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• The rise of the 'designer nipples'

  30-06-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In just six months, Dr Norman Rowe's weekly number of nipple patients in New York City has more than quadrupled, from about four a week to around 18.
  
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• Veteran Kirstie Ennis Lands a Cover of ESPN Magazine's Body Issue: 'The Hardest Part Was Dropping the Robe'

  30-06-2017 23:21
  
  This article originally appeared on People.com. Kirstie Ennis is used to facing challenges head-on —and her latest has her baring all on a cover of ESPN Magazine‘s Body Issue.The Veteran Marine — who survived a helicopter crash in Afghanistan in 2012 that resulted in severe injuries and required more than 40 surgeries — had her left leg amputated above the knee at the end of 2015.“I was intimidated at first,” Ennis admits of the prospect of stri
  
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• Agony for parents raising two kids with child Alzheimer's 

  30-06-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alexa, 11, and Lacey Worrall, 5, from Pennsylvania, were diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome last July. The fatal condition causes mental and motor degeneration.
  
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• 8 Gym Bags You Need in Your Life ASAP

  30-06-2017 21:56
  
  They'll help you get to Spin, yoga, kickboxing, CrossFit, Zumba—or wherever you need to go.
  
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• Everyone Should Try This Hilarious NSFW Sex Advice That's Going Viral On Reddit

  30-06-2017 21:37
  
  ​Wondering how to keep monogamy interesting? This might help.
  
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• ​13 Best Running Shoes You Can Buy on Sale Over July 4th Weekend

  30-06-2017 20:43
  
  Many picks from Runner’s World shoe guides are deeply discounted for the holiday.
  
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• 10 Pushup Variations You Can Do On Your Knees To Sculpt Your Best Arms Ever

  30-06-2017 20:26
  
  Who says pushups have to feel impossible?
  
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• Make our mental health laws fit for purpose | Letters

  30-06-2017 20:11
  
  Leading figures involved in the law, mental health and social work call on the government to ensure the detention of people with mental health problems is central to its promised review of current legislationThe increasing use of powers to detain patients with mental health problems is deeply disturbing. Reform of mental health legislation – announced in the Queen’s speech – must ensure respect for people’s rights and dignity. It must also incorporate robust, independent
  
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• Texting on a mobile phone makes you walk sillily, study finds

  30-06-2017 20:00
  
  Participants adopted ‘cautious stepping strategy’ while using device for different tasks, say university researchersTexting on the hoof leads people to change the way they walk, new research has revealed.While researchers have previously looked at the impact of phone use while on a level surface, they have now explored how pedestrians cope while using their phone and negotiating that common trip-hazard: a step.Related: The iPhone is the crack cocaine of technology. Don’t celebr
  
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• Asos Is Featuring Swimsuit Models With Stretch Marks and Acne Scars

  30-06-2017 19:51
  
  This article originally appeared on InStyle.com. Asos just earned themselves some new fans with these body-positive swimsuit models. The online retailer is garnering some major praise online by featuring models with stretch marks, acne scars, and birthmarks on their website.Unlike most swimsuit campaigns, the retailer refused to retouch the photos, and results are seriously stunning. How good is this model making that cut-out one-piece suit look? She’s gorgeous, flyaways and all.
  
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• Laurie Hernandez on grandmother's battle with Alzheimer's

  30-06-2017 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  USA Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez, 17, opened up about losing her grandmother 'Yaya' Brunilda Hernandez to stomach cancer and Alzheimer's. Brunilda died last November.
  
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• ​Your Weekend Guide: Everything You Need To Make Fourth Of July Amazing

  30-06-2017 19:00
  
  Happy Birthday, America!
  
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• Doctors warn new moms about dangers of placenta pills

  30-06-2017 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health officials are warning new moms about the potential dangers of taking pills made from their placenta, after an Oregon infant's infection was tied to the practice.
  
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• Walking slower is an early sign of cognitive decline

  30-06-2017 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Walking at a slower pace in older people has been linked with dementia. People who walk slower show a shrinkage of their right hippocampus in the brain, Pittsburgh researchers have shown.
  
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• World's first trials of MDMA to treat alcohol addiction set to begin

  30-06-2017 18:55
  
  Imperial College London scientists expect to give first dose in the next two months alongside psychotherapyDoctors in Bristol are set to begin the world’s first clinical study into the use of MDMA to treat alcohol addiction.Researchers are testing whether a few doses of the drug, in conjunction with psychotherapy, could help patients overcome addiction more effectively than conventional treatments. The small trial was granted ethical approval a few weeks ago and the team expects to give th
  
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• 'I Traveled 15 Times In 15 Months And Still Lost Nearly 60 Pounds'

  30-06-2017 18:42
  
  Martine found a plan that wouldn't interfere with her demanding career.
  
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• Florida study finds late menopause lowers risk of stroke

  30-06-2017 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Florida found that having a 36-to-40 'reproductive year' span is the most protective against heart disease. Estrogen has previously been shown to keep vessels flexible.
  
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• Why Bulgaria is training UK doctors

  30-06-2017 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Zarina Brady explains why she and others from the UK are heading to Bulgaria to study medicine.
  
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• Charlie Gard parents given more time to say goodbye to terminally ill son

  30-06-2017 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Ormond Street Hospital says it is working on plans for terminally ill Charlie Gard's care.
  
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• Test spares low-risk breast cancer patients chemotherapy  

  30-06-2017 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of California in San Francisco found the test correctly identified 15 percent of the study's participants at being of a low-risk of their cancer returning.
  
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• Career dream

  30-06-2017 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trainee doctors head for Central and Eastern Europe to study, lured by high standards and lower costs.
  
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• 7 Weight-Loss Mistakes You're Making At Work Every Day

  30-06-2017 18:00
  
  The office candy dish isn't the only thing sabotaging your success.
  
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• Operators unveil dumbest pleas on 999 80th anniversary

  30-06-2017 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Others have begged for help to get down from their top-bunk, while one wife rang in panic when her husband couldn't breathe without his beloved pyjamas, according to BT phone operators.
  
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• The Removal Of This 50-Year-Old Cyst Might Be Dr. Pimple Popper's Most Disgusting Video Yet

  30-06-2017 17:56
  
  Seriously, it’s basically a volcano that doesn’t end.
  
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• Charlie Gard's parents given more time before life support is turned off

  30-06-2017 17:46
  
  Mother Connie Yates says hospital has agreed to let them spend longer with baby and they are ‘making precious memories’The parents of Charlie Gard, the critically ill baby whose fate has been the subject of a protracted legal battle, say they have been granted more time to spend with him before his life support is withdrawn.They had previously said his mechanical ventilator would be switched off on Friday after decision by the European court of human rights (ECHR) to uphold the judgm
  
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• American healthcare is in crisis. We must fight for the real needs of the people | Bernie Sanders and James Clyburn

  30-06-2017 17:44
  
  Community health centers serve roughly 25 million people. We believe our bill will double that number, write senators Bernie Sanders and James E ClyburnToday in America, we have a major crisis in primary healthcare. Tens of millions of people, including many with health insurance, are unable to access a doctor or a dentist when they need one. The result is that patients suffer unnecessarily and become sicker than they should. Some end up at expensive emergency rooms and some in hospitals. Our he
  
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• Teen diagnosed with collapsed lung after his heart CLICKED

  30-06-2017 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unidentified 19-year-old, believed to be from Baden, was somehow still able to breathe, despite the medical emergency. The bizarre noise was audible from a distance.
  
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• ​Jay-Z's New Album Reveals VERY Intimate Details About Whether He Cheated On Beyonce

  30-06-2017 17:36
  
  ​The rapper references the infamous "Becky" and also alludes to Beyonce’s alleged miscarriages.
  
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• Indian teenager has surgery to remove pendulum growth

  30-06-2017 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manikandan,13, from Kerala, was subjected to a life in isolation due to the rare medical condition called encephlocele. He was deemed 'ugly' in the eyes of locals.
  
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• Women with eating disorders 'cut off' mentally during sex

  30-06-2017 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A link has been discovered between eating disorders, poor body image and 'disassociation' during sex – or closing off – by a team of experts from Florence and Vermont.
  
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• Remote Indian tribe suffer with high blood pressure

  30-06-2017 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings were drawn from a two-year study of the Katkari tribe from the Raigad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Some 410 people were involved in the research. (stock)
  
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• Obese patients are 30% more likely to survive heart attack

  30-06-2017 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mildly obese patients who have a heart attack also have a higher chance of survival than those who are of a normal weight, a new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center in Texas revealed.
  
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• US teen birth rate hits all-time low, CDC reveals

  30-06-2017 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts said the drop in teen births can be directly attributed to an uptick in under-20s using more effective contraception. The fertility rate drop is down to Millennials choosing to work longer.
  
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• Reading woman lost baby after relying on home doppler

  30-06-2017 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Vicki McNelly, 29, from Reading, couldn't feel her baby moving but delayed going to the hospital as she could hear a heartbeat on device. By the time she did, baby Evie had died.
  
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• 'I Started Eating Meat After 8 Years As A Vegetarian—Here's Why'

  30-06-2017 17:00
  
  "It was a tough choice to go back to eating animal protein, but it changed my health for the better."
  
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• Deadly brain-eating amoeba detected in Louisiana

  30-06-2017 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Terrebonne Parish, in southern Louisiana, found a potentially deadly brain-eating amoeba in its water system. Naegleria fowleri causes a brain infection that leads to the destruction of tissue.
  
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• This One Move Works Your Butt, Legs, AND Abs At The Same Time

  30-06-2017 16:30
  
  And you can do it lying down.
  
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• Man's urine turns FLUORESCENT after antifreeze poisoning

  30-06-2017 16:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unnamed man, 48, believed to be from Texas, is thought to have accidentally ingested a coolant that caused his urine to glow blue-green. He spent four days in hospital and recovered.
  
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• Depression news: Drugs prescribed to treat mental health conditions at all-time HIGH

  30-06-2017 16:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE number of prescriptions for antidepressants is at an all-time high, figures have revealed.
  
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• Your July Sex Horoscope Is Here—And It's Hot As Hell

  30-06-2017 16:14
  
  Get ready for major fireworks, people.
  
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• ​This Is Exactly How To Spend 24 Hours In Anchorage, Alaska

  30-06-2017 16:00
  
  ​We asked a local for the best healthy hot spots.
  
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• Children with allergies are more likely to have anxiety

  30-06-2017 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Columbia University found that 57 percent of youngsters with a food allergy have anxiety symptoms versus just 48 percent of children without such a sensitivity.
  
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• Organs needed

  30-06-2017 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With Scotland set to join Wales in having an "opt-out" system for organ donation, why are England and Northern Ireland not following suit?
  
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• Chocolate can stave off Alzheimer's: Cocoa boosts blood flow to the brain - new research

  30-06-2017 15:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SNACKING daily on dark chocolate could stave off Alzheimer's disease, especially in the elderly, according to new research.
  
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• ​These Amazing Hikes Are Just 15 Minutes From The Las Vegas Strip

  30-06-2017 15:30
  
  ​For when you get sick of the casinos.
  
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• 7 Cute Swimsuit Coverups Under $40

  30-06-2017 15:30
  
  ​Wear them to the beach, to brunch, or for hanging out.
  
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• Simone Veil obituary

  30-06-2017 15:00
  
  Survivor of Nazi death camps who made her name as the French health minister responsible for legalising abortionIn November 1974, the French minister for health, Simone Veil, rose to address the national assembly and to propose a law legalising abortion. For the next three days, she fought a tremendous battle under the eye of the media. Outside the assembly, “Let them live” campaigners distributed leaflets containing terrible illustrations, and a number of women, led by a priest, wal
  
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• Skin cancer diagnosis accuracy varies according to doctor

  30-06-2017 14:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle found mild cases are correctly diagnosed in 92 percent of cases, while severe incidences are 72 percent of the time.
  
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• One $100m grant, eight life-changing ideas: Which would you choose?

  30-06-2017 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The John and Catherine MacArthur Foundation is awarding a huge grant for a project which will make "real and measurable progress in solving a critical problem of our time".
  
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• Ella Wishick pleas for help as her new kidney fails

  30-06-2017 14:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ella Wishick, 19, from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex,received her mother Jo's, 48, left kidney in February 2012 to help her overcome her genetic kidney failure, yet that organ is also now deteriorating.
  
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