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• NHS: The front-line nurses keeping patients out of hospital

  20-11-2017 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  District nurses help keep patients out of hospital, but in England numbers have halved since 2010.
  
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• 6 Products You Should Never Use If You Have Skin Issues

  20-11-2017 23:47
  Because redness and itching are never worth it.
  
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• We Just Broke Down This Insanely-Hard Kettlebell Move Into Totally Doable Steps

  20-11-2017 23:42
  This move is worth learning—it can tone your ENTIRE body.
  
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• 5 Ways To Feel Closer After Sex—Even If You Hate Cuddling

  20-11-2017 23:34
  The intimacy doesn't have to die just because you're not into spooning.
  
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• Budget boost for NHS to fall well short of management demands

  20-11-2017 23:22
  Philip Hammond is set to provide emergency funding but health service bosses say it does not go far enoughPhilip Hammond is to give the NHS an emergency cash injection in the budget, though the chancellor will disappoint health service bosses by increasing funding by far less than they believe is needed.Hammond is understood to be preparing to unveil a plan to give the NHS up to £6bn by 2022 for three different purposes.Continue reading...
  
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• How to get actress Amy Adams's shoulders

  20-11-2017 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wearing an asymmetric dress to a recent red-carpet event, Hollywood star Amy Adams revealed a toned shoulder.
  
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• Can insomnia due to my menopause cause dementia?

  20-11-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  I have had insomnia for years, which I put down to the menopause. Now I’ve come across research that suggests interrupted sleep in middle-age increases the risk of Alzheimer’s. What should I do? I am 62.
  
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• Can eating peas and peanuts really lead to brain fog?

  20-11-2017 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vegetables and whole grains have long been seen as the key to good health. But could some of these actually be doing us harm?
  
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• Stop shaming your obese kids, pediatricians urge parents

  20-11-2017 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shaming kids does not lead to weight loss. And yet, scores of parents and physicians seem to struggle with that concept, pediatricians and the Obesity Society warn in a new policy statement.
  
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• This Is The Best New Year's Resolution For You, According To Your Zodiac Sign

  20-11-2017 22:46
  What will the stars have in store for you in 2018?
  
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• US farmers are depressed, anxious and at risk of suicide

  20-11-2017 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As crop prices fall across the US, farmers are increasingly anxious, depressed, and at risk of suicide, as shown by a recent Minnesota survey. Some states have introduced helplines.
  
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• Crack is back: What's driving the drug's latest surge?

  20-11-2017 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Recent studies suggest crack cocaine use is on the rise due to youth unemployment and cuts to social services. Increases in purity levels and fall in prices have also contributed to the surge.
  
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• What IS the daily minimum of fruit & veg? We explain

  20-11-2017 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  We speak with nutrition expertsto break down why the minimum amount is important, and what lower-income families in so-called 'food deserts' can do to maximize their intake of fruit and veg.
  
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• 7 Stylish And Comfortable Shoes Under $100 At Macy's Black Friday Sale

  20-11-2017 21:23
  The sale is happening early this year. Ready? Go!
  
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• 47 Of The Best Black Friday Deals At Target

  20-11-2017 21:22
  Stock up before these hot deals sell out!
  
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• The Badass Way Karlie Kloss Prepped For The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

  20-11-2017 21:21
  She calls it one of the "greatest physical and mental challenges" she's ever faced.
  
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• 'I Masturbated Every Day For A Week—Here's What Happened'

  20-11-2017 21:18
  "At first, I thought this assignment was going to be easy."
  
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• 'I Lost 150 Pounds Thanks To This Exercise Routine'

  20-11-2017 21:17
  Katie Bolden says serious health struggles motivated her to shape up and lose weight.
  
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• The 8 Types Of People Most Likely To Get A Blood Clot

  20-11-2017 21:12
  Find out if you're at risk for a dangerous—or even deadly—blood clot.
  
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• The 4 Best Vegan Foods To Eat If You're Trying To Tone Up

  20-11-2017 21:09
  You can make major gains without eating meat.
  
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• Origin of teeth traced back to scales of primitive fish

  20-11-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from experts at the University of Cambridge found similarities between teeth and small, fang-like scales (pictured) found on cartilaginous fish such as sharks, skates and rays.
  
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• Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt hits back at Ralph Little

  20-11-2017 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Hunt has finally hit back following his Twitter confrontation with Ralf Little after the actor accused the health secretary of lying about his efforts to challenge mental health
  
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• Florida trans teen's war with his body started when at 10

  20-11-2017 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Theo Ramos, 16, of South Florida, started cutting himself in fifth grade. He says when his body started to revolt, he had no idea there was a growing movement empowering transgender people.
  
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• Virginia woman with vitiligo now makes light of condition

  20-11-2017 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sharekia Winston, 31, from Richmond, Virginia, first developed white, pigment-free patches around her eyebrows two months after her eldest daughter's birth in July 2006, but dismissed it as a rash.
  
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• Breastmilk protects babies from food allergies

  20-11-2017 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While many studies have suggested this could be the case, this research by Boston Children's Hospital offers the clearest evidence that breast milk can prevent allergies.
  
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• Man feels twin's Parkinson's tremors with SymPulse device

  20-11-2017 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new 'tele-empathy' device allows Pat Smerdon of Vancouver to experience the same Parkinson's tremors that his twin brother, Jim, struggles with every day.
  
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• This Is How Many People Say They've Had Anal Sex Before Age 24

  20-11-2017 18:22
  Researchers say this shouldn't be surprising.
  
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• Care at home

  20-11-2017 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  There are not enough qualified professionals to do this job, says the Royal College of Nursing.
  
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• Overweight women at risk of breast tumors being missed

  20-11-2017 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Heavier women were more likely to have a larger tumour, found a study by The Karolinksa Institute in Sweden. This may be because the tumour was harder to find in larger breasts.
  
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• Tampon tax: How much have you spent?

  20-11-2017 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The amount it has cost you depends on how old you are and when you started your first period.
  
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• Everyone Is Talking About Pink's Reaction To Christina Aguilera's AMA Performance

  20-11-2017 17:48
  Is there still bad blood between the singers?
  
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• Do Pregnancy Tests Ever Expire?

  20-11-2017 17:46
  Here's what you need to know before making that drugstore purchase.
  
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• The healthcare gender bias: do men get better medical treatment?

  20-11-2017 17:35
  A study this month found that women are less likely than men to be given CPR – but it is not the only way in which they are given short shrift in an industry where female pain is serially misdiagnosedYou are walking down the street, minding your own business, when suddenly you see someone collapse to the ground. They are unresponsive, not breathing. Do you perform CPR? No doubt you like to think that you would. But what if the unlucky person was a woman? The question may seem redundant, bu
  
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• Kitchen consequential: how hazardous is your cooking space?

  20-11-2017 17:27
  Cooks may be unwittingly inhaling dangerous microscopic oil droplets while using frying pans – but how does the health risk compare with other hazards in our kitchen?No one needs reminding of the benefits of good cooking, but how often have you paused among your appliances to consider the stark and various dangers lurking on and beneath our work surfaces?The latest kitchen nightmare to reckon with: cooking oil. Not the oil that clogs our arteries and gives us heart attacks in our 40s,
  
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• So You Have A Deviated Septum—Now What?

  20-11-2017 17:00
  It's not just an excuse for getting a nose job.
  
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• Up to one in five millennials have had anal sex

  20-11-2017 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and UCL believe young people, particularly girls, may feel pressured into having anal sex, which can be painful or not involve condoms.
  
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• Plague epidemic in Madagascar will trigger polio

  20-11-2017 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE Dr Derek Gatherer from Lancaster University fears aid workers will so focused on the 'medieval disease' they will forget nationwide efforts to prevent polio cases.
  
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• France warned of Christmas foie gras shortage

  20-11-2017 15:58
  Stocks of controversial and seasonal goose and duck liver delicacy seriously hit for second year in a row by avian fluChristmas would not be Noël in France without a fat goose liver on the festive table.But farmers say stocks of foie gras – enjoyed over the festive period by an estimated 80% of France’s population – have been seriously hit by avian flu for the second year in a row.Related: Call to stub out on-screen smoking in French filmsContinue reading...
  
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• 'I Tried The Ketogenic Diet For Weight Loss—Here's What Happened'

  20-11-2017 15:52
  Spoiler alert: Amy Sowder saw serious results.
  
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• ​You're Going to Want to Live In These Super-Warm Winter Clothes

  20-11-2017 15:30
  We found the coziest down jackets, puffer vests and leggings.
  
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• Cannabis oil use in the UK doubles in a YEAR

  20-11-2017 15:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Data from the Cannabis Trades Association UK shows there are now 250,000 users across the UK - up from the 125,000 recorded this time last year.
  
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• NHS Digital: Children so fat they need hip replacements

  20-11-2017 14:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One child aged ten to 14 and four aged 15 to 19 had an NHS hip replacement last year with obesity as the main or secondary cause, official figures have revealed.
  
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• Constipation killed Elvis – here’s how to avoid his fate | Michele Hanson

  20-11-2017 14:29
  It is no fun to feel clogged up with cement – and, as history teaches us, it can be fatal. But we need to learn to talk about itMy friend has frightful constipation. I’ll call her X because she’s embarrassed by it. She staggered to the chemist and asked to speak to the pharmacist. “You can tell me what’s wrong,” said the assistant. “He’s out the back. I’ll tell him.”“Constipation,” whispered my friend. Continue rea
  
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• 10 most intimate questions women ask their gynecologist

  20-11-2017 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based gynecologist Tania Adib reveals the ten most intimate questions that women ask her. From post-baby sex to vaginal douching, a must-read list for anyone with a vagina.
  
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• Young people 'experimenting more in bed'

  20-11-2017 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Study reveals increasing diversity in young people's heterosexual practices.
  
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• Britain has drinking problem because we put freedom first

  20-11-2017 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Countries that value independence have the highest consumption levels, say Lusiada University in Porto. Two in five men and a quarter of women in Britain drink more than once a week.
  
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• Wyke baby with meningitis has her fourth limb amputated 

  20-11-2017 13:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The family of Kia Gott, 11 months, from Wyke, West Yorkshire, have been warned the youngster may lose her sight and hearing, as well as suffering 90 per cent brain damage, after she became ill.
  
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• Baby with meningitis has her fourth limb amputated 

  20-11-2017 13:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The family of Kia Gott, 11 months, from Wyke, West Yorkshire, have been warned the youngster may lose her sight and hearing, as well as suffering 90 per cent brain damage, after she became ill.
  
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• Sleeping on your back in pregnancy increases stillbirths

  20-11-2017 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Tommy's Stillbirth Research Centre at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester estimate there would be a 3.7 per cent decrease in stillbirths if women slept on their sides.
  
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• Pakistani man with legs that weigh two stone forced to beg

  20-11-2017 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Muhammad Saleem, 53, is known as the 'elephant man' in Karachi in Pakistan. He suffers from hereditary lymphedema which has caused both his legs to balloon and he has begged for 17 years.
  
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