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• Snoring can be stopped with five-minutes-a-day exercises

  15-09-2017 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It’s not surprising that so many snorers search for solutions on the chemist’s shelves. But they may well be wasting their time — and money, says Dr Mike Dilkes.
  
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• 7 Amazingly Cozy Fall Looks You Need In Your Closet

  15-09-2017 23:46
  From thick sweaters to chic boots, we've got you covered.
  
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• Fergie Just Opened Up About Her Wild Sex Life With Josh Duhamel

  15-09-2017 23:05
  She shared the juicy details shortly before the couple announced their split.
  
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• ​Our 10 Favorite Calorie-Burning Dance Moves

  15-09-2017 22:58
  These are guaranteed to work up a serious sweat.
  
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• Brain-eating amoeba are thriving in Florida's warm

  15-09-2017 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hurricane Irma could invite brain-eating amoeba to thrive in Florida waters. The storm left behind warm water that is known to home these amoebas. They can enter through the nose and attack the brain.
  
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• THIS Is The Best Time To Buy Snow Boots—Here's Why

  15-09-2017 22:43
  Winter is coming.
  
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• Nicola Jennings on NHS pay demands and the public purse – cartoon

  15-09-2017 21:10
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• New skin patch reduces lingering fat by 20%

  15-09-2017 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Columbia University created a skin patch to help target fat-burning in problem areas such as love handles. Mice who tested the patch lost 20 percent of their fat.
  
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• George Clooney Just Said the Sweetest Thing About Amal

  15-09-2017 20:40
  We can't get over how adorable these two are.
  
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• How To Wear Glittery Shadow Without Looking Like A Preteen

  15-09-2017 20:28
  Plus, four other gorgeous nature-inspired looks you can do without hiring a private makeup artist.
  
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• Experts break down the triggers that ruin get-fit regimes

  15-09-2017 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nutritionist Rob Hobson and psychologist Dr Meg Arroll, of UK-based Healthspan, outline their step-by-step guide to making sure you stick with your health kick.
  
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• 11 Stylish Backpacks You'll Actually Want To Wear

  15-09-2017 20:23
  Cute bags that pack everything you need and won't wreck your back.
  
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• This Trainer Didn't Do A Single 'Abs Workout' For Months But Still Has A 6-Pack—Here's How

  15-09-2017 20:17
  Say goodbye to all those crunches.
  
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• Urinary incontinence causes: THESE five leaking triggers are all avoidable

  15-09-2017 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  URINARY incontinence - where urine leaks - is a common problem that can affect quality of life. Here are some of the most common causes.
  
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• Children bullied for being fat WON'T be sad as an adult

  15-09-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University College London scientists found that such biomarkers have 'no relation' to happiness in later life - contradicting a host of evidence stating the opposite.
  
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• Brain-eating amoeba Florida hurricane irma

  15-09-2017 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hurricane Irma could invite brain-eating amoeba to thrive in Florida waters. The storm left behind warm water that is known to home these amoebas. They can enter through the nose and attack the brain.
  
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• PHE draw targets to cut calories in 75 per cent of foods

  15-09-2017 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Public Health England, is drawing up targets to cut the calorie content of 75 per cent of food on sale in the high street. The reductions will be achieved by a mixture of reformulation, it says.
  
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• How Running Helped This 31-Year-Old Coach Lose 70 Pounds & Overcome Tragedy

  15-09-2017 19:13
  "Running did more for me than change my body and help me lose weight."
  
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• Indian acid attack victim shares results of surgery

  15-09-2017 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Khushboo Devi, 21, from northern India, has endured two painful procedures to help heal the scars on her face - caused by her father, whom she reported him for sex trafficking crimes.
  
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• Half of Brits would rather give-up sex than sugar

  15-09-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nearly half of British people would sacrifice sexthan their daily sugar hit. That's the conclusion of data released on Friday, which surveyed more than 2,000 people about their eating and lifestyle habits.
  
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• Alastair Campbell on madness and power: ‘I don’t mind that I’m psychologically flawed’

  15-09-2017 17:37
  In the latest of his political diaries, Labour’s former spin doctor reveals how the drama of the Blair-Brown years almost cost him his sanity – and his marriageAlastair Campbell’s latest volume of diaries brings to mind the sign that used to be a ubiquitous feature of the 1980s workplace: “You don’t have to be mad to work here ... But it helps!” To my knowledge, no Westminster wag has ever hung one in No 10. From Campbell’s account of government during t
  
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• Here's What Every Organ in the Body Would Cost to Transplant

  15-09-2017 17:32
  
  [brightcove:5493400366001 default]This article originally appeared on Fortune.com.It’s one thing to say that organ transplants are hard to come by. It’s another thing to consider that a intestinal transplant costs $1,147,300 on average.Consulting firm Milliman tallies the average costs of different organ transplants in the U.S. And while most are expensive—some are very expensive. A kidney transplant runs just over $400,000. The cost for the average heart transplant, on the oth
  
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• Here's What To Do If You Find Out Your Coworker Gets Paid More Than You

  15-09-2017 17:11
  Know your worth.
  
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• HRT won't kill you - but menopausal women still face a difficult decision

  15-09-2017 17:05
  A study this week concluded HRT does not shorten lives – but it still increases the risk of cancer, leaving those suffering symptoms with a tough choice to makeHormone replacement therapy (HRT), possibly the most controversial medicine ever invented, will not kill you. That was the conclusion this week of a big, respectable study in the United States that was one of the first to flag up the risk of breast cancer. Women who took the tablets to alleviate the hot flushes and night sweats that
  
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• Teens are jetlagged on Mondays, sleep researchers claim

  15-09-2017 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This change in sleeping routine could explain why some children are often lazier at the start of the week, experts at Örebro University, Sweden, say.
  
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• Master This Simple Machine For HOT Hammies And Glutes

  15-09-2017 16:57
  Time to show the back of legs some love.
  
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• Photography competition focuses on different ages of health – in pictures

  15-09-2017 16:47
  A selection of winning and shortlisted images from the flash points competition, launched by the Royal Society for Public Health and the Royal Photographic Society.Open to amateur and professional photographers in the UK, the competition aimed to explore the different stages of health and wellbeing. See the full shortlist Continue reading...
  
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• Chemicals released after exercise can slow breast cancer

  15-09-2017 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exercise has long been linked to better outcomes for women with breast cancer - and a recent study might explain why.
  
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• 'I Switched From Disposable To Reusable Cotton Pads—Here's What Happened'

  15-09-2017 16:30
  "Washing was them was a b*tch."
  
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• Cookery courses for obese people are pointless, and ministers know it | Hugh Muir

  15-09-2017 16:12
  Ministers know the solution to the obesity crisis, it’s the same as how they weaned Britain off smoking. They have to dare to be a ‘nanny state’Let’s not be unreasonable: governments can’t control everything. Systems fail. Events creep up. But it’s a matter of legitimate concern when risks are known, quantified and still inadequately addressed.As a society we have a complex relationship with risk, straddling the law, politics and commerce. Many will say the ri
  
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• Adelaide University study how to reduce alcohol cravings

  15-09-2017 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In trials on mice, University of Adelaide researchers found that an existing drug that targets receptors in the brain's immune system can switch off the urge for a midweek tipple.
  
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• Global Burden of Disease: bad diet linked to 1 in 5 deaths

  15-09-2017 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Washington said the two extremes of inadequate nutrition in poor communities and unhealthy eating in richer populations kill a fifth of human beings.
  
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• Think Your New Guy's Friends Kinda Suck? We Asked 3 Guys What You Should Do

  15-09-2017 15:30
  See whether they think you should bail because of his buddies.
  
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• 'I Gained 60 Pounds And Felt Like A Zombie': 3 Women Share Their Thyroid Horror Stories

  15-09-2017 15:30
  The best way to understand how debilitation thyroid disease can be is to listen to the women who are suffering from it.
  
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• Penn study: Bald men are perceived as being more dominant

  15-09-2017 15:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bald look, adopted by Hollywood superstars Bruce Willis and Vin Diesel, was studied by University of Pennsylvania researchers. They made their conclusion based on three small studies.
  
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• Acid attack victim shares new scars after father's attack

  15-09-2017 15:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Khushboo Devi, 21, from northern India, has endured two painful procedures to help heal the scars on her face - caused by her father, whom she reported him for sex trafficking crimes.
  
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• Roger Bainton: Surgeon struck off for harming patients

  15-09-2017 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Roger Bainton carried out dozens of unnecessary operations and "experimental procedures".
  
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• Next is selling plus-sized clothing for three-year-olds 

  15-09-2017 14:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  High-street retailer Next is selling plus-sized apparel for toddlers. The chain, which has more than 550 branches nationwide, have introduced a 'plus fit' range for children aged 3-years-old and up.
  
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• Bizarre Swedish STI-safety video with animated genitals

  15-09-2017 14:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The purpose of the film, which is being used by public health officials in Kronoberg County in the south of the country, is to promote self-testing for chlamydia in people aged between 15 and 24.
  
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• A cancer diagnosis at any age is hard, but it’s the last thing on any teenager’s mind | Leena Sirpal

  15-09-2017 14:20
  I don’t think I realised how seriously ill I was. And I don’t know how I would have got through chemotherapy without the support of my family“Am I going to lose my hair?” was my first question for my doctor when he told me the news. I didn’t really know what was going on, but I knew it was serious and life-threatening. I was in shock, but seeing my mum cry made me even more upset. Getting a cancer diagnosis at any age is hard, but so much more so when you’re a
  
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• A cancer diagnosis at any age is hard, but for a teenager it’s unthinkable | Leena Sirpal

  15-09-2017 14:20
  Like Nick Clegg’s son, I had Hodgkin lymphoma as a teenager. I don’t know how I would have got through chemotherapy without the support of my family“Am I going to lose my hair?” was my first question for my doctor when he told me the news. I didn’t really know what was going on, but I knew it was serious and life-threatening. I was in shock, but seeing my mum cry made me even more upset. Getting a cancer diagnosis at any age is hard, but so much more so when you&rsq
  
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• Low blood pressure: tackling the donation shortfall in Nigeria

  15-09-2017 14:04
  Using persistence and innovation, a few NGOs are persuading more people to donate and transforming distribution She did everything she was supposed to during the pregnancy. Went for regular check-ups, got plenty of sleep, made sure she ate well, got a lot of exercise and did everything else they asked.Ifetayo Owoseni, already a mother of two, was 34 when she went into labour, with no warning signs of trouble or danger. But halfway through, she began haemorrhaging. Owoseni needed a blood transfus
  
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• Brain injury breakthrough: New app could SPOT symptoms of concussion after a fall

  15-09-2017 14:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  BRAIN injuries - including concussion - could soon be spotted with the help of a smartphone app that measures the changing size of eye's pupil.
  
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• Type 2 diabetes plan targets those at high risk

  15-09-2017 12:27 via bbc.co.uk
  People at the highest risk should be offered weight loss and healthy eating programmes, advice says.
  
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• Breathe review – Andrew Garfield fronts poignant biopic of wheelchair pioneer

  15-09-2017 12:18
  Andy Serkis’s directorial debut is a heartfelt retelling of the story of Robin Cavendish that highlights a vital chapter of history but airbrushes anotherThose impatient with high-end Britfilm period product might worry that this movie takes a rather picturesque view of disability issues, and for the first 20 minutes I came pretty close to this standpoint myself. But you have to give Breathe time to let its charm and its heartfelt decency grow on you. The film is about an important figure
  
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• Local NHS bosses should take control of staffing | Kate Laycock

  15-09-2017 11:18
  New report calls for reforms to devolve decisions about training, pay and working conditionsFaced with heavy reliance on agency workers and overseas recruitment, the NHS is at a critical crossroads when it comes to its workforce. As the government and NHS leaders have repeatedly said, the priority for the health service is to increase the speed of its innovation. But in contrast to the devolution of its decision making powers to the UK’s 44 sustainability and transformation plan (STP) regi
  
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• Psychotherapist says it's best to shout at your partner

  15-09-2017 11:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Dr Jenn Mann, the secret to a healthy and happy marriage is to argue more. She believes that playing 'peacemaker' can be damaging to the relationship.
  
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• Bald men are perceived as being more dominant

  15-09-2017 11:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bald look, adopted by Hollywood superstars Bruce Willis and Vin Diesel, was studied by University of Pennsylvania researchers. They made their conclusion based on three small studies.
  
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• AAP says number of children addicted to opioids is growing

  15-09-2017 10:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from the American Academy of Pediatrics has found that the number of children addicted to opioids jumped by 17,000 from 2008 to 2013.
  
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• AAP says children shouldn't sit on laps when using slides

  15-09-2017 10:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics has found children using slides are far more likely to injure their lower leg or shinbone when on a parent's lap.
  
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