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• How Ant's 'Robocop' leg brace helps align the joint 

  02-09-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The brace, made from lightweight plastic and soft fabric, can be worn under trousers and uses strapping that exerts a gentle sideways pull, helping to align the joint.
  
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• Arthritis symptoms warning: BEWARE these five factors that can speed up joint pain

  02-09-2017 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  ARTHRITIS affects around 10 million people in the UK, but there are certain factors that can accelerate onset of joint pain and other symptoms.
  
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• Arizona woman has Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

  02-09-2017 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT- Kayla Hansen, 29, from Peoria, Arizona, has a rare skin condition called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome that causes painful burns and blisters down her arms.
  
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• Why do health bosses waste so much GP time?

  02-09-2017 13:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you require evidence of the utter contempt in which senior NHS officials hold the public, look no further than a ‘peer review’ scheme being rolled out, writes DR MAX PEMBERTON.
  
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• Russell Brand: ‘I was a needy person. I'm less mad now’

  02-09-2017 11:00
  He’s moved to the country, had a baby and stayed away from politics – but is the comedian ready for a quiet life?The last time I interviewed Russell Brand was in 2008, around the time of Sachsgate, and he was a handful. When I asked him, as a joke, if he was going for world domination, he replied, “Yes, that is what I will do. What am I going to stop for? I’ll just carry on until there’s nothing left.” Nine years on, he has changed in some ways, and in others,
  
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• Suicide is at record level among students at UK universities, study finds

  02-09-2017 08:00
  Research also finds number of students who disclose mental health problem in first year has risen fivefold in 10 yearsA growing number of undergraduates are reporting mental health problems, according to a report that shows a record number of students have killed themselves in recent years.The scale of the mental health crisis at UK universities is revealed in a study by the IPPR thinktank. It shows that the number of students who disclosed a mental health problem in their first year rose fivefo
  
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• Breastfeeding could help children eat all their veg

  02-09-2017 02:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Centre in Philadelphia studied 97 new mothers who were breastfeeding and split them into two groups.
  
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• Healthy bars like Nakd nibbles have more sugar than treats

  02-09-2017 01:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research shows some 'healthy' snack bars have more sugar than chocolate treats. Love Raw almond and coconut bar contains 18.5g of sugar - more than Maltesers.
  
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• New body lotion could help millions suffering from high blood pressure, says research

  02-09-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A CREAM rubbed into the skin could help millions suffering from high blood pressure.
  
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• UNC sororities postpone rush amid norovirus scare

  02-09-2017 00:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health officials at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have reported an apparent outbreak of the 'vomiting bug' throughout the fraternity and sorority communities on campus.
  
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• 40-year campaign to exhume baby's body produces empty coffin

  02-09-2017 00:24
  Lydia Reid believed that the remains of her son Gary, who died at seven-days-old were missing – and she was correctA mother who campaigned for more than 40 years to find out what happened to her dead baby’s remains has found out his coffin was buried without a body inside. Lydia Reid, 68, was given a court order for the exhumation of the grave of her son Gary, who died at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh in July 1975 aged seven days old. But no human remains were fou
  
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• Why people who work night shifts struggle to shift weight

  02-09-2017 00:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Humans have one specific protein which harvests energy from fat and portions the rest into storage. A study by Texas scientists shows how that protein needs a night-day light cycle to work well.
  
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• More than 700 people sickened by mold in a Florida school 

  02-09-2017 00:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Upwards of 700 employees of Broward County Schools have complained of headaches, asthma complications and other health problems because mold is growing in the their classrooms.
  
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