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• The 5 Books You Need To Read From Amazon's 80% Off Kindle Deal

  26-07-2017 23:48
  In case you already finished all the books you planned to read this summer
  
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• 'Yes, I Have Herpes—And No, It Didn't Ruin My Love Life'

  26-07-2017 23:17
  "A woman who allegedly contracted herpes from Usher said her 'health and body are ruined.' I'm here to say that this woman's body is NOT ruined."
  
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• Alabama 2-year-old is saved with her grandmother's kidney

  26-07-2017 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carol Graydon (left), from Alabama, was able to save her two-year-old granddaughter Wryn (right) when she found out she would be able to donate a kidney to her.
  
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• ​Can A DNA Test Really Help You Lose Weight?

  26-07-2017 22:59
  We asked​ an expert.
  
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• Two-year-old is saved with her grandmother's kidney

  26-07-2017 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carol Graydon (left), from Alabama, was able to save her two-year-old granddaughter Wryn (right) when she found out she would be able to donate a kidney to her.
  
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• Test differentiates between different types of dementia

  26-07-2017 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Brescia in Italy found that placing a coil on patients' scalps tells the difference between Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal dementia with 90 per cent reliability.
  
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• Could out-of-body experiences be caused by EAR damage?

  26-07-2017 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research by neuroscientists in France offers an explanation: it is caused by a disconnect between our normal visual system and damaged vestibular (ear) system.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Says She's Trying Out A New Diet—Here's What You Need To Know

  26-07-2017 21:39
  She revealed her new food moves on Snapchat.
  
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• Furries fandom could boost mental health, expert says

  26-07-2017 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a blog post for Psychology Today, social psychologist Dr. Courtney Plante says the furry fandom has been linked to a need to belong, and desire for a distinct sense of self.
  
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• Harvard robotic exosuits could help stroke sufferers walk

  26-07-2017 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lightweight robotic machines have been created that could help patients walk after experiencing a stroke, new prototypes developed at Harvard University have revealed.
  
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• Diesel and petrol car ban: Clean air strategy 'not enough'

  26-07-2017 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The clean air strategy should include a scrappage scheme and clean air zones, campaigners say.
  
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• The Guardian view on air pollution proposals: too little, much too late | Editorial

  26-07-2017 20:42
  If the UK government is serious about cutting noxious emissions, it needs to step on it. We should not have to wait 23 years to breathe easyOnly 20 years ago, it would have sounded like the stuff of fantasy: a clean, green image of the 21st century, with Britons gliding along in electrified, no doubt self-driving, cars. Even now, the pledge to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 has a bold, vaguely futuristic ring to it. That is its political genius. In fact, it reflec
  
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• Is it time to tackle Britain’s alcohol problem? | Letters

  26-07-2017 20:42
  Our readers respond to news that doctors have urged the government to bring in minimum unit pricing for alcohol as research reveals the extent of liver diseaseYour article (Doctors warn of soaring UK alcohol deaths, 24 July) did not refer to an important element in the question of “soaring alcohol deaths” – alcoholism.This disease is the silent destroyer of thousands of lives, families and careers. It is a terrible, all-consuming illness, not just a tramp lying drunk on a park
  
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• Fill your Boots basket, but not with condoms | Brief letters

  26-07-2017 20:26
  Boots’ pre-1960s contraceptive ban | The reality of retirement | Microdot electric car | Austen heroine’s longing for balls | Cornwall’s east coast? | Air pollution and sperm countsBoots’ attitude to contraception is nothing new (Boots faces boycott over high cost of morning-after pills, 21 July). Up until the 1960s it would not sell condoms at all lest it encourage promiscuity, and even after 1961 staff were reminded that the only exception was “where they are orde
  
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• Degenerative Brain Disease Found In 87% of Former Football Players: Study

  26-07-2017 20:24
  
  [brightcove:5114194401001 default] This article originally appeared on Time.com.The link between football and traumatic brain injury continues to strengthen. Now, one of the largest studies on the subject to date finds that 110 out of 111 deceased NFL players had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disorder associated with repetitive head trauma.Several studies have linked CTE to suicidal behavior, dementia and declines in memory, executive function and mood. Profes
  
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• Making babies is beginning to look as difficult for men as it always has been for women

  26-07-2017 20:04
  The sperm count of men in the west has halved in 40 years. Changing lifestyles won’t help. The problem is an environmental oneMen. You had one job. And now look what’s happened! The sperm count of western men has fallen by half in 40 years. It is likely to decline further. This is a wake-up call. Human extinction beckons. Twitter, in its full nihilistic embrace, has welcomed this news as good. It is kind of funny. Sperm always is somehow, especially if your job description is harrida
  
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• 5 Women Share What It's Really Like Using A Menstrual Cup

  26-07-2017 20:00
  The good, the bad, the ugly.
  
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• Miley Cyrus's Latest Post About Liam Hemsworth Is the Cutest Thing You'll See Today

  26-07-2017 19:43
  Awwww.
  
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• Charlie Gard parents hold private talks about his end of life care

  26-07-2017 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Both sides are discussing arrangements for terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard's end of life care.
  
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• Helen Carty obituary

  26-07-2017 18:46
  Pioneering paediatric radiologist and authority on the x-ray diagnosis of child abuseWhen Helen Carty was appointed in 1975 as a specialist in paediatric radiology at the Royal Liverpool Children’s hospital in Alder Hey, Merseyside, x-rays were just about the only tool available to diagnose many disorders in children. Helen, who has died aged 72, set about changing all that. She became a driving force in developing the full range of imaging technology, ultrasound, nuclear medicine and CT a
  
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• Kourtney Kardashian Swears By THIS Drink To Get A Flat Stomach

  26-07-2017 18:17
  This recommendation is actually pretty legit.
  
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• Columbia Uni says Britain unprepared to care for elderly

  26-07-2017 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at New York's Columbia University developed a barometer to assess how nations are adapting to ageing populations. Britain is 11th in the world, America is third.
  
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• You can be too fat for weight loss surgery

  26-07-2017 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research by the University of Michigan has suggested surgery might be more effective in patients who have the procedure while their BMI is 39 or less.
  
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• Ex-bishop drafted in to help save contaminated blood inquiry

  26-07-2017 17:57
  Former Hillsborough panel chair Right Rev James Jones asked to break stalemate by talking to victims boycotting proceedings The former bishop of Liverpool who chaired the Hillsborough panel has been drafted in to help save the contaminated blood inquiry, which is being boycotted by hundreds of victims infected with HIV and hepatitis C.The Right Rev James Jones has been asked to break the stalemate by hosting talks with victims, who lack trust in the Department of Health (DH) to set up an indepen
  
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• Stroke patient speaks due to Parkinson's disease drug

  26-07-2017 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An unnamed patient, 36, believed to be from Berlin, who was only being kept alive by medical intervention, was able to speak in short sentences after being given the drug amantadine.
  
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• Soldiers twice as likely to attempt suicide if others have

  26-07-2017 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychiatrists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Maryland analyzed data on all 9,512 active-duty soldiers who attempted suicide between 2004 and 2009.
  
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• Why Celine Dion is not alone in sensing her dead husband

  26-07-2017 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Bereavementhallucinations' are normal and a helpful way of dealing with grief says Trinity College Dublin professor. But people fear ridicule and often don't tell anyone.
  
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• What's in a disposable nappy?

  26-07-2017 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  There may be some materials you did not expect.
  
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• How To Air-Dry Your Hair So It Never Looks Frizzy Again

  26-07-2017 16:39
  Whether you've got curly, straight, or wavy hair, we've got a fix for you.
  
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• The worst sports for damaging your knees

  26-07-2017 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Long distance running, football, weightlifting and wrestling are worst on our joints, a team of researchers from US universities found. Osteoarthritis is rising in young and middle-aged.
  
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• East Kilbride soldier stuck in foetal position for 2 years

  26-07-2017 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Billy Barclay, 60, from East Kilbride, was 'left to rot' when social workers couldn't find the MS sufferer a care home. His daughter has released a harrowing picture in a desperate plea for help.
  
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• '​I Tried Working Out Like An NFL Cheerleader For 3 Days—Here's What Happened'

  26-07-2017 16:37
  "It takes effort to flip all of your hair around."
  
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• 'You have no choice but to cope': a day on the ward with a student nurse

  26-07-2017 16:30
  It’s exhausting and sometimes distressing, but Chantelle Brooks, on her final placement at a mental health hospital in Blackpool, wouldn’t work anywhere elseInside the Harbour, Blackpool’s mental health hospital, a patient is anxiously eyeing up the student nurse who is taking another patient’s blood pressure. When it comes to her turn, the woman begins shouting insults. On the acute woman’s ward, it’s easy for things to escalate if one patient becomes upset.
  
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• The government's air pollution plan is a beautiful smokescreen

  26-07-2017 16:29
  A ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040 is a great vision for the future but does nothing to address a public health emergency happening right nowWhat a beautiful smokescreen. A UK ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040 conjures up the clean, green vision of an all-electric future and is absolutely the right thing to tackle climate change – emissions from transport are high and not falling. But for the public health emergency of today, with most urban areas already havin
  
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• Depression sufferers reveal things you should never say

  26-07-2017 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a frank discussion on Reddit, people suffering with depression have given an insight into what not to say to someone battling the disease - and the most common example was 'cheer up'.
  
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• Is It REALLY Possible To See Results If You Only Work Out A Few Minutes A Week?

  26-07-2017 15:53
  Every busy woman’s dream come true. ​
  
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• Is It REALLY Possible See Results If You Only Work Out A Few Minutes A Week?

  26-07-2017 15:53
  Every busy woman’s dream come true. ​
  
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• Hungary blogger beat baby blues by exercising with kids

  26-07-2017 15:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Juca Csíkos Andrásné, from Hungary, suffered from depression after giving birth to her first daughter. To keep active after her second child was born, she began using her tots as exercise weights.
  
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• Are you a man who has experienced an eating disorder?

  26-07-2017 15:04
  Research shows that a growing number of men and boys are being assessed for eating disorders. If you have been affected, we would like to hear from you
  The number of men and boys experiencing eating disorders has risen across the UK, according to new research.A Panorama investigation, aired this week, revealed the scale of the problem. It asked every mental health trust and board how many men were referred to services for a first assessment. Continue reading...
  
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• HIV experimental injection could offer hope for patients

  26-07-2017 14:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the US Military HIV Research Program tested the effects of 'broadly neutralising antibodies' on a small study of 18 people - including the unidentified man.
  
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• You'll age quicker if your parents had bipolar disorder

  26-07-2017 14:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  King's College London researchers led the study, with help from a team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
  
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• Child cancer patient returns to Ipswich Hospital as nurse

  26-07-2017 14:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Millie Osman, 22, was diagnosed with leukaemia aged two.
  
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• Playing video games improves our focus at work says UCF

  26-07-2017 14:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Central Florida found that relaxing makes people feel less negative and distressed, but sitting silently makes them feel disengaged from work and causes worry.
  
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• Blood pressure drug could halt progression of Alzheimer's

  26-07-2017 14:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study, led by the Universities of Bristol, will test if the drug reduce brain shrinkage which occurs with incurable condition. Scientists need another 90 volunteers fortrail.
  
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• Mother denied drugs as she 'didn't have enough cancer'

  26-07-2017 13:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Louise Gleadell, 38, from Leicester, was diagnosed with cervical cancer in February 2016 and was told it was incurable in January. She is undergoing treatment to spend more time with her children.
  
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• Manchester anorexic whose weight plummeted now recovers

  26-07-2017 12:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victoria Spence, 22, from Worsley, Manchester, dropped to six stone (39kg) in an attempt to get into 'better shape' for dancing auditions.
  
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• Is washing-up liquid left on dishes a health hazard?

  26-07-2017 12:30
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsMany people do not rinse their dishes, glassware and cutlery when washing up, leaving a residue of detergent foam clinging to it – some people seem to relish the quantities of foam they generate and leave on dripping plates etc. Does the cumulative ingestion of a detergent residue create a hazard to health? Could hormonal changes an
  
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• Pakistani man, 56, with hundreds of bubble-like tumours

  26-07-2017 12:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Habib Ullah Khan, 56, from Karachi, has had his body ravaged by the small lumps - believed to be a form of neurofibromatosis. He said: 'People have ridiculed me throughout my life.'
  
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• BBC reveals anti-depressants linked to 28 murders in UK

  26-07-2017 11:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A BBC Panorama documentary airing tonight looks at the link between SSRIs and psychosis and murder. it claims 28 cases were referred to the UK medicines regulator.
  
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• The NHS care fund they don't tell you about

  26-07-2017 11:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elderly people are being forced to sell their homes because the NHS is taking years to pay them for care bills. Kenneth and Betty Hayes had to pay up for care for years before moving into a home
  
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