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• Philip Hammond dismisses NHS chief's call for £4bn emergency cash injection

  19-11-2017 21:21
  The chancellor told the BBC that heads of public services always predict ‘Armageddon’ in the run-up to a budgetPhilip Hammond has dismissed calls from the head of the NHS for an emergency cash injection of £4bn, as he said people running public services always predict ”Armageddon” before a budget.The chancellor hinted the NHS could get more money to cover the cost of ending the public sector pay freeze for nurses and other workers.Related: The ‘no unemployment
  
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• Bowel cancer could soon be diagnosed by blood test

  19-11-2017 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  About 41,000 Britons are diagnosed with bowel cancer – a type of colorectal cancer – each year, making it the UK’s second-biggest cancer killer.
  
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• Thousands run in Delhi 'smogathon'

  19-11-2017 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Air pollution levels were eight times the safe level and doctors wanted the half marathon postponed.
  
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• Why Andy Cole climbed Ben Nevis every day for a month

  19-11-2017 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Andy Cole climbed Ben Nevis every day for a month to help tackle his depression.
  
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• Plague patients escape because they are afraid of needles

  19-11-2017 12:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Security guards at The Central Anti-Plague Hospital Ambohimindra in Madagascar have been stopping patients from running away after at least one escaped in October.
  
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• Brain tree: why we replenish only some of our cells | Daniel Glaser

  19-11-2017 10:30
  Many of the body’s cells regenerate - but not the brain’s, explains Daniel GlaserWe are being treated to a spectacular display of autumn colour this year, but it isn’t only trees that share this pattern for periodic shedding and regrowth. Our own skin cells, for example, are renewed every month or so, but we replenish less than 10% of our bone each year. Certain types of human cells do not seem to regenerate at all and this includes brain cells. With a few exceptions (such as t
  
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• Best supplements for arthritis: These FOUR could be a natural CURE for painful symptoms

  19-11-2017 08:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  ARTHRITIS symptoms - such as joint pain and swelling - could be eased by taking particular supplements.
  
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• City of Sydney sparks anger after publicising anti-vaccination event

  19-11-2017 07:10
  Labor’s Tanya Plibersek criticises ‘idiocy’ of online event listing, which has since been taken downThe City of Sydney council has been criticised for publicising an anti-vaccination event on the “what’s on” part of its website, with politicians and doctors demanding it be removed.The $15 “Let’s talk about vaccines” information night is scheduled for Monday and promises to answer questions such as: “Government, media and the medical com
  
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• Best supplements for digestion: Brush your teeth with THIS after dinner to STOP bloating

  19-11-2017 05:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  DIGESTION is a delicate process that could easily leave you with diarrhoea, constipation or bloating. However, taking probiotic supplements can ensure everything functions smoothly.
  
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• ASK DR ELLIE: Foot pain is becoming my Achilles heel

  19-11-2017 03:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Repeated over-impact on the feet will arise from obesity or poorly cushioned shoes. Cycling would not cause pain, as stress to feet is minimal, says NHS England GP Dr Ellie Cannon.
  
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• IVF 'may double risk of women giving birth prematurely'

  19-11-2017 03:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ten per cent of women who conceived thanks to fertility treatment gave birth before 37 weeks, scientists found - almost twice the rate for women who conceived naturally, Italian researches found.
  
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• Here's What The Victoria's Secret Models Are Doing In Shanghai Before Monday's Show

  19-11-2017 03:05
  Since touching down in Shanghai, the VS models have been busy!
  
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• ‘We give people their humanity back’: inside Croatia’s pioneering mental health centre

  19-11-2017 01:04
  It was the oldest asylum in the Balkans. Now the doors are unlocked and patients are living new lives in the communityHigh walls still surround the oldest asylum in the Balkans, an 18th-century building pocked with the artillery scars of last century’s civil war, but the gates are no longer locked. Handles have been replaced on internal doors and bars removed from windows.“The jail,” said Darko Kovaoic, a 53-year-old poet with schizophrenia who lives here, “has broken ope
  
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• ‘Take these children seriously’: NHS clinic in the eye of trans rights storm

  19-11-2017 01:03
  A specialist NHS centre in London is helping thousands of young people who are having difficulties with gender identityAt a time when transgender issues occupy the centreground of today’s culture wars, a clinic in an unpreposessing 1920s office block in north-west London has found itself on the frontline.The Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), based at the Tavistock and Portman NHS foundation trust, is the only NHS-run clinic that specialises in helping young people experiencing di
  
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• Sea sponges ‘can save us from superbugs'

  19-11-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  SCIENTISTS are harvesting bacteria-eating compounds from sea sponges that could be used to kill drug-resistant infections.
  
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• 'Obesity could BANKRUPT the NHS' A growing number of obese children undergoes joint ops

  19-11-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  CHILDREN as young as 10 are having to undergo joint replacements due to damage caused by obesity, shocking new figures show.
  
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• Letters: We need to find a strategy for supporting family carers

  19-11-2017 01:01
  Ministers and employers are recognising the importance of 6.5 million unpaid carers, but have yet to produce concrete plansI welcome your call for a bigger debate about the extent and limits of familial responsibility (“Family life is changing as never before”, Editorial, last week). This debate must be informed by the experiences of the 6.5 million unpaid carers in the UK.The numbers of people providing unpaid care rose by 16.5% between 2001 and 2015 and increased most sharply for t
  
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• Dementia patients prescribed unnecessary drugs to keep them calm

  19-11-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  MORE than half of elderly people with dementia are prescribed unnecessary drugs like sedatives and antipsychotics to keep them calm.
  
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