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• The moment i learned my back pain was breast cancer

  04-09-2017 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Like many people, Lisa Harvey was used to the occasional twinge in her back. But three years ago, she experienced pain which was so intense that, at times, it took her breath away. It was cancer.
  
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• Is eating chocolate making my acid reflux worse?

  04-09-2017 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Daily Mail's resident GP addresses your latest health concerns, from the flip-side of sweet treats to osteoporosis.
  
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• This Super-Simple Technique Might Be The Key To Running Faster

  04-09-2017 20:30
  Experts, coaches, and marathoners make the case for slipping on just your sneaks and leaving metrics (and other racers!) in the dust.
  
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• Knocked out by Strike – The Cuckoo’s Calling | Letters

  04-09-2017 20:14
  Economists and inequality | Prosthetic protagonists | Organ donation | Officers and men | Pratchett’s unfinished novel | Fourth Forth bridge?Aditya Chakrabortty worries about academics who “turn inequality into an abstraction” (Opinion, 1 September). To find academics who devote their lives to applying theoretical rigour to solving practical problems of inequality we recommend the acknowledgements page of Inequality: What Can Be Done. This is the last book published by our late
  
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• ​These Easy Tricks Will Make Meal Prep SO Much Easier

  04-09-2017 19:30
  From peeling garlic to skinning salmon, we've got you covered.
  
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• Kate Middleton Just Announced She's Pregnant With Her Third Child

  04-09-2017 19:21
  Just as with her other pregnancies, she's suffering from morning sickness.
  
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• Food intolerance symptoms: THIS on your face may be sign there's a problem with your diet

  04-09-2017 19:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  FOOD intolerances can often be identified by symptoms such as bloating and headaches. However, your face could also indicate whether you should ditch gluten, sugar or dairy.
  
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• 'It was a life-and-death situation. Wards were full of young men dying': How we made the Don't Die of Ignorance Aids campaign

  04-09-2017 18:30
  ‘The original TV advert used metallic sirens like the start of a nuclear war, but Thatcher objected’ I first heard about Aids as a serious issue in 1985. I didn’t know much about gay culture at the time; I didn’t have any gay friends. But the attacks on gay people motivated me. Some people thought anyone with HIV should be left to their own fate, and there were certainly people in government who felt uneasy about homosexuality. I thought – this is unjust.Related: Th
  
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• How we made the Don't Die of Ignorance Aids campaign

  04-09-2017 18:30
  ‘The original TV advert used metallic sirens like the start of a nuclear war, but Thatcher objected’ I first heard about Aids as a serious issue in 1985. I didn’t know much about gay culture at the time; I didn’t have any gay friends. But the attacks on gay people motivated me. Some people thought anyone with HIV should be left to their own fate, and there were certainly people in government who felt uneasy about homosexuality. I thought – this is unjust.Related: Th
  
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• 9 Things You Can Do To Fight Climate Change Right Now

  04-09-2017 18:30
  Solving such a big problem starts on a small scale.
  
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• Manchester Arena bomb victim Eve Senior wants to nurse

  04-09-2017 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  A Manchester Arena bomb victim tells how the attack has affected her life.
  
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• ​5 Signs You Might Have A Scary Vitamin B12 Deficiency

  04-09-2017 17:30
  Are you run down? Incredibly anxious?
  
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• Pill to prevent both heart disease and diabetes

  04-09-2017 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Based on DNA data of more than 250,000 people, the University of Pennsylvania research, published in Nature Genetics, adds to the basic understanding of both deadly ailments.
  
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• High blood pressure: This could reveal if YOU will be prescribed medicine to lower reading

  04-09-2017 16:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  HIGH blood pressure can increase the risk of stroke and heart attack - and is believed to affect around one in four adults in the UK.
  
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• Computer determines pain by analysing somone's face

  04-09-2017 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh believe it is difficult for doctors to gauge the extent to which patients suffer as everyone experiences and expresses discomfort differently.
  
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• The 7 Most Popular Skin Cleansers—And How To Pick The Best One For You

  04-09-2017 16:30
  Your guide to choosing between the MANY options out there.
  
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• Having a purpose in life can keep you strong in old age

  04-09-2017 16:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adults who see a purpose in their life are less likely to lose their grip strength or walking speed, Harvard University scientists found. Both physical factors occur naturally with aging.
  
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• Breastfeeding nearly halves the risk of an asthma attack

  04-09-2017 16:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Amsterdam believe that changes in the gut microbiome caused by breastfeeding influences a young person's immune system, which determines their later asthma risk.
  
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• 4 Things Psychologists Do Every Day to Feel Happier

  04-09-2017 16:00
  
  [brightcove:5574948044001 default]While there’s no one secret to happiness, regular self care can go a long way towards boosting your mood. People find joy in different places, so the key is to identify healthy habits that please you—and make time for them daily."As Aristotle put it, 'Happiness is an activity'," says Jason Wheeler, PhD, a psychoanalyst in New York City. "Lots of things in life just happen to us, but many other things we have to do, and being happy is o
  
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• The Vibrating Tool Khloe Kardashian Uses After Her Workouts

  04-09-2017 15:30
  You need to get on this.
  
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• 'I was told I'd be fired because of migraines'

  04-09-2017 15:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Employers are not good enough at supporting staff with migraines, say three UK charities.
  
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• Sufferers overestimate their discomfort, study reveals

  04-09-2017 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of South Australia found people overestimate how much force is being applied to their back, suggesting feelings of stiffness are a protective response.
  
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• Parkinson’s disease discovery: Medication could HALVE risk of condition

  04-09-2017 15:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  PARKINSON'S disease is a non-reversible degenerative brain condition which occurs when nerve cells in the brain die.
  
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• Marriage increases levels of forgiveness and self-control

  04-09-2017 15:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Tilburg University in the Netherlands found that in the first four years of marriage, levels of both forgiveness and self-control increase (stock image).
  
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• 'Sharp rise' in student mental illness tests universities

  04-09-2017 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  University mental health services face a "considerable challenge", a report says.
  
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• Are money problems causing you migraines?

  04-09-2017 14:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Going through financial hardship can trigger the debilitating head pain in those with a variant in the CLOCK gene, a team of British and Hungarian researchers have found.
  
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• Babies who sleep away from parents get more shut eye  

  04-09-2017 14:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found babies who sleep in a different room to their parents are less likely to require feeding at night. Such parents find bedtime less difficult.
  
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• Nottinghamshire mother warns parents to never kiss baby

  04-09-2017 14:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Krystal Hayes', 26, and her partner John Gresham's, 30, nine-day-old son Gunner, from Worksop in Nottinghamshire, was rushed to A&E after he developed a temperature and could not be touched.
  
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• Britain's smallest baby thriving as teenager in Birmingham

  04-09-2017 14:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aaliyah Hart, 14, from Birmingham, was born three months prematurely in 2003. Just seven inches long, she could sit in the palm of her mother's hand, while her own palm was the size of a coin.
  
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• Kate Middleton is suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum

  04-09-2017 14:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hyperemesis Gravidarum is the medical terminology for excessive nausea and vomiting. Unlike regular morning sickness, HG may not get better by 14 weeks, according to the NHS.
  
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• Edinburgh scientists develop camera to see through body  

  04-09-2017 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the universities of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt believe the camera will help doctors track internal examinations as they occur, without having to rely on expensive X-rays.
  
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• Michigan study: Bullying is biggest concern for parents

  04-09-2017 14:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Michigan’s CS Mott Children’s Hospital found that unhealthy lifestyle habits, drug abuse and internet safety also weigh on the minds of many mothers and fathers.
  
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• Swansea dementia patient diagnosed at just 48

  04-09-2017 14:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Debbie Willcocks, now 53, from Swansea, has lost her independence, job and is even unable to cook on her own since the early-onset dementia diagnosis five years ago.
  
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• Type 2 diabetes - new way to control blood sugar could get rid of painful monitoring

  04-09-2017 13:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  TYPE 2 diabetes can cause significant complications if it is not well controlled. However, a new technique could monitor glucose levels just as well as more traditional methods.
  
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• Osteoporosis cure? Woman reveals THIS treatment has REVERSED her symptoms

  04-09-2017 13:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  OSTEOPOROSIS is a condition which causes the bones to decrease in density - which puts people at greater risk of bone fractures.
  
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• Royal baby: Duchess suffers severe morning sickness again

  04-09-2017 12:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Will it be any easier third time round for the Duchess who was ill during her first two pregnancies?
  
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• How insects have twice the amount of protein

  04-09-2017 12:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Insects contain more than twice as much protein per 100g as meat and fish, a fascinating graphic that uses data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has revealed.
  
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• Duchess of Cambridge pregnant: What is morning sickness?

  04-09-2017 12:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE DUCHESS of Cambridge is expecting her third child, but is suffering from the same severe morning sickness that she experienced with Prince George and Princess Charlotte. The condition is called hyperemesis gravidarum - but how serious is it?
  
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• Florida mother branded 'Dalmatian' because of birthmarks

  04-09-2017 12:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marissa Dees, 28, from Tampa Bay, Florida, was born with congenital melanocytic nevus, a condition that causes cancer-prone hairy, dark skin and moles to develop.
  
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• Letter to my junior doctor self: 'There will be moments of terror and pride'

  04-09-2017 11:14
  A GP trainee reveals the crippling self-doubt and sense of responsibility she felt when she began her junior doctor trainingDear Nish,You’re a month in. I know what you’re thinking, even though you daren’t say it. It’s a bit of an anti-climax, isn’t it? Related: I'm a new junior doctor and I already hate my job Don’t wallow in your failure to meet your distorted ​definition of a good clinician Related: 'Don't be a smart arse' – a junior doctor's su
  
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• 'Give us back our values': how to use human rights law in social work

  04-09-2017 11:06
  Our pilot scheme is training social workers to use the Human Rights Act in practice, from writing care plans to expressing concern about neglectEarlier this year, former care minister Norman Lamb described the care received by people with learning disabilities as an abuse of human rights. His comments came during Seven Days of Action, a campaign led by families to shine a spotlight on the thousands of people with autism and learning difficulties currently detained in some form of in-patient sett
  
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• 12m homes are without a carbon monoxide alarm

  04-09-2017 10:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some 2,000 British adults were quizzed for the latest Gas Safe Register poll, which produced ‘worrying’ findings. It showed that 46 per cent don’t have a life-saving carbon monoxide alarm fitted.
  
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• Ski instructor from Suffolk struck down by rare dementia

  04-09-2017 10:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Becky Barletta from Suffolk was diagnosed with the condition atthe age of just 31, and her devastated family say it has altered her personality 'beyond all recognition'.
  
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• High blood pressure: The criteria which reveal if YOU should be treated with medicine

  04-09-2017 10:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  HIGH blood pressure can increase the risk of stroke and heart attack - and is believed to affect around one in four adults in the UK.
  
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• Cathy Warwick: Stop scaring older mums about having a baby

  04-09-2017 09:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Cathy Warwick, the chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, said experts had overstated the problems attached to age. It comes as the number of older mothers in the UK soars.
  
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• Take the test: How old is YOUR heart? Age could predict heart attack risk

  04-09-2017 09:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  HEART age shows how many years people can expect to live heathily without a heart attack or stroke - the higher the heart age, the higher the risk.
  
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• Seaside towns among most deprived communities in UK

  04-09-2017 09:23
  Coastal communities have some of the highest unemployment and lowest pay rates in the country, report finds
  Coastal communities are lagging behind inland areas, with some of the worst levels of economic and social deprivation in the UK, a report shows.
  Comparison of earnings, employment, health and education data in local authority areas identified “pockets of significant deprivation” in seaside towns and a widening gap between coastal communities and the rest of the country. Continu
  
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• What is a stoma? Woman fitted with colostomy bag after bowel cancer surgery explains

  04-09-2017 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A STOMA is where a section of the bowel is brought out through an opening in the stomach area - and bowel movements are collected in a pouch attached the the skin.
  
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• Dark is beautiful: the battle to end the world's obsession with lighter skin

  04-09-2017 09:00
  Skin colour bias has spawned a global, multibillion-dollar industry in cosmetic creams and invasive procedures. Mary-Rose Abraham talks to consumers and campaigners in India about the dangers this poses – and how to stop it“It starts when children are young: the moment a child is born, relatives start comparing siblings’ skin colour. It starts in your own family – but people don’t want to talk about it openly.”
  Kavitha Emmanuel is the founder of Women of Worth
  
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• Why men are more at risk of becoming alcoholic

  04-09-2017 08:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research by the University of Eastern Finland suggested men may find it harder to cut back after a decade of frequent drinking because of activity in an area of the brain thought to cause alcohol cravings.
  
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