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• Jenna Dewan Says This Simple Trick Helps Her Daughter Sleep 11 Hours A Night

  11-09-2017 23:48
  It doesn't get easier than this.
  
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• Bettany Hughes, 50, answers our health quiz

  11-09-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The author says her health has suffered for her writing, but she's a committed vegetarian and consumes her five-a-day. She also smoked in her 20s, but is now completely cigarette-free
  
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• How to get a sculpted back like Penny Lancaster

  11-09-2017 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  She is the age-defying blonde who never seems to age. And, to prove it, Penny Lancaster dazzled in a backless, teal dressat the TV Choice Awards, recently. Here's how to get her look.
  
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• Scientists work out cell’s ‘internal clock’

  11-09-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York University scientists have discovered a way to measure where a cell is in its life cycle, and understand how that could be an underlying cause for certain diseases.
  
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• How a super-fit schoolboy rugby star coped with paralysis

  11-09-2017 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yesterday, in the first part of his inspirational memoir, Henry Fraser described how, aged 17 on holiday in Portugal, he became paralysed from the neck down. Here's the second installment.
  
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• Moving every half hour could help limit effects of sedentary lifestyle, says study

  11-09-2017 23:00
  Exercise is not enough to ward off the risks of sitting still for long periods of time, regular movement is needed, research showsMoving your body at least every half an hour could help to limit the harmful effects of desk jobs and other sedentary lifestyles, research has revealed.The study found that both greater overall time spent inactive in a day, and longer periods of inactivity were linked to an increased risk of death. Related: Is 'sitting the new cancer'? What Apple CEO Tim Cook really m
  
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• Folkestone GP practices apply to close lists amid safety fears

  11-09-2017 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The practices say that amid a GP shortage taking on any more patients would put people at risk.
  
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• Hurricane Irma forces care homes to evacuate residents

  11-09-2017 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Care homes and hospitals were forced to decide if they would evacuate or not during Hurricane Irma. Some care homes bused their residents north to get them away from the storm.
  
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• Shortage of Parkinson's doctors looms for aging Americans

  11-09-2017 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Only 40 new Parkinson's doctors start each year. But 1.5 million Americans live with the disease, with the rate increasing, warns Dr Michael Okun, a neurologist at the University of Florida.
  
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• 8 Reasons Why Your Butt Workout Isn't Giving You A Killer Booty

  11-09-2017 21:14
  #7 really resonated with us.
  
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• This Actress Says The New Ban On Size-Zero Models Is Unfair—What Do You Think?

  11-09-2017 20:48
  "I realized being shamed for gaining weight or being too thin felt the same."
  
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• Private treatment is not the answer to the NHS crisis | Editorial

  11-09-2017 20:43
  Patients in England are paying for surgery to avoid long waiting times. This is a worrying trendWaiting has long been the National Health Service’s chronic disease. In 1999, heart surgeons in Middlesbrough used to tell their patients that they had a 5% chance of dying while on the waiting list. Under Labour’s strict targets, waiting times fell. But lately they have risen again. For three years the health service has missed its requirement that patients be seen within 18 weeks for non
  
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• NHS patients would prefer an op over an app, Mr Hunt | Brief letters

  11-09-2017 20:25
  Suffragette movement | Grenfell Tower fire | Megan McKenna | Eurovision | NHSThe Women’s Social and Political Union may have started life in Manchester (Museum secures rare relic from the fight for women’s right to vote, 7 September) but the suffragette movement moved to London because, as Christabel Pankhurst said, politicians took more notice of “demonstrations of the feminine bourgeoisie than of the female proletariat”. Its committee rooms, once thronged with Lancashir
  
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• 8 Yoga-Inspired Abs Moves You Should ALWAYS Do After A Run

  11-09-2017 20:22
  You'll stretch and strengthen, all at the same time.
  
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• OC girl with paralyzed digestive system attends college

  11-09-2017 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nancy Pickett, 18, was diagnosed with gastroparesis when she was a freshman at her Florida high school. Her stomach and intestinal muscles don't work, which prevents her from eating.
  
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• Being 'fat but fit' is actually impossible, new study says

  11-09-2017 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from the University of Birmingham has found that even obese individuals who do not have diabetes or hypertension have an increased risk of developing fatal diseases.
  
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• This Is Why So Many Couples Break Up And Get Back Together Again

  11-09-2017 19:48
  Breaking up is hard to do.
  
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• Oxford Uni says dads can alter the sex of their children

  11-09-2017 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Oxford University believe their findings could have economic significance in boosting levels of endangered species, as well as applying to humans and domestic animals.
  
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• Here's What Just One Day Of Binge Eating Does To Your Body

  11-09-2017 19:22
  Are you putting your health at risk?
  
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• Scientific Reports: Fire ant venom could treat psoriasis

  11-09-2017 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In trials on mice at the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, the new cream was showed to reduce skin thickening and inflammation - both are typical features of the incurable disorder.
  
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• ​These 4 Extreme Hair Transformations Will Motivate You To Call Your Stylist

  11-09-2017 19:17
  Chop, chop!
  
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• People Are Loving The Bold Statement This Miss America Contestant Made During The Pageant

  11-09-2017 18:45
  She did not hold back.
  
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• Veteran officers battling 9/11-related illnesses

  11-09-2017 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Team Romeo was a squad staffed by 12 already-retired police officers who put on their uniforms again in a desperate bid to recover the 2,606 missing people. Now they all face new horrors: illnesses.
  
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• Weight-loss surgery could make men infertile

  11-09-2017 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Hospital das Clinicas in São Paulo found only four per cent of the study's 79 participants fathered children after having the procedure, compared to 13 per cent before.
  
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• Melanoma can be prevented by eating fast food

  11-09-2017 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boston University researchers studied mice to see if a palmitic acid, a fat found in fast food, could prevent melanoma. Red heads, fair skinned and those who tan are most at risk for this skin cancer.
  
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• Mother and her daughters suffer from excruciating tumours

  11-09-2017 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sharon Phillips, 44, from Tredegar, along with her daughters Chelsea, 23, Courtenay, 17, and Tyanna, 14, suffer fromneurofibromatosis type 1, which leaves them in excruciating pain.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Reveals The Heartbreaking Reason Why She Wanted Lip Injections

  11-09-2017 17:59
  We've all been there.
  
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• Boy, 12, now thriving after undergoing 3 liver transplants

  11-09-2017 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Theo Bowens, from Guiseley, Yorkshire, was struckby a mysterious virus which caused acute liver failure when he was just 13 months old. He had three liver transplants before turning three.
  
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• Ross Lazar obituary

  11-09-2017 17:47
  My friend, work colleague and cousin by marriage, Ross Lazar, who has died aged 72 of cancer, was a psychotherapist and organisational consultant who spread British psychoanalytic ideas across Europe. A central part of his career lay in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and its associated observational studies. But in parallel he also developed a second strand working with groups and organisations.Born to Jack, a businessman, and Pearl (nee Wachs), a legal secretary, in New Jersey, Ross came to Brita
  
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• Kristen Bell Did The Most Adorable Thing After Getting Stuck In Florida During Hurricane Irma

  11-09-2017 17:40
  Hint: There's singing involved.
  
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• GP practices in a town plan to close their waiting list

  11-09-2017 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Surgeries in Folkestone have applied to close their lists independently as they are collectively short of 16 GPs and cannot cope with the rising demand, Pulse magazine reported.
  
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• The Signs Of Ovarian Cancer EVERY Woman Should Know About

  11-09-2017 17:10
  They're subtle, but shouldn't be ignored.
  
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• 5 Ways Being Tall Affects Your Health

  11-09-2017 16:29
  
  [brightcove:5439635497001 default]This article originally appeared on Time.com.Being tall might get you a spot on the basketball team, and it may even be good for your self-esteem and your paycheck. But recent research has also found that towering over your peers may affect various aspects of your physical health, as well—and not all for the better.Some of these health risks have to do with the physiology of being an especially small or large person, and what that means for the body’
  
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• 6 Ways Your Vegetarian Diet Might Be Sabotaging Your Weight Loss

  11-09-2017 15:30
  Yes, you can put on pounds while eating a plant-based diet.
  
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• Guinea pigs can give their owners deadly pneumonia

  11-09-2017 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Bernhoven Hospital in the Netherlands found that at least three people were taken to hospital after developing life-threatening pneumonia from their furry friends in as many years.
  
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• Scientists think they may have the answer for your itch

  11-09-2017 14:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tofacitinib, when taken twice daily, helped five patients with severe itches from unknown causes make 'dramatic' improvements, a Washington University, St Louis, study showed.
  
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• Good Housekeeping research on calories burned doing chores

  11-09-2017 13:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two hours of household chores including dusting, vacuuming and window cleaning burns some 600 calories, research from theGood Housekeeping Institute reveals.
  
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• Fire ant venom could treat psoriasis, scientists claim

  11-09-2017 13:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In trials on mice at the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, the new cream was showed to reduce skin thickening and inflammation - both are typical features of the incurable disorder.
  
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• Having a chest infection raises an adult's risk of asthma

  11-09-2017 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands found suffering from a lower-respiratory tract infection before the age of five increases the risk by two to four times.
  
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• Inserm study says common cleaning products can cause COPD

  11-09-2017 12:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Regularly breathing in the strong cleaning chemicals can increase the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – usually associated with smoking – by up to 32 per cent.
  
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• Depression is physical illness claims Cambridge professor

  11-09-2017 12:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a Cambridge University professor, an overactive immune system may trigger depression by causing widespread inflammation that leads to feelings of hopelessness and unhappiness.
  
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• Fathers can ALTER the sex of their children

  11-09-2017 12:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Oxford University believe their findings could have economic significance in boosting levels of endangered species, as well as applying to humans and domestic animals.
  
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• Organ donation saves lives. Why don’t more people sign up for it? | Cole Moreton

  11-09-2017 12:23
  The donated organs of teenager Jemima Layzell helped a record eight people to live. But hundreds of UK people on the waiting list die every yearI used to be squeamish and not want to think about organ donation – ugh, no thanks – until I saw something truly extraordinary that changed my mind. The mother of a boy who had died reached out to touch a stranger who had been saved by him. Sue Burton put her hand on the chest of Marc McCay and felt a flutter under her palm. The beating of a
  
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• Concussion drug could reverse brain damage

  11-09-2017 11:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of California in San Francisco found mice who have recently suffered a brain injury are able to navigate a maze as well as those who have not after receiving the drug.
  
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• As an NHS boss, there is little I can do to reassure EU staff about Brexit

  11-09-2017 11:12
  About 10% of my trust’s workforce is from the EU. We urgently need some clarity before those staff abandon the NHS“Should we be worried about Brexit?” As a chief executive of west London mental health NHS trust, I make a point of getting out into our diverse and geographically dispersed services as often as I can. Not for the first time, staff are asking about what Brexit means for them, especially, of course, if they come from another EU country.
  We need to deal with the pract
  
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• Living with pain

  11-09-2017 11:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Alison Morton was 25 when she was diagnosed with an illness that leaves her with constant pain and profound fatigue.
  
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• 'Phenomenal' pill slashes heart disease deaths by 22%

  11-09-2017 10:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The clinical trial, which was conducted on 27,000 coronary or peripheral artery disease patients from 33 countries, has since been halted - 12 months early - because of the exciting results.
  
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• Magic mushrooms may one day treat depression

  11-09-2017 10:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based start-up Compass Pathways is due to initiate a study early next year to test psilocybin in 400 depression patients. The trial will be conducted in eight European countries over three months.
  
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• Lisa Wilkinson open letter urging women children before 40

  11-09-2017 10:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian journalist, Lisa Wilkinson, issued a powerful open letter about her miscarriages, urging other women to not take it for granted they will be able to have children into their forties.
  
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• Depression is a PHYSICAL illness, professor claims

  11-09-2017 09:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a Cambridge University professor, an overactive immune system may trigger depression by causing widespread inflammation that leads to feelings of hopelessness and unhappiness.
  
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