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• Made to measure hip ops to avoid odd-length legs

  12-08-2017 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 5,000 patients have benefited from Optimised Positioning System technology (OPS) worldwide and now the procedure is being offered to people in Britain.
  
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• Hairy Biker admits his battle with the bulge is ongoing

  12-08-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Their public weight loss battle made cuddly British TV cooks Dave Myers (pictured)and Si King, aka The Hairy Bikers, into the unlikely faces of a multi-million-selling diet book series.
  
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• Celebrity eye surgeon Dr Bobby Qureshi investigated

  12-08-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ophthalmologist Dr Bobby Qureshi (pictured), who set up the London Eye Hospital, performed ‘miracle eye surgery’ on thousands of patients, including June Brown who plays Dot Cotton.
  
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• The growing gulf in life expectancy shows how austerity has deepened inequalities

  12-08-2017 23:00
  The prime minister vowed to fight health injustice. These new figures must be awake-up callPublic health experts sometimes rework the map of a city’s train or underground system to illustrate the wide differences in life expectancy between wealthy areas and poor ones. For example, every one of the eight stops travelled on the London tube’s Jubilee line east from Westminster, the heart of government, to post-industrial Canning Town in the East End counts for up to a year in diminished
  
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• Health inequality gap ‘is still growing’ in England, new Department of Health data shows

  12-08-2017 23:00
  Poor people face years of failing health and earlier death compared to the rich, despite government pledges to reduce inequalityThe health gap between rich and poor is growing in England, according to shocking figures compiled by the Department of Health.Despite government pledges to reduce inequalities in areas such as life expectancy and susceptibility to disability and disease, those living in the most deprived areas of the country run a greater risk of premature death, seeing a child die soo
  
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• You Have To See Why Salma Hayek Just Posted a Bikini Picture In Her Shower

  12-08-2017 19:09
  P.S. She looks amazing
  
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• Weekend warrior only works for rich people, says ACS

  12-08-2017 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The American Cancer Society found a correlation between income and the amount people worked out. Those with lower incomes were less likely to meet their exercise needs.
  
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• What I’m really thinking: the woman with breast cancer

  12-08-2017 10:00
  I grieve for the family celebrations I may miss, growing older with my husband, having grandchildrenThere are days when I’m full of anger and sadness, and other moments when I appreciate the miracle of life. Every gesture, song or conversation now carries a deeper meaning. The intensity of hugging my husband and daughters is often unbearable, and I grieve every day for the life that cancer took away from me.Stage four cancer sucks optimism, hope and eventually even breath. It’s like
  
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• Stroke symptoms:THIS lesser-known side effect could be exacerbated by smoking

  12-08-2017 09:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  STROKE symptoms usually involve a numb arm, slurred speech and a face dropped on one side, but the condition could also cause essential tremor - uncontrollable shaking or trembling.
  
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• Abdominal pain warning: What YOUR stomach ache really means

  12-08-2017 09:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  ABDOMINAL pain is usually harmless and passes after a short period of time. However, it could be a symptom of a more serious condition, such as appendicitis or a stomach ulcer.
  
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• Cancer explained: Why men are more likely to be diagnosed than women

  12-08-2017 08:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  CANCER diagnoses are more common in men than women, figures have revealed. Express.co.uk is investigating find out why this could be the case.
  
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• Is physiotherapy really worth it, or are there cheaper solutions?

  12-08-2017 08:00
  I’m getting quite bad pains from constant keyboard work, but I don’t earn much so physio will be a massive cost for me Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.This week’s question: Continue reading...
  
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• How to prevent ageing: THIS could be the key to staying young and preventing illness

  12-08-2017 05:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  COMBATTING ageing and frailty is as preventable as heart disease and diabetes, scientists have claimed.
  
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• Midwives back down on campaign for natural childbirth

  12-08-2017 03:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Royal College of Midwives have announced they want to avoid giving British mothers the impression that interventions such as caesareans and epidurals are abnormal.
  
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• GPs must consult panel to sending patients to hospital

  12-08-2017 02:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The controversial scheme in the north east of England covers all non-urgent referrals – including requests for hip and knee surgery, cataract removal as well as x-rays and scans.
  
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• Type 2 diabetes rise in children 'disturbing'

  12-08-2017 02:37 via bbc.co.uk
  More than 600 children and teenagers are being treated for the condition in England and Wales, experts warn.
  
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• Midwives to end campaign to promote ‘normal births’

  12-08-2017 01:28
  Official body calls for shift in language and approach in attempt to stop making mothers feel like failures
  Midwives are to end their campaign for “normal births” and change the way they talk about childbirth in a move intended to avoid making mothers who opt for medical interventions feel like failures.The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has run an initiative since 2005 encouraging expectant mothers to give birth without medical interventions including epidurals, inductions and caes
  
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• Brian Blessed 'bit off' umbilical cord delivering baby

  12-08-2017 01:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Actor, director and Grampy Rabbit in Peppa Pig, Brian Blessed reveals Four Things You Don't Know About Me
  
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• Hard enough already

  12-08-2017 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Flying with a wheelchair is hard enough - it's even harder when it's broken in transit.
  
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• Plastic surgery madness on Capitol Hill

  12-08-2017 00:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The plastic surgery surge has never been more stark than now as the August recess was pushed back, flooding waiting rooms with patients looking for a time to squeeze an appointment.
  
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• Robert Manne on having cancer: 'I am interested in why I felt no fear'

  12-08-2017 00:16
  The prolific writer and commentator talks about his second cancer diagnosis and rethinking his relationship with hospitals and his own body Robert Manne is one of Australia’s most distinguished intellectuals and a frequent participant in public debate. He has written on everything from asylum seekers to the Holocaust to Wikileaks to the Stolen Generation. Manne’s politics also famously shifted in the mid 1990s from the right wing to the left.But one form Manne hasn’t explored y
  
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• Bottled water can be acidic and erode your tooth enamel

  12-08-2017 00:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tap water, which is regulated by the government, has to have proper amounts of fluoride but bottled water does not. Because of this bottled water can cause more cavities than tap.
  
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• Outrage over new Netflix show about a boy on the spectrum

  12-08-2017 00:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The highly-anticipated show is the first of many upcoming programs with autism as a central theme, with another soon to hit HBO - something disability advocates have celebrated.
  
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