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• Hidden stories of medical experiments on slave plantations

  18-08-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Londa Schiebinger, a science history professor at Stanford University, sheds light on how slave owners tested dangerous medical experiments on people in her new book Secret Cures Of Slaves.
  
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• Stressed women are more likely to miscarry, study claims

  18-08-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, conducted at University College London and Zhejang University in China, provides strong evidence that stress in a woman's early adulthood could have serious consequences later in life.
  
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• Mother who gave birth in the US and UK compares the two

  18-08-2017 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Being pregnant and giving birth in both the US and the UK were hugely contrasting experiences. Both were simultaneously wonderful and hellish, but for very different reasons, Katherine Bebo explains.
  
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• The Best Tee For You, According To Your Zodiac Sign

  18-08-2017 22:31
  The stars have aligned: Your outfit's going to be OP today.
  
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• 6 Women Reveal The Workouts That Finally Helped Them Lose Their Belly Fat​

  18-08-2017 21:00
  From walking to SoulCycle.
  
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• Chronic illness increases likelihood of attempting suicide

  18-08-2017 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the University of Waterloo found young people with chronic illnesses 363 percent more likely to attempt suicide. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in young people.
  
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• Dementia prevention: Four ways to DELAY onset of Alzheimer's disease

  18-08-2017 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  DEMENTIA has no cure, but it is possible to slow the onset of symptoms of the most common type of the debilitating condition - Alzheimer's disease - through diet and taking up certain hobbies.
  
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• 'I Got Pregnant Right After Having Weight-Loss Surgery'

  18-08-2017 20:00
  Alicia Robertson had already lost 100 pounds in six months when she discovered she was pregnant.
  
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• This One Factor Has A Major Impact On How Often You Have Sex

  18-08-2017 19:59
  Use it or lose it...
  
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• Fentanyl death rates have gone up 600 percent in US cities

  18-08-2017 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The rate of deaths related to fentanyl overdoses in US cities increased 600 percent from 2014 to 2016, according to a new analysis. The problem is particularly bad in East Coast cities.
  
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• 12 most popular plans used for weight loss

  18-08-2017 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 5:2 diet is the best known of the fasts and was made famous by Dr Michael Mosley. An increase in fat loss was demonstrated in a 2011 Manchester University study.
  
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• New Jersey family says 'marijuana killed' their son

  18-08-2017 19:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Ziobro, 22, died in his New Jersey home from a heart arrhythmia. His parents believe that marijuana is what caused the heart arrhythmia. They want people to be aware of the risks of smoking.
  
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• Telling people not to ‘down’ alcohol makes them drink more

  18-08-2017 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the universities of Exeter and Queensland found disapproving of so-called 'bolting' makes people more inclined to gulp their drink in one go and warning them has no effect.
  
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• Teenagers wanting to be bricklayers drink MORE alcohol

  18-08-2017 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It showed those happy to work in lower-paid jobs spend less time revising for their upcoming exams - because they don't need A grades - and more time to spend with their friends, which can lead to the pub.
  
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• This Woman Suffered A Gruesome Accident Because Of A Very Common Car Habit

  18-08-2017 19:00
  Her story should serve as a warning to us all.
  
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• The NHS saved me. As a scientist, I must help to save it | Stephen Hawking

  18-08-2017 19:00
  The crisis in the health service has been created by politicians who want to privatise it – when public opinion, and the evidence, point in the opposite directionLike many people, I have personal experience of the NHS. In my case, medical care, personal life and scientific life are all intertwined. I have received a large amount of high-quality NHS treatment and would not be here today if it were not for the service.The care I have received since being diagnosed with motor neurone disease
  
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• Stephen Hawking blames Tory politicians for damaging NHS

  18-08-2017 19:00
  Exclusive: Physicist criticises ministers over funding cuts, privatisation and pay caps before address revealing his reliance on health serviceThe NHS saved me. As a scientist, I must help to save itStephen Hawking has accused ministers of damaging the NHS, blaming the Conservatives in a passionate and sustained attack for slashing funding, weakening the health service though privatisation, demoralising staff by curbing pay and cutting social care support.The renowned 75-year-old physicist was s
  
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• Eye test could spot Alzheimer's disease in early stages

  18-08-2017 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts say the test made by Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles is one of the biggest breakthroughs in Alzheimer's research to date, offering the first sign of a cost-effective and non-invasive test.
  
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• Guide explains the benefits of different fasting diets

  18-08-2017 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 5:2 diet is the best known of the fasts and was made famous by Dr Michael Mosley. An increase in fat loss was demonstrated in a 2011 Manchester University study.
  
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• Marijuana killed a man who died of a heart arrhythmia

  18-08-2017 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Ziobro, 22, died in his New Jersey home from a heart arrhythmia. His parents believe that marijuana is what caused the heart arrhythmia. They want people to be aware of the risks of smoking.
  
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• Florida slammed for moving 13k sick kids off health plan

  18-08-2017 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Florida Department of Health switched thousands of children out of healthcare plans to something that their doctors don't accept, putting their lives and well-being at risk.
  
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• 'I'm A Sex Addict—Here's What Finally Made Me Get Help'

  18-08-2017 18:00
  "I couldn’t stop looking for new men every place I went."
  
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• This Celebrity Makeup Artist Just Offered Up The Most GENIUS $2 Trick To Tame Unruly Eyebrows

  18-08-2017 17:47
  If it works for Queen B, it works for us.
  
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• Female bodyguard and mom-of-one on how to keep fit

  18-08-2017 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Security operative Polly Wilton has protected the likes of Sir Richard Dannatt, then head of the British Army. She explains how she stay in top form, as Hitman's Bodyguard debuts.
  
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• 6 Meal-Prep Mistakes That Are Only Making Your Life Harder

  18-08-2017 17:00
  These genius tips will make it easy.
  
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• CBT stops procrastination by enforcing useful behaviours  

  18-08-2017 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Stockholm University found that all of a study's participants stopped putting things off after having online or face-to-face group cognitive behavioural therapy sessions.
  
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• Mum leaves random notes in York for new mothers

  18-08-2017 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The letters offer mums a chance to take a second for themselves.
  
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• If You Have Back Pain, This Is The Squat For You

  18-08-2017 16:40
  Don't worry, your muscles will still see all the benefits.
  
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• Ask Dr. Pimple Popper: 'I Have Hyperpigmentation Under My Lip That Smells Like Funky Cheese—Help!'

  18-08-2017 16:39
  "And it's spreading..."
  
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• This Is The Eating Plan That Helped Me Lose 45 Pounds In A Year

  18-08-2017 16:38
  The day her doctor told her she was at risk for developing diabetes was the day Natalie Camacho decided to make a change.
  
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• Want to stay skinny? Step on the weighing scales each day!

  18-08-2017 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Standing on the scales produced 'unexpected' effects of encouraging people to cut back on junk food, scientists at Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania said.
  
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• This Woman Born Without A Vagina Is Raising Money For A Life-Changing Surgery

  18-08-2017 16:30
  Her condition only affects 1 in 4,500 newborn girls
  
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• Incredible heart-shaped cell entangled in a blood clot

  18-08-2017 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The image, which won a British Heart Foundation photo contest, was snapped by a University of Leeds researcher who is studying how clots form.
  
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• Alzheimer’s news: Could simple eye test detect early signs of the disease?

  18-08-2017 16:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  A SIMPLE eye test could help detect the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease some 20 years before it takes hold, according to new research.
  
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• Black cancer patient slowly turning white because of drug

  18-08-2017 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paula Edwards, 54, from Loughborough, was diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer in 2012 and was initially given 12 months to live.
  
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• Assam man has a 59" belly that will eventually kill him

  18-08-2017 15:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bikash Hazarika, 21, from a remote village in Assam, northeast India, who weighs just 134lbs (61kg), cannot walk, sit or sleep because his belly has swelled to an enormous 22lbs (10kg).
  
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• 'How Running Every Day For 250 Days (And Counting) Completely Changed My Life'

  18-08-2017 15:30
  I’m happier, I’m healthier, and I quit my job.
  
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• Using conditioner after a nuclear attack is lethal

  18-08-2017 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shampooing hair and using soap removes nuclear dust but conditioner can 'bind radioactive material to your hair', according to warnings from by Guam's Office for Civil Defence (stock image).
  
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• 10 women a day seeking help from lawyers over vaginal mesh

  18-08-2017 15:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Following cries for the scandal-hit procedure to be halted, floods of affected women, including Julie Gilsenan, 41, have sought help from Wedlake Bell, a leading London-based law firm.
  
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• Teenage boy looks like a toddler thanks to rare syndrome

  18-08-2017 13:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Angus Palmes, 13, from weighs just 2 st and 2lbs, the same size as an average toddler, and his condition is so rare it doesn't even have a name. His mother calls it the 'happy syndrome'.
  
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• High blood pressure? Targeting the body’s smallest organ could LOWER your reading

  18-08-2017 13:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  BLOOD pressure is controlled by the body’s smallest organ - which is the size of a grain of rice. Now experts believe they have found a new way of treating it.
  
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• Black cancer patient is slowly turning white

  18-08-2017 12:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paula Edwards, 54, from Loughborough, was diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer in 2012 and was initially given 12 months to live.
  
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• Type 2 diabetes patients at greater risk of THIS potentially life-threatening condition

  18-08-2017 12:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  TYPE 2 diabetes sufferers can face a host of other complications and symptoms - foot ulcers and kidney problems. It is also linked to muscular issues but can even increase the risk of hypothyroidism.
  
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• Chemicals in soap and sunscreen reduce sperm quality

  18-08-2017 12:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine in Lodz found parabens are significantly associated with an increased number of abnormally sized and shaped sperm.
  
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• High doses of vitamin C could help fight blood cancer

  18-08-2017 12:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Found in high levels in oranges, peppers and kale, scientists at the Perlmutter Cancer Centre in New York believe it encourages blood cancer stem cells, which fuel the growth of tumours, to die.
  
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• Pancreatic cancer and diet link: How THIS energy dense food could affect you

  18-08-2017 11:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  CANCER, such as pancreatic, bowel and stomach cancer, has long been linked to be overweight or obese.
  
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• Cute neck floats for babies are 'DEATH TRAPS'

  18-08-2017 11:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kyran Quinlan, associate professor of pediatrics at Rush University, said: 'Neck floats for babies scare me to death, and I hope they scare parents. These are potential death traps.'
  
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• Hate hearing someone eat? It could be misophonia – or plain old misanthropy | Nicholas Lezard

  18-08-2017 11:00
  I think misophonia – a phobia of sounds – is perhaps as much an existential condition as a physiological one. For me it’s worse the morning after a few drinksFor some time I lived with someone who did not like the way I breathed. Apparently I do not breathe regularly; I hold it in and release it, as if I am perpetually in suspense, or on the alert for some calamity. (This seems about right.) For some time, I assumed that this was simply a building frustration with the fact that
  
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• E-cigarettes are a gateway to smoking for teens

  18-08-2017 10:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Leeds found that of those those who have never tried cigarettes but do vape, 34.4 per cent smoke a year later. This is compared to nine percent who did not use e-cigs.
  
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• Arthritis diet: The SIX foods to avoid if you suffer painful symptoms

  18-08-2017 10:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  RHEUMATOID arthritis is a long-term condition that causes pain, swelling and stiffness in the joints and mainly affects the hands feet and wrists.
  
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