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• How Big Pharma is hindering treatment of opioid addiction

  08-08-2017 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robin Feldman, professor in pharmaceutical law at the University of California, explains how firms - not just Martin Shkreli - are blocking low-priced versions of addiction medication.
  
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• Huge increase in colorectal cancers among US white people

  08-08-2017 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts admit they are baffled by the sharp rise in rates in this group, since risk factors (such as obesity) have increased universally, as have preventative measures (such as screening).
  
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• FDA to launch campaign against e-cigarette use among youth

  08-08-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  E-cigarettes have been hailed as a safer product that may discourage children from smoking tobacco products, which carry a host of health risks including cancer. But some fear it is a 'gateway'.
  
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• ​How to Get Rid of Dandruff

  08-08-2017 23:42
  ​We asked the experts, so choosing a treatment that actually works doesn't have to be such a head-scratcher.
  
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• 9 Comfy And Affordable Must-Buy Items From Target's New Maternity Line

  08-08-2017 23:29
  How cute are these jeggings?!
  
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• 6 Beauty Products You Should NOT Use Every Day

  08-08-2017 23:23
  Okay, #5 really surprised us.
  
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• 25 Amazing Outdoor Running Routes You Need To Try In Your Lifetime

  08-08-2017 23:12
  These are truly spectacular.
  
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• 7 Rules That Will Help You Snack Your Way To A 5-Pound Weight Loss This Month

  08-08-2017 23:04
  These tiny tweaks are easy to follow.
  
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• Report reveals underground US haven for heroin

  08-08-2017 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers at University of California, San Diego, didn't disclose the location of the facility - which is unsanctioned and potentially illegal - or the social service agency running it.
  
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• Trump cuts sleep apnea test for truck and train drivers

  08-08-2017 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fatigue-inducing disorder, which affects roughly one in five Americans, has been blamed for deadly rail crashes in New York City and New Jersey and several highway crashes.
  
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• 109 Americans sickened by salmonella from Mexican papayas

  08-08-2017 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Papayas from the Carica de Campeche farm tested positive for five different strains of salmonella bacteria, which can cause diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain and fever.
  
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• Chris Brown Just Commented On Rihanna's Instagram—Here's Why That's A Huge Problem

  08-08-2017 21:44
  Fans are not happy.
  
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• ANW contestant reveals he and his wife lost a baby

  08-08-2017 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Josh Butler, of Nashville, Tennessee, competed in the Daytona Beach finals on Monday. The dad didn't quite complete the obstacle race, but his participation came as an emotional moment.
  
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• Imaging technique reveals internal structure of embryos

  08-08-2017 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new imaging technique that can take images of thick multicellular samples.
  
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• This Is One Of The Biggest Weight-Loss Lessons You Can Learn From 'My 600-Pound Life'

  08-08-2017 21:25
  Explain to your friends and family what support means to you.
  
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• Row over £1.3m 10,000 new NHS dental places funding

  08-08-2017 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The British Dental Association says the Welsh Government is reinvesting money taken from the service.
  
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• NHS to fund baby Oliver's US heart operation

  08-08-2017 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Oliver's parents had so far raised £130,000 of the £150,000 needed for the life-saving operation.
  
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• YouTube's AsapSCIENCE works out how everyday food kills

  08-08-2017 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Youtube channel AsapSCIENCE has revealed in two hit videos what can kill you if you eat or drink enough of it. It would take 1,000 oranges to kill you, but only two teaspoons of nutmeg.
  
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• Britain’s young suffer as austerity continues to take its toll | Letters

  08-08-2017 19:49
  Guardian readers respond to cuts to mental health and youth services, maternity ward closures, and benefits changes“Childhood” in “Crisis”, edited by Phil Scraton (Letters, 7 August) and published in 1996, has long been considered the definitive reference book on child poverty and the demonisation of young people by academics and youth and community practitioners alike. However, when first released it could not have been predicted that those warnings about austerity measu
  
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• Concern over lack of funding for IVF and sterilisation options in England | Letters

  08-08-2017 19:46
  Diane Munday says vasectomy and female sterilisation operations should not have funding withdrawn, Diane Chandler says IVF ought not be restricted to those who can afford to pay for it, and Clare Munks says the ‘turkey baster’ method – properly called intrauterine insemination (IUI) – may be worth consideringEven worse than the postcode lottery on IVF treatment being introduced by clinical commissioning groups (Report, 7 August) is the short-termism and lack of joined-up
  
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• How screen time can mean missing out | Letters

  08-08-2017 19:42
  We are not just swimming in a new medium, we are drowning in it, writes Susan MoronyChristina Patterson’s views about screen use (Don’t let life go by in the blink of a screen, 8 August) must echo those of thousands of parents. We are not just swimming in a new medium, we are drowning in it.On a flight last week from Preveza to London, a seven-year-old boy pulled the window blind down straight after takeoff, so that he could see his iPad screen. Had he looked out of the window, he wo
  
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• This Super-Popular Cocktail Might Actually Give You Food Poisoning

  08-08-2017 19:37
  ​And you thought the only risk was a hangover.
  
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• Here's What You Need To Know About Using Essential Oils To Treat Your Acne

  08-08-2017 18:54
  ​We went straight to the experts.
  
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• A danger to public health? Uproar as scientist urges us to eat more salt

  08-08-2017 18:29
  Exclusive: In his new book, James DiNicolantonio claims salt could make us healthier. But experts have condemned the advice as potentially dangerousPublic health experts in the UK have spoken out against a new book that claims many of us should be eating more salt, not less – claiming the advice could endanger people’s health.New York scientist James DiNicolantonio says in his book The Salt Fix that the World Health Organisation and the US and UK advisory bodies on diet have got it w
  
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• Can 'Bedtime' Teas Really Help You Fall Asleep Faster?

  08-08-2017 18:00
  You've seen them at the supermarket—but do sleep-inducing teas really work?
  
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• 'Bachelorette' Rachel Lindsay Reveals The EXACT Moment When She Knew Bryan Was The One

  08-08-2017 17:51
  “At the end, it was not tough for me.”
  
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• Hepatitis B vaccine to be rationed in the UK

  08-08-2017 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Public Health England will restrict the jab to only the most vulnerable, meaning UK travellers may not be able to get it before they leave for higher-risk countries. Babies will stillbe given it.
  
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• Connor Sparrowhawk's mother felt ‘distressed’ at his care before death

  08-08-2017 17:11
  Dr Sara Ryan tells tribunal her relationship with nurses at NHS care unit deteriorated weeks before her son drowned in a bathThe mother of a vulnerable teenager who drowned in a bath at an NHS care unit has said she felt “deeply uncomfortable and distressed” about his care weeks before he died.Connor Sparrowhawk, 18, died after an epileptic seizure in the bath at Slade House, Oxfordshire, in July 2013. Continue reading...
  
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• 'I Had An Abortion At Age 19 And It Changed My Entire Outlook On Life'

  08-08-2017 17:06
  "It's time for all women who've had abortions to band together and create spaces to tell the whole truth."
  
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• London 2017: 30 people fall ill after norovirus hits athletics event

  08-08-2017 16:35
  Botswana’s Isaac Makwala forced out of 200m heats as IAAF says hotel used by athletes is not source of vomitting bugThe world athletics championships being held in London has been hit by an outbreak of norovirus, health officials have confirmed.Public Health England (PHE) said it had been notified of about 30 cases of people associated with the event, London 2017, falling ill; two of those have been confirmed by laboratory tests as having the vomiting bug. Related: Laura Muir gives everyth
  
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• WATCHING people wash hands relieves OCD sufferers

  08-08-2017 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seeing someone run their hands under hot water helps control impulsive action. The findings, from Cambridge University, could lead to video-based apps designed as therapy for sufferers.
  
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• It takes several generations to undo poor nutrition

  08-08-2017 16:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found mothers who were malnourished in the womb tend to have smaller babies, while fathers have shorter toddlers.
  
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• Dr Derek Gatherer on catching and avoiding norovirus

  08-08-2017 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Explaining how to stave off the norovirus, which is suspected of making some World Championships athletes ill.
  
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• How This Model Learned To Embrace The Fact That Her Thighs Touch

  08-08-2017 15:30
  "I can remember the exact moment when I started to feel insecure about my body."
  
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• Celebrities’ post-baby bodies DO affect women’s confidence

  08-08-2017 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Illinois found 46 percent of women feel self-conscious and depressed when seeing celebrities, like Halle Berry, recover their pre-baby physique.
  
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• Stress makes people sense danger in harmless situations

  08-08-2017 15:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lead author Joseph Dunsmoor from the University of Texas, said: 'The mind uses cues to danger learned over time, but circumstances can cause people to misidentify those cues.'
  
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• Court rules against NHS over drug funding for boy with rare condition

  08-08-2017 15:17
  High court judge orders NHS to reconsider decision to refuse funding for Kuvan drug for seven-year-old with autism and PKUThe parents of a boy with a rare genetic condition have won a high court victory in their battle over the NHS’s decision to refuse funding for a “life-changing” drug.The seven-year-old, identified only as S, has severe autism and phenylketonuria (PKU), which inhibits his ability to digest protein. Continue reading...
  
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• Mother wept as she heard her dead son's heart beating

  08-08-2017 14:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sandy Millington, from Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, met Mr Horner, 31, but was unable to properly hear her son's heart through a stethoscope. Mr Horner therefore held Ms Millington against his chest.
  
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• ‘Uncomfortable and disgusting’: Uganda's 1.2m unwanted condoms

  08-08-2017 14:06
  The government has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on female prophylactics, but poor take-up is sparking concerns of a rise in HIV infections
  Uganda has been left with a mountain of unused female condoms after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars buying in more than a million of the unpopular contraceptives.The low take-up, particularly among sex workers, is sparking concern that it could lead to a rise in HIV infections. Related: 'Women will die': Trump leaves Ugandan women in jeopa
  
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• UK rations hepatitis B vaccine amid global shortage

  08-08-2017 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  People planning to travel abroad from the UK may not be able to get their jab in time, say experts.
  
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• PKU funding battle: Family wins High Court challenge over drug

  08-08-2017 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  A High Court judge has quashed an NHS decision not to fund the seven-year-old's medication.
  
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• London 2017: 30 people fall ill after norovirus outbreak at athletics event

  08-08-2017 13:30
  Botswana’s Isaac Makwala forced out of 200m heats as Tower hotel, which had floor quarantined, says it is not sourceThe world athletics championships being held in London has been hit by an outbreak of norovirus, health officials have confirmed.Public Health England (PHE) said it had been notified of about 30 cases of people associated with the event, London 2017, falling ill; two of those have been confirmed by laboratory tests as having the vomiting bug. Related: Laura Muir gives everyth
  
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• Are men and women’s brain REALLY different? Results might surprise you

  08-08-2017 13:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  MEN might boast bigger brains but experts have revealed more brain activity takes place in women’s brains.
  
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• Bilingual babies can distinguish between two languages

  08-08-2017 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Babies can differentiate between words in the two different languages and at the moment they hear the switch their pupils dilate, researchers from Princeton University found (stock image)
  
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• Worcestershire NHS trust is stillfailing its patients

  08-08-2017 13:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Worcestshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, originally placed in special measures two years ago, hasn't effectively addressed concerns flagged by regulators.
  
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• What if I run out of a prescription while I'm abroad?

  08-08-2017 13:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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• South-Asian UK women hide cancer because of stigma

  08-08-2017 12:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One South Asian woman only sought treatmentwhen her breast became 'rotten'. The attitudes contribute to a significantly reduced survival rate for breast cancer, warn experts.
  
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• NIH says staying fit in middle age slashes dementia risk

  08-08-2017 12:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Institutes of Health findings were based on around 15,000 Americans who were followed across the space of 25 years.
  
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• Gout linked to dementia: High uric acid could increase risk of memory loss

  08-08-2017 12:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  GOUT is an uncomfortable, inflammatory condition that occurs when needle-like crystals of uric acid form within certain joints or soft tissues. Now experts believe uric acid could be linked to dementia.
  
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• Trying to be friends with an ex may be destructive

  08-08-2017 12:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Kansas delved into one of the greyest areas of friendship and found staying in touch with ex partners is 'very persuasive phenomenon' (stock image).
  
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