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• Pregnant women should eat fish instead of taking fish oil

  31-10-2017 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new report published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice found that eating fish while pregnant is healthier than taking fish oil supplements.
  
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• One in five women have experienced an unwanted pregnancy

  31-10-2017 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A landmark new study of over a thousand Australian women aged 18-27 has found that almost one in five has experienced an unintended pregnancy.
  
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• Doctor diagnoses himself with cancer using his iPhone

  31-10-2017 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr John Martin (right), 59, is the chief medical officer at Butterfly Network. Last summer he diagnosed himself with cancer using his company's technology (left).
  
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• America's STI hotspots revealed in map

  31-10-2017 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A comprehensive map of STIs across the United States, based on 2016 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, revealed where STIs are most common.
  
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• Which has cleaner air: Eastbourne or London?

  31-10-2017 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK cities with atmospheres considered harmful to health by the WHO are revealed in a new report.
  
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• Your November Horoscope: There's a Lot Going Down

  31-10-2017 22:36
  Got something on your mind? Let it out.
  
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• Rhode Island girl faces leg amputation after sore throat

  31-10-2017 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gianna Cirella, 16, was at soccer practice in her hometown of Warwick, Rhode Island, when she complained of a sore throat. She now has to get her leg amputated because of a blood infection.
  
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• Twins with two heads but same torso die in India

  31-10-2017 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The boys, from Maharashtra in western India, were placed on a ventilator. The unnamed babies shared a liver and a pair of limbs but had separate lungs and hearts.
  
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• Follow These 3 Rules If You're Stuck In The Middle Of Someone Else's Breakup

  31-10-2017 21:57
  When two friends split, it's pretty much the worst.
  
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• FDA warns black licorice can cause heart arrythmia

  31-10-2017 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beware of black licorice this Halloween if you're over 40, the FDA warns. Eating two ounces for two weeks or more can lower potassium levels, leading to heart arrhythmias and high blood pressure.
  
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• Colchester woman with Lyme disease reveals GP's comment

  31-10-2017 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sarah Jackson, 29, from Colchester,, who was struck down when she visited Australia in 2013, said: 'One of the GP's actually compared me to Stephen Hawking.'
  
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• 9 Hygge Gifts That Take Coziness To Another Level

  31-10-2017 21:20
  For that friend who loves to snuggle.
  
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• 7 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Anal Sex

  31-10-2017 21:09
  We went to the Anal Sex Through the Ages exhibit at New York City's Museum of Sex, and needless to say, it wasn't your average class field trip.
  
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• 8 HIV Myths You Need To Stop Believing Right Now

  31-10-2017 21:01
  Here's what you need to know.
  
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• The Number-One Reason Why Your Shoulders Are Always Killing You

  31-10-2017 20:57
  Read this if you're constantly begging for a massage.
  
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• Eating alone is BAD for you, especially if you're male

  31-10-2017 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Seoul, South Korea, studied how often people ate alone and how it impacted the health. Men were 64 percent more likely to develop health risks such as prediabetes if they ate alone.
  
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• Alzheimer's-causing proteins can spread through blood

  31-10-2017 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada have shown that healthy who received blood from a mouse with Alzheimer's did develop plaques of beta-amyloid protein.
  
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• Two-year-old walks after paralysis from cancer

  31-10-2017 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zéa Lane, two, was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma when she was three months old. A surgery to remove the tumor left her paralyzed from the chest down but she now can walk.
  
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• This 'Teen Mom' Star Says She Was Fired And 'Sex Shamed' For Being In An Adult Film

  31-10-2017 20:39
  "I will never be broken by hateful wrong people."
  
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• Mothers reveals how they spiralled into drug addiction

  31-10-2017 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pictured is Lucy Brown (top), 30, who abused opioids while pregnant with her daughter Luna (bottom), six. Luna was born in 2011 and did not experience withdrawal symptoms.
  
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• 'How I Went From Scoliosis Surgery To Deadlifting 357 Pounds'

  31-10-2017 20:16
  ​Kathryn Nash gained 13 pounds of muscle—and a whole lot of confidence.
  
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• How the 'fracking boom' has damaged America's air quality

  31-10-2017 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fracking has established a renewed source of hydrocarbons. They enter the atmosphere from leaks at valves, pipes, separators and compressors, or through exhaust vents on tanks.
  
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• NHS chief accuses Jeremy Hunt of 'own goal' over pay rises

  31-10-2017 20:01
  Simon Stevens insists increases should not depend on higher productivity and health secretary must find new money to boost salariesThe head of the NHS has rejected Jeremy Hunt’s insistence that its staff’s pay rise next year should depend on them improving their productivity as “an own goal of the first magnitude”.Simon Stevens’s remarks set him on a collision course with the health secretary weeks before the budget, in which Philip Hammond is expected to set out wh
  
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• Alzheimer's 'could be passed on via blood transfusion'

  31-10-2017 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada have shown that healthy who received blood from a mouse with Alzheimer's did develop plaques of beta-amyloid protein.
  
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• Delayed cord clamping could save up to 100,000 babies

  31-10-2017 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Waiting one minute after birth to clamp the umbilical cord could save the lives of as many as 100,000 preterm babies each year, according to a new study from Australia.
  
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• Kate Middleton Just Wore A Pair Of Super-Comfy Sweatpants In Public

  31-10-2017 18:50
  Of course, they were still pretty chic.
  
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• 10 Symptoms Of Diabetes That Are So Subtle You Might Totally Miss Them

  31-10-2017 18:32
  From unexplained weight loss to frequent yeast infections, keep these signs on your radar.
  
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• A heart shaped face considered 'mathematically beautiful'

  31-10-2017 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The conclusion was made by researchers at the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia who analysed facial measurements of 55 beautiful female models.
  
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• Florida schizophrenic swallows a cigarette lighter

  31-10-2017 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: The anonymous patient, from Florida, suffered from schizophrenia and had a habit of swallowing strange objects, including a spoon.
  
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• Women get botox in their scalp for flawless hair

  31-10-2017 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Women are increasingly having the procedure to prevent perspiration in the scalp and help them emulate the glossy locks of the likes of the Duchess of Cambridge and singer Cheryl.
  
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• Are Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez Back Together? Here's What We Know So Far

  31-10-2017 17:57
  Selena reportedly broke up with her boyfriend this week.
  
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• Flu vaccines are no longer strong enough to beat the virus

  31-10-2017 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute believe the traditional process using chicken eggs is allowing the virus to escape detection from our immune systems - making it more deadly.
  
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• Breastfeeding for two months halves risk of cot death

  31-10-2017 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The finding by the University of Virginia adds to previous studies suggesting mother's milk helps prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
  
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• Girl faces leg amputation after sore throat turned

  31-10-2017 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gianna Cirella, 16, was at soccer practice in her hometown of Warwick, Rhode Island, when she complained of a sore throat. She now has to get her leg amputated because of a blood infection.
  
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• 'If Stephen Hawking can work, why can't you?'

  31-10-2017 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sarah Jackson, 29, from Colchester,, who was struck down when she visited Australia in 2013, said: 'One of the GP's actually compared me to Stephen Hawking.'
  
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• Pregnant and addicted to opioids: Moms of the drug crisis

  31-10-2017 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pictured is Lucy Brown (top), 30, who abused opioids while pregnant with her daughter Luna (bottom), six. Luna was born in 2011 and did not experience withdrawal symptoms.
  
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• Everyone On Instagram Is Obsessed With This Cheap Fat-Burning Tool

  31-10-2017 17:16
  Your toning workouts will be totally transformed.
  
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• 'My Italian Family Is Always Pushing Food On Me—Here's How I Learned To Resist Them'

  31-10-2017 17:05
  Laura Cipullo says these tricks helped her lower her cholesterol by 50 points.
  
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• This Transgender Woman Just Shared Powerful Side-By-Side Photos of Her Transition

  31-10-2017 16:48
  "I have reached a point of self-understanding."
  
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• Judge rules mentally ill patient must have breast surgery

  31-10-2017 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The woman in her 60s believes she has a "cyst" and thinks medics treating her are "impostors".
  
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• Scottish cancer death rates 61% higher among poor

  31-10-2017 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  NHS report reveals the survival gap of those diagnosed with cancer in Scotland's poorest areas.
  
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• Banning unhealthy meal deals is not the answer | Kathleen Kerridge

  31-10-2017 16:31
  High street retailers have been criticised for high-sugar meal deals, but adults have to be given the right to make choices. We should promote healthier options insteadAfter conducting research into high street “meal deals”, the pressure group Action on Sugar has warned that some contain more than four times an adult’s recommended daily intake of sugar. It’s a worrying statistic, especially in a country spending £10bn a year on diabetes treatment – a cost that
  
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• Depression rises four times faster among teens than adults

  31-10-2017 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Depression continues to surge among US teens, according to a new study. A Columbia University study found rates of depression are up overall, but teens are at the greatest risk of any group over 12.
  
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• Deadly form of plague continues to spread across Africa

  31-10-2017 16:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two thirds of those are suspected to be pneumonic - described as the 'deadliest and most rapid form of plague', World Health Organization figures show.
  
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• Spicy food 'tricks' brain into craving less salt

  31-10-2017 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spice and salt increase activity in the same areas of the brain, found researchers from the Third Military Medical University in China. Spice makes you more sensitive to salt so you want less of it.
  
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• 'One-in-a-million' twins with two heads but same torso die

  31-10-2017 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The boys, from Maharashtra in western India, were placed on a ventilator. The unnamed babies shared a liver and a pair of limbs but had separate lungs and hearts.
  
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• 7 Packaged Snacks You Won't Feel Guilty Giving To Your Kids

  31-10-2017 15:00
  Cheesy crackers just got way healthier.
  
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• 'The "Sleeping Beauty Diet" Slowed My Metabolism And Fueled My Depression'

  31-10-2017 14:30
  Here's what you need to know.
  
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• Smoking cigarettes may cause Crohn's disease

  31-10-2017 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Kyung Hee University, Seoul, discovered mice who inhaled cigarette smoke showed signs of intestinal inflammation - a sign of Crohn's disease.
  
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• Church halls, chipped mugs and confessions … antenatal classes aren’t that different from Alcoholics Anonymous | Amy Liptrot

  31-10-2017 13:46
  Last time I was battling addiction and this time I’m growing a human, but the intimacy, inexperience, wisdom – and the level of gore – are pretty much the sameMedium pregnant with my first child and turning up nervously on a Tuesday evening to my first antenatal class, I was reminded of something by the circle of chairs, the sudden intimacy with strangers and the Jammie Dodgers. I had been here before, spending my evenings in church halls drinking tea from chipped mugs, talking
  
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