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• ​7 Scary Conditions Your Pap Smear Doesn't Screen For

  12-10-2017 23:44
  ​Knowing to ask for additional screenings could save your life.
  
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• The Internet Is Freaking Out Over This New Line Of Pet Furniture From IKEA

  12-10-2017 22:21
  You have to see the pet futon.
  
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• Can diet really protect you from dementia?

  12-10-2017 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neurologist-turned-restaurant owner Dr Alon Seifan explained his reasons for opening Honeybrains, a high-end 'fast food' cafe with a menu that promises only brain-healthy meals.
  
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• Someone Created 'Diet' Avocados—Here's What That Even Means

  12-10-2017 22:03
  Plus, why it's not so great for weight loss.
  
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• How to prevent racial bias in kids, a psychologist reveals

  12-10-2017 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychology focuses on racial bias in adults. But by that point, prejudices may be firmly entrenched. Gail Heyman, a psychologist at UC San Diego, is researching how to counter it in children.
  
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• Scientists pinpoint genes for varying skin colours

  12-10-2017 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from The National Human Genome Research Institute in Maryland sequenced the genomes of over 1,600 people from sub-Saharan Africa, shedding light on human evolution.
  
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• Baby talk: Mums' voices change when speaking to infants

  12-10-2017 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Mums alter the timbre of their voice when talking to adults or babies, say US scientists.
  
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• Christina Applegate has more surgery to prevent cancer

  12-10-2017 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christina Applegate (pictured) had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to prevent ovarian cancer, which she had an increased chance of developing.
  
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• Mandy Moore Just Clapped Back At Commenters Who Said Her Instagram Was Photoshopped

  12-10-2017 20:56
  Her response is spot on.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt: Family doctors are at risk of dying out

  12-10-2017 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mr Hunt, addressing the Royal College of GPs at its annual conference in Liverpool, also admitted ten-minute appointments do not meet patients' needs.
  
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• Psychologist breaks down how to spot a sexual predator

  12-10-2017 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 30 women have come forward to tell their stories of how Harvey Weinstein (left) sexually assaulted them. Among them are Angelina Jolie (top) and Cara Delevingne (bottom).
  
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• NHS surgery waiting lists highest level in almost a decade

  12-10-2017 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 400,000 patients in England and Wales have been waiting at least 18 weeks for procedures including hip and knee replacements and cataract surgery.
  
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• NHS doctors have a 'professional duty' to get the flu jab

  12-10-2017 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The guidelines have been issued by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, the NHS' medical director, amid concerns that this winter's flu season will be one of the worst on record.
  
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• Bosses should go on mental health courses claims study

  12-10-2017 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Managers become 'supportive' and aware of their employees' stress if they go on the course, a trial by researchers at the University of New South Wales suggests.
  
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• The Tories are ignoring the worsening crises in social care, health and welfare | Letters

  12-10-2017 19:38
  Iain Malcolm says the government has missed countless opportunities to improve social care; Nick Finer says the health minister is either complacent or in denial about the NHS’s troubles; David Etherington and Martin Jones say authorities have ignored the evidence on universal credit; and John Evers wonders about the obsession with Brexit amid a sea of domestic troublesThank you for leading the debate on the national crisis in social care (Forgotten and forsaken, Social care supplement, 11
  
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• ​5 Signs Your Bad Memory May Be An Early Sign Of Alzheimer's

  12-10-2017 19:36
  And what to do about it.
  
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• The Best White Noise Machines To Help You Sleep Through Anything

  12-10-2017 19:23
  ​With a sleep machine, you can be that person who has the kind of night’s rest that other people dream of.
  
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• Blast Belly Fat With This Hardcore Tabata Circuit

  12-10-2017 19:22
  Take your intervals to the next level.
  
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• Children who trap their fingers in doors have amputations

  12-10-2017 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The British Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons recommends parents fit safety latches onto doors in their homes to prevent the approximate 30,000 children who trap their fingers each year.
  
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• Antisocial behaviour ruling could halt anti-abortion protests outside clinics

  12-10-2017 19:00
  Ealing council, in west London, votes to prevent protest as Labour MP calls for amendment to domestic violence bill to protect women visiting clinicsAnti-abortion protests outside clinics across the UK could be halted using antisocial behaviour legislation, a Labour MP has said, after her council took a significant decision to stop a group from approaching women at a west London clinic. Related: There may finally be a way to stop abuse by anti-abortion protesters | Rupa HuqRelated: US-style abor
  
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• Anti-social behaviour ruling could halt anti-abortion protests outside clinics

  12-10-2017 19:00
  Ealing council, in west London, votes to prevent protest as Labour MP calls for amendment to domestic violence bill to protect women visiting clinicsAnti-abortion protests outside clinics across the UK could be halted using anti-social behaviour legislation, a Labour MP has said, after her council took a significant decision to stop a group from approaching women at a west London clinic. Related: There may finally be a way to stop abuse by anti-abortion protesters | Rupa HuqRelated: US-style abo
  
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• Great Ormond Street hospital 'failing' intersex patients

  12-10-2017 18:56
  CQC is investigating after BBC says some intersex patients and their families were not given psychological care before irreversible surgeryGreat Ormond Street hospital is failing to meet national standards and guidelines of care for intersex patients, it has been claimed.NHS regulator, the Care Quality Commission, is investigating after the BBC said it found that some intersex patients and their families were not provided with any psychological care before irreversible surgery at the world famou
  
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• Pregnant women should sleep on their side

  12-10-2017 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Auckland found mothers-to-be's sleeping positions have a significant effect on babies' heart rates, with lying on the back making the organ less active.
  
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• Women encouraged to leave bra at home for No Bra Day

  12-10-2017 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  No Bra Day takes place in the UK on October 13 – in the middle of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It aims is to raise awareness and encourage women to check their breasts.
  
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• People Are 'Bump-Shaming' Kate Middleton—Here's Why

  12-10-2017 18:33
  This is so messed up.
  
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• Trump birth control rule 'based on flawed science'

  12-10-2017 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many doctors are claiming that the Trump administration's new guidelines for birth control cite outdated research to justify exempting certain forms from being covered by insurance.
  
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• The science of baby talk

  12-10-2017 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Princeton University found that mothers use a different timbre when addressing their newborns. They do this so that their babies learn to recognize their mothers from birth.
  
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• Great Ormond Street Hospital 'failing' intersex children

  12-10-2017 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  A BBC investigation finds Great Ormond Street Hospital is failing to meet care standards.
  
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• Injection releases aspirin over a month

  12-10-2017 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore have developed a jab that releases eight per cent of its aspirin in week one, 13 per cent in week two and 20 per cent in week four.
  
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• Gloves off

  12-10-2017 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Liverpool and England goalkeeper Chris Kirkland tells BBC Sport about his battle with anxiety.
  
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• NHS urges 1.4m staff to have flu jab to reduce risk of epidemic

  12-10-2017 17:19
  Bosses write to workers saying they should get vaccinated as soon as possible – and must give a reason for refusing to do so NHS bosses are writing to all 1.4 million staff to say they must have the winter flu jab as soon as possible to reduce the risk of them infecting patients who might die.Continue reading...
  
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• Traditional family doctors are at risk of dying out

  12-10-2017 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mr Hunt, addressing the Royal College of GPs at its annual conference in Liverpool, also admitted ten-minute appointments do not meet patients' needs.
  
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• How your BO can help you find a match

  12-10-2017 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Bern found women are able to smell who will make a good father for their children, but men prefer the whiff of fertile females.
  
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• Self-harming Kelly Holmes cut herself with scissors

  12-10-2017 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The British gold medallist, who previously served in the Army for 10 years, says the tough, competitive nature expected from her made it hard to admit to having mental health issues.
  
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• 5 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Quit Your Gum Habit

  12-10-2017 17:00
  Bust out these facts next time someone tries to guilt you for chomping.
  
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• Don’t want depression? Get your boss to go on a course

  12-10-2017 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Managers become 'supportive' and aware of their employees' stress if they go on the course, a trial by researchers at the University of New South Wales suggests.
  
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• Handful of nuts a day could prevent type 2 diabete

  12-10-2017 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from The George Institute for Global Health in Sydney suggest making a simple change in people's diets could prevent the condition that has reached alarming levels worldwide.
  
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• Teen girls must exercise to reduce risk of cancer

  12-10-2017 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Vanderbilt University in Nashville studied women and how much they exercised in their youth. They found those who exercised reduced risk of mortality from diseases.
  
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• Girl's lungs collapse after screaming at One Direction gig

  12-10-2017 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 16-year-old, from Texas, who remains anonymous, became short of breath the next day and was rushed to A&E at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
  
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• Yemen's cholera outbreak now the worst in history as millionth case looms

  12-10-2017 16:34
  Experts predict fastest-spreading cholera epidemic since records began will affect at least 1 million people by turn of year, including at least 600,000 childrenThe cholera epidemic in Yemen has become the largest and fastest-spreading outbreak of the disease in modern history, with a million cases expected by the end of the year and at least 600,000 children likely to be affected. The World Health Organization has reported more than 815,000 suspected cases of the disease in Yemen and 2,156 deat
  
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• 6 Mistakes You're Making With Your Soup That Are Making You Gain Weight

  12-10-2017 16:30
  Beware the bread bowl.
  
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• Why you shouldn't eat your placenta like Coleen Rooney

  12-10-2017 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Dr Alex Farr from the Medical University of Vienna, the placenta contains insufficient levels of nutrients to have any health benefit and may contain heavy metals that cause death.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt: Is government on track with more GPs promise?

  12-10-2017 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The health secretary promised 5,000 more GPs by 2020.
  
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• We Asked The Experts If You Really Need To Add A Facial Spray To Your Beauty Routine

  12-10-2017 16:00
  To spritz or not to spritz?
  
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• Air pollution kills over 500,000 Europeans a year

  12-10-2017 15:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Copenhagen-based European Environment Agency found 520,400 premature deaths in 41 European countries were caused by air pollutants from fossil fuels in 2014.
  
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• 'I'm A Nutritionist And This Is The Eating Secret I Swear By For Clear Skin And Less Bloating'

  12-10-2017 15:30
  Hint: It involves a blender and lots of greens.
  
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• Over the moon

  12-10-2017 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Alison Farmer was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of 40. Luckily, it was caught early. Here's the story of how she recovered - and went on to have her daughter.
  
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• Cervical cancer survivor has given birth after surgery

  12-10-2017 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rachel Bainbridge, 29, from Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, had her cervix removed but uterus left intact after having key-hole surgery, which allowed her to become pregnant and go into remission.
  
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• Bizarre 'vagina facial' trend using cucumber ups HIV risk

  12-10-2017 15:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The craze involves inserting the peeled fruit into intimate parts before twisting it around. Dr Jen Gunter, from Canada, says it upsets the natural pH balance of your intimate bits.
  
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• NHS staff urged to get flu jabs to protect patients

  12-10-2017 14:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Getting vaccinated is the best way to stop flu spreading and protect patients, NHS leaders say.
  
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