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• People Are Obsessed With These Korean Pimple Patches

  18-10-2017 23:54
  They keep selling out—and for good reason.
  
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• This Is How To Actually File For Divorce

  18-10-2017 23:53
  We asked the experts to help demystify the divorce process.
  
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• This 9-Minute Core Routine Will Leave Your Abs Quivering—And Toned

  18-10-2017 23:53
  Because we know you've got 10 minutes you can spare.
  
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• 6 Women Who've Lost Weight Share Their Best Healthy Snacking Tips

  18-10-2017 23:50
  ​Done right, snacking can be your secret weapon for dieting without deprivation.
  
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• 5 reasons why crying is good for your health

  18-10-2017 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts found that crying can be good for the health. When someone cries, they release built up emotions that can cause stress. Crying also releases toxic hormones out of the body through the tear ducts.
  
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• Should You Tell Your S.O. If You've Never Orgasmed?

  18-10-2017 23:09
  We asked the experts.
  
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• Textured breast implants might be causing breast cancer

  18-10-2017 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Penn State College of Medicine researchers found that textured implants might be more dangerous than smooth implants. They are supposedly more likely to cause breast cancer.
  
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• New drug could be a 'functional cure' for HIV, study says

  18-10-2017 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Scripps Research Institute in Florida have developed a new therapy that they say may one day be a 'functional cure' for HIV, if it proves as effective in humans as it has in mice.
  
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• Firefighters cut cancer risk by showering after a blaze

  18-10-2017 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Ottawa found five times the amount of cancer-causing chemicals on the skin of firefighters - a higher figure than previously thought - but a shower cut their risk.
  
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• Will Drinking Collagen Really Make A Difference In Your Skin?

  18-10-2017 22:49
  Or are you just flushing away your cash?
  
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• ​6 Things You Should Know Before Donating Plasma

  18-10-2017 22:44
  First up, learning what plasma even is.
  
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• When you die you know you're dead as the mind still works

  18-10-2017 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A person's consciousness continues to work after the body has died, a study from New York University Langone School of Medicine finds. The findings echo the new Hollywood film Flatliners.
  
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• Why 'Badass With A Heart' Is Women's Health's New Motto

  18-10-2017 20:55
  Our editor-in-chief explains why being called a "badass" is the ultimate compliment.
  
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• Family of woman brain-damaged after fall seek removal of her feeding tube

  18-10-2017 20:53
  Twelve-year-old grandson tells court of protection of his grandmother’s previously independent spirit in legal wrangle over her careThe 12-year-old grandson of a woman with serious brain damage has spoken fondly of her as he appeared in court spoken in support of an application to withdraw her feeding tube.Mrs P, 72, who a year ago was a keen public speaker, churchgoer and local campaigner, is now minimally conscious and unable to care for herself. Continue reading...
  
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• Tory MP who has hour-long baths claims £662 water bill on expenses

  18-10-2017 20:49
  Tim Loughton’s parliamentary accounts show he has been spending up to £50 a month on Thames Water supplyA Conservative MP who enjoys an hour-long morning bath racked up water bills over the past two years of £662 all charged to the taxpayer.On Tuesday, Tim Loughton MP, the co-chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on mindfulness, told a conference of international parliamentarians that he meditates in the bath every morning and commented that his contemplative habit was
  
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• Alcohol helps to improve foreign language skills

  18-10-2017 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Liverpool, Maastricht University and King's College London found that a low dose of alcohol can improve bilingual speakers' ability to speak a second language.
  
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• The NHS must surely share Richard Branson’s pain | Letters

  18-10-2017 20:09
  Money that could be spent on people’s real needs is not being spent on those needs, in Wirral as in the Virgin Islands, says Kevin Donovan, while Ray Jones wonders about Camilla Cavendish’s approach to social workRichard Branson reveals how an incredibly kind man was conned out of $2m which could have gone to the people of the British Virgin Islands (Report, 18 October). Here in Wirral we share Branson’s pain. Every year our incredibly kind clinical commissioning group giv
  
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• The Most Heartbreaking Moments From Demi Lovato's New Documentary

  18-10-2017 19:54
  "It’s embarrassing to look back at the person that I was.”
  
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• The pill should be taken every day without breaks

  18-10-2017 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Continuous use is the '21st century way to take the pill', according to Professor John Guillebaud from University College London. It may also reduce emergency contraception use.
  
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• Break carb cravings with eight tips from nutritionists

  18-10-2017 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nikki Ostrower, a nutritional expert, and Dana James, a functional medicine nutritionist, in NYC offer eight tips to curb carb cravings including making sure to eat breakfast every single day.
  
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• NHS operations news: Patients who smoke or are obese will be BANNED from surgery

  18-10-2017 18:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE NHS has announced plans to ban smokers or obese patients from surgery unless they quit smoking or lose weight.
  
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• Just a hug is enough to soothe the pain of loneliness

  18-10-2017 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University College London researchers warn cuddles are in threat of being forgotten about, as humans interact digitally more. The findings were published in the journal Scientific Reports.
  
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• What can your period tell you about the state of your health?

  18-10-2017 18:55
  Bodyform’s new sanitary towel ad uses red liquid to represent period discharge – about bloody time. Making menstruation more visible in advertising – and conversation – is good for us
  Bodyform has broken convention: the feminine hygiene brand’s latestsanitary towel advert is the first to use red liquid. The fact that showing liquid that looks like blood to denote real blood counts as taboo-breaking is as ridiculous as the blue liquid inflicted on our fragile sensibi
  
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• ​This 15-Minute Workout Will Help You Sweat Your Way To Flat Abs

  18-10-2017 18:30
  Progressive plyometrics could be the answer to your best abs yet.
  
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• Sex life 'dead' after mesh implant

  18-10-2017 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  A couple married for 40 years say it's made it "impossible" for them to be intimate.
  
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• Opioid deaths down in Colorado after marijuana legalized

  18-10-2017 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Opioid overdose deaths have fallen 6.5 percent in Colorado in the last two years, since stores there were able to start legally selling recreational marijuana, according to a new study.
  
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• Don’t guilt-trip parents about their moderate drinking | Anne Perkins

  18-10-2017 18:24
  The Institute for Alcohol Studies’ warnings are disproportionate and risk undermining broader health advice. Children are made of sterner stuffOne of the best books my daughters and I read together was The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson. It is a grim, hopeful tale that alerts children to the power of love and kinship, and the way these survive in even the most dysfunctional of families. It encourages compassion and a tolerance of other lives. It’s obviously not a manual for liv
  
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• Everything You Need to Know About Breast Cysts

  18-10-2017 18:13
  Just because you found a lump doesn't mean it's cancer.
  
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• Women 'deserve apology' over vaginal mesh implants

  18-10-2017 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Hundreds of women say the vaginal implants left them in pain and unable to walk, work or have sex.
  
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• Butchers and farm shops under spotlight over dirty chicken

  18-10-2017 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Butchers and farm shops are under the spotlight amid allegations they are selling dirty chicken. At the same time, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is scaling back the policing of supermarkets.
  
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• Olympic Gymnast McKayla Maroney Says Her Team Doctor Sexually Abused Her

  18-10-2017 18:09
  She opened up with her own powerful #MeToo story.
  
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• Intelligent people have a higher risk of mental illness

  18-10-2017 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Pitzer College screened 3,715 highly-intelligent people for mental illness. They found they had double the rate of mental illness and a higher risk of asthma and allergies than others.
  
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• Ribena is just as bad for your teeth as Coca Cola

  18-10-2017 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Tests on 23 beverages revealed the blackcurrant-flavoured drink to be one of the worst offenders for acidity. Ribena Light scored between 2.5-3.5 on the pH chart.
  
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• Bowel cancer BREAKTHROUGH: New treatment is first non-toxic therapy

  18-10-2017 17:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  BOWEL cancer could be treated with a new drug that’s less toxic than any current therapy.
  
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• Guide celebrates British countryside to coax foreign GPs

  18-10-2017 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a frantic drive to plug the growing shortage of doctors, the Royal College of GPs has released a guide to encourage those trained abroad to make the 'overwhelming' move.
  
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• Bad News: Your Dog Might Not Always Like Your Hugs

  18-10-2017 17:13
  Here's how to know when they're feeling the love.
  
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• Cleft palate charity under fire for insensitive letters

  18-10-2017 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cleft palate charity Smile Train, which Kylie Jenner partners with, sent out letters (pictured here) that said that children with cleft palates or lips live out a 'nightmare' each day.
  
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• Anna Raeburn: I had a backstreet abortion

  18-10-2017 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Writer and broadcaster Anna Raeburn had an illegal abortion in 1965 when she was 21.
  
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• Things that make your pubic hair go grey prematurely

  18-10-2017 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British TV presenter Davina McCall once tweeted about discovering greys 'down there'
  Ageing and genetics are key causes but lifestyle factors can speed up process, says an expert.
  
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• Intermittent fasting can cause weight loss in just weeks 

  18-10-2017 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children in Ontario found mice who are fed a normal diet for two days followed by 24 hours without food shed a substantial amount of weight in just six weeks.
  
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• Vaginal mesh victims deserve an apology, Tory MP warns

  18-10-2017 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Sarah Wollaston, health committee chairman, said the Government 'cannot allow' the scandal-hit procedure to continue to be offered to women for problems after childbirth.
  
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• HPV vaccines ARE safe

  18-10-2017 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Statens Serum Institut in Denmark found the jabs are only associated with coeliac disease, which may be due to undiagnosed case being picked up during vaccination.
  
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• Can Acupuncture Really Help You Lose Weight? We Asked The Experts

  18-10-2017 16:00
  Read this before going under the needle.
  
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• Are you getting enough iodine? Expert reveals warning sign

  18-10-2017 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based registered nutritionist Rob Hobson believes many are putting their health at risk by avoiding milk in favour of non-fortified dairy-free alternatives. Such people should eat fish and eggs.
  
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• Blood transfusions from THIS group of women could be DEADLY for men

  18-10-2017 15:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  BLOOD transfusions will sometimes be given to cancer or kidney disease patients. However, new research has found higher mortality rates in men who had been given blood donated by women who had been pregnant.
  
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• Why does Tory MP Tim Loughton spend an hour in the bath every morning?

  18-10-2017 15:46
  The ex-minister says the shower is ‘one of the greatest sources of stress in the world’. Let’s hope he never has to face one of his own government’s disability assessmentsName: Tim Loughton.Age: 55. Continue reading...
  
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• This Blogger's Make-Up Free Selfies Reveal Way More Than Just Her Bare Face

  18-10-2017 15:30
  "I'm sick of social media making us feel bad about our human experience."
  
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• Doctors to breathalyse smokers before allowing them NHS surgery

  18-10-2017 14:54
  Breath test will ensure Hertfordshire patients have really kicked habit before they are referred for non-urgent operationsSmokers in Hertfordshire are to be breathalysed to ensure they have kicked the habit before they are referred for non-urgent surgery. The measures have been brought in by East and North Hertfordshire clinical commissioning group (CCG) and Hertfordshire Valleys CCG, which together are attempting to save £68m. Related: Labour MPs call for inquiry into use of vaginal mesh
  
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• Dyslexia link to eye spots confusing brain, say scientists

  18-10-2017 14:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Experts say the findings are exciting but unlikely to explain the causes for all dyslexia.
  
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• Study shows the link between migraines and depression

  18-10-2017 14:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The more migraine headaches someone gets, the more intense their anxiety and depression are likely to be, according to the findings of a new Taiwanese study of 588 migraine sufferers.
  
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