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• Apple-shaped women at risk of a deadlier breast cancer

  14-09-2017 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts stressed the findings, made by researchers at Shadong University, China, and published in The Oncologist, were important as breast cancer is becoming a 'pandemic'.
  
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• Pumpkin spice latte science of the craving

  14-09-2017 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pumpkin spiced latte combines spices of nutmeg, cinnamon and clove with sugar. This combination influences cravings in the brain.The caffeine also influences what the body craves.
  
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• Unions call for 3.9% pay rise plus £800 for a million NHS staff

  14-09-2017 23:30
  Demand is based on inflation and seven years’ back pay, following lifting of prison and police officers’ pay capUnions have ramped up the pressure on Theresa May over public sector pay by demanding a 3.9% rise for 1 million NHS staff plus an extra £800 to make up for lost earning power during austerity.Health service personnel from nurses and midwives to paramedics and therapists across the UK are urging Philip Hammond to ensure they receive a salary boost that would add an ext
  
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• This Is Why People Start To Lose Interest In Sex, According To Science

  14-09-2017 22:18
  It happens sooner in a relationship than you'd think.
  
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• Exactly What To Do If Your Fingernails Won't Stop Peeling

  14-09-2017 22:16
  You might have to take a trip down memory lane...
  
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• Selena Gomez' lupus disease side effects

  14-09-2017 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Selena Gomez revealed on Instagram that her best friend donated a kidney for her. The singer suffers from lupus, which is a chronic illness where the body's immune system attacks healthy tissue.
  
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• 'Super injection' delivers several doses of drug at once

  14-09-2017 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe the vaccine could offer hope for people who are scared of needles, and could prevent children missing follow-up jabs.
  
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• 'I Used A Turmeric Face Mask Every Day For A Week—Here's What Happened'

  14-09-2017 21:15
  "Would it smooth my skin, or stain it yellow? Time to find out."
  
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• Lady Gaga shares her struggles with fibromalygia

  14-09-2017 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lady Gaga revealed on twitter that she suffers from chronic pain caused by fibromyalgia. She is releasing a documentary covering her disorder and how she attempts to manage it daily.
  
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• Healthiest food to order at McDonald's, Greggs, and Subway

  14-09-2017 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Personal trainer Dan Rayner reveals what he would eat at the biggest chains - and there are surprisingly a lot of options even for someone who is watching what they eat.
  
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• New technology could allow multiple vaccines to be delivered in single jab

  14-09-2017 20:00
  A new technique allowing drugs or vaccines to be encapsulated within tiny biodegradable particles could see an end booster jabs Multiple injections for vaccinations could become a thing of the past, according to scientists who have developed an approach for delivering many doses of different substances in just one jab.The technology involves encapsulating drugs or vaccines within tiny particles made of biodegradable polymers. Depending on their makeup, these polymers break down at different poin
  
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• Multiple time-delayed drugs could be given in single injection, say scientists

  14-09-2017 20:00
  A new technology allowing drugs or vaccines to be encapsulated within tiny biodegradable particles could see an end booster jabs Multiple injections for vaccinations could become a thing of the past, according to scientists who have developed an approach for delivering many doses of different substances in just one jab.The technology involves encapsulating drugs or vaccines within tiny particles made of biodegradable polymers. Depending on their makeup, these polymers break down at different poi
  
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• Bowel cancer diet: Avoid THESE four common foods to ward off deadly symptoms

  14-09-2017 19:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  BOWEL cancer kills more than 44 people a day, with diet a major contributing factor. These are the foods to eat and avoid to ward off symptoms.
  
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• Shakira Just Shared The Secret To Her Killer Abs—And WOW, It Looks Hard

  14-09-2017 19:19
  She basically goes 'She Wolf' on her obliques.
  
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• Sleepy teenage brains need school to start later

  14-09-2017 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kyla Wahlstrom, a CDC-funded senior research fellow in policy at the University of Minnesota, explains why high schoolers should get a lie-in - according to science.
  
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• Parasite in cats' faeces may cause Alzheimer's and cancer

  14-09-2017 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Tufts University in Massachusetts found that Toxoplasma gondii, which is carried by around 30 percent of cats, may alter more than 1,000 genes associated with cancer.
  
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• Liver disease warning: More people are dying from condition in THIS area of the country

  14-09-2017 19:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  LIVER disease kills thousands of people each year but the death rate varies greatly across England, with eight times the number dying in Blackpool than South Norfolk.
  
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• NHS will face a 'winter of woe', surgeons warn

  14-09-2017 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Royal College of Surgeons said hospitals and local authorities need to improve the handover of patients. A total of 181,692 'bed days' were lost to delayed discharges in July.
  
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• Diet soda affects your taste buds

  14-09-2017 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study explains that each of two artificial sweeteners inhibits the taste receptors that makes the other taste bitter.
  
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• Selena Gomez received kidney transplant from TV actor Francia Raisa

  14-09-2017 18:55
  Gomez, who has lupus, revealed in an Instagram post that her friend, The Secret Life of the American Teenager star Raisa, donated her a kidneySelena Gomez recently received a kidney transplant from television actor Francia Raisa due to her struggle with lupus, the actor and singer revealed on Thursday. Related: Instagram: celebrity contact details leaked after nude Bieber photos postedRelated: Selena Gomez says panic attacks caused by lupus force career breakContinue reading...
  
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• Crushing morale, killing productivity – why do offices put up with meetings? | Simon Jenkins

  14-09-2017 18:06
  There’s no proof that organisations benefit from the endless cycle of these charades, but they can’t stop it. We’re addictedJust off to a meeting? Stop right now. Turn back. You will be stuck in an overheated room, chained to a table for an absurd length of time and stopped from proper work. Worse, we are now told that just sitting there is a killer. It shortens life. You will die.According to Public Health England, we are so addicted to meetings that we don’t realise the
  
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• Woman cured of acid reflux that left her unable to swallow

  14-09-2017 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Anna Lavinas, from Croydon, struggled with her heartburn ever since childhood. Drugs designed to help combat her reflux, known as PPIs, all failed.
  
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• Blackpool residents are more at risk of liver disease

  14-09-2017 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some 30.1 per 100,000 people from the north-west seaside town die from the condition before the age of 75. This is compared to just 3.9 per 100,000 in south Norfolk, according to Public Health England.
  
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• Watch emotional moment a woman can hear her husband's kiss

  14-09-2017 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The moment that a deaf American woman (pictured) who had just received a cochlear implant realizes she can hear her husband's kiss brought her - and others - to tears.
  
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• Selena Gomez Just Revealed She Had A Kidney Transplant This Summer

  14-09-2017 17:52
  Her friend, actress Francia Raisa, was the donor.
  
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• These 3 Moves Will Help You FINALLY Master Crow Pose

  14-09-2017 17:38
  Plus, how to pop into crow like a pro.
  
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• We're Here To Say It's 100 Percent Normal To Be Totally Obsessed With Your Pet

  14-09-2017 17:24
  Want to buy matching outfits for you and Fido? Go for it, girl.
  
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• ​The Real Story Behind These Photos Of TLC's T-Boz

  14-09-2017 16:56
  During the height of her fame, the singer was secretly suffering from sickle cell anemia.
  
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• Flu jab warning: NHS warns of MAJOR outbreak - getting vaccinated could be life-saving

  14-09-2017 16:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  FLU jabs can protect against unpleasant symptoms - which include a temperature, cough and headaches - and even death.
  
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• Tissue of boy, 5, who died of tumor leads to breakthrough

  14-09-2017 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chad Carr, the grandson of legendary University of Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr, was just five years old when he died. He had DIPG, a lethal and untreatable brain tumor which only affects kids.
  
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• Deaths at Essex NHS Trust institutions probed by police

  14-09-2017 16:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Up to 25 deaths dating back to 2000 at North Essex Partnership University Trust are being investigated.
  
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• ​7 High-Fat Breakfast Ideas That Will Help You Lose Weight All Day

  14-09-2017 16:00
  ​Bring on the avocado and eggs.
  
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• Record 90,000 complaints on GPs and dentists

  14-09-2017 15:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The figures from NHS Digital show that in 2016/17 there were 72,668 complaints about GPs in 2016/17 and 11,867 for dentists.
  
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• Overburdened NHS faces 'winter of woe', leading doctors warn

  14-09-2017 15:54
  Experts say official ‘bed blocking’ figures for England show hospitals would struggle to cope with a serious flu outbreakFull hospitals mean the NHS is facing “a winter of woe”, leading doctors have warned, after official figures released on Thursday again showed the service struggling to cope with the growing demand for care. A total of 181,692 bed days were lost in hospitals in England in July to “delayed transfers of care”, when patients are fit to leave bu
  
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• Your STOOLS reveal whether you can lose weight 

  14-09-2017 15:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Copenhagen found having low levels of the bacteria Prevotella in the trial's participant's stools prevented weight loss if they ate fruit and vegetables or sweets.
  
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• The Super-Comfy Workout Sneakers Everyone Is Obsessed With Right Now

  14-09-2017 15:30
  They will actually adapt to the shape of YOUR foot.
  
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• Binge drinking warning: THIS is the real damage it could do to your brain

  14-09-2017 15:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  BINGE drinkers are permanently damaging their brain's ability to process information, a new study found.
  
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• What a fitness model would order at a FAST FOOD chain

  14-09-2017 15:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Personal trainer Dan Rayner reveals what he would eat at the biggest chains - and there are surprisingly a lot of options even for someone who is watching what they eat.
  
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• Vaginal mesh expert: Lack of robust response in Wales

  14-09-2017 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  An expert who has advised the UK government joins calls to ban the mesh for some procedures.
  
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• Vitamin deficiency warning: THIS supplement could help prevent multiple sclerosis

  14-09-2017 14:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  VITAMIN D deficiency has been linked to a higher risk of multiple sclerosis - a debilitating condition with symptoms including problems with movement and vision.
  
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• Binge-drinking students at risk of damaging their brains

  14-09-2017 14:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Minho findings are worrying, as the researchers said for many students the units of alcohol used in the study wouldn't equate to a particularly heavy night.
  
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• A three-year-old arrived at A&E with a tummy bug. We couldn't save him

  14-09-2017 13:41
  Missing something serious is one of the greatest fears of most doctors. The rapid decline of a child in hospital has shaped my careerOf all the patient deaths I witnessed as a doctor, there is one that has stayed with me. He was three years old. I was 25. It was the sudden nature of his death that has made it the hardest to come to terms with. It wasn’t as the result of a major car accident, or a battle with cancer, or a long-term condition. He had had a tummy bug for a few days, but had o
  
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• What a fitness guru would order at a FAST FOOD chain

  14-09-2017 13:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Personal trainer Dan Rayner reveals what he would eat at the biggest chains - and there are surprisingly a lot of options even for someone who is watching what they eat.
  
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• Spot-loving doctor squeezes out EXPLODING pus

  14-09-2017 13:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Michael Lewis, who runs his own clinic in Woodland Hills, California, donned his purple gloves as he tackled the nasty mass on the unidentified patient's neck.
  
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• Selena Gomez reveals kidney transplant, best friend was donor

  14-09-2017 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The US singer says she had a kidney transplant this summer, which was linked to her lupus.
  
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• Leeds woman says facial paralysis makes her more confident

  14-09-2017 13:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Assistant manager, Lucy Hawkins, 20, from Leeds,was diagnosed with Bell's palsy when she was just three-months-old. It has seen her lose muscle movement on the left-hand side of her face.
  
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• Antidepressants raise the risk of an early death by 33%

  14-09-2017 13:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychiatrists disputed the latest findings, made by researchers at McMaster University, Canada, arguing that the drugs have been safely used for years and offer a lifeline for depressed people.
  
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• Type 2 diabetes symptoms: THIS could be a warning sign of condition

  14-09-2017 12:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  TYPE 2 diabetes can present with a number of warning signs, including urinating more, particularly at night and feeling very tired.
  
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• Why the obese should eat six meals a day

  14-09-2017 12:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at Athens University Medical School found eating six small meals a day is better than three large ones. This leads to better blood sugar control and reduced hunger.
  
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• Grandma who lost 17 stone is denied excess skin removal

  14-09-2017 12:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Gillian Jenkins, 57, from Penarth, south Wales, dropped from 27 stone to 9 stone 10 lbs after taking up Zumba, but is not eligible for NHS surgery to remove the excess skin.
  
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