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• The agony of being a childless man

  29-10-2017 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sheridan Voysey (pictured), 45, was diagnosed as infertile after he and his wife spent large sums on fertility treatments. He spoke about how being childless has affected his identity.
  
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• Abortion shouldn’t become a postcode lottery | Letters

  29-10-2017 20:51
  Professor Malcolm Nicolson and Sally Johnson continue the debate sparked by Zoe Williams’ articleThe proposal by Zoe Williams (G2, 26 October) that there should be no specific legal framework for the regulation of abortion suggests a comparison with the situation which pertained in Scotland before the passage of the 1967 Abortion Act. The 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, which outlawed abortion in England and Wales, did not apply to Scotland. Prosecutions of backstreet abortionis
  
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• Couple spent 7 years trying and £20,000 on IVF have son

  29-10-2017 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nicola Szymanowski, from Bury, Manchester was told to give up exercise and perfume so she could conceive her longed-for baby. She welcomed a son in May this year after seven years of trying.
  
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• Mumsnet users reveal their very unusual beauty hacks

  29-10-2017 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman took to Mumsnet to aske for unusual beauty tips that really work, and was told to try glaucoma eye drops to thicken lashes, cider vinegar to rinse her hair and aspirin paste to kill spots.
  
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• NHS Airbnb-style scheme 'not ruled out' by minister

  29-10-2017 15:34 via bbc.co.uk
  A minister says the idea of patients being discharged to people's spare rooms must be scrutinised.
  
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• A&E wait times of more than four hours to affect a million more people

  29-10-2017 15:00
  Analysis by the BMA predicts that more than 4 million patients could be waiting more than four hours to be seen by 2020A million more patients could face waits of more than four hours in NHS A&E wards in England by 2019-20 in the absence of urgent action to address rising demand, the British Medical Association has said.Analysis by the doctors’ union, shared exclusively with the Guardian, projects that the number of people attending emergency wards and waiting more than four hours to b
  
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• Scars and fears

  29-10-2017 12:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Becky Morgans is campaigning to raise awareness of heart disease in young people.
  
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• Pregnancy is a universal experience - but access to good healthcare is not

  29-10-2017 12:00
  Development worker Leila de Bruyne says the first-world healthcare that saved her life is a basic human right that should be afforded to all expectant mothersSitting on the floor by the fireplace with Wawerũ, her legs outstretched and crossed at the ankles, we have to keep ourselves from laughing too loudly. It’s 10pm at Flying Kites, a school in rural Kenya, and a handful of orphaned students who don’t have homes to go to are sleeping in the bedroom just behind where we’r
  
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• Pistol squats and push-ups: how Ruth Bader Ginsburg stays fighting fit

  29-10-2017 11:00
  The supreme court justice’s personal trainer details her regimen in a new book: ‘If you think she’s tough on the bench, you should see her at the gym’In the days after the 8 November election, distressed liberals offered to donate their vital organs, shipments of fresh produce – anything – that might keep the supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg healthy and out of retirement. While Democrats fretted online about the bone density and blood pressure of the
  
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• Why we love a fright at Halloween | Daniel Glaser

  29-10-2017 10:30
  The startle response is a universal human reaction – and with trick or treat, we create it in a controlled way for pleasure, says Daniel GlaserHalloween is here again and although it seems to get more commercial each year, one constant remains – giving each other a good fright. The startle response, whether from a particularly convincing trick-or-treater on your doorstep or a fright in a horror movie, seems to be close to a human universal. When we look at other animals, even very si
  
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• Breathe review – a triumph of joy over adversity

  29-10-2017 10:00
  Andy Serkis’s directorial debut about the life of pioneering polio survivor Robin Cavendish is heartwarming and heartbreaking in equal measureJoy is a complicated emotion to capture on screen – particularly when your narrative deals with paralysis, imprisonment and a desire for death. Yet Andy Serkis’s directorial feature debut, about the life of pioneering polio survivor Robin Cavendish, is so full of laughter that one might easily forget its sombre subject matter. Part exuber
  
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• Will universal credit payments arrive in time for Christmas? | Letters

  29-10-2017 01:05
  The timing of its roll-out seems especially cruelWe can get a sofa made “in time for Christmas” and broadband companies are offering upgrades to cope with Black Friday (God help us). Yes, the hell that is the commercial run-up to Christmas is upon us.Nothing demonstrates to me the vast gulf between our government and the most impoverished and excluded members of society than its decision to roll out the new six-weeks-in-arrears universal credit benefit exactly now. Did the dreadful t
  
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• Patients are suffering while the SNP shamefully dithers | Kevin McKenna

  29-10-2017 01:05
  The party is in a state of rigor mortis when it comes to seeking a new approach to solving deep-seated health problemsMy brush with premature death came a couple of years ago at 30,000ft en route to Australia – my heart had finally decided to protest.In those moments, you remember that you are a west of Scotland male and that appearances must thus be upheld: the reputation of Glasgow is on the line here. So you are all wise-cracking stoicism – “I’ll need to put more lime
  
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• Margaret Wilson: Flying Nightingale, 95, seeks fellow nurse's family

  29-10-2017 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Margaret Wilson offered to take the place of a WW2 nurse who died en route to help wounded soldiers.
  
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• How distress of family dementia turned Vicky McClure into a campaigner

  29-10-2017 01:04
  The Line of Duty star knew she had to take on a new role after her grandmother was diagnosedWhen the Bafta award-winning actress Vicky McClure agreed to open a small fundraising event for dementia seven years ago, she knew very little about the condition. A year later, her grandmother was diagnosed with it and the suffering it caused over the next three years had a far-reaching impact on McClure, best known for her role as detective sergeant Kate Fleming in the BBC police drama Line of Duty.McCl
  
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• Baby's life saved by a glint in her eye

  29-10-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A GLINT in this baby’s eye saved her life when it led to a rare cancer being spotted.
  
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• How to stay healthy through Halloween

  29-10-2017 00:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Halloween can induce a number of ailments caused by everything from eating too much sugar to ripping off fake eyelashes. Here, we've provided a guide for staying healthy through it all.
  
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• The world's simplest weight loss plan

  29-10-2017 00:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using my two decades of experience in the field, I have devised a plan to help you lose a stone, sleep better, balance blood sugar and boost your heart health, writes Prof Michael Trenell.
  
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• Forget drugs, gardening is the ultimate stress buster

  29-10-2017 00:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  We all get stressed from time to time. But when does stress become a problem – one that raises the risk of depression, heart disease and other illnesses – and what are the best ways to avoid it?
  
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• Dentist reveals which Halloween candy you should not eat

  29-10-2017 00:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some candies are worse than others when it comes to preventing cavities. Here, we've provided a guide to helping you minimize the damage done to your children's teeth on Halloween.
  
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