire, was diagnosed with the 'silent killer' lung condition idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in 2014. Doctors gave him just three years to live.
  
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• Prescriptions of antidepressants have more than DOUBLED

  29-06-2017 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An extra 3.7 million antidepressants were dispensed from 2015-2016 – a 6% jump, new figures show. This means there has been a 108% rise in the previous ten years, say NHS Digital.
  
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• 'This Is How My Mom Inspired Me To Dedicate My Life To Fitness'

  29-06-2017 17:24
  
  Lana Titus now strives to make workouts accessible to the mothers she trains.
  
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• Women Show Love for Their Bodies in New Social Media Campaign #MyBodyMyBFF

  29-06-2017 17:18
  
  This article originally appeared on People.com. A new social media campaign is asking women to be besties with their bodies.Started by the U.K.-based lingerie and swimwear line, Curvy Kate, #MyBodyMyBFF is popping up on Instagram and Twitter with a body-positive message that encourages women to treat themselves as well as they would treat a friend. Women of all sizes are proudly posting photos of themselves in skin-baring attire such as bras and bikinis alongside the hashtag.“Why are
  
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• 'How I Went From Struggling To Stick With Workouts To Becoming A Personal Trainer'

  29-06-2017 17:16
  
  Denise Harris says a mindset shift changed everything for her.
  
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• ​Your July Horoscope: It’s Time To Let Loose And Treat Yourself

  29-06-2017 16:44
  
  ​You do you, girl.
  
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• More than 50,000 with 'toxic' metal hip implants at risk

  29-06-2017 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an unprecedented step, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency issued an alert over the safety of the metal on metal hip implants and said they may need to be recalled.
  
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• '​The One Product That Keeps My Long Hair Free Of Split Ends'

  29-06-2017 16:30
  
  ​It's a classic for a reason.
  
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• Government agrees to fund abortions in England for Northern Ireland women to avert Commons defeat - Politics live

  29-06-2017 16:26
  
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen 3.26pm BSTJo Swinson, the new Lib Dem deputy leader, and a former equalities minister, has congratulated Stella Creasy on getting the government to concede on abortions for women from Northern Ireland - and criticised Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, for dragging his feet on this issue. She said:Congratulations to Stella Creasy - this shows the power of cross-party pressure, which will be even more effective in this bala
  
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• Noisy suburban streets reduce men’s fertility

  29-06-2017 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Seoul National University believe night-time noise disturbs sleep, leading to male infertility. Fertility problems affect around one in six couples globally at least once in their lifetime.
  
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• The healthiest food and drink products to buy revealed

  29-06-2017 16:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Healthy Food Guide magazine has crowned the winners of its 2017 awards this week, after tasting a range of health food and drink to find the most delicious and nutritious products.
  
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• Disturbed sleep can cause suicidal thoughts

  29-06-2017 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Florida State University also found that variation in the time of falling asleep is associated with insomnia and nightmares.
  
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• Grenfell Tower survivors may be at risk of Alzheimer's

  29-06-2017 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Chris Exley, of Keele University, warned of the dangers that inhaling the burning cladding, which was responsible for 80 deaths, may cause in the future.
  
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• The Best Workout Studios In One Of America's Fittest Towns

  29-06-2017 16:00
  
  Must-try spots for the next time you're in Massachusetts.
  
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• Government to give Northern Irish women access to free abortions

  29-06-2017 15:45
  
  In major concession to head off Tory rebellion, ministers announce new funding for NI women to have abortions in EnglandThe government has announced a major concession to give Northern Irish women access to terminations on the NHS in Great Britain, in an attempt to head off a damaging Tory rebellion at a vote on the Queen’s speech.Dozens of Conservative MPs were understood to have expressed to Tory whips their support for an amendment by the Labour MP Stella Creasy to allow Northern Irish
  
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• Take A Break From The Beach At These 4 Hot Spots In St. Petersburg, Florida

  29-06-2017 15:30
  
  For when you're sick of the sand...
  
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• A mum on having electric shock therapy while pregnant

  29-06-2017 15:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tania Gergeln had ECT for severe bipolar disorder while pregnant with her second daughter.
  
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• Northern Irish appeal court refuses limited lifting of abortion ban

  29-06-2017 14:59
  
  Judges say any changes to law should be made by executive, even in cases of fatal foetal abnormality and pregnancies caused by rapeThree appeal court judges have refused to legalise abortions in Northern Ireland’s hospitals in cases where women are made pregnant through rape or where pregnancies are doomed due to fatal foetal abnormality.The ruling in the court of appeal in Belfast also passed on responsibility for any changes to the region’s strict anti-abortion regime to a Stormont
  
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• Vote on abortion amendment to Queen's speech set to cause tension between Tories and DUP - Politics live

  29-06-2017 13:38
  
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen 12.38pm BSTTurning back to abortion, three appeal court judges in Belfast have refused to change the law in Northern Ireland to allow for abortion in cases where a woman is pregnant through rape or where the pregnancy is doomed due to fatal foetal abnormality.The court said abortion reform should be left to Stormont’s assembly as it ruled that the law was compatible with existing provision. 12.28pm BSTHere is the key
  
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• Applauding a public sector pay cap? Tories are cheering their own demise | Polly Toynbee

  29-06-2017 13:38
  
  As austerity’s grim effects bite, Labour has an open goal every day. They will lose vote after vote, but win the argument every timeCheers rang out from Tory benches when the Commons votes were counted last night in response to Labour’s amendment to the Queen’s speech on cuts to emergency services and pay for public sector workers. Their seven-year cap on public sector pay was saved! But those whoops signalled the end of their era, a marker for historians seeking emblematic mom
  
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• What it's like to find out you’re autistic aged 33 – video

  29-06-2017 12:58
  
  Meet Keran Bunker, who has always struggled to keep jobs or a place to live and did not find out he had autism with ADHD until he was 33. Relying on prompts and visual cues to get through the day, his condition frequently sabotages his efforts to lead a normal life. However, after trying to get back into work for two years, a new start with Deliveroo is beginning to show promising signsSpecial thanks to River House Pizza Express, York and Deliveroo.
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