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• Is it possible to catch diabetes?

  02-10-2017 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Intriguingly, scientists are finding evidence that you may be able to catch such ‘lifestyle’ disorders as diabetes, Alzheimer’s and even joint pain.
  
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• Back Theresa May or risk Labour government, Hunt warns Johnson

  02-10-2017 23:30
  In veiled warning to Boris Johnson, health secretary says Jeremy Corbyn could stop Brexit, while seeking to reassure EU workers that the NHS needs themJeremy Hunt has issued a warning to Boris Johnson that failure to swing behind Theresa May risks opening the door to a Labour government, which he claimed could stop Brexit in its tracks.The health secretary made the comments after being asked if he feared the foreign secretary was “looking at the top job”.Related: It’s painful t
  
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• How healthy is your favourite ketchup?

  02-10-2017 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While we used some £145.5 million worth of the stuff last year, it’s often criticised for its sugar content. Yet all might not be quite as it seems.
  
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• Matthew Dana dies from herbal supplement overdose

  02-10-2017 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matthew Dana (pictured), a 27-year-old police sergeant from New York, died after overdosing on kratom, an herbal supplement, in August.
  
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• Is it dangerous to take a sleeping pill every night? 

  02-10-2017 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Daily Mail's resident GP answers your queries on everything and anything. This week, are there any problems with using sleeping pills long-term?
  
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• Hospital stops spinal surgery after 'serious incidents'

  02-10-2017 22:45
  Warrington and Halton hospitals NHS foundation trust calls halt to operations until completion of external investigationAn NHS hospital has stopped performing spinal surgery after four “serious incidents”, two of which involved the death of a patient.Spinal operations will not resume at Warrington and Halton hospitals NHS foundation trust in Cheshire until an external investigation into surgical practice has finished.Continue reading...
  
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• Cheshire hospital stops spinal surgery after 'serious incidents'

  02-10-2017 22:45
  Warrington and Halton hospitals NHS foundation trust calls halt to operations until completion of external investigationAn NHS hospital has stopped performing spinal surgery after four “serious incidents,” two of which involved the death of a patient.Spinal operations will not resume at Warrington and Halton hospitals NHS foundation trust in Cheshire until an external investigation into surgical practice has finished.Continue reading...
  
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• Hypoallergenic fragrance-free moisturizers false

  02-10-2017 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from Northwestern University in Chicago studied moisturizers and the ingredients. They found that 83 percent said to be hypoallergenic but had ingredients that could cause a skin reaction.
  
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• 27-year-old man dies from herbal supplement overdose

  02-10-2017 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matthew Dana (pictured), a 27-year-old police sergeant from New York, died after overdosing on kratom, an herbal supplement, in August.
  
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• Firearm-related injuries cost the US $3billion a year

  02-10-2017 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from Johns Hopkins Medicine has found that the annual cost of firearm-related injuries in the US is $2.8billion. The average price for inpatient treatment for one is just under $100,000.
  
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• This Couple Claims Their Orgasms Can Last 18 Hours

  02-10-2017 22:20
  Yes, you read that right.
  
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• 7 Women Share The Tiny Tricks That Helped Them Lose The Last 10 Pounds

  02-10-2017 22:17
  It's all about dialing in on the little things.
  
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• Skipping breakfast can increase obesity risk

  02-10-2017 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Tuft University in Boston found that people who didn't eat breakfast were at a higher risk of developing heart disease. Actress Joanna Lumley has talked about skipping the meal.
  
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• 7 Ways You Can Take Your Chili To The Next Level, According To A Nutritionist

  02-10-2017 21:55
  We've got your new go-to recipe.
  
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• These 5 Women Lost 40+ Pounds—But Their Biggest Victories Were Off The Scale

  02-10-2017 21:21
  It's not just about fitting into a smaller size.
  
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• Counties with poor health were more likely to vote Trump

  02-10-2017 21:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital analyzed county-by-county election data, compared with public health data.
  
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• Acupuncture can reduce period pain for up to a year

  02-10-2017 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than half of women in a study carried out by the National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM) in Australia had a least a 50% reduction in the severity of their pain during their period.
  
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• The Scary Truth About Your Fragrance-Free And Hypoallergenic Moisturizers

  02-10-2017 21:02
  This is a must-read if you've got sensitive skin.
  
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• Stress diminishes our capacity to sense new dangers

  02-10-2017 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stress makes us slower to learn that there is a new danger in our environment, according to a New York University study. Reducing stress can help you to identify and react more quickly to threats.
  
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• Single gene injected into eye reverses type of blindness

  02-10-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Breakthrough made by Oxford researchers in treating retinitis pigmentosa, which affects 20,000 Britons. A single gene injected into the back of the eye was found to restore vision.
  
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• Diabetes drug cuts Parkinson's risk by 28%

  02-10-2017 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Bergen in Norway found glitazones (GTZs) have a protective effect. The figure is in comparison with users of metformin, the most common type 2 drug.
  
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• How To Handle Your Anxiety Over Being In Crowds Right Now

  02-10-2017 20:25
  In the wake of shootings and terror attacks, it's completely normal to feel panicked.
  
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• This Woman's Company Called Her Engagement Photos 'Inappropriate'—And Fired Her

  02-10-2017 20:02
  "There was no defending myself, they had made their decision."
  
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• Most important meal of the day? Skipping breakfast may be linked to poor heart health

  02-10-2017 20:00
  Study suggests those who miss breakfast have a greater buildup of fatty material in their arteries, likely to be down to indirectly linked lifestyle effects From the full English to a continental croissant, the importance of a hearty breakfast has long been debated – now scientists say skipping the morning meal could be linked to poorer cardiovascular health.The findings reveal that, compared those who who wolfed down an energy-dense breakfast, those who missed the meal had a greater exten
  
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• Would you swap alcohol for a chemical substitute?

  02-10-2017 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prof David Nutt, the UK's former chief advisor on drugs, was fired in 2009 when he said alcohol was more dangerous than cannabis, ecstasy and LSD. Now he is promoting a chemical substitute.
  
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• Why being full makes you want to eat more

  02-10-2017 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Being full can trigger you to still feel hungry, a new University of Vermont study finds. Researchers conditioned rats to associate being full with being able to get food. We can form the same habits.
  
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• The Huge Problem That Can Fill Your Marriage With Resentment

  02-10-2017 18:33
  And five tactics that can help you break out of the toxic cycle.
  
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• King of Instagram Dan Bilzerian had 2 heart attacks

  02-10-2017 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Florida-born millionaire, 37, says drinking and taking cocaine and Viagra caused his heart attacks. He first shrugged off the pain then drove himself to hospital.
  
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• Warrington and Halton NHS Trust: Spinal surgery suspended

  02-10-2017 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Four serious "incidents" at Warrington and Halton Hospitals Trust, including two deaths, prompt the move.
  
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• 'Stop Telling Me It's Superficial To Worry About Hair Loss During Cancer'

  02-10-2017 17:31
  Former beauty editor Caitlin Kiernan says learning how to manage beauty changes during breast cancer helped her cope.
  
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• ‘The desire to have a child never goes away’: how the involuntarily childless are forming a new movement

  02-10-2017 17:13
  One in five British women born in the 60s don’t have children – and the grief many of them feel has rarely been acknowledged. But now they, and men in the same position, are organising with others around the world to gain recognition and comfortJody Day is giving a TEDx talk to a room full of people against a backdrop of signposts she has chosen for the occasion: “Crazy cat woman”, “Witch”, “Hag”, “Spinster”, “Career wom
  
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• How Long Should You Really Do Fertility Treatments If They're Not Working?

  02-10-2017 17:05
  Remember what your goal was when you first started this journey.
  
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• Some women have to pay $20,000 for a $200 drug, study says

  02-10-2017 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Harvard Medical School report found that a life-saving drug that helps women carry babies to term can cost either $200 or $20,000, depending on if it is generic or brand-name (pictured).
  
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• Sweat-sensing seats to stop "dehydration" road accidents

  02-10-2017 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The prototype design could save road accidents caused by dehydration, the firm suggests.
  
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• Concussions last twice as long in teenage girls than boys

  02-10-2017 15:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association analyzed the records of 110 male and 102 female athletes, aged between 11 and 18, with first-time concussions.
  
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• Should You Get Genetic Testing For The Breast Cancer Gene?

  02-10-2017 15:31
  Here's what you need to know.
  
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• Zimbabwe girl has half a face after ravaged by cancer

  02-10-2017 14:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE – WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Natasha Matimba, from Zimbabwe, has a rare, genetic condition which has caused contact with sunlight to burn her skin and trigger cancer.
  
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• Brexit won’t help the NHS, it will destroy it | Jonathan Lis

  02-10-2017 14:16
  Public health stands to lose staffing, funding and access to new products and technology – it could be damaged irreparablyOf the lies told during the Brexit referendum – and there were many – perhaps the most egregious was the claim that we could spend an extra £350m on the NHS as a result of leaving the EU. It has gained unique notoriety not simply because the figure was demonstrably false, or even because Brexit will shrink the economy rather than free up vital funds, b
  
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• Water with lemon will not flush toxins from your body

  02-10-2017 13:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The drink first thing in the morning is said to stimulate the liver to flush out waste. But an Australian pharmacologist said detoxing diets orsupplements are a marketing scam.
  
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• Agbonlahor's niece recovers from disease with cannabis oil

  02-10-2017 13:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jayla Agbonlahor from Birmingham was hospitalised from severe seizures every three weeks. They have subsided since using cannabis oil claims her mother Louise Bostock,
  
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• Three US-born geneticists win 2017 Nobel Medicine Prize

  02-10-2017 13:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The laureates are Professors Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michal Young (pictured) Robash is at Brandeis University, Young at Rockefeller University and Hall at the Uni of Maine.
  
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• Body clock scientists win Nobel Prize

  02-10-2017 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Understanding how our bodies keep time has "vast implications" for health, say Nobel committee.
  
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• Nobel prize for medicine awarded for insights into internal biological clock

  02-10-2017 13:02
  £825,000 prize shared between American scientists Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young for work on the internal clock of living organismsThe Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded a trio of American scientists for their discoveries on the molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms – in other words, the 24-hour body clock.According to the Nobel committee’s citation, Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young were recognised for the
  
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• Bags for life can pose food poisoning risk - Food Standards Agency

  02-10-2017 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Keep raw meat and fish separately from other shopping to avoid getting stomach bugs, consumers told.
  
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• Pregnant in Ireland: 'I had no control and was made to feel ashamed'

  02-10-2017 11:16
  The eighth amendment does not allow women the right to informed consent or refusal of treatment during pregnancy – why is this tolerated?I had my first antenatal appointment in Ireland three years ago. I was about six weeks pregnant. Like most first time mothers I was consumed by questions: when would I feel movement? When would I have my first scan? What were my birth options? My enthusiasm was met with gentle condescension by my doctor.They explained that most women wouldn’t even k
  
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• Woman denied compression socks nearly died from lung clots

  02-10-2017 10:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rebecca Lord, 30, from Farnborough, Hampshire, was hospitalised for a back injury and put on bed rest. Her pleas forcompression socks and blood-thinning socks were ignored by staff.
  
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• Can even moderate drinking increase the risk of cancer?

  02-10-2017 09:10
  New research argues that just a small glass of wine a day increases the risk and that ‘responsible drinking’ targets are misleadingAlcohol may be a social lubricant but WHO and Public Health England say it can cause cancer. Last week the alcohol industry was accused of downplaying the link between alcohol and the increased risk of seven cancers: mouth, throat, oesophagus, liver, breast and colon. A research paper in Drug and Alcohol Review found that “responsible drinking&rdquo
  
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• Fibromyalgia: the pain behind Lady Gaga's poker face

  02-10-2017 08:30
  Lady Gaga has been forced to cancel a number of shows due to the severe chronic pain condition fibromyalgia. But what is it?Earlier this month, Lady Gaga announced the cancellation of the upcoming leg of her world tour due to her ongoing battle with fibromyalgia syndrome. Her behind-the-scenes Netflix documentary, Gaga: Five foot Two , charts her journey to Superbowl half-time show stardom, but also offers an intriguing glimpse into the challenges faced by someone living with chronic pain. So, f
  
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• Why last night's VD-laced episode of Victoria should worry modern audiences

  02-10-2017 08:00
  The Victorians feared the moral and physical implications of venereal disease, but the problems of untreatable infection and inadequate health provision are all too familiar to modern viewersSpoiler alert! Plot points from Victoria are revealed in this blogIn an age before antibiotics, contact tracing and the NHS, a diagnosis of venereal disease (VD) had devastating consequences. Today, confirmed cases of syphilis are at their highest in England since 1949, strains of gonorrhoea are resistant to
  
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• Labour calls for inquiry after private ambulance firm folds

  02-10-2017 08:00
  Shadow health minister Justin Madders asks for freeze on further patient transport contracts until ‘lessons have been learned’ Labour has called for an inquiry after the collapse of a private ambulance firm that has contracts with the NHS and other private health organisations.Private Ambulance Service, which the trade union Unison described as running an “abysmal” operation, was issued a winding-up notice by the Inland Revenue on Friday. The firm is expected to stop trad
  
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