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• Nearly 12m Americans misused prescription opioids in 2015

  31-07-2017 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A shocking 11.5 million American adults abused prescription opioids in 2015, a survey shows.
  
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• Americans are too drugged out to work

  31-07-2017 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  American adults are too drugged out to get the best jobs, a number of reports have concluded.
  
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• This One-Day Meal Plan Will Jump Start Your Weight Loss

  31-07-2017 22:43
  Whip up these five easy recipes as your first step on the road to big results.
  
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• Technology reversed ageing in children with ageing disease

  31-07-2017 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The breakthrough came as a surprise to the Texas researchers who were investigating a cure for progeria, a disorder that causes children to age rapidly and die before they reach their late teens.
  
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• 5 Reasons You've Been Insanely Thirsty Lately

  31-07-2017 22:11
  It might not just be dehydration.
  
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• This Woman Says She Got 4 Pints Of Fat Injected Into Her Butt To Look Like Kim Kardashian

  31-07-2017 21:25
  Is that even safe?
  
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• Please Don't Eat Before Watching This Guy Pop A Monstrous Zit On His Face

  31-07-2017 21:20
  You won't believe how much gunk came out of it.
  
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• This Woman Asked Reddit For Advice On How To Confront Her Cheating Husband

  31-07-2017 21:02
  And Redditors had plenty to give.
  
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• Follow professional advice on antibiotics | Letters

  31-07-2017 20:29
  The idea that patients should stop taking antibiotics ‘when they feel better’ is too subjective, say representatives of the British Society for Antimicrobial ChemotherapyWe welcome the debate sparked by your article (Keep taking the tablets? Antibiotics rule could be wrong, 27 July). The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) is keen to safely reduce the overall use of antibiotics, given that “overuse” is helping to drive the alarming rise in so-called supe
  
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• Shocking number of scandals in the business pages | Brief letters

  31-07-2017 20:26
  Legal reports | Scandal-hit headlines | Fast-food shutdown | Viking inheritance | Time-travelling correspondent? | Smallest carnivoresI would like to suggest that, when reporting on the outcome of court cases – particularly contentious or high profile ones such as that recently involving Charlie Gard, or the employment fees decision in the supreme court, but really more generally – you should provide a link (online and in print editions) to the location of the actual judgment on the
  
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• Searches for 'commit suicide' spiked after 13 Reasons Why

  31-07-2017 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There were 1.5 million more suicide-related searches than expected in the 19 days following the show's release, according to the report by public health researchers at San Diego State University.
  
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• We Can All Relate To This Photo Of Jessica Simpson's Leg Hair

  31-07-2017 20:00
  Been there, definitely done that.
  
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• Elon Musk tweets about depression and bipolar disorder

  31-07-2017 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla founder Elon Musk gave insight into his personal life in a series of tweets on Monday morning and revealed he suffers from bipolar disorder.  
  
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• How To Create The Perfect Meditation Space For When Your Stress Levels Are Through The Roof

  31-07-2017 19:35
  Say om at home.
  
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• Green tea could help with weight loss and brain function

  31-07-2017 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Northwest A&F University in Yangling, China, found that when a key compound in green tea, known as EGCG, is given to mice, their body fat is significantly reduced.
  
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• Why This Amputee Model Loves Being Photographed With Her Prosthesis

  31-07-2017 18:20
  She says it took a while for casting agents to embrace how she looked.
  
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• Watching TV may increase a child’s risk of diabetes 

  31-07-2017 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from St George's, University of London, found that youngsters who spend more than three hours a day in front of a screen are heavier and have greater insulin resistance.
  
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• Air pollution will kill 200,000 more a year warns study

  31-07-2017 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been hailed as the most comprehensive study on how climate change is set to affect health on a global scale.
  
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• 'My Sister's Wedding Inspired Me To Lose 70 Pounds'

  31-07-2017 17:33
  "I hardly recognize that scared girl in the wedding picture anymore."
  
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• Drinking twice a week for a year adds on weight of toddler

  31-07-2017 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Binge drinking twice a week consumes an extra 114,400 calories a year, a Canadian study shows. This equates to 57 days of the daily recommend calories for women and 46 for men.
  
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• Electronic devices reduce sleep-hormone levels

  31-07-2017 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blue light lowers levels of melatonin which promotes sleep, Houston researchers found. People wearing blue light blocking glasses slept faster, better and for longer.
  
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• Higher dementia risk associated with risk for a stroke

  31-07-2017 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Risk factors for a stroke anddementia could be linked and most common in the southern United States, a new study claims.
  
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• Indian baby born 'pregnant' with his twin brother

  31-07-2017 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Doctors from Mumbra, in India, discovered the half-formed baby - complete with a brain, arm and legs - behind the otherwise-healthy baby's stomach.
  
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• These Horrifying Piercing Stories Will Make You Want To Cry

  31-07-2017 16:45
  We asked the experts how you can avoid similar disasters.
  
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• These 4 Lunches Are Perfect For When You're Sick Of Your Usual Salad

  31-07-2017 16:45
  Prep them on Sunday for super-cute, tasty meals all week long.
  
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• These 2 Sex Toys Will Strengthen Your Orgasms

  31-07-2017 16:30
  Bonus: They're also good for your pelvic floor.
  
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• I was neither female nor starving myself. So how was I anorexic? | Toby Symonds

  31-07-2017 15:41
  Being a male patient on an eating disorders ward was isolating at times, but it was a life-changing experience• Toby Symonds is an art history student at St Andrews UniversityBeing diagnosed with anorexia nervosa as a heterosexual, non-athletic male felt quite anomalous to me in December 2015. Yet now it seems that my admission to a disorders centre was part of a much bigger picture. Related: Eating disorders in men rise by 70% in NHS figuresRelated: ‘I can’t fight anorexia any
  
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• The 4 Products Our Beauty Director Wants You To Try Right Now

  31-07-2017 15:30
  They all have hidden benefits.
  
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• More than nine hours sleep may cause nightmares 

  31-07-2017 14:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Oxford believe more time asleep means a person spends longer in the late-night rapid eye movement phase, which is when nightmares usually occur.
  
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• As the NHS bursary ends, would you still train to be a nurse or midwife today?

  31-07-2017 14:51
  We want to hear from healthcare professionals and those considering a career in the sector about training with and without financial aid
  From Tuesday, new nursing, midwifery and other health students such as occupational therapists and physiotherapists will no longer receive NHS bursaries to cover their tuition fees. Instead, they will have to apply for student loans like other students. The department of health says ending the bursaries will free up about £800m a year to create additional
  
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• Relationship between councils and NHS is cracking under financial strain | Richard Vize

  31-07-2017 14:49
  Collaboration between the health service and local government is essential to modernise care, but tensions between the two are growingThe financial crisis engulfing health and social care risks driving the NHS and local government apart.
  Local Government Chronicle has revealed that ministers have instructed 47 of the 152 councils running social care to reduce delayed transfers of care from hospitals attributable to social services by 60% or more, based on their performance in February. Related:
  
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• The healthiest way to eat different vegetables revealed

  31-07-2017 14:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dietitians Marjorie Green and Marita Moore revealed to Good Housekeeping which vegetables to eat raw and which to cook to gain the maximum nutrients from them.
  
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• Numbers of men suffering eating disorders rises by 70%

  31-07-2017 13:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hospital diagnoses in males over 19s jumped from 48 to 818 over a 6 year period, NHS Digital data reveals. The rate of increase was slightly higher among older men in their 40s and 50s.
  
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• Impaired senses causes people to crave high-sugar treats

  31-07-2017 13:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Cornell University found that for every 20 per cent reduction in someone's ability to taste sugar, they add an extra one teaspoon of the sweet stuff to otherwise bland food.
  
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• Nottingham girl is allergic to hot and cold weather

  31-07-2017 12:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bethany Bell, from Nottingham, has chromosome disorder known as 1q4 deletion. Her head grew at a rapid rate and she had two operations to reduce fluid on brain.
  
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• 21,000 new mental health posts will treat extra 1 million

  31-07-2017 12:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Government has promised the extra posts by 2021 in a £1.3 billion drive but the Royal College of Nursing questioned whether enough people could be trained in such time.
  
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• Struggle with weight gain? Blame your taste buds!

  31-07-2017 12:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Cornell University found that for every 20 per cent reduction in someone's ability to taste sugar, they add an extra one teaspoon of the sweet stuff to otherwise bland food.
  
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• MND patient Lucy Lintott goes to the voicebank

  31-07-2017 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The youngest person in Scotland with MND is recording her natural speech in readiness for the future.
  
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• Obese Illinois mother shed 155lbs to fit her wedding dress

  31-07-2017 11:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rachelle Hosick,from Vandalia, Illinois, was 19 when she tied the knot in April 2007 and can now fit her wedding dress for the first time since the big day after losing nearly half her body weight.
  
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• Jess Quinn who lost her leg to bone cancer talks struggles

  31-07-2017 11:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jessica Quinn, from New Zealand, who lost her leg to cancer has opened up about her struggles with body image - and how she was able to bounce back by embracing her prosthetic limb.
  
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• Jessica Smith reveals she's co-sleeping with baby daughter

  31-07-2017 11:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian Paralympian Jessica Smith has revealed how she was left 'emotionally fragile' after struggling to get her baby daughter to sleep.
  
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• Man dies from penis enlargement surgery

  31-07-2017 10:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A healthy 30-year-old in Sweden had a heart attack during the operation. He died from a fat embolism. The patient had surgery to increase girth and length by transferring fat from stomach to penis.
  
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• ‘Ninja drug’ prevents dementia by destroying harmful cells

  31-07-2017 10:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Developed by Toronto-based ProMIS Neurosciences, the drug is thought to stop the process that kills brain cells in dementia patients, while protecting against memory loss.
  
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• Jess Quinn lost her leg to bone cancer prosthetic limb

  31-07-2017 10:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jessica Quinn, from New Zealand, who lost her leg to cancer has opened up about her struggles with body image - and how she was able to bounce back by embracing her prosthetic limb.
  
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• Scientists discover brain cells that control hunger 

  31-07-2017 10:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Princeton University found that certain regions of the brain become activated in response to hunger, which may encourage people to seek out food. This could help with weight loss.
  
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• Chinese woman's 6,000-mile egg freezing journey

  31-07-2017 09:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Chinese law does not allow unmarried women to freeze their eggs, pushing them overseas.
  
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• Cabinet united on avoiding Brexit 'cliff edge' departure, says Hunt

  31-07-2017 09:14
  Health secretary backs gradualist approach favoured by Hammond amid reports of ministerial divisions over transitional dealThe cabinet is “absolutely united” behind a gradual, business-friendly Brexit, Jeremy Hunt has said, amid clashes between ministers on the post-EU approach to areas including immigration and trade.The health secretary said hospitals would still be able to recruit from EU nations after Brexit before a new immigration policy was finalised, throwing himself behind t
  
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• Manchester Attack: Mental health support after arena blast

  31-07-2017 09:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The Manchester Resilience Hub will help people directly affected including children and emergency responders.
  
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• My wife has a diminishing sex drive and makes excuses not to be intimate

  31-07-2017 09:00
  We are both in our 60s and, after illness six years ago, she is unable to take medication that may helpMy wife has a diminishing sex drive and now continually making excuses as to why it is not a good time to be intimate. I am 69 and she is 61. She had breast cancer six years ago and this precludes her taking medication that may help. Do you have any advice – other than my taking on a discreet lover?Breast cancer can sometimes lead to depression – which needs to be treated. It may al
  
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• Girl who won right to die dreams of being a teacher

  31-07-2017 08:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cheers went up from the crowd as Hannah (pictured) donned her cap and gown to pick up her English degree from Aberystwyth University — none of them louder than her proud mum.
  
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