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• This Actress’ Before And After Lingerie Photos Show Exactly How Pregnancy Changes Your Body

  26-08-2017 23:16
  She’s really into one big change.
  
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• Warnings over shock dementia revelations from ancestry DNA tests

  26-08-2017 23:00
  Companies have been told to accept moral responsibility and provide counselling for people who inadvertently discover health risksPeople who use genetic tests to trace their ancestry only to discover that they are at risk of succumbing to an incurable illness are being left to suffer serious psychological problems. Dementia researchers say the problem is particularly acute for those found to be at risk of Alzheimer’s disease, which has no cure or effective treatment. Yet these people are s
  
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• Rogue doctors ‘use superhero status to abuse patients’

  26-08-2017 22:00
  NHS should beware staff whose expertise means unusual behaviour goes unchallenged, says reportThe health service must do more to spot warning signs that staff are using their position in order to abuse patients, a new report into sexual and physical assaults committed by rogue medical personnel has found. The problem is particularly acute for doctors who achieve “superhero” status, it warns. Related: NHS pays out millions to patients of surgeon convicted of needless breast operations
  
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• Bone fracture warning: Five signs YOU suffer from dangerous muscle decline

  26-08-2017 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  BONE fractures are more likely in people with sarcopenia - a condition characterised by loss of muscle and strength.
  
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• Gym workout diet: THIS supplement can REVERSE age related muscle loss

  26-08-2017 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  GYM workouts can be made even more effective by adding protein to your diet, with protein powders one of the most quick and easy sources. This is how to choose which type is best for you.
  
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• My brother, the alcoholic, who lived and died in hope

  26-08-2017 07:45
  He didn’t choose to live on the sidelines of a family who loved him, isolated from the world, surrounded by chaos. He had no other choiceI was visiting friends when I got the call to go to the hospital. I’d been expecting it for the last few years. I ran to find the ward on which my brother was lying in a bed on a ventilator.“Am I too late?” I asked. Related: ‘Alcoholism continues long after you stop drinking': my 15 years soberContinue reading...
  
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• Dementia: Blood pressure and alcohol among five key risk factors for onset of symptoms

  26-08-2017 05:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  DEMENTIA could be prevented in one in three cases - if nine major risk factors are eliminated, experts have claimed.
  
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• UK mothers among world's worst for harming baby by boozing

  26-08-2017 03:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A major study found that four times more children in the UK suffer alcohol-related birth defects than the global average.
  
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• Inside the Snapchat Surgeon's operating room 

  26-08-2017 03:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: We go inside the operating theater with Dr Matthew Schulman, one of the world's most successful 'Snapchat surgeons', as he performs a Brazilian butt lift.
  
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• End of postcode lottery for cataracts treatment

  26-08-2017 02:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Helen Heraty, who runs a boutique hotel in York, was told that she could only have cataract surgery on one eye – despite being virtually blind.
  
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• Family members shave heads to raise money for cancer

  26-08-2017 01:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Parents, partners and loved ones of people with cancer have their heads shaved to show their support. It was part of Macmillan Cancer Support's Brave the Shave campaign.
  
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• Line-dancing is better than a walk to fight Alzheimer's

  26-08-2017 01:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dancing can help fight off the loss of brainpower as we age and brain scans show that it works better over a period of 18 months than spells of cycling or Nordic walking.
  
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• Asperger artist: Patrick Samuel says art saved his life

  26-08-2017 01:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Patrick Samuel has Asperger's syndrome. He uses art to deal with depression and self-injurious behaviour.
  
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• 'Art saved my life'

  26-08-2017 01:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Patrick Samuel has Asperger's syndrome. He uses art to deal with depression and self-injurious behaviour.
  
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• Mystery baby born with a DIPG-like tumor puzzles doctors

  26-08-2017 00:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Addison Faith Richburg was born 17 weeks early with liquid pooling in her brain. When doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina did an MRI they realized she had a tumor on her brain stem.
  
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• Australia's emergency medicine college discriminating on race, review says

  26-08-2017 00:01
  Chances of students passing final clinical exam largely depends on the country they did their initial training in, report findsAustralia’s training college for emergency doctors is marred by “systemic racial discrimination”, a review has found, as new data reveals the prospects of non-white doctors have fallen dramatically. The Australian College for Emergency Medicine has allowed an “unintentional” and “unconscious” bias to creep into its clinical testi
  
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