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• How green-fingered Penny Lancaster keeps off the pounds

  22-07-2017 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Penny Lancaster (pictured), 46, left, and Rod Stewart, 72, live in a £4.6 million house in Harlow, Essex, set in 46 acres of woodland with swimming pool, croquet lawn and walled garden.
  
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• My stem cell donor saved my life and now I'm his best man

  22-07-2017 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite having met only eight years ago, the bond that 51-year-old Paul Rogers (right), from Hertfordshire, has forged with Brett Dingwall is stronger than a lifetime of shared experiences.
  
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• Is your fast food making you sick?

  22-07-2017 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Sunil Sood, a pediatrician at Northwell Health in New York spoke to Daily Mail Online about how to avoid food born infections if you are eating out at a fast food restaurant.
  
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• Yoga in the office? Firms should help us stay well, says public health chief

  22-07-2017 16:34
  Yoga clubs, ‘walking meetings’ and standing desks are among the strategies small and medium-sized companies should adopt, according to Duncan SelbieLunchtime yoga classes, providing help to remove ingrowing toenails and holding meetings while walking around the office – these are just some of the strategies that employers should use to boost staff fitness, according to the NHS public health chief.Duncan Selbie, chief executive of Public Health England, is also backing workplace
  
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• ​15 Beauty Deals You Won’t Want to Miss at Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale

  22-07-2017 15:30
  ​Brighter skin and silkier hair can be yours for a major discount.
  
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• Boots apologises for morning-after pill response

  22-07-2017 13:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The company says it is looking for cheaper morning-after pill options - after initially saying it didn't want to "incentivise inappropriate use".
  
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• Contact lens warning: Leaving them in overnight could cause BLINDNESS

  22-07-2017 10:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  CONTACT lenses have vastly improved the options for those of poor sight. However, they can cause permanent vision loss if not worn properly.
  
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• Pale Rider by Laura Spinney review – the flu pandemic that killed 50 million

  22-07-2017 09:00
  Spanish flu in 1918-19 killed vastly more people than the world war it followed, yet has remained in the shadowsA high-security containment facility in Atlanta, Georgia, keeps under lock and key an organism that in the course of a few months from 1918-1919 was responsible for more deaths than the number of people killed in the first world war. Vanished until 2005, the H1N1 strain of the influenza virus was brought back to life for the purpose of better understanding its catastrophic effect
  
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• Baby back in US after being 'held hostage' in Mexico

  22-07-2017 08:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Larry Ralph and Michaela Smith, who were due October 15, arrived in Cancun last week for a short getaway. Michaela went into labor on Tuesday, and gave birth to 2lb Beckham.
  
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• Stomach pain symptoms - the warning signs YOUR condition is serious

  22-07-2017 05:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  STOMACH pain - or having a stomach ache - is a common ailments and can be triggered by trapped wind or constipation.
  
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• DR MAX: Would you want to know how your days will end?

  22-07-2017 01:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have found that the presence of a toxic protein in the blood, called beta amyloid, can predict if someone will go on to develop the condition decades before they have symptoms.
  
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• Boots apologises over morning-after pill pricing row

  22-07-2017 01:22
  Retailer to seek cheaper alternatives after intervention by female Labour MPs and calls for a boycott Boots has said it is “truly sorry” for the way it responded to a campaign calling for it to cut the price of emergency contraception and said it is looking for cheaper alternatives. The announcement, late on Friday night, came after news that the women’s parliamentary Labour party (PLP) had written to the store’s chief pharmacist to express “deep concern” abou
  
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• Type 2 diabetes news: Anti-obesity drug could soon be used to treat diabetes

  22-07-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  AN ANTI-obesity drug could soon be used to treat the scourge of diabetes - because it stops people thinking they are hungry.
  
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• Could this cancer cap help John McCain?

  22-07-2017 00:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A mesh-like cap that zaps cancer cells in the brain is one of a number of unusual treatments Senator John McCain might consider to tackle his recently diagnosed aggressive brain cancer. 
  
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