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• Georgia boy whose transplant was delayed gets new kidney

  23-11-2017 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AJ Burgess was born in Atlanta without kidneys. But his family was told he was not eligible for a transplant since his father Anthony Dickerson, who was a perfect match, had violated his parole.
  
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• Study shows stress is hereditary

  23-11-2017 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study by the University of California San Francisco found babies of mothers who had the most stressful life events were more reactive to stressors and took longer to recover.
  
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• Children with mental health problems 'guaranteed' treatment in four weeks

  23-11-2017 21:49
  Exclusive: Leaked government paper reveals plan for waiting time cap – but cuts mean it cannot be rolled out for four yearsChildren with anxiety and depression will be guaranteed treatment within four weeks in a new effort to improve mental health care, but lack of NHS staff and funding means the plan cannot be fully introduced until 2021.A leak from the forthcoming green paper on children’s mental health, due to be published in early December, reveals that for the first time, the go
  
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• 'High' participants may skew cannabis study results

  23-11-2017 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Duke University professor has raised doubts about the validity of cannabis studies because participants may overestimate the drug's effectiveness when they feel 'high.'
  
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• Healthy diets lower blood pressure more than medication

  23-11-2017 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Harvard Medical School found cutting out salt and eating more fruit and vegetables reduces blood pressure levels by 21 mm Hg, with most medications lowering it by 10-15 mm Hg.
  
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• Conservatives will break NHS funding pledge, Labour claims

  23-11-2017 20:49
  Government is not promising enough money to meet pledge to increase real-terms funding for NHS in each year of parliament, Labour saysLabour has accused the Conservatives of breaking a manifesto pledge to increase real-terms funding for the NHS in every year of this parliament by not promising sufficient extra funds in the budget.An analysis carried out for Labour by the House of Commons library shows that despite the chancellor, Philip Hammond, announcing an extra £2.8bn in day-to-day fun
  
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• Why So Many Younger Guys Are Taking Viagra

  23-11-2017 20:30
  One in four patients who report symptoms of erectile dysfunction are under 40
  
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• Diabetes warning: Using THIS unlikely product everyday could increase risk of type 2

  23-11-2017 20:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  DIABETES is on the rise, and using mouthwash too often to combat bad breath could be to blame, say scientists.
  
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• The Guardian view on NHS spending: what’s enough? | Editorial

  23-11-2017 20:15
  NHS England fronts up to the Treasury. In Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon ponders higher taxes for higher health spending. The debate is onThe chancellor knew that the cash he announced for NHS England in Wednesday’s budget fell well short of the demand for an extra £4bn next year which was made by the NHS boss Simon Stevens a fortnight ago. Philip Hammond did find £1.6bn for 2018-19, along with £337m to ease pressures this winter, and £900m for 2019-20; taken together th
  
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• The Guardian view on cheering health news: wake up and drink the coffee | Editorial

  23-11-2017 20:15
  Consuming three cups a day is associated with more benefits to health than problems, for most peopleLet me drink three cups a day, the rebellious daughter demands in Bach’s Coffee Cantata. Her unreasonable father has attempted to ban the bean. Now it emerges that science is on her side. People who drink three to four cups are more likely to see health benefits than problems, according to an umbrella review of 200 studies by a team at the University of Southampton. That level of consumption
  
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• Budget decisions that are urgent matters of life and death | Letters

  23-11-2017 19:53
  Professor Wendy Burn on fears that promises of spending on mental health services will be broken; Colin Dyer of WellChild on the failure to prioritise the wellbeing of the young; Rev Paul Nicolson on inadequate benefits, poverty and ill health; plus, letters on housing and economic growthThere is a real and imminent danger that the promises made to improve mental health services for the millions of people who need them are about to be betrayed. This is because the chancellor failed to give the N
  
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• Teenybopper’s first love was David Cassidy | Letters

  23-11-2017 19:52
  NHS drugs bill | Facebook | Holly Golightly | David Cassidy | Pronunciation of Italian wordsIf drug companies raise pricing when drugs are debranded (NHS taken for a ride?, 22 November), why do we not establish a company owned by the NHS or directly by the government to supply the drugs at cost? Surely we cannot afford an ideology that prevents this.
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  Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire• Jonathan Freedland suggests “go to settings and select ‘show most recent’”
  
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• Rita Ora: I had my eggs frozen in my early 20s

  23-11-2017 19:47
  Singer reveals she had procedure, which is most effective if done at young age, but £5,000 cost is prohibitive for most peopleRita Ora has revealed that she had her eggs frozen in her early 20s.Appearing on the Australian breakfast TV show Sunrise, the British singer said her family doctor recommended undergoing the procedure sooner rather than later. Continue reading...
  
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• Sarah Hyland opens up real about transplant side effects

  23-11-2017 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 26-year-old Modern Family actress received a kidney from her father in 2012 to cure a condition called dysplasia, when the organs do not develop properly.
  
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• Stress IS hereditary, study shows

  23-11-2017 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study by the University of California San Francisco found babies of mothers who had the most stressful life events were more reactive to stressors and took longer to recover.
  
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• 'Me time' improves mental health through creativity

  23-11-2017 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spending time alone can improve mental health by boosting creativity, University of Buffalo research shows. People who enjoy being alone are more creative, reducing their stress levels.
  
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• 19 tips to shift baby weight from Binky Felstead’s trainer

  23-11-2017 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Made in Chelsea star, 27, welcomed baby India just five months ago. Celebrity trainer Lulu Adams shared the fitness regime she devised for Binky.
  
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• How to avoid being stressed this holiday season

  23-11-2017 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Holiday stress gets the best of many Americans, but experts explain how to have more merry and less manic this year, whether you're a perfectionist, a family feud-er or just feeling a little lonely.
  
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• UK top market for male gigolos with female clients

  23-11-2017 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Male consorts used to solely sell sex to other men: but there is an increasing market for those who want to 'trade' with women and couples, as well as men.
  
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• X-rays show Dolly the Sheep did not have arthritis

  23-11-2017 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Glasgow and Nottingham University based their conclusion on X-rays of Dolly's skeleton, held by National Museums Scotland (NMS), in Edinburgh.
  
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• Disease feared at puppy adoption party in New Hampshire

  23-11-2017 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ten puppies rescued from Puerto Rico may have exposed more than 200 people in New Hampshire to a rare bacteria. Two puppies have died and one has tested positive, but no humans have symptoms.
  
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• The Best Gifts For Your Friend Who Wears Athleisure 24/7

  23-11-2017 17:30
  These are the products we can't stop talking about.
  
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• Campaigner: I received rape and death threats after gender-neutral speech

  23-11-2017 17:27
  Mental health campaigner Natasha Devon describes online abuse she received after calling for gender-neutral language in schoolsThe leading mental health campaigner Natasha Devon says she has been sent rape and death threats after a speech to headteachers in which she advocated the use of gender-neutral language in schools.Devon, who was axed from her role as the government’s mental health tsar after criticising education policy, came under attack after she addressed the Girls’ School
  
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• Soft robotic sleeve hugs the heart to keep it beating

  23-11-2017 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has proved a success on pigs, and Boston Children's Hospital researchers are hopeful it could be used for humans with heart failure in the not-distant future.
  
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• 6 Super-Comfy Sweatshirts Cute Enough To Wear Outside The House

  23-11-2017 17:00
  Cozy yet chic.
  
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• You can make yourself more intelligent with brain training

  23-11-2017 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by Goethe University Frankfurt found the brains of clever people really are wired differently. Challenging tasks may help in development of brain networks – so different parts can interact.
  
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• High blood pressure: More than half of people with THIS condition are at risk

  23-11-2017 16:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  HIGH blood pressure symptoms include headaches, fatigue and difficulty breathing. But, scientists have revealed that the condition has been linked to one of the most common cancers in the UK.
  
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• 5 ways to cope when with you're overwhelmed with anxiety

  23-11-2017 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Six in 10 of us have taken a day off work in past year due to our mental health, a recent study suggests. Best-selling London author Chloe Brotheridge provides her advice for calming down.
  
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• Norwich hospital begging to patients for donations, MP says

  23-11-2017 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The hospital trust is adding a plea on patient appointment letters for donations towards equipment.
  
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• Paris man suffers burns & has skin transplant from brother

  23-11-2017 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Franck, 33, suffered tremendous injuries from an accident at work, shearing off 95 per cent of his skin. His twin brother was able to provide the skin for a record-breaking transplant in Paris
  
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• Why are Germany's midwives feeling squeezed out?

  23-11-2017 15:56
  Fewer midwives are attending to birth in the country, where insurance premiums are punitive and medical intervention is increasingly widespread. And it’s not only mothers who are missing their skillsTen years ago, Dr Christiane Schwarz - a lecturer and researcher - decided that she could no longer continue working as a midwife in Germany. “It was not so much about how we were treated but how the labouring women were treated, she says. “Having worked in the UK and New Zealand, I
  
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• Derby mum with 40KK boobs feared she would suffocate baby

  23-11-2017 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Danielle Matier, 31, from Derby, has battled against her ever growing boobs since the tender age of 11 and has watched in horror as they grew from a cup size B to KK.
  
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• Toddler with Ondine Syndrome could die when she sleeps

  23-11-2017 15:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paula Teixeira, three, from Zamora, Spain, has Ondine Syndrome, which causes her to stop breathing the moment she falls asleep, putting her at risk of death. She requires a ventilator at night.
  
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• Alan Dickinson obituary

  23-11-2017 15:36
  Geneticist who carried out groundbreaking research into the behaviour of diseases including scrapie and CJDThe geneticist Alan Dickinson, who has died aged 87, was aware even as a young man that he might not live to answer the question that dominated his career: what causes mind-rotting diseases such as scrapie in sheep and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in people? Such was the risk faced by a scientist who in the 1950s chose to specialise in a field then known as “slow viruses”.As
  
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• Dementia diet: Drinking THIS unlikely JUICE could slow symptoms of brain decline

  23-11-2017 15:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  DEMENTIA symptoms include memory loss and problems thinking, and increasing numbers of people are set to suffer. However drinking beetroot juice could lower risk.
  
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• 'I Tried Doing the Splits Every Day—Here's What Happened'

  23-11-2017 15:30
  "A few weeks of stretching changed my life."
  
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• CDC warns cookie dough is still a threat

  23-11-2017 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn that, due to the way flour is manufactured in the US, there is always a risk of E. coli lying dormant in packets.
  
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• This 15-Minute Workout Routine Will Wake Up Your Body—Stat

  23-11-2017 15:00
  It's the best thing you can do after a long day of traveling.
  
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• Cancer symptoms: Shoulder pain could be a sign of THIS unlikely condition

  23-11-2017 14:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  LUNG cancer symptoms include coughing up blood, weight loss, fatigue and a cough that won’t go away. But, shoulder pain could also be a sign of the cancer, which affects about 46,000 people a year in the UK.
  
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• Teen with neurological disorder walks after 2 years

  23-11-2017 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Conor Lewis, now 18 from Nottinghamshire, was diagnosed with ‘medically unexplained’ functional neurological disorder. His physio team unexpectedly captured him walking after years of therapy.
  
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• If air pollution is deforming sperm, will men finally take it seriously? | Jenny Jones

  23-11-2017 14:31
  Links between pollution and other conditions are already proven. Maybe the heterosexual men who run the world might pay attention this time• Jenny Jones is a former chair of the Green partyThere is nothing like the image of deformed sperm to grab the attention of male politicians. The tentative link between male fertility and pollution has been put forward by medics in China and in a world where heterosexual men still make most of the decisions, I hope it makes pollution a personal priority
  
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• Anniversary of first ever heart transplant is next week

  23-11-2017 14:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Images from 'Christiaan Barnard: The Surgeon Who Dared' by David Cooper show the South African ground-breaking surgeon hard at work in the operating theatre doing open-heart surgery.
  
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• Rita Ora's egg freezing in early 20s 'a positive move,' doctors say

  23-11-2017 14:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The singer, now 26, said she had the procedure done as she "always wanted a big family".
  
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• I got a 'don't block my drive' note on my ambulance: this is what happened next

  23-11-2017 14:07
  Crews are used to getting these messages but the tweet of this one spiralled out of controlMy ambulance made headlines this month because someone left a note on the windscreen saying, “You may be saving lives, but don’t park your van in a stupid place and block my drive”. A colleague tweeted a picture of it that went viral.We noticed it after arriving at hospital with a patient in a critical condition. It had been our first job of the day and when we had pulled up outside the p
  
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• Sports mad teen

  23-11-2017 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Conor Lewis, now 18 from Nottinghamshire, was diagnosed with ‘medically unexplained’ functional neurological disorder. His physio team unexpectedly captured him walking after years of therapy.
  
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• Living in London is as bad for health as a nuclear zone

  23-11-2017 12:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research at Bristol University has found people who live in a contaminated area lose a few months of life expectancy, comparable to living in a polluted city.
  
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• Story of the surgeon who did the first heart transplant

  23-11-2017 12:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Images from 'Christiaan Barnard: The Surgeon Who Dared' by David Cooper show the South African ground-breaking surgeon hard at work in the operating theatre doing open-heart surgery.
  
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• Drug-resistant malaria parasite could cause global crisis

  23-11-2017 11:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new global malaria crisis could be triggered by a resistant-strain form of malaria discovere din Southeast Asia. Scientists are hopeful they can nip it in the bud but fear it may soon go further afield
  
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• Using mouthwash daily could raise your risk of diabetes

  23-11-2017 11:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mouthwash may kill off helpful microbes in the mouth which protect against these conditions, found the Harvard School of Public Health which suggests swilling once not twice a day may be best.
  
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• Four breakfast foods that can boost your sex drive

  23-11-2017 11:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lack of vitamin D can cause low oestrogen in women and testosterone in men. London-basedRob Hobson says you can boost your libido by choosing the right foods for breakfast.
  
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