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• Medevac E.coli woman Caroline Hope dies in hospital

  13-08-2017 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Teacher Caroline Hope became infected while receiving cancer treatment in Turkey.
  
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• Don't blame addicts for America's opioid crisis. Here are the real culprits | Chris McGreal

  13-08-2017 12:00
  America’s opioid crisis was caused by rapacious pharma companies, politicians who colluded with them and regulators who approved one opioid pill after anotherOf all the people Donald Trump could blame for the opioid epidemic, he chose the victims. After his own commission on the opioid crisis issued an interim report this week, Trump said young people should be told drugs are “No good, really bad for you in every way.” The president’s exhortation to follow Nancy Reagan&rs
  
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• Ambulance call-outs for mental health patients in England soar by 23%

  13-08-2017 11:38
  Figures show paramedics helped 30,000 more people experiencing a mental health crisis in 2016-17 compared with 2014-15The number of ambulance call-outs for people experiencing mental health problems in England has soared by nearly a quarter in two years.Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act shows paramedics helped over 30,000 more patients (172,799) in crisis in 2016-17 compared with 140,137 in 2014-15, a rise of 23%.Continue reading...
  
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• The robot that staves off loneliness for chronically ill children

  13-08-2017 11:30
  A Norwegian startup company has created an automaton that helps children with long-term sickness be part of normal life againAs a rule of thumb, the best ideas are the simplest. That’s easy to forget in an age of rapid technological innovation, when the tendency is to be led by capability rather than need.For as Karen Dolva, co-founder of the Norwegian startup No Isolation, says: “There are a lot of engineers who don’t want to make something useful – they want to make som
  
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• Women with a steady heart rate more chance of relationship

  13-08-2017 10:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers, from Lakehead University in Canada, said: ‘Perhaps it is our heart and not our head that determines which of us will find love after all.’
  
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• Gym warning: Drinking THIS before a workout could be deadly

  13-08-2017 09:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  GYM sessions are now accompanied pre-workout energy drinks and post-workout protein shakes to boost performance and recovery. However, the former have been linked to heart disease.
  
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• why do men suffer depression in silence?

  13-08-2017 09:00
  When Kevin Braddock hit rockbottom, he had every intention of killing himself. He recounts what happened next – and reveals why so few men ask for helpIt was a Monday when Robin Williams killed himself three years ago – Monday 11 August 2014. His death was shocking even if in hindsight it shouldn’t have been a surprise that the world’s funniest man might also be the most sorrowful, too – a person despairing to the point of ending it all.It’s a date I remember
  
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• Man down: why do so many suffer depression in silence?

  13-08-2017 09:00
  When Kevin Braddock hit rockbottom, he had every intention of killing himself. He recounts what happened next – and reveals why so few men ask for helpIt was a Monday when Robin Williams killed himself three years ago – Monday 11 August 2014. His death was shocking even if in hindsight it shouldn’t have been a surprise that the world’s funniest man might also be the most sorrowful, too – a person despairing to the point of ending it all.It’s a date I remember
  
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• Gym warning: Celebrity trainer reveals how intense exercise could trigger diabetes

  13-08-2017 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  GYM sessions are great for our physical and mental wellbeing, but over-exercising can cause oxidative stress on your body's cells which in the long run can leave you with diabetes or cardiovascular disease.
  
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• Are smartphones really making our children sad?

  13-08-2017 08:30
  US psychologist Jean Twenge, who has claimed that social media is having a malign affect on the young, answers critics who accuse her of crying wolfLast week, the children’s commissioner, Anne Longfield, launched a campaign to help parents regulate internet and smartphone use at home. She suggested that the overconsumption of social media was a problem akin to that of junk-food diets. “None of us, as parents, would want our children to eat junk food all the time – double cheese
  
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• What are the different types of dementia? Symptoms of the disease you should know

  13-08-2017 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  DEMENTIA is a term used to described a range of symptoms which can include memory problems, issues with thinking and communication. There are a number of different types of dementia - but there are five main types people should know.
  
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• How eagle-eyed archers hit the target

  13-08-2017 07:00
  First, learn how to deliberately slow your heart through conscious willThe Glorious 12th, that archaic celebration that marks the start of the grouse shooting season, is upon us. Whatever we think about it, the skill itself is of interest to neuroscientists. Marksmanship depends on exquisite coordination between eye and hand, and while left- or right-handedness is well established, it is less known that you have a dominant eye, too. Test this by looking at a small, distant object. Point at
  
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• You Won't Be Able To Look Away From This Epic Cyst Removal Video

  13-08-2017 03:55
  Don’t eat while watching this.
  
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• Sarah Reed death: Mentally ill 'should not be assessed in prison'

  13-08-2017 02:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The mother of a woman who killed herself in prison speaks out against the prison system.
  
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• You Have To See How This Fitness Trainer Clapped Back At Her Cellulite-Shamer

  13-08-2017 02:49
  Don’t call her unhealthy.
  
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• How nearly 30,000 doctors are now 'paid £100,000 a year' 

  13-08-2017 01:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nearly 30,000 NHS hospital doctors are now paid at least £100,000 a year by the cash-strapped NHS, it has been revealed.
  
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• Mental health and the media: when privacy trumps getting the story | Andrew Stafford

  13-08-2017 01:36
  At what point, when the initial story is over, do news outlets and social media need to continue to stalk, hound and dig for every tiny detail?For five days over late August and early September in 2016, a strange case gripped the Australian media. A family of five abruptly went missing from their rural property east of Melbourne. They left their house unlocked and all potential trace elements behind: phones, credit cards and identification documents. Keys were left in the ignitions of the remain
  
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• The Observer view on best medical practice for pregnant women | Observer editorial

  13-08-2017 01:07
  The ideal birth is the one that is safest for mother and babyThe announcement by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) on Saturday that it will finally abandon its “normal birth” campaign is overdue but welcome. By promoting “normal” over medical births, the campaign has for too long dangerously implied that a non-medical birth is superior to one in which doctors are involved. Given that we have had firm evidence for more than two years that, in the very worst cases, normal
  
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• 'Raise your voices'

  13-08-2017 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  A blog on birth trauma is prompting women to share their own difficult experiences.
  
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• Scientists develop new drug to counter effects of fast food on liver

  13-08-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A TREATMENT which reverses the liver damage caused by a diet high in sugar and processed foods has been developed by scientists.
  
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• From symptoms to treatments: All you need to know about cystitis

  13-08-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  CYSTITIS is one of the most common women’s problems but it’s also one of those awkward subjects. Our writer gives the lowdown...
  
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• NHS facing steroid 'time bomb' as millenial men bulk up

  13-08-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE NHS is facing a public health time bomb as steroid use spirals seven-fold.
  
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