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• 10 Nutrition Myths Dietitians Hate The Most

  11-10-2017 23:55
  The pros say it's time to stop believing these misconceptions about healthy eating and weight loss.
  
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• US not prepared for this year's flu pandemic

  11-10-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An aggressive strain of avian flu called H7N9 has killed about 40 percent of the people it has infected in China. The CDC is warning that it could cause widespread destruction in the US.
  
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• Fears over flu shot are in your head, doctor explains

  11-10-2017 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CDC figures show the majority of Americans do not get the flu shot, many due to fears that it could give them the virus. Here, Dr Pritish Tosh of the Mayo Clinic explains why that's not possible.
  
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• Cannabis linked to 66% rise in traffic deaths in Colorado

  11-10-2017 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings, set out by officials working for the US National Drug Control Strategy, follow a similar setback for drug decriminalization, Portugal.
  
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• 'My Unexpected Pregnancy Was The Best Thing To Ever Happen To Me'

  11-10-2017 22:59
  Five women share their stories.
  
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• 8 Facts You Never Knew About Herpes​

  11-10-2017 22:32
  Time to brush up on your knowledge of this super-common disease.
  
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• The 3 Relationship Red Flags That Only Your Realtor Might Notice

  11-10-2017 21:24
  "Stress management is crucial in love and in real estate."
  
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• 'I Tried The 5:2 Fasting Plan To Lose Weight—Here's What Happened'

  11-10-2017 21:22
  The goal: lose seven pounds.
  
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• Women with fewer eggs are not less fertile, study shows

  11-10-2017 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A common fertility test for ovarian reserves does not accurately indicate a woman's fertility, a new University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill study shows.
  
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• Menopause triggers changes that might cause Alzheimer's 

  11-10-2017 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from the University of Arizona has found that going through menopause may increase women's chances of developing Alzheimer's.
  
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• Children born via c-section gain more weight, study says

  11-10-2017 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A New York University study has found that mice born via c-section gain about 30 percent more weight than those born vaginally.
  
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• This Actress Says Ben Affleck Groped Her Breast On MTV's TRL

  11-10-2017 20:05
  After Ben condemned Harvey Weinstein, women started calling him out for his own bad behavior.
  
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• Ultimate 10-minute workout by Barry's Bootcamp trainer

  11-10-2017 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This brutal, full-body workout by Barry's Bootcamp trainer Faisal is perfect for any day of the week. Here, he explains how to do it, with GIFs to show how to perform the move.
  
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• Vitamin deficiency warning: Three nutrients dangerously low in your diet REVEALED

  11-10-2017 19:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  VITAMIN deficiencies are serious. These are the signs your body isn’t getting enough of the nutrients you need, including folate, vitamin B12 and vitamin C.
  
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• We Asked Trainers To Decode 9 Confusing Gym Phrases

  11-10-2017 19:23
  Does it really matter if your knees go past your toes during a squat?
  
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• ​25 Purr-fect Gifts For Proud Cat Ladies

  11-10-2017 19:23
  She's not a crazy cat lady, but she'll sure be crazy about these kitty-chic gifts.
  
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• Struggling to get pregnant? Have sex every two days

  11-10-2017 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Catherine Hood is a London-based consultant in psychosexual medicine
  who has worked in the NHS for years. She dispells fertility myths and recommends what to do to boost your chances.
  
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• Weight loss saves you thousands of dollars

  11-10-2017 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Johns Hopkins in Maryland compared someone's body mass index with the amount they spend on health care. People saved thousands of dollars if they lost weight.
  
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• 5 Reasons You Keep Getting Yeast Infections Over And Over Again

  11-10-2017 19:01
  Here's what you can do about it.
  
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• Moss helps reduce sore throat pain and germs multiplying

  11-10-2017 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Icelandic moss, which is similar to the plant that grows throughout Europe, could be a new remedy to ease your pain and rasping voice, according to an array of research.
  
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• Try these 4 hacks to beat bloating and fuel digestion

  11-10-2017 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amy Shapiro, founder of Real Nutrition NYC, explained common mistakes people make when eating such as chewing the food too quickly. Ginger and cumin help with digestion.
  
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• California mom gives birth departing smoke-filled hospital

  11-10-2017 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California mother Nicole Veum (pictured left) was excited to welcome her son Adrian (right) on Sunday night when, right after she had been given an epidural, their hospital was evacuated.
  
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• Woman who survived abortion at 8 months finds birth mother

  11-10-2017 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Melissa Ohden, 40, from Missouri, was born despite her mother’s saline infusion abortion in 1977. Her 17-year search for answershas taken her on a journey from shame and anger to forgiveness.
  
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• Eating undercooked poultry could give you a UTI

  11-10-2017 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A University of California study found 25% of poultry samples had the same bacteria found in UTI patient's urine samples. This could be caused by E. coli, which is found in the gut of animals.
  
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• This Is Officially The Best Way To Break Up With Someone

  11-10-2017 18:17
  There's a science to it.
  
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• People Magazine finds beautiful people are more diverse

  11-10-2017 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ‘Beauty’ is getting older and more diverse, according to a new Boston University study comparing People Magazine’s ’50 Most Beautiful People’ of 2017 to its first list, in 1990.
  
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• Obese people deserve surgical treatment, too | Richard Welbourn

  11-10-2017 17:53
  Britain has the most obese people in western Europe, yet fewer of them get gastric operations than in other countries. We need to stop judging and start treating them• Richard Welbourn is a bariatric surgeonOne in four people in the UK suffer with obesity. Severe and complex obesity is a lifelong condition associated with many major medical problems, the costs of which threaten to bankrupt the NHS. The major ailment caused by obesity – type 2 diabetes – is linked to shorter life
  
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• Instagram star on the dark side of bikini competitions

  11-10-2017 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chessie King, 24, from London, says models suffer intense exhaustion and drink wine to dehydrate. She confessed she had an 'unhealthy' obsession with the gym and counting calories.
  
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• 9 Soups To Make If You're Trying To Lose Weight

  11-10-2017 17:49
  They're nutritionist-approved.
  
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• 'I Suffered From An Invisible Disease While I Was Winning Grammys With TLC'

  11-10-2017 17:48
  Tionne Watkins, a.k.a. T.Boz, opens up about living with a lifelong condition.
  
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• Calls to impeach Dublin student president over anti-abortion stance

  11-10-2017 17:42
  University College Dublin’s Katie Ascough faces vote after removing abortion information from student handbookTensions in Ireland over abortion have erupted at a university campus with attempts to impeach a student union president over her decision to ban information on pregnancy terminations from a student handbook.
  The bid to oust University College Dublin’s Katie Ascough over her strong anti-abortion views comes ahead of what is widely expected to be a rancorous wider campaign in
  
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• Three events is all it takes to end up with heart disease

  11-10-2017 17:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, has revealed such women had poorer endothelial function - a known risk factor of heart disease, the world's leading killer.
  
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• Dementia risk: THIS is why more women than men suffer from Alzheimer’s disease

  11-10-2017 16:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  DEMENTIA - including Alzheimer’s disease - can affect anyone, however more women than men tend to suffer. Scientists have discovered that the menopause could be why.
  
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• Heavy periods cause 5 million sick days each year

  11-10-2017 16:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The survey of 1,002 women follows the case of Lydia Brain, 24, from Manchester,who was too embarrassed to discuss her heavy periods and inadvertently ignored the signs of cancer.
  
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• Every Product In This New Natural Beauty Line Costs Only $3

  11-10-2017 16:06
  Obviously, we had to try it.
  
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• Why It's So Dangerous To Tie The Vegas Shooter's Anti-Anxiety Meds To His Crime

  11-10-2017 15:33
  "The implication that diazepam caused someone to go on a murderous rampage is improbable at best and highly irresponsible at worst."
  
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• We Taste-Tested 3 Fancy Chocolate Bars—Here's What You Need To Know

  11-10-2017 15:30
  Do your research before you buy.
  
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• Krysten Ritter's Life Motto: Go Hard As A Motherf-cker

  11-10-2017 15:30
  Krysten Ritter, a.k.a. Marvel star Jessica Jones, is redefining strong.
  
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• Consent laws prevent teen moms getting pain relief

  11-10-2017 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Minors in states such as Ohio have a severe gap in health care coverage with pregnant. They are unable to provide consent to get procedures such as epidurals and cesarean sections.
  
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• Arthritis symptoms: Numbness and tingling in your HANDS could be early sign

  11-10-2017 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  ARTHRITIS symptoms are commonly thought of as being joint pain, swelling and redness, however, numbness and tingling in the hands could be an early sign of condition.
  
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• Quorn is just as good as building your muscles as meat

  11-10-2017 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Quorn, which is adored by vegetarians, has high 'bioavailability' - meaning it contains more protein that can be used, experts at Exeter University found. The study was part-funded by Quorn.
  
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• Blood pressure: Eating THIS 65p vegetable will lower your heart disease risk

  11-10-2017 14:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  EATING spinach could lower your blood pressure for just 65p.
  
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• Medicines research warning over Brexit

  11-10-2017 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Britain risks losing its position in research and drug development without clarity, a research leader warns.
  
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• Cancer symptoms warning: Coughing up phlegm sign of THIS not Aussie flu

  11-10-2017 14:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  LUNG cancer is often diagnosed once it has advanced, however coughing up red or pink phlegm could be an early symptom.
  
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• Tai Chi helps heart attack patients to recover

  11-10-2017 13:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Used for more than 1,000 years, Tai Chi could help to form part of the essential care that all heart attack patients require, Brown University experts believe.
  
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• Diabetes and dementia MIRACLE treatment from DEADLY snails

  11-10-2017 13:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  TREATMENTS for diabetes and dementia could be made from the poison of lethal snails, scientists have found.
  
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• WARNING: Suffer with a bad sense of SMELL? It could be a sign of dementia

  11-10-2017 12:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  DEMENTIA could be detected much earlier by testing peoples’ sense of smell, according to researchers.
  
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• Sister of UK man who died in custody hits out over mental health services

  11-10-2017 12:37
  Inquest jury concluded ‘chaotic response’ to Joseph Phuong, who had schizophrenia, could have led to his death in 2015The sister of a man with schizophrenia who died in police custody in south London has hit out at the lack of resources in mental health services after an inquest jury concluded a “chaotic response” to his medical emergency could have led to his death.Joseph Phuong, 32, was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia 10 years ago and received monthly injections o
  
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• Fear of pain and UTIs cause women's declining libido

  11-10-2017 12:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  2 in 10 postmenopausal women cite pain as a deterrent to intimacy while 1 in 10 blame bladder problems, say the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon.
  
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• 'It's time to recognise the contribution arts can make to health and wellbeing'

  11-10-2017 12:17
  The arts help meet challenges in health and social care associated with ageing, loneliness, long-term conditions and mental health Arts and Minds, a leading arts and mental health charity, has been running weekly art workshops for people experiencing depression, stress or anxiety in Cambridgeshire for the past seven years. Led by an artist and counsellor, its Arts on Prescription project offers a chance to work with a range of materials and techniques, including printmaking and sculpture. The im
  
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