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• 8 Total-Body TRX Moves That Are Way Harder Than They Look

  28-11-2017 23:57
  Our trainer makes them look easy—but don't be fooled.
  
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• This Is The Best Lean Protein For You, According To A Nutritionist

  28-11-2017 23:48
  There's something here for everyone.
  
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• The 5 Best Types Of Yoga For Weight Loss, Ranked By Instructors

  28-11-2017 23:48
  Feel the burn while you flow.
  
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• Study claims men are pressured to have unwanted sex

  28-11-2017 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from New York University says men have unwanted sex with women to conform to gender expectations and to avoid uncomfortable situations.
  
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• 6 Women Share The Hilarious Details Of Their Most Memorable One-Night Stands

  28-11-2017 23:27
  These stories are epic.
  
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• Burn survivor tattoos her own face to cover scars

  28-11-2017 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Basma Hameed, 31, is a certified micro-pigment implantation specialist who tattoos pigment to cover scars, burns and birthmarks. She discovered this method after suffering facial burns.
  
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• 9 Scary Reasons Why You're Suddenly Losing Weight Without Trying

  28-11-2017 23:06
  Unintended weight loss is NOT a good thing.
  
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• This Reddit User Swears The Ketogenic Diet Made Him Less Depressed—But Is That Possible?

  28-11-2017 22:55
  We asked an M.D. to weigh in—and her answer surprised us.
  
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• Smart 'spy condom' that can rate your performance revealed

  28-11-2017 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The $80 i.Con Smart Condom is a ring-shaped device that uses a nano-chip and other sensors to measure several variables, including girth and duration of a session. It can also detect STIs.
  
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• An Ode To Delicata Squash—The King Of All Winter Vegetables

  28-11-2017 22:18
  "Delicata squash will be there for you (like it has been for me), until it's zucchini season again."
  
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• ​7 Skincare Deals From Jet’s Huge Cyber Week Sale

  28-11-2017 22:00
  From essential oils to witch hazel, these dry winter skin fighters are all super inexpensive.
  
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• ​We Tested 7 Beauty Products You Can Allegedly Use While You're At Work

  28-11-2017 21:21
  From head massagers to foot masks.
  
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• ​8 Foods That Are Shockingly Low In Weight-Watchers Points

  28-11-2017 21:08
  Time to restock the fridge!
  
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• What Causes Cold Sores? The 6 Weird Triggers You Need to Know About

  28-11-2017 21:05
  Some of these are totally avoidable.
  
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• This Acne-Prone Beauty Blogger Just Shut Down Her Trolls With A Single Post

  28-11-2017 21:02
  What do you think of her reaction?
  
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• How does your personality affect your health?

  28-11-2017 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There is a growing body of research showing that these traits can have a very real effect on everything from your life expectancy to how likely you are to develop various diseases.
  
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• How an ambulance ride to the hospital can break the bank 

  28-11-2017 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trips to the emergency room often result in unexpected bills, especially when an ambulance is involved. Ambulance costs vary widely depending on the kind of ambulance and your insurance coverage.
  
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• China flushing out urban hygiene issues | Brief letters

  28-11-2017 20:08
  Chinese public toilets | Guardian letters | Cuttlefish signalling | Driverless boats | Productivity | Paddington 2Your report on Xi Jinping’s drive to improve China’s public toilets (Xi Jinping makes China’s toilets a number two priority, 28 November) made me wonder if he isn’t calling for an end to the “One country, two cisterns” strategy. And while China’s public toilets may not be as clean and hygienic as they could be, they are at least in plentiful
  
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• London girl who had brain tumour now doing cartwheels

  28-11-2017 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Indigo McGregor, from London, deteriorated as the growth pressed against her brain stem and was forced to use a wheelchair. But she made an amazing recovery after live-saving surgery.
  
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• Restrictions on blood donations from gay men to be eased

  28-11-2017 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UK ban on accepting blood donations from gay men has been cut back in response to new evidence verifying the safety of a donor who has gone three months since their last sexual encounter
  
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• Hunt 'risking repeat of junior doctors' row' with plan to change NHS pay

  28-11-2017 19:48
  Unions voice concerns after health secretary says he wants to overhaul money staff receive for working antisocial shiftsThe government has triggered a row with NHS staff by unveiling plans to overhaul their pay, including how much they receive for working antisocial shifts.Health unions have warned Jeremy Hunt that he is risking a repeat of the acrimonious junior doctors’ dispute by seeking to reduce the extra amounts staff get for weekend and overnight working.Continue reading...
  
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• Viagra will be available over the counter in UK, says medicines regulator

  28-11-2017 19:47
  Male impotence drug could be sold without a prescription by spring, in effort to close down lucrative black market Britain is to become the first country where Viagra can be bought over the counter, the medicines regulator has announced. The drug has been been credited with revolutionising treatment for male impotence and reducing stigma surrounding the condition since its commercial launch in 1998 but has become a popular target for criminals. Related: Stem cells help some men with erectile dys
  
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• Obesity and diabetes cause 800,000 cancers a year

  28-11-2017 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Imperial College London found obesity resulted in 544,300 cancer cases worldwide in 2012, while diabetes caused 280,100 incidences; together making up six per cent.
  
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• Most HIV patients have virus for 3 years before diagnosis

  28-11-2017 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The CDC report, released today ahead of World AIDS Day, reveals a significant increase in early detection. The current three-year figure is a huge drop from 2011, and is dropping further.
  
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• Outbreak of potentially deadly measles has spread

  28-11-2017 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Charlotte Noble, from Leeds, said doctors dismissed her 9-month-old son Teddy's rash even when it 'spread like wild fire'. The outbreak has spread from the north west to the Midlands.
  
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• Impotence drug Viagra to go on sale over the counter

  28-11-2017 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men seeking Viagra will no longer need to get a prescription from their GP in the UK. The move comes after drug watchdog MHRA reclassified the medication.
  
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• Women are more likely to suffer from asthma than men

  28-11-2017 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Centre in Tennessee found women produce a type of immune cell that produces proteins which increase mucus and inflammation in the lungs.
  
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• 'I Transformed My Entire Body By Entering A Bikini Competition—Here's How'

  28-11-2017 18:54
  After an injury sidelined Jenny Telford from running, she needed a new form of motivation.
  
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• Viagra can be sold over the counter

  28-11-2017 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Men will no longer require a GP's prescription to obtain the impotence drug, regulators have decided.
  
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• Testosterone could explain why asthma is more common in women than men

  28-11-2017 18:00
  Boys are more likely to have asthma than girls, but the situation reverses with adolescence, prompting researchers to examine role sex hormones might play
  The puzzle of why asthma is about twice as common in women as men may have been solved, according to researchers who say it might partly be down to testosterone.While boys are about 1.5 times as likely to have asthma as girls, the situation changes with adolescence – a factor that has led scientists to probe whether sex hormones could be
  
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• Meghan Markle And Prince Harry Just Released Details About Their Wedding Date And Location

  28-11-2017 17:59
  And all the royals—including Kate Middleton—are weighing in on their engagement!
  
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• Teenage brains 'not wired for high stakes'

  28-11-2017 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Developing brain circuits shape how adolescents approach their goals, say US psychologists.
  
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• Arkansas model suffers chronic condition that bloats belly

  28-11-2017 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kayla Vincent, 23-year-old model from Hiwasse, Arkansas, suffers from a chronic condition which makes her look nine months pregnant. She has an incurable disorder, endometriosis.
  
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• Doctor denied license because she can't use a computer

  28-11-2017 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A New Hampshire judge has denied Dr Anna Konopka's, 84, request to regain her license to practice which she had to surrender partly because she doesn't know how to use a computer.
  
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• US doctors flocking to nursing home specialization

  28-11-2017 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The number of doctors specializing in nursing home care has increased by more than one third in recent years, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania.
  
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• Kim Kardashian Just Did A Nude Body-Glitter Photoshoot—And People Are Freaking Out

  28-11-2017 17:16
  All that glitters...
  
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• 'I'm The Fitness Director Of Women's Health—And This Is My Secret To Staying Fit'

  28-11-2017 16:58
  Jen Ator says this is the only "magic pill" she's ever found.
  
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• Brace wearers share their before and after pictures

  28-11-2017 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wearing braces would once have left these individuals filled with horror. But this online gallery of images from around the world reveals they now all have smiles to be proud of
  
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• #mumtakeover

  28-11-2017 16:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Mothers say they feel too ashamed to ask for help when struggling with parenting.
  
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• Europe's HIV epidemic is growing at an 'alarming pace'

  28-11-2017 15:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Last year, around 160,000 people contracted HIV, which causes AIDS, in 53 European countries. Eastern Europe is thought to be driving this 'upward trend' due to poor prevention campaigns.
  
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• New Hampshire woman describes agony of FOP

  28-11-2017 15:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Holly LaPrade, 37, convinced her home state of New Hampshire to create a day of awareness for her rare disease to try to prevent misdiagnoses that lead to catastrophic traumas.
  
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• Kids who drink bottled water have high risk of tooth decay

  28-11-2017 15:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Families have flocked to bottle water to protect their children from lead since the Flint crisis, but a new University of North Carolina Chapel Hill study finds that it is linked to tooth decay.
  
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• Different diets influence internal fat storage 

  28-11-2017 14:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel analysed two diets - low-fat and Mediterranean - to determine which foods influence weight loss and internal fat storage.
  
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• More than 60% of opioid overdoses linked to chronic pain

  28-11-2017 14:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Columbia University study - the largest ever on opioid deaths - said the data provide a clear picture of the American healthcare system: big on pills, vague on alternative methods.
  
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• The NHS is not immune to sexual harassment. It happened to #metoo | Rachel Clarke

  28-11-2017 14:00
  It’s the high-profile celebrity cases that get all the attention, but in an organisation as big as the NHS, many women will have experiences like mineA few weeks before I sat my medical finals, a male surgeon of the old-school variety flashed up the next slide in his revision lecture on breast cancer.Suddenly – incongruously – there on his powerpoint presentation, amid the bleak statistics about the second biggest cancer killer of women in Britain, was a young blonde woman, sit
  
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• Indian man had cup inserted up bottom by quack doctor

  28-11-2017 13:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Indian farmer from Madhya Pradesh agreed to have the 21cm tall object inserted in his anus. He had suffered months of vomiting and stomach pain.
  
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• Mother has a hole in her face due to skin cancer

  28-11-2017 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keely Jones, 40, from North Carolina, was advised by a beautician to get a red blemish on her face seen to. She was finally diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma two months ago.
  
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• Mental health issues 'affect third of mums'

  28-11-2017 13:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Sally Bunkham did not initially recognise that she had postnatal depression.
  
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• The items nutritionists would choose from Christmas menus

  28-11-2017 13:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nutritionists Michela Vagini and Cassandra Barns share what they would and wouldn't order at Starbucks, Pret, EAT and Caffè Nero. They opt for low-carb and high protein items.
  
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• Are you allergic to your own house or Christmas tree?

  28-11-2017 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sneezing, a runny nose and itchy eyes, could all be signs you're allergic to your house, warns a Bedfordshire expert. Christmas trees could also trigger a severe asthma attack in sufferers.
  
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