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• This Is How Long You Really Need To Hold A Plank To See Results

  19-09-2017 23:35
  Hint: It's not as long as you think.
  
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• The Best Place To Get Cheap Homegoods Is Somewhere You'd Never Expect

  19-09-2017 23:29
  You may already be shopping there (but not for things like wooden cutting boards).
  
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• Goop is selling vampire repellent to calm children down

  19-09-2017 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drop your vaginal jade eggs. The $30 'spray-able elixir' sold on Gwyneth Paltrow's wellness site contains ruby, rosemary, juniper, lavender, and reiki charged with crystals.
  
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• 'Shocking' disregard for safety in US meningitis case

  19-09-2017 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Glenn Chin, a former supervisory pharmacist at New England Compounding Center, oversaw the production in filthy conditions of tainted steroids, a court in Boston heard on Tuesday.
  
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• Florida young girl's heart beating outside of her body 

  19-09-2017 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the footage recorded by a woman, believed to be her mother, she can be seen prodding the heart as the girl relaxes on her bed. The clip was uploaded to YouTube and titled 'VirsaviyaWarrior'.
  
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• Mother-of-two describes being allergic to exercise

  19-09-2017 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  No one ever believes that Sarah Manning Norton, 47 from Massachusetts, (pictured, right with her husband, Bill) is telling the truth about her allergy, but her attacks started when she was just 17.
  
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• Obesity is linked to lower counts and quality of sperm

  19-09-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Obese men are more likely to have few sperm of lower quality, according to new research. Sperm quality and count are the two primary male factors in couples' infertility.
  
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• Here's How To Successfully Chop Up Garlic Into Teeny-Tiny Pieces

  19-09-2017 23:00
  It doesn't have to be hard.
  
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• 8 Weird Things That Happen to Your Breasts When You're Pregnant

  19-09-2017 22:59
  Sure, they get bigger, but that's not all.
  
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• Map ranks US cities by exercise rates

  19-09-2017 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new map by Gallup ranked America's cities by exercise rates - an attempt to shed light on lifestyle habits as the nation battles an obesity epidemic.
  
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• LA exposed toxic fumes due to chemical leaks in soil

  19-09-2017 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exide Technologies near LA released harmful chemicals such as lead and benzene. More than 10,000 homes have been affected but city says it can only decontaminate 2,500 in the next two years.
  
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• 'My Headache And Numbness Turned Out To Be A Stroke At Age 36'

  19-09-2017 22:30
  "I found out later that it had been going on for about four hours by the time I arrived at the hospital."
  
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• Turns Out Raw Pumpkin Is Actually Really Good For You

  19-09-2017 22:24
  Don't forget about those seeds, either.
  
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• Miley Cyrus Is Allegedly Studying Tantric Sex—But What Exactly Does That Mean?

  19-09-2017 21:47
  Here's what you need to know about the ancient sex practice.
  
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• This 'Game Of Thrones' Star Just Dyed Her Hair And It Looks Drastically Different

  19-09-2017 21:10
  Khaleesi called, she wants her hair color back.
  
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• Dry skin warning: THESE six every day things can trigger eczema symptoms

  19-09-2017 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  DRY skin is a common symptom of eczema - a skin condition that can be triggered by every day items such as cleaning products, hot water and even your favourite jumper.
  
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• 'Snake lady' teen covered in scales due to skin condition

  19-09-2017 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Floraine Nalugon, 17, from the Philippines, suffers from the rare skin condition lamellar ichthyosis – which affects just one in every 600,000 people – and hopes she can get treatment.
  
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• Jessica Simpson Shared A NSFW Pic For Her Husband's Birthday And Commenters Are Not Having It

  19-09-2017 19:33
  But experts say there's nothing wrong with her behavior.
  
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• GOSH owed £30m for treating overseas patients

  19-09-2017 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GOSH said most of the debt is owed by foreign governments – rather than individuals. The London hospital is taking legal action against one government or embassy for £1.5m.
  
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• Seven steps to take to rid yourself of eczema

  19-09-2017 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Journalist Vanessa Chalmers (pictured) lived by the rules of a new book that provides a nine-week plan for curing eczema. Here, she shares the results of the plan for National Eczema Week.
  
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• Halifax schoolgirl sent home dies next day from meningitis

  19-09-2017 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Penny Lockett, from Halifax, was in intensive care as doctors battled to keep her alive, but they were unable to stop the onslaught of Men W. Her mother, Kym, has spoken for the first time.
  
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• Young girl's heart beating OUTSIDE of her body 

  19-09-2017 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the footage recorded by a woman, believed to be her mother, she can be seen prodding the heart as the girl relaxes on her bed. The clip was uploaded to YouTube and titled 'VirsaviyaWarrior'.
  
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• How To Prevent Your Eczema From Turning Into A Full-Blown Itchy, Scaly Rash

  19-09-2017 18:33
  Prep now—your skin will thank you.
  
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• Goop is selling VAMPIRE REPELLENT

  19-09-2017 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drop your vaginal jade eggs. The $30 'spray-able elixir' sold on Gwyneth Paltrow's wellness site contains ruby, rosemary, juniper, lavender, and reiki charged with crystals.
  
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• Ear Wax Removal Videos Are The New Pimple-Popping Videos—Check ‘Em Out

  19-09-2017 18:21
  So gross it's cool.
  
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• Body's 'bad fat' could be altered to combat obesity, say scientists

  19-09-2017 18:00
  By blocking a particular protein, unhealthy ‘white’ fat could be transformed into calorie-burning ‘beige’ fat, experiments show“Bad fat” could be made to turn over a new leaf and combat obesity by blocking a specific protein, scientists have discovered. Most fat in the body is unhealthy “white” tissue deposited around the waist, hips and thighs. But smaller amounts of energy-hungry “brown” fat are also found around the neck and shoulder
  
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• Surgeons lacked caution in vaginal mesh, doctor admits

  19-09-2017 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jenny King, director of the Urogynaecological Society of Australasia, said those given the procedure had been 'seriously let down' by the complications caused by the brittle devices.
  
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• Poorest London children face health risks from toxic air, poverty and obesity

  19-09-2017 17:45
  Schools in capital worst affected by air pollution are in most socially deprived areas with high levels of obesity, finds studyTens of thousands of the poorest children in London are facing a cocktail of health risks including air pollution, obesity and poverty that will leave them with lifelong health problems, according to a new report.The study found that schools in the capital worst affected by the UK’s air pollution crisis were also disproportionately poor, with high levels of obesity
  
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• Anna Victoria Posted A Photo Of Her Body Post-Cheat Meal—And It's Not What You'd Think

  19-09-2017 17:37
  "Let yourself live."
  
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• What lungs look like after smoking one pack of cigarettes

  19-09-2017 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A YouTube user shares his own test using jar and cotton balls to mimic the impact of smoking on the lungs. The 'lungs' (cotton balls) and the 'throat' (the tube) are left a gross brown colour.
  
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• New pill could convert 'bad fat' into 'good fat'

  19-09-2017 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in St Louis, US, have found a way to 'bad' or white fat into beige fat which has obesity-fighting powers. They have blocked a protein in white fat, causing the fat cells to heat up and burn calories.
  
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• 7 Ways To Fall Back In Love With Your Partner

  19-09-2017 17:13
  It's easier than you think.
  
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• Opioid-related deaths are shaving time off life expectancy

  19-09-2017 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New data from the CDC reveal that opioid-related deaths shaved about two months off the US life expectancy rate from 2000 to 2015. And researchers warn the opioid epidemic could shorten it more.
  
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• NFL players who started from age 12 have impaired emotions

  19-09-2017 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report is the latest installment in Boston's ongoing investigation into football-linked brain injury, which is studying hundreds of former players' brains including Aaron Hernandez.
  
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• People with short and wide faces have the highest libidos

  19-09-2017 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Nipissing University in Canadafound that people with short and wide faces, such as footballer Wayne Rooney, have the highest sex drive.
  
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• Welsh woman left unable to walk or feel emotion after fall

  19-09-2017 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zalehka Price-Davies, fromPenarth, Wales, was on a break in Dublin when she tripped down café steps. The 29-year-old woke up in hospital unable to walk or talk.
  
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• Can Massage Therapy Really Help You Lose Weight?

  19-09-2017 16:43
  It sounds too good to be true.
  
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• Cancer treatment news: Starving cells of OXYGEN could destroy deadly tumours

  19-09-2017 15:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  CANCER remains a very deadly condition in the UK, but scientists have discovered a new way to fight tumours that is inspired by mountain climbers’ altitude training.
  
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• Doctors warn over danger of Nerf guns and foam darts

  19-09-2017 15:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doctors have said the toys, which fire foam darts, are dangerous after three patients in three months attended Moorfields Eye Hospital in London when they were shot in the eye with a Nerf gun.
  
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• Essure coil contraceptive implant is withdrawn from sale

  19-09-2017 15:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bayer, manufacturers of the controversial implant, has pulled the product from the market. It is now only available in the US. It insisted that its actions were for commercial reasons.
  
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• Meningitis not on GP's diagnostic radar, inquest hears

  19-09-2017 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Kate Pierce was misdiagnosed with tonsillitis and suffered severe brain damage.
  
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• Necrotizing fasciitis cure? Century-old mystery of flesh-eating bacteria SOLVED

  19-09-2017 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  BACTERIAL infections include the flesh-eating type caused by Group A Streptococcus bacteria. Scientists have solved a century-old mystery of how to treat it.
  
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• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder: I grew up being told I was lazy and useless

  19-09-2017 13:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  ROSE Brewis was an adult before she discovered she had progressive muscle-wasting disease CMT which affects thousands in the UK.
  
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• Nerf guns can lead to serious eye injuries, doctors warn

  19-09-2017 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Medics said they had treated patients with internal bleeding around the eye and blurred vision.
  
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• Nadiya Hussain opens up about her panic disorder 'monster'

  19-09-2017 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The Bake Off winner talks candidly about how her "life revolves around not falling apart".
  
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• Desk jobs: How to prevent serious illness from sitting too long

  19-09-2017 13:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  AS IT is revealed that our sedentary working lives are putting us under threat of serious illness, Professor Mark Whiteley explains how best to reduce the risk.
  
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• Obese patients and smokers are refused NHS operations

  19-09-2017 13:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Obese patients and smokers will be referred onto a six month ‘health optimisation programme’ and taught to improve their behaviours before having surgery.
  
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• Adult social care is in crisis mode. We need a clear long-term plan | Joel Charles

  19-09-2017 12:57
  Every family is affected by the challenges of our ageing society. The government must act now to build health and care provision fit for allThis party conference season, all political parties will use their platforms to set out a post-election vision. Adult social care was one of the big general election issues, and the government has indicated that an adult social care green paper is likely next year. The next few months are critical for capturing the views of the public, the health and care se
  
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• Study finds toxic levels of mercury in women

  19-09-2017 12:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dangerous levels of the neurotoxic metal are blamed on fish-rich diets, gold mining and industrial pollution, Swedish safety group Ipen has found. Exposed foetuses can suffer brain damage.
  
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• What is it like to work for a private ambulance service?

  19-09-2017 12:12
  As private ambulances are increasingly being used to answer 999 calls, we want to hear from those who work for and have been treated by them Shortages of paramedics and rising demand means that the NHS is spending almost £80m a year hiring private ambulances to answer 999 calls, figures show.England’s 10 NHS ambulance trusts to spend £78.4m in 2016-17 on help from non-NHS providers to supplement their own services, down from £79.7m in 2015-16 up from £64.2m in 2014-
  
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