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• This Is How Much Strength Training You Should Actually Do Every Week

  03-10-2017 23:50
  Master your strength workout once and for all.
  
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• Six male breast cancer sufferers tell their survival tales

  03-10-2017 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Breast cancer charity Walk the Walk brought together six male survivors for the first time to raise awareness of the disease, that claims the lives of 11,000 men and women a year.
  
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• Mission Impossible 6 trainer says weights are not the best

  03-10-2017 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ever wondered who’s behind Hollywood’s best action bodies? Meet personal trainer Sam Eastwood, the celebrity trainer that says lifting weights is not the way.
  
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• BMI rise of 4 is enough to change the structure of heart

  03-10-2017 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first study of its kind, led by Queen Mary University of London, has found putting on weight can add up to eight grams to the heart, and increase its volume by almost five per cent.
  
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• Explained: The E.coli infection Hugh Hefner had

  03-10-2017 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The death certificate of Hugh Hefner (pictured) revealed he had a drug-resistant E. coli infection at the time of his death. Public health experts have warned of the dangers of these infections.
  
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• Weatherwatch: hearts at risk during anticyclones

  03-10-2017 22:30
  Scientists link rise in hospital admissions for heart failure to stable weather and winter fogs or summer heatwaves brought on by prolonged high pressureIt is well known that exposure to heat waves and cold spells can cause serious health problems for older people. And fog and air pollution affect the vulnerable of all ages. Related: How air pollution affects your health - infographicRelated: Smog in the cities: the truth about Britain’s dirty airRelated: Traffic fumes can trigger heart at
  
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• ​'I Tried 3 All-Day Lipsticks—Here's What Happened'

  03-10-2017 22:30
  Find out which ones stood the test of time.
  
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• 13 Instagram Fails That Every Runner Has Experienced

  03-10-2017 22:20
  Not all runs are perfect, and these pictures are proof.
  
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• CDC says 16 more infected by puppy-linked disease

  03-10-2017 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Since the last CDC warning on September 11, 16 more people have been infected bringing the total to 55 across 12 states. Thirteen people have been hospitalized by their symptoms.
  
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• Everything In Target’s New Activewear Line Is Under $50—And Goes Up To Size 4X

  03-10-2017 22:08
  ​Get ready to get your shopping on.
  
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• Obesity is a major factor in 40% of US cancers

  03-10-2017 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Overall, cancer rates are declining in the US, but cancers associated with obesity are still on the rise, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
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• 'I Tried Ariana Grande's 2-Move Workout—Here's What Happened'

  03-10-2017 21:23
  "Trust me, it's not as easy as it sounds."
  
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• 5 Fast-Food Breakfasts That Are Actually Good For You, According To Nutritionists

  03-10-2017 21:22
  Stay healthy on the go.
  
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• Hugh Hefner Had a Drug-Resistant E. Coli Infection. Here’s What You Should Know

  03-10-2017 21:16
  
  Hugh Hefner’s cause of death has been listed as cardiac arrest (which also killed Tom Petty just days later) and respiratory failure. But the week before he died on Sept. 27 at age 91, Hefner had an E. coli infection as well as septicemia, or bacteria in the blood, according to his death certificate, PEOPLE reported.E. coli, or Escherichia coli, bacteria live in our intestines normally, but certain strains can make us sick. Some cause diarrhea, urinary tract i
  
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• Cancers linked to excess weight make up 40% of all US diagnoses, study finds

  03-10-2017 20:47
  Diagnoses of excess weight-related cancers rose between 2005 and 2014Two out of every three Americans now considered overweight, CDC saysCancers associated with being overweight or obese account for 40% of all diagnoses of the disease in the United States, an increasing share of all cancer diagnoses nationwide. Although new cases of cancer have fallen since the 1990s, diagnoses of overweight- and obesity-linked cancers increased between 2005 and 2014, according to a new report from the Centers f
  
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• 7 Ways To Make Sure That Salad Bar Isn't Sabotaging Your Diet

  03-10-2017 20:22
  We asked nutritionists for their go-to rules.
  
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• Follow These Steps If You Just Spilled Your Nail Polish Everywhere

  03-10-2017 20:03
  It happens. Here's how to deal.
  
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• Conservative conference 2017: Boris Johnson urges Tories to 'let the lion roar' in upbeat speech - live

  03-10-2017 19:42
  Rolling coverage of the Conservative party conference in Manchester, including Theresa May’s morning interview round and Boris Johnson’s conference speech Theresa May’s morning interviews - Summary and analysisBoris Johnson’s speech - Snap verdictMay’s evening interviews - SummaryAfternoon summary 6.41pm BSTIf you look at the issues that Boris has been talking about they reflect the position we’ve taken in the Florence speech, setting out a vision of what this
  
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• Conservative conference 2017: Boris Johnson urges Tories to 'let the lion roar' in upbeat speech - as it happened

  03-10-2017 19:42
  Rolling coverage of the Conservative party conference in Manchester, including Theresa May’s morning interview round and Boris Johnson’s conference speech Theresa May’s morning interviews - Summary and analysisBoris Johnson’s speech - Snap verdictMay’s evening interviews - SummaryAfternoon summary 6.41pm BSTIf you look at the issues that Boris has been talking about they reflect the position we’ve taken in the Florence speech, setting out a vision of what this
  
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• Stanford study: prescription opioid addicts turn to heroin

  03-10-2017 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from Stanford University School of Medicine has found that the number of heroin overdose hospital discharges has gone up since 2008.
  
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• Resurrect services that help UK’s young people | Letters

  03-10-2017 19:26
  Our well-funded (now demolished) statutory Youth and Community service provided safe spaces where skilled workers built trusting relationships, writes Annette RimmerCiaran Thapar (There’s no quick fix for knife crime, but there is a solution, 27 September) is spot on about there being no quick fix for young people’s issues. Youth and community workers work in a preventative way, heading off serious issues including mental distress, racism, relationship abuse and extremism. Our well-f
  
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• We’re not too posh to wash, we just lived through the war | Brief Letters

  03-10-2017 19:24
  Bathtime routines | Regional galleries | Paying more tax | Piebury corner | Theatre ticketsVivienne Westwood, like me, although a few years younger, was brought up in the austere 1940s and 50s when hot water was a precious commodity and people bathed once a week. So far from becoming “too posh to wash” (G2, 3 October), she has carried on much the same as many of us of the same vintage.
  Marie Paterson
  Nuneaton, Warwickshire• No need to visit Cornwall to see a superb collection of
  
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• Not enough hospital beds and GPs closing | Letters

  03-10-2017 19:24
  Dr Nick Mann says the King’s Fund report on hospital bed numbers is clear evidence that safe capacity in the NHS has been exceeded. Plus letters from Penny Elder and Michael Craig Watson and Emily Clare Baxter on GPs shutting up shopThough thin on detail, CQC chief inspector of hospitals Professor Ted Baker’s belief in “an NHS fit for the 21st century” refers to the FYFV/STP’s app-driven, remote access and remote monitoring, downskilled vision of a tech-heavy health
  
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• Charcoal toothpaste won't make your teeth white

  03-10-2017 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's been dubbed an easy way to get white teeth, with X-Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger being a fan. But British experts at the Oral Health Foundation are concerned about charcoal toothpaste.
  
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• Beetroot does not warm you up

  03-10-2017 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Portsmouth found those who are sensitive to the cold are no less chilly after drinking the vegetable juice. Their core temperature is also unchanged.
  
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• What's the ultimate way to defy depression, disease and early death? Exercise

  03-10-2017 18:51
  As a new report reveals the mental health benefits of just an hour’s physical activity a week, it seems there is nothing a workout can’t cure. Here is why we should all sit less and move moreAre you sitting comfortably? Bad idea. Stand up and walk around the house. Leave your desk and jog down the office stairs. Even better – jog up the stairs. If it’s lunchtime, go and join a yoga class or head for the shops on foot. What’s to lose? You are going to feel better and
  
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• New test detects Alzheimer's before the disease's onset

  03-10-2017 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from the University of Zagreb in Croatia has revealed a way to test for Alzheimer's before patients begin noticing the effects of it. There is currently no cure for Alzheimer's.
  
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• Watch Miley Cyrus' Emotional Tribute To The Las Vegas Shooting Victims

  03-10-2017 18:42
  "Hope we can make you smile even through so much pain."
  
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• Officials report a 21% drop in new HIV cases among gay men

  03-10-2017 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Figures collected by Public Health England show there was just 2,810 cases of HIV among gay and bisexual men in 2016 - down from the 3,570 the year before.
  
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• So You've Developed Feelings For A Woman For The First Time—Here's What To Do

  03-10-2017 18:13
  If you've only dated men before, this can be confusing at first.
  
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• Women consume 100,000 extra calories of chocolate at work

  03-10-2017 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The astonishing indulgence was revealed after a survey of 1,000 women on behalf of Dutch organic food maker Kallø, who admitted consuming an extra 2,240 calories every week on average.
  
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• Scientists reveal 7 alternative natural cleaning hacks

  03-10-2017 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Toxic cleaning chemicals bring risks of breathing problems and allergies, experts, commissioned by Norwegian biochemists have warned. But there are healthy alternatives to get your home spotless.
  
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• London IBS sufferer finds probiotic that works

  03-10-2017 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Sam Jones, 30, from London suffered severe stomach cramps, bloating and constipation. Then she found science-backed Symprove, which has given her a new lease of life.
  
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• There's A More Effective Way To Curb Your Cravings Than 'Enjoying In Moderation'

  03-10-2017 17:56
  We all know that never works anyway.
  
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• Two-thirds don't know their a**e from their elbow

  03-10-2017 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than one thousand members of the Great British public wrongly identified the elbow bone as that of the coccyx, which is located just above the buttocks, or the coccygeal, which is the tail-like bone.
  
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• 7 Women Share What Got Them Through Suicidal Thoughts

  03-10-2017 17:25
  "When considering suicide, it's hard to think of life ever being enjoyable again, but I promise it gets better."
  
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• This Sunrise-Like Alarm Really Will Get You Out Of Bed—And It's 50% Off

  03-10-2017 16:54
  The Philips Sunrise Wake-up Light Alarm Clock is at its lowest price ever.
  
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• Gravitational wave scientists win 2017 Nobel Physics Prize

  03-10-2017 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The winners (left to right) are Professor Rainer Weiss, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Barry Barish and Kip Thorne from California Institute of Technology.
  
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• Trouble hearing? LISTEN to what suffering ear tinnitus sounds like

  03-10-2017 16:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  HEARING sounds from inside the body - or "ringing in the ears" - is known as tinnitus. This is what the complicated illness sounds like to sufferers.
  
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• Mother with cancer forced to have termination

  03-10-2017 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Helen Nutter, 32, from Merseyside, was 14 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with lung cancer. She was told a termination was only chance at surviving to be around for son Louie, 3.
  
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• IBS sufferer finds probiotic that works

  03-10-2017 16:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Sam Jones, 30, from London suffered severe stomach cramps, bloating and constipation. Then she found science-backed Symprove, which has given her a new lease of life.
  
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• Do YOU need more zinc?

  03-10-2017 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These signs of zinc deficiency could be the reason your hair isn’t as thick as it used to be and for those spots on your nails or chin. Experts reveal who’s at risk and how to fix it.
  
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• NHS England to face court over patient kept alive by blood transfusions

  03-10-2017 15:51
  Mother of woman with eating disorders wants ruling on whether monthly treatment is in daughter’s best interestsNHS England is to be questioned in court about its treatment of a woman with severe eating disorders who is being kept alive by monthly blood transfusions.The patient, who is in her 30s, is being cared for in a London hospital, the court of protection has been told, but wants to return home to die if she is not given additional psychiatric care. Continue reading...
  
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• This Startup Lets You Get Birth Control Without A Doctor's Visit—But Is That Even Safe?

  03-10-2017 15:31
  We asked the experts.
  
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• English breakfast tea may boost weight loss and metabolism

  03-10-2017 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, believe black tea boosts metabolism more than green as its molecules encourage the growth of weight loss-associated bacteria in the intestine.
  
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• Sale of acids to under-18s to be banned, Amber Rudd says

  03-10-2017 15:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced the crackdown after a rise in attacks using corrosive substances.
  
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• California mother dismissed skin cancer as a blackhead

  03-10-2017 15:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kari Cummins, 35, from California, saw a dermatologist after years of overexposing her skin to sunlight and tanning beds. Yet, tests revealed she had a cancer that can spread to the organs if untreated.
  
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• Life-changing headache

  03-10-2017 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Four years ago David Baldwin woke up with a headache that has completely changed his life.
  
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• Taking the pulse

  03-10-2017 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  What does the Scottish Health Survey reveal about the nation's wellbeing?
  
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• FitBit rivalry helps families get active

  03-10-2017 14:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania found relatives taking part in exercise-based rivalries take significantly more steps every day and are more likely to achieve their fitness goals.
  
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