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• This Woman Says She Was Fired Because Of Her Heavy Period

  22-08-2017 23:43
  "Getting fired for an accidental period leak was humiliating."
  
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• Should You Divulge Your Sexual History To Your S.O.? Here's What You Need To Know

  22-08-2017 23:40
  To tell or not to tell? That is the question.
  
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• 'I Had To Fight For A Skin Biopsy'

  22-08-2017 23:31
  Three women share their stories of what it's like to live in a dermatology desert.
  
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• 10 Foods Other Than Berries That Are High In Polyphenols

  22-08-2017 23:30
  It's wine o'clock.
  
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• Do Skin Cancer-Screening Apps Really Work?

  22-08-2017 23:29
  We went to experts to find out.
  
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• The American Academy Of Dermatology Has Already Responded To Our Investigation—Read Their Statement

  22-08-2017 23:27
  They're recognizing the issues associated with dermatology deserts and taking action.
  
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• How to Do A Self-Check for Skin Cancer

  22-08-2017 23:25
  It can be lifesaving—literally.
  
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• Children learn moral lessons effectively from human books

  22-08-2017 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Toronto found that kids aged 4-6 learn don't learn social lessons from stories with animals as effectively because they don't see these characters as similar to themselves.
  
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• Modern life is making Americans constipated

  22-08-2017 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A recent survey conducted by the American Gastroenterological Association shows that 16 percent of Americans and one third of people over 60 experience chronic constipation.
  
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• 7 Things You Need To Know Before Dieting With A Friend

  22-08-2017 22:33
  The buddy system can be a tricky business.
  
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• The 5 Products Our Beauty Director Swears By For An Insanely Relaxing Bath

  22-08-2017 22:11
  Try these to make the bathtub your happy place.
  
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• Chris Martin surprises 17-year-old fan with fatal disease

  22-08-2017 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Coldplay singer Chris Martin surprised a fan, Heidi Hernandez - who is in desperate need of a liver transplant - on Saturday. Hernandez said Coldplay's music kept her from being depressed.
  
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• Ian Somerhalder Just Broke His 'Month Of Silence' To Post An Adorable Tribute To New Mom Nikki Reed

  22-08-2017 22:00
  "You brought such fun and such power into our lives being pregnant."
  
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• The 9 Hardest Things About The First Year Of Marriage, According To Happy Couples

  22-08-2017 21:58
  Here's what happens after the "I do's."
  
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• Parkinson's sufferers who sing will improve life

  22-08-2017 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from Iowa State University started musical therapy classes for people with Parkinson's disease. Singing helped improve ability to swallow, which is a leading cause of death for people with the disease.
  
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• Does Baby Powder Really Cause Ovarian Cancer?

  22-08-2017 21:50
  We asked a doc to find out.
  
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• Plymouth father survived septis thanks to his muscles

  22-08-2017 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Father-of-four Paul Scarborough, 47, from Plymouth was close to death after losing 30 years worth of muscle in just eight weeks as the life-threatening infection took over his body.
  
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• DC research finds 'I spy' game can do wonders for babies

  22-08-2017 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers in Washington, D.C., said parents should forget garbling at their newborns in baby speak. Instead, walk them around the supermarket describing the colors of the food.
  
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• 'A triumph of reason': Chile approves landmark bill to ease abortion ban

  22-08-2017 19:37
  Campaigners hail President Michelle Bachelet’s bill legalising abortion in some circumstances as a victory that opens the way for possible further liberalisationThe decision by Chile’s constitutional court to approve a bill that will allow abortion in some circumstances has been hailed as “a triumph of reason and an act of justice” by campaigners.The legislation, a victory for the centre-left president, Michelle Bachelet, will allow abortion when a woman’s life is a
  
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• Jeremy Hunt’s dismissal of Stephen Hawking on the NHS | Letters

  22-08-2017 19:32
  Readers air their views on a Guardian article by Professor Hawking and the UK health secretary’s tweeted response to itJeremy Hunt’s tweeted dismissal of Hawking’s article (How to solve the NHS crisis – scientifically, 19 August) is revealing: “Stephen Hawking is brilliant physicist but wrong on lack of evidence 4 weekend effect.2015 Fremantle [sic] study most comprehensive ever”.If Hunt bases policy on a single publication (which no serious observer would do)
  
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• Britain’s got its very own summer eclipse | Brief letters

  22-08-2017 19:30
  The weather | Hate crimes | Counselling | Natural childbirth | Cliff Richard fans | Sophie Heawood articleWhy the fuss, just because parts of the US experienced a solar eclipse for a few minutes on Monday (Greatest show on Earth: total eclipse dazzles the US, 22 August)? For most of the UK, the sun has been obscured for the last six weeks.
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  Bath• Will the list of people who can be the victims of social media hate crimes (Front page, August) also include all women? Ask many wo
  
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• 5 Snacks That Will Help You Sleep Like A Baby, According To Nutritionists

  22-08-2017 19:22
  Yes, midnight snacks can be a good thing.
  
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• Couple force to sacrifice conjoined twins to save baby

  22-08-2017 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jemma Haig and Murray McKirdy, from East Lothian, were told that not all their babies could survive. The conjoined twins were joined at the chest and shared a heart and respiratory system.
  
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• 5 Solar Eclipse Memes We Can’t Stop Laughing About

  22-08-2017 19:03
  
  [brightcove:5522492407001 default]ICYMI, America basically hit pause yesterday to gaze up at the total solar eclipse, the first to sweep across the country from coast to coast in 99 years. Twitter buzzed with excitement about the once-in-a-lifetime experience, and Instagram nearly imploded with photos of onlookers sporting protective glasses.But the celestial event of the century also left some wondering, “Was that...it?” And clever memes parodying the event (think&nbs
  
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• Prunella Briance obituary

  22-08-2017 18:39
  Founder of the National Childbirth Trust who was an indefatigable defender of the rights of women to information around birthThe National Childbirth Trust began with two births: one an easy delivery for an unnamed young girl in the East End of London around a century ago, and the other a stillbirth for a woman called Prunella Briance, several decades later. The two mothers never met, but their stories were connected by a doctor whose inspiration led Briance, who has died aged 91, to found the NC
  
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• 8 in 10 women with history of cancer have not had testing

  22-08-2017 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The actress had both breasts removed in 2013 after testing for the faulty BRCA1 gene which was said to boost public awareness. But a new Californian study suggests the message has failed.
  
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• Liver condition causes boy's face to swell like balloon

  22-08-2017 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mckenzie Watson, from Doncaster, was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome which causes his kidneys to function improperly and water to build up in the body. His family are fundraising to fund a cure.
  
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• To Lyme disease sufferers, Matt Dawson’s misdiagnosis is all too familiar | Holly Rubenstein

  22-08-2017 18:12
  The England rugby player’s condition went unrecognised for far too long, just like mine. Awareness of this very serious illness is still woefully lackingIt was a bittersweet moment waking up to the news yesterday of former England rugby star Matt Dawson’s Lyme disease diagnosis, and subsequent heart surgery. As a journalist who is recovering from the disease myself, there is always a feeling of relief when someone with a high profile such as Dawson speaks out about the condition. He&
  
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• Solar eclipse could cause eye problems for people

  22-08-2017 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts warned that staring at the eclipse without protective eyewear could damage the retinas. Solar retinopathy occurs when staring at the sun for too long. Symptoms include vision spots and blurriness.
  
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• 'Singheart' molecule could mean heart cells self-repair

  22-08-2017 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by the Genome Institute of Singapore have identified a non-coding acid that regulates genes and controls the ability of heart cells to undergo repair or regeneration.
  
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• 'Angelina Jolie effect' fail

  22-08-2017 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The actress had both breasts removed in 2013 after testing for the faulty BRCA1 gene which was said to boost public awareness. But a new Californian study suggests the message has failed.
  
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• Vegetarian diets really do lower your cholesterol

  22-08-2017 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A review of nearly 50 studies led by researchers from Keio University in Fujisawa found eating more greens could be a good preventive care for cardiovascular disease (stock image).
  
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• Prison healthcare so bad it would be shut down on outside, say doctors

  22-08-2017 17:32
  Doctors tell of understaffed services, with patients missing hospital appointments due to clerical errors or lack of escortNHS doctors working in prisons have warned that the conditions in which they operate are so unsafe that the services would be closed down had they been outside the prison system, the Guardian has learned.The warnings have been issued in emails from an internal prison doctors’ email group seen by the Guardian. The fears about failures in prison healthcare come at a time
  
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• Indefinite hospital detention for man who stabbed train passenger

  22-08-2017 17:25
  Adrian Brown, who has schizophrenia, was shouting ‘I want to kill all Muslims’ before attack on London Overground last yearA man who repeatedly stabbed a Muslim man on a train after shouting “I want to kill all Muslims” has been detained indefinitely in hospital.Adrian Brown, who has schizophrenia, attacked Muhammed Ali on the London Overground on 12 December last year. Continue reading...
  
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• Doctors can't ignore politics. Our patients' lives are at stake | Farzon Nahvi

  22-08-2017 17:23
  Our patients depend on us for their care – we must help them get it, whether that comes in the form of pill or policyIf all politics is local, then Washington’s healthcare debacle has brought politics to the front stoop of every healthcare provider in America. There is no escaping it – debates taking place on Capitol Hill are set to affect the very survival of our patients. Irrespective of political leanings, doctors, nurses and providers of all stripes have ethical and profess
  
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• E. coli superbug squashed by 'superteam' of antibiotics

  22-08-2017 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by the University of Buffalo have now created three antibiotics that together could eradicate E.coli genes mcr-1 and ndm-5 that previously made the bacterium immune.
  
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• Chloe Madeley reveals what worked to solve 'pregnant' tum

  22-08-2017 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fitness fanatic Chloe, 30, shared her swollen tummy on Instagram last year but now says a probiotic supplement has helped her combat the severe and painful bloating she's had since she was a teenager.
  
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• These 3 Reasons Might Explain Why Your Hair Is Turning Gray

  22-08-2017 16:53
  Besides genetics, of course.
  
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• 'This One Tweak Helped Me Lose All The Baby Weight And Then Some'

  22-08-2017 16:42
  "Somehow I had convinced myself that my regular treats didn’t really count because I run every day."
  
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• Abstinence-only sex ed programs are failing American teens

  22-08-2017 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  American sex ed classes that teach abstinence-only are ineffective in delaying the age of first sexual encounter and risky behavior and violate teenagers' human rights, new study confirms.
  
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• Gemma Arterton reveals studio filmed her exercising to make her lose weight for role

  22-08-2017 15:35
  Actor describes ‘traumatic’ experience in Morocco when Hollywood producers flew out a personal trainer and filmed her at the gym to prove she was exercisingGemma Arterton has revealed that she was once forced to lose weight for a role by Hollywood producers, who flew out a personal trainer to work with her on location and filmed her at the gym to prove that she was exercising. Speaking to the Guilty Feminist podcast in June, the British actor described the experience, which occurred
  
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• This Woman Survived Two Heart Transplants And A Double Mastectomy—Here's How

  22-08-2017 15:30
  "I wasn't even sure I wanted to go through with another transplant."
  
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• UK medicines agency seizes HIV home-test kits over false result risk

  22-08-2017 13:21
  Over 100 Hightop test kits, which have not met EU regulations, seized as agency warns consumers against using themMore than 100 HIV home-testing kits have been seized by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) amid fears over their reliability. The agency believes it has seized all stock of the Hightop HIV/Aids home-test kit from UK suppliers but is warning consumers against purchasing the product online or using it, if already purchased, because of the potential for fa
  
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• Michigan actress has surgery to stop time-bomb in brain

  22-08-2017 13:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Actress and model Andrea Syron, 36, from Grand Blanc in Michigan noticed the buzzing sound in her ear develop into a strong 'whooshing', which led to her diagnosis five months ago.
  
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• To fight child obesity – let children play outdoors more with their friends | Rob Wheway

  22-08-2017 13:00
  Instead of shrinking pizzas and burgers, it is vital to get children to play outside unsupervised – and not just for the exerciseObesity is an environmental issue not a disease. Children growing up in the 1950s and 1960s were not obese. Virtually all people over 60 (and many younger) remember walking to infant school without an adult. Most travelled unaccompanied from the age of five after being taken for a couple of weeks by a parent. Children would also be able to run around in their own
  
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• Chris Christie becomes unlikely hero for New Jersey drug treatment centers

  22-08-2017 13:00
  New Jersey governor has opened his state’s first rehab facility for prisoners, cut insurance red tape and emphasized treatment over punishmentAt 10am on a Thursday, Alan Oberman’s methadone clinic in Pleasantville, New Jersey is bustling with people and life. Parents are yelling, babies crying, and smokers smoking. With the beach nearby and fresh-cut grass in the graveyard across the street, it feels like a neighborhood and smells like summer.The clients are of all types: men and wom
  
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• UK families could get money off shopping bills if they hit exercise goals

  22-08-2017 12:52
  NHS ‘healthy towns’ scheme could offer rewards such as free cinema tickets in attempt to reduce lifestyle-related illnessesFamilies could be offered discounts on their food shopping, cut-price sports gear and free cinema tickets for hitting exercise targets in a drive to reduce the burden of lifestyle-related illness on the NHS. The proposals, for residents to receive rewards if they walk a specified number of steps, form part of NHS England’s plans for 10 new “healthy to
  
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• HIV home-testing kits warning

  22-08-2017 12:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The medicines regulator seizes 114 potentially unreliable home-testing kits.
  
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• If Northern Irish women can now have an abortion in England, why not here? | Goretti Horgan

  22-08-2017 12:28
  A policy offering free terminations for those who can travel is a first step. Now we need to change the law for those who can’tNorthern Ireland’s Department of Health has declined to issue new guidance on abortion to doctors and other health professionals because “there has been no change to the law on abortion”. This is despite the fact that the situation clearly has changed since women from the region can now access free, NHS abortions in England.This stubborn refusal t
  
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• I'm worried my elderly mother is taking too many pills

  22-08-2017 12:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SPONSORED. As part of a weekly series, Anshu Bhimbat from LloydsPharmacy in Buckinghamshire, answers your common medicine queries...
  
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