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• Heart attack survivor, 43, stresses the importance of spotting early signs

  03-09-2017 22:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  ROBERT Smith had a heart attack aged just 43 – and he insists it’s important to spot the signs early on.
  
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• Staff with migraines ‘need help’ as concerns RAISE about lack of support

  03-09-2017 21:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  CONCERNS have been raised about the lack of support for workers who suffer from migraine.
  
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• REVEALED: One in 10 middle-aged men have an 'old heart'

  03-09-2017 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  ONE in 10 middle-aged men have hearts that would be more at home in their counterparts 10 years older.
  
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• Semen colour warning: What THESE three shades mean for your health

  03-09-2017 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  SEMEN colour can indicate how healthy a man is, with some shades a possible sign of cancer, prostate problems or changes in diet.
  
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• Surge in prison population shows that urgent reform is needed | Letters

  03-09-2017 19:39
  Nick Moss thinks the government should promote non-custodial alternatives to prison, Penelope Gibbs calls for a moratorium on any new court reforms or sentencing guidelines, while Howard Thomas and Kate Paradine focus on reducing reoffendingThe most terrible fact to emerge from Phil Wheatley’s attempt to sound the alarm over the appalling state of our prisons (Unforeseen rise in prison population adds to pressure on system ‘in crisis’, 31 August) is that the rise in the prison
  
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• Thinking of Foucault and the NHS crisis | Letters

  03-09-2017 19:35
  Richard Crosher struggles to understand the philosopher’s writing, but says he couldn’t be clearer, nor more relevant, when it comes to the health serviceI struggle to understand much of Michel Foucault’s writing. But in his book The Birth of the Clinic he couldn’t be clearer, nor more relevant to the current NHS crisis. He writes (quoting Lanthenas 1792): “Meanwhile, the poor, subjected to the despotism of the rich and of their kings, know only taxes that redu
  
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• Birmingham black and white twins to start secondary school

  03-09-2017 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Million-to-one black and white twins Marcia (blonde hair) and Millie Biggs, both 11, from Highgate, Birmingham, are preparing to start secondary school on Thursday.
  
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• US overdose deaths from fentanyl and synthetic opioids doubled in 2016

  03-09-2017 15:46
  National Center for Health Statistics estimates drug overdoses killed 64,070 people in the US last year, a rise of 21% from 2015The number of drug overdose deaths in the US increased by 21% last year, according to new statistics – with synthetic-opioid fatalities more than doubling in number.The National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) estimates that drug overdoses killed 64,070 people in the US last year, a rise of 21% over
  
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• The worst is yet to come for the NHS - hospital chiefs

  03-09-2017 14:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Hospital chiefs in England warn this winter could be the most difficult in recent history.
  
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• Sunny outlook: The best tips for a feel-good lifestyle

  03-09-2017 11:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  KEEP the holiday mood well into autumn with our feel-good lifestyle tips.
  
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• Arthritis symptoms: Reduce joint pain naturally with THIS trendy ingredient in cooking

  03-09-2017 09:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  ARTHRITIS is characterised by painful joints, but taking traditional painkillers could trigger heart disease. Here are the natural ways to relieve symptoms.
  
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• Why birds have the edge over GPS navigation | Daniel Glaser

  03-09-2017 07:00
  How birds’ sight and sense of smell make their internal compass more accurate than technologyBy now most of us will have completed our annual migration. Unlike the birds, our ability to get there usually relies on a variety of navigational aids, often on our mobile phones.In both birds and phones, tiny accelerometers measure small movements and rotations to keep them orientated. They both use magnetometers to sense the earth’s magnetic field, but the birds have an additional trick &n
  
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• Vitamin deficiency warning: THIS is why your healthy diet might not be so nutritious

  03-09-2017 05:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  VITAMIN deficiency can cause a number of health problems, but diet alone may not top us up sufficiently. Supplements are often a more efficient way to absorb enough nutrients, according to experts.
  
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• GAIL PORTER's £495 eyebrow tattooing procedure 

  03-09-2017 02:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gail, 46, is staring at her new eyebrows – until now another casualty in her highly documented battle with alopecia. In 2005, her thick, caramel-coloured tresses fell out overnight.
  
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• Why just whine about prosecco? | Barbara Ellen

  03-09-2017 01:05
  It’s not just the popular Italian tipple that is bad for our oral healthAn extraordinary contretemps concerning prosecco has erupted – and that’s perhaps the most middle-class sentence you’ll read all week.British dentists and brewers are accused of launching an “Anglo-Saxon crusade” against top-selling prosecco, after issuing warnings about how it rots teeth, producing a “prosecco smile”, due to its sugar and high acidity. (They also warned agains
  
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• The NHS needs more money now or the country will face another winter of discontent | Chris Hopson

  03-09-2017 01:05
  Staff shortages and serious pressures placed on A&E mean that hospitals run the risk of being overwhelmed againLast winter was widely regarded as the toughest for the NHS in recent times. There’s always concern at winter time about extra pressure, longer waits for patients and staff run ragged. But last winter was exceptional. And while we didn’t agree that there was a “humanitarian crisis”, we do know that frontline NHS services were put under intolerable pressure, w
  
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• Must we really be a nation of fat-shamers? | Sonia Sodha

  03-09-2017 01:05
  Denying access to stomach-shrinking surgery shows how little we know about obesityObesity now comes second only to smoking as a cause of premature death in Europe and North America. It’s estimated to cost the NHS around £4bn a year. Yet last week, surgeons lambasted the NHS for severely limiting access to stomach-shrinking surgery. There were just 5,000 of these potentially lifesaving operations carried out in the UK last year, many fewer per head than in countries such as
  
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• Don't just whine about prosecco | Barbara Ellen

  03-09-2017 01:05
  It’s not just the popular Italian tipple that is bad for our oral healthAn extraordinary contretemps concerning prosecco has erupted – and that’s perhaps the most middle-class sentence you’ll read all week.British dentists and brewers are accused of launching an “Anglo-Saxon crusade” against top-selling prosecco, after issuing warnings about how it rots teeth, producing a “prosecco smile”, due to its sugar and high acidity. (They also warned agains
  
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• Disturbed sleep patterns may be key to ADHD, study finds

  03-09-2017 01:05
  Research links disruption of body clock to number of chronic conditionsStruggling to concentrate, having too much energy and being unable to control behaviour – the main manifestations of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – have been linked to disruptions in sleep, researchers will reveal on Sunday.The findings underline a growing awareness among doctors that disturbed sleep is associated with many major health hazards. Other ailments linked to the problem include obesi
  
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• Relief for victims of lung disease found in a ketchup

  03-09-2017 01:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The alloy and silicone device is being offered to NHS patients with emphysema and other incurable respiratory problems, collectively known as COPD.
  
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• NHS warns of ‘dangerous’ beds shortage this winter

  03-09-2017 01:01
  More patients’ lives will be at risk because of long waiting periods, trusts sayPatients could die this winter because the NHS is alarmingly unprepared to deal with the surge of people who fall ill during the cold weather, hospital bosses warn today.NHS Providers, which represents hospital trusts in England, fears lives could be lost because patients are being forced to spend long periods waiting in ambulances outside A&E, or on trolleys. Continue reading...
  
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• Heating one ear and cooling other could prevent migraines

  03-09-2017 00:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers believe that an experimental device can affect the nerves in the ear, leading to changes in part of the brain stem thought to be involved in the triggering of migraines.
  
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• Expert demands urgent probe into 'avoidable' fatalities

  03-09-2017 00:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Brian Jarman - the man who helped expose the Mid-Staffs scandal - made the discovery that health chiefs have systematically excluded 19,000 ‘unexpected’ deaths from statistics.
  
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