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• This Woman's Photo Got Turned Into A Body-Shaming Meme—But She Got The Last Word

  20-09-2017 23:17
  Her response was nothing short of epic.
  
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• This Is The Surprising Age When Most Women Get Acne

  20-09-2017 23:06
  For many, pimples remain a problem way past puberty...
  
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• The 15 Best Songs To Put On Your Sex Playlist

  20-09-2017 23:05
  Because everything is better with Rihanna.
  
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• This Yoga Flow Might Make Your Orgasms Stronger

  20-09-2017 22:59
  The poses focus on strengthening your pelvic floor.
  
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• Court ruling not needed to withdraw care, judge says

  20-09-2017 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Court consent will not be needed to remove nutrition from patients in a permanent vegetative state.
  
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• Taxi drivers have higher risk of violent death at work

  20-09-2017 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Taxi and limo drivers are the workers most likely to die a violent death on the job, a new CDC report has shown. This is partly because they work alone, with cash, with the public and during the night.
  
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• Iowa doctor goes into labor delivering patient's baby

  20-09-2017 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Emily Jacobs was so busy delivering another woman's baby, she almost didn't realize it was time to deliver her own! The new Iowa-mom had to make a quick switch from doctor to patient.
  
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• Are Sweet Potatoes Actually Good For You?

  20-09-2017 22:42
  Here's what you need to know.
  
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• E-cigarettes with nicotine cause life-long damage to heart

  20-09-2017 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from UCLA studied e-cigarettes and how nicotine impacted the heart rate for nonsmokers who used the device. They found nicotine increased adrenaline levels in the heart.
  
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• If You Really, Really Hate Burpees, These 4 Moves Are Great Alternatives

  20-09-2017 21:16
  If you have bad knees, weak wrists, or just plain dread doing burpees, try these low-impact moves instead for similar results.
  
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• Good and bad moods can be 'picked up' from friends

  20-09-2017 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Warwick found that mood does spread over friendship networks, as do different symptoms of depression such as helplessness and loss of interest.
  
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• Working to prevent avoidable sight loss | Letters

  20-09-2017 19:56
  Retired GP Elizabeth Renton says that she is living proof that age-related macular degeneration is now treatableThe 250 people who will start to lose their sight today (Specsavers/RNIB figures) may never know that half of all sight loss is avoidable. National Eye Health Week (18-24 September) aims to address this by promoting regular eye tests for everyone, including those with good vision.Recent research by the British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit found that patients are suffering pe
  
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• Success rates for people quitting smoking hit record high

  20-09-2017 19:39
  Nearly 20% of those who quit in first half of 2017 have been successful, with e-cigarettes becoming most popular method of quitting, say UCL researchersSuccess rates for smokers trying to give up have hit a record high in part thanks to the increasing use of e-cigarettes, figures reveal.Nearly 20% of those who attempted to quit in the first half of 2017 managed to kick the habit, a University College London report shows. Related: Ten years after the smoking ban, vaping is a £1bn businessCo
  
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• Hollywood should call out lying politicians. Jimmy Kimmel shows how | Arwa Mahdawi

  20-09-2017 19:34
  Celebrities are the unofficial legislators of American public opinion. Kimmel is using his platform to fight for better healthcareHold the front page: in today’s breaking news, it would appear that politicians are liars. We’ve got late-night host Jimmy Kimmel to thank for this shocking revelation. Kimmel opened up Tuesday’s show by calling out Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy for lying to him about his plans to remove healthcare for millions of Americans. In May, “after my
  
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• Starving cancer cells of oxygen could destroy tumours 

  20-09-2017 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Israeli scientists showed the new immunotherapy treatment bolstered T cells - white blood cells with the specialised role of killing harmful cells.
  
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• Weight-loss surgery more than doubles your risk of anemia

  20-09-2017 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the start of the study by Stanford University, 22 percent of the patients had red blood cell deficiency before operating. At their 10-year follow-up, that rate more than doubled to 57 percent.
  
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• Turns Out Taking A 2-Week Diet Break Might Actually Help You Lose More Weight

  20-09-2017 19:26
  Best news ever? We think so.
  
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• GPs should warn over lack of evidence on effects of vaping

  20-09-2017 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NICE has issued new guidelines to state patients should be told about the lack of studies. This is despite Public Health England classifying e-cigs as a useful quitting aid.
  
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• Father of cancer-stricken girl placed her in bed for a day

  20-09-2017 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Andy Whelan, 31, from Lancashire, released the black and white image of Jessica, whose bravery captured hearts around the world, grimacing in pain last November.
  
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• Anti-drug film from 1960's warns of perils of taking LSD

  20-09-2017 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the three-minute film, sponsored by the US Government and proposed to be screened across high schools in America, the woman says how the hot dog screams in pain as she eats him.
  
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• Alabama woman 'fat shamed' by boss and driven to quit

  20-09-2017 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stephanie Hearn, 38, shared a video of a row with chiropractor Dr Chris Harrison, who runs a clinic in Birmingham, US. His offensive comments about her weight drove her to quit her job, she claims
  
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• UK scientists edit DNA of human embryos

  20-09-2017 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Understanding the first moments of life could lead to better IVF and explain why women miscarry.
  
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• Fathers pass on four times as many new genetic mutations as mothers – study

  20-09-2017 19:00
  Faults in male DNA are a driver for rare childhood diseases, research suggests, with men passing on one new mutation for every eight months of ageChildren inherit four times as many new mutations from their fathers than their mothers, according to research that suggests faults in the men’s DNA are a driver for rare childhood diseases.Researchers studied 14,000 Icelanders and found that men passed on one new mutation for every eight months of age, compared with women who passed on a new mut
  
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• Alzheimer's gene found by scientists decrease symptoms

  20-09-2017 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis studied ApoE4. This mutant gene has been linked to Alzheimer's disease. It helps cause brain damage by knotting proteins within neurons.
  
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• Exposing children to pets and germs reduces asthma risk

  20-09-2017 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Contact with cats, dogs, mice and cockroaches by age 3 months is linked to lower risk of asthma in children at age 7, a US NIH-funded study found. Bacteria in house dust in infancy also reduces risk.
  
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• London Underground commuters are exposed to killer germs

  20-09-2017 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A test of surfaces touched daily by commuters and tourists on London's tube system was commissioned to highlight the number of germs and bacteria we come into contact with every day.
  
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• Here's What A Day Of Perfect Food Journaling Looks Like

  20-09-2017 17:53
  Follow this template to start shedding pounds.
  
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• Jenna Dewan Tatum Just Posted A Photo Of Her Butt That Has Everybody Talking

  20-09-2017 17:40
  It really riled up the Instagram haters.
  
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• Indian mum of conjoined twins told to return to hospital

  20-09-2017 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman in Utter Pradesh, India discharged herself within a few hours after birth. Doctors say the babies, whose gender is unknown, are vulnerable because they share an umbilical cord.
  
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• Flouride exposure in utero linked to low IQ in kids

  20-09-2017 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Every 0.5 milligram-per-liter increase of flouride in a pregnant woman's urine marked a drop in IQ scores for their children later in life, according to the first-of-its-kind study by Canadian researchers.
  
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• Woman was 'fat shamed' by boss and driven to quit her job

  20-09-2017 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stephanie Hearn, 38, shared a video of a row with chiropractor Dr Chris Harrison, who runs a clinic in Birmingham, US. His offensive comments about her weight drove her to quit her job, she claims
  
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• HPV vaccine does NOT cause fertility problems

  20-09-2017 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boston researchers say the anti-cancer HPV jab has a protective effect on fertility. Both HPV infection and the vaccine itself has been linked to reduced semen quality and lower pregnancy rates.
  
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• Hepatitis A outbreak in Los Angeles

  20-09-2017 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LA County is the third region in California this year to declare a hepatitis A outbreak. Two of the 10 cases were acquired locally, which worries health officials. The homeless population is most at risk.
  
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• Why I'm Not Laughing At That Viral Story About A Jogger Dubbed 'The Mad Pooper'

  20-09-2017 17:23
  "Because until you’ve pooped your pants—or come really, really, ridiculously close to it—you just don’t get it."
  
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• Serena Williams Just Shared A Super-Emotional Letter To Her Mother

  20-09-2017 17:13
  "Thank you for being the role model I needed."
  
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• Facebook trial lets users hide alcohol adverts

  20-09-2017 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The social network is testing a tool that will let people hide categories of ads for the first time.
  
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• Tibetan yoga can help breast cancer patients finds study

  20-09-2017 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has found that breast cancer patients undergoing chemo who practice Tibetan yoga sleep better.
  
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• Louisiana woman embraces 4-inch birthmark on her face

  20-09-2017 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ferrin Roy, 30, from Louisiana, was once upset by  comments. But she says she has 'never covered it and never will' and has written a self-help book about her journey of acceptance.
  
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• Father who shared a heartbreaking photo

  20-09-2017 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Andy Whelan, 31, from Lancashire, released the black and white image of Jessica, whose bravery captured hearts around the world, grimacing in pain last November.
  
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• Russian woman spent 17 years with 12-inch tube in stomach

  20-09-2017 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unidentified patient, 50, from Ulan-Ude, close to the Mongolian border, had the rubber tube put in after suffering a stroke in 2000. It was designed to keep her fed in intensive care.
  
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• 'I Was Diagnosed With Ovarian Cancer When I Was 17'

  20-09-2017 16:00
  "I noticed my stomach was distended, like I had just eaten a really big meal."
  
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• Plymouth girl, 11, nearly died from her burst appendix

  20-09-2017 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Daizy Adams, from Plymouth, began having stomach pains before she went on holiday to Spain at the end of July. By August 15, she needed emergency surgery to repair her bowel.
  
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• The gassiest beers to avoid if you want to stop belching

  20-09-2017 15:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Stuart Farrimond has revealed which beers contain the most C02. 'King of Beers'Budweiser is the gassiest of them all, containing a whopping 2.77 pints of gas per pint of liquid.
  
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• Sterilisation implant withdrawn from non-US sale

  20-09-2017 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Some women needed a hysterectomy to remove the sterilisation device Essure.
  
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• Mental health trust pays damages over man's death in tower block fire

  20-09-2017 13:50
  Bob Crane, who had bipolar disorder, died in his Bristol flat after cooking on an open fire because his electricity had been cut off A mental health trust has paid out damages over the case of a man with bipolar disorder and a history of lighting fires who was trapped in a blaze at his cluttered tower block flat.Bob Crane, 61, a well-known character in the Stokes Croft area of Bristol, had been cooking on open fires at his seventh-floor council flat for more than a year because his electricity h
  
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• Brisbane mother left blinded and paralysed by a parasite

  20-09-2017 13:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Claire Wilkinson, 38, from Brisbane, has battled the acanthamoeba keratitis parasite for a decade - despite doctors initially saying she just had conjunctivitis. Treatment has failed to kill the bug.
  
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• A million tons of feces and an unbearable stench: life near industrial pig farms

  20-09-2017 13:00
  North Carolina’s hog industry has been the subject of litigation, investigation, legislation and regulation. But are its health and environmental risks finally getting too much?Rene Miller pokes a lavender-frocked leg out of her front door and grimaces. It’s a bright April afternoon, and the 66-year-old Miller, with a stoic expression and a dark crop of curls, braces herself for the walk ahead.
  Her destination isn’t far away – just a half-mile down a narrow country road,
  
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• Mother of conjoined twins urged to return to hospital

  20-09-2017 12:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman in Utter Pradesh, India discharged herself within a few hours after birth. Doctors say the babies, whose gender is unknown, are vulnerable because they share an umbilical cord.
  
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• Unintentionally hilarious anti-drug film from the 1960's

  20-09-2017 12:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the three-minute film, sponsored by the US Government and proposed to be screened across high schools in America, the woman says how the hot dog screams in pain as she eats him.
  
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• Anger as Brazilian judge backs anti-gay 'therapy'

  20-09-2017 12:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Psychologists and celebrities vow to fight a court ruling approving the use of "conversion therapy".
  
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