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• How To Dice An Onion Without Crying Your Eyes Out

  12-09-2017 23:13
  Look Mom, no tears!
  
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• Meet the children at the heart of Kylie's charity project

  12-09-2017 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kylie Jenner partnered with Smile Train, an organization that provides free cleft palate surgeries to children in developing countries. The surgeries are helping these children have higher self esteem.
  
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• If You've Ever Been Period Shamed, You'll Want To Watch This Video

  12-09-2017 23:07
  These stories are SO relatable.
  
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• Britons are among the most depressed in the Western world

  12-09-2017 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UK is ranked joint seventh out of 25 countries for adults reporting they have depression - more than double the rates in countries including Poland, Italy and Greece.
  
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• Hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego due fecal matter in city

  12-09-2017 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Diego is doing street cleaning every other week and extending public restroom hours due to hepatitis A outbreak. So far, 15 people have died and close to 400 have been infected this year.
  
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• Toddler hospitalized after ingesting marijuana

  12-09-2017 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 18-month-old's parents, who live in San Diego, are being investigated for child abuse. Ingesting marijuana can cause acute intoxication for children.
  
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• How Harvey and Irma will affect mental health

  12-09-2017 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two experts - a psychiatrist and a public health professor - explain how natural disasters damage residents' minds, and will impact their physical health as a result.
  
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• 'I've Been Married To My Husband For 15 Years—And We Have Sex Almost Every Day'

  12-09-2017 21:53
  Here's how they do it.
  
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• NY doctor suspended after 4 patients contracted hepatitis

  12-09-2017 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Timothy Morley, based in Westchester County, New York, has been ordered to close his practice, where he specializes in weight loss, menopause and 'disease treatment and prevention'.
  
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• Tattoo ink contaminants can end up in lymph nodes, study finds

  12-09-2017 21:06
  Particles of colour, which can be tainted with toxic impurities, can make their way to key immune system sites, researchers sayMicroscopic particles from tattoo ink can migrate into the body and wind up in lymph nodes, crucial hubs of the human immune system, a new study has revealed.The tiny particles – measuring a few millionths to a few billionths of a centimetre – include molecules from preservatives and contaminants such as nickel, chromium, manganese and cobalt, researchers rep
  
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• ​​The 6 Best Ice Creams For Weight Loss, According To Nutritionists

  12-09-2017 20:52
  Grab a spoon and dig in.
  
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• The Easiest Way To Tell If A Pear Is Actually Ripe

  12-09-2017 20:51
  Plus, everything else you need to know about the fruit.
  
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• Patients' illnesses could soon be diagnosed by AI, NHS leaders say

  12-09-2017 20:43
  Doctors could be replaced by computers in analysing X-rays and samples of diseased tissue amid plans for further investmentComputers could start diagnosing patients’ illnesses within the next few years as artificial intelligence increasingly ousts doctors from their traditional roles, NHS leaders believe.Machines may soon be able to read X-rays and analyse samples of diseased tissue, such as lumps that can indicate the presence of breast cancer, the NHS’s top doctor said. Related: Te
  
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• No 10 faces backlash from Labour and unions over public sector pay cap lift

  12-09-2017 20:26
  Jeremy Corbyn says Tories are trying to divide and rule workers as prison officers and police dismiss pay rises as insufficientTheresa May’s government faces months of strife over public sector pay after a decision to lift the 1% annual cap on increases was met with derision from Labour and renewed threats of strikes by trade unions.
  Following months of pressure over the issue, Downing Street simultaneously announced above 1% pay rises for police and prison officers in the last of the 2017
  
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• Olivia Newton John's cancer fight

  12-09-2017 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Olivia Newton-John was diagnosed a second time with breast cancer that had spread to her spine in May. The Grease star uses medical marijuana her husband grows to help ease her pain.
  
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• Child heart patients treated for rare surgical infection

  12-09-2017 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At least a dozen children have contracted a rare bacterial infection after undergoing cardiac surgery in a single operating room at Children's Hospital in New Orleans.
  
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• Busy Philipps Says A Twisted Ovary Left Her Hospitalized And In Excruciating Pain

  12-09-2017 19:09
  It all went down the night she was celebrating BFF Michelle Williams' birthday.
  
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• These Stunning NSFW Portraits Show All Different Sides of Femininity and Sexuality

  12-09-2017 18:49
  They're promoting Amber Rose's SlutWalk.
  
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• Children warned over lethal men-of-war

  12-09-2017 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The RNLI closed Perranporth beach to swimmers because of large numbers of jellyfish-like creatures.
  
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• Hormone therapy does notincrease risk of cancer

  12-09-2017 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvard Medical School did a follow-up on a 90s studythat claimed hormone therapy caused risk of heart disease, cancers and premature death. It showed the risks were not caused by the drug.
  
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• 'Perfectionism can be DEADLY'

  12-09-2017 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings, made by scientists at the University of Western Ontario, are worrying, considering the pressure already placed on young girls to look 'good'.
  
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• Top medical journal tells doctors to shun football

  12-09-2017 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The senior editors of Springer, an orthopedics journal, said doctors should not perform physicals for college players and institutions should not sponsor professional teams.
  
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• NHS told to brace itself for bad flu season

  12-09-2017 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Health bosses say bad winter in Australia and New Zealand should act as a warning for the UK.
  
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• 'Weak evidence' light alcohol use in pregnancy harms

  12-09-2017 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Mothers-to-be are still advised to avoid all alcohol "just in case", because it may not be completely safe.
  
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• NHS bracing for the 'worst flu season in history'

  12-09-2017 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said that the virus had already caused huge problems in Australia with some A&E units having 'standing room only.'
  
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• Kim Kardashian Shut Down Sharon Osbourne For Calling Her A 'Ho' Over Nude Photos

  12-09-2017 17:49
  "I feel powerful."
  
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• How much water you should really drink during exercise

  12-09-2017 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trainer Brad Kolowich, Jr. and journalist Robert J. Davis reveal how much to drink during a workout in their new book Fitter, Faster. They say you need a 500ml bottle of water for a 60-minute workout.
  
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• Get out of my office: how to switch to ‘walking meetings’

  12-09-2017 17:27
  Public Health England is urging office staff to conduct meetings on the hoof. Here’s a handy guide to making the walk’n’talk work for youThey have been championed by Steve Jobs, Sigmund Freud, Aristotle – and any character of note in The West Wing. Walking meetings are now being prescribed by Public Health England (PHE) as a potential cure to chronic sedentarism in the workplace (“Sitting is the new smoking,” Dr James Levine, one of the US’s leading obes
  
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• The blood test that may save the sight of the elderly

  12-09-2017 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cathy Yelf, chief executive of the Macular Society, welcomed the results, made by researchers at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. She said: 'This is a very interesting study.'
  
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• Omega-3 in salmon can boost your gut health

  12-09-2017 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings, made by scientists at Nottingham University and King's College London, add weight to the emerging body of evidence that has suggested the same thing.
  
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• Resolve health initiative aims to save 100m lives worldwide

  12-09-2017 17:00
  
  Lead by Dr Tom Frieden, the Resolve initiative hopes to save millions with interventions such as epidemic preparedness, salt reduction and a trans fats banA new initiative to save 100 million lives globally through simple interventions such as cutting down on salt and banning trans fats, as well as getting countries prepared for epidemics like Ebola, is being launched with $225m of philanthropic funding.At the helm is Dr Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in th
  
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• 7 Foods You'd Never Guess Are Packed With Gluten

  12-09-2017 16:33
  It hides in the most unexpected places.
  
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• Ten reasons why you can't lose weight from your stomach

  12-09-2017 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based nutritionist and yoga teacher Libby Limon, and fitness specialist Lucy Miller, outline how everything from too much sugar to even over-exercising can cause the dreaded midriff bulge.
  
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• NHS strikes up a 'pay as you cure' deal for hep C drug

  12-09-2017 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Under the new deal, NHS England will only pay for the medication if a patient is successfully cured. The move was announced at the NHS Expo conference in Manchester.
  
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• Security warning over hospital syringe pumps

  12-09-2017 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Attackers could gain control over the pumps if they exploited the flaws, warns a security researcher
  
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• This TV Star Always Keeps These 5 Things In Her Gym Bag

  12-09-2017 15:30
  Debbie Matenopoulos says these goodies make her workouts easy to stick to.
  
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• This Actor Is Telling All About How He Keeps The Spark In His Marriage

  12-09-2017 15:30
  "We have to work to make time for each other."
  
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• NHS boss puts service on high alert in case of heavy winter flu burden

  12-09-2017 15:04
  Simon Stevens says major winter outbreaks in Australia and New Zealand suggests NHS could struggle to cope with casesBritain could face a significant increase in flu cases this winter, which would make it hard for hospitals, GP surgeries and care homes to cope, the chief executive of NHS England said on Tuesday.Simon Stevens said Australia and New Zealand had just experienced a heavy burden of winter flu cases, raising concerns that Britain may experience the same in the next few months. Related
  
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• Ministers must admit that the health service can’t cope | Denis Campbell

  12-09-2017 14:00
  NHS bosses know the health service cannot meet demand and that patients are suffering, but won’t admit itIs the NHS constitution still worth the paper it’s written on? It’s the nearest thing the health service has to tablets of stone. Its 15 pages enshrine the principles and values that should guide the conduct of the NHS in England. They say “the patient will be at the heart of everything the NHS does” and that, as a tax-funded service, decision-making should
  
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• Why tattoos could give you cancer

  12-09-2017 13:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France found titanium dioxide and heavy metals are deposited in lymph nodes, which may cause them to become swollen.
  
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• Bristol woman uses Ultra Femme 360 vagina treatment

  12-09-2017 13:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Annie Wardle, 37, from Bristol, had the Ultra Femme 360 procedure to quash her anxieties about her vagina as she looks for love. She is currently single with no children.
  
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• NHS checks 'should be done at shops and stadiums'

  12-09-2017 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Health officials say the novel approach could save lives by spotting the early signs of disease.
  
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• Doncaster boy has a condition that makes him look pregnant

  12-09-2017 13:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mckenzie Watson, five, suffers from nephrotic syndrome, which causes his kidneys to leak, filling his abdomen with fluid. The schoolboy, from Doncaster, is left in agony as his face and belly swell.
  
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• Food to fight a cold - and why you shouldn’t follow THIS diet

  12-09-2017 13:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  WINTER is fast approaching - which means people are more likely to catch the common cold.
  
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• Dave Munday: ‘I have no confidence that Jeremy Hunt will deliver on mental health’

  12-09-2017 13:00
  The Unite union’s mental health lead wants a dedicated secretary of state for mental health, ringfenced funding and an end to the pay capDave Munday was recently at a Mental Health Nurses Association meeting in Salford to discuss “the drastic decline” in the number of mental health nurses in England, while Theresa May was telling Jeremy Corbyn at prime minister’s questions that there are now “more nurses in our hospitals than we had in 2010”. It was 5 July, th
  
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• Apple-shaped women are more at risk of cancer

  12-09-2017 12:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Nordic Bioscience and ProScion in Denmark found abdominal fat triggers the release of insulin, while excess weight causes chronic inflammation, both of which are linked to cancer.
  
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• Is it best to have a flu jab in the morning?

  12-09-2017 12:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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• Prostate cancer symptoms: Three warning signs you could be missing

  12-09-2017 12:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  PROSTATE cancer can be symptomless - but often there are warning signs which can give men an indicator they should see their GP.
  
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• Are smart phones killing teenager's desire to date?

  12-09-2017 11:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jean Twenge, from San Diego State University, has released a new book claiming adolescents who have grown up with smart phones are replacing social interaction with social media (stock image).
  
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• Woman shows how abs turn into a potbelly when she has PMS

  12-09-2017 11:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victoria D'Ariano, 25, from Venice in Los Angeles, posted the images on Instagram, which were taken just four hours apart, to encourage others online to be honest about their own body struggles.
  
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