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• Migraine miracle jab 'could be approved by NHS next year'

  29-11-2017 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The monthly injection, called erenumab, prevents nearly half of migraine attacks for people who have few other treatment options, scientists found.
  
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• How To Chop Those Fresh Herbs You Have In The Fridge To Ensure Maximum Flavor

  29-11-2017 23:55
  Your dinners have never tasted better.
  
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• 'Is it adultery if my spouse has dementia?'

  29-11-2017 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gillian Leithman, a public health professor at Concordia University, analyzes a growing related concern: how this affects relationships.
  
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• Can these $15 brownies REALLY ease period pains?

  29-11-2017 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Moon Cycle Bakery is a new West Coast-based bakery which offers a month-to-month delivery service, costing $15 for one treat, $20 for two, and $30 for three.
  
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• Ticks are making people allergic to meat

  29-11-2017 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An allergy to red meat is being spread by ticks in the US. Ticks carry an antibody common to other mammals but not primates. People bitten by the ticks have immune responses to meat the body rejects.
  
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• This Woman Is Drawing Clitorises On The Ground All Over The World

  29-11-2017 23:20
  "Be curious about the clitoris."
  
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• Running does not make up for poor lifestyle habits

  29-11-2017 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Minnesota and Stanford University found that running marathons will not increase or decrease your risk of heart disease.
  
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• Specific Details Are Now Emerging About Why Matt Lauer Was Fired From NBC News

  29-11-2017 23:00
  "How do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badly?"
  
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• Meet the mother-of-three who had six miscarriages

  29-11-2017 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After conceiving her first son easily at the age of 24, Gabbi Armstrong never expected to face any challenges come the second time around. But the mother suffered six miscarriages.
  
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• 5 Ways To Naturally Boost Your Serotonin Levels If You're Down In The Dumps

  29-11-2017 22:41
  Consider serotonin nature's happy pill.
  
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• 13 Sexy Gifts To Heat Up Your Holidays

  29-11-2017 22:37
  You're getting warmer...
  
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• 'I Lost 150 Pounds And Completely Transformed My Life—Here's How I Did It'

  29-11-2017 21:32
  "I've always wanted to be a runner, but I never was physically capable of doing it."
  
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• 5 Signs You're Wearing The Wrong Moisturizer Without Even Realizing It

  29-11-2017 21:29
  Time to ditch that product—immediately.
  
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• 'My Husband And I No Longer Have Sex—Here's Why'

  29-11-2017 21:28
  Love and sex don't always have to go hand in hand.
  
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• 8 Athletes Share The Biggest Struggles Of Competing On Their Periods

  29-11-2017 21:16
  Anything a man can do, a woman can do bleeding.
  
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• These 4 Easy Tricks Will Help You Get Fit Without Even Trying

  29-11-2017 21:07
  Learn our fitness director's secrets for staying your healthiest self.
  
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• Why STIs Are On The Rise Among Pregnant Women

  29-11-2017 20:57
  Cases of preventable congenital syphilis are up 36 percent.
  
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• Synthetic cannabis could treat sleep apnea

  29-11-2017 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A lab-produced form of synthetic cannabis may be an effective treatment for sleep apnea by helping to correct improper brain signals to the respiratory muscles, a University of Illinois study suggests.
  
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• NHS England board must now reaffirm their pledge on mental health treatment | Letters

  29-11-2017 20:17
  The MPs Helen Whately (Conservative), Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat) and Luciana Berger (Labour) call on the health service not to abandon its promiseMental health care is not a luxury. For too long it has been the “Cinderella service”, always forgotten when resources are being handed out and the first to be cut when times are hard. In recent years, with cross-party momentum behind it, finally mental health is beginning to get the attention it deserves.Earlier this month Simon Steven
  
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• Making eye contact with your baby synchronizes brainwaves

  29-11-2017 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Cambridge studied 36 infants and found that their brainwaves synchronized with an adult's when given direct eye-contact.
  
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• Scientists uncover why we cough at this time of the year

  29-11-2017 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from The Hull York Medical School analysed past studies investigating cough. People typically suffer two or three colds a year, with coughing being a common symptom.
  
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• Monica Lewinsky Just Called Out This TV Network Over Their Clinton Documentary—What Do You Think?

  29-11-2017 18:29
  Her tweet generated A LOT of different responses.
  
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• ​5 Types of Diarrhea That You Need to Know About

  29-11-2017 18:13
  Nope, it's not all the same.
  
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• John King obituary

  29-11-2017 17:55
  My husband, John King, who has died aged 68 of a stroke, worked for Newcastle social services for 30 years, first with children and then leading a team of mental health social workers in the west end of the city.By 1994 John had realised that homeless people frequently suffered from mental illness but rarely received useful treatment, because NHS systems require an address. Without that address, homeless people remained on the outside, treated at A&E but without joined-up care plans. He ther
  
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• Skipping breakfast increases risk of diabetes

  29-11-2017 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from Bath and Nottingham, England, asked 49 adults to eat breakfast before 11am or fast until noon. They found regularly eating breakfast positively affected the body's fat cells.
  
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• Alzheimer's drug edges scientists closer to a cure

  29-11-2017 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the universities of Oxford and Aberdeen found a drug, known as LMTX, significantly improves dementia patients' abilities to carry out everyday tasks, such as dressing.
  
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• Malaria WARNING issued by World Health Organization: Where are YOU at risk?

  29-11-2017 17:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  MALARIA cases hit 216 million last year - five million more than 2015. Urgent action is needed to meet global targets, the World Health Organization said, as it revealed its latest “wake-up call” report.
  
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• Why stress in pregnancy leads to smaller babies

  29-11-2017 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has been previously found adversity in pregnancy can hamper the development of offspring. The University of New Mexico has now come up with a theory as to why.
  
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• British baby was held 'hostage' in a Turkish hospital

  29-11-2017 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE Ayda Ward was kept in intensive care, with her parents, from Bradford, being unable to cuddle or even feed her, while hospital bosses demanded £94,000 from the couple.
  
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• The NHS is standing up for itself about underfunding. About time too | Rachel Clarke

  29-11-2017 17:31
  Perhaps tired of being the government’s whipping boy, the health service head, Simon Stevens, is speaking out. Jeremy Hunt should be worriedWhen the NHS excels, the government is only too keen to grab a slice of the glory. Manchester, Westminster, London Bridge, Grenfell. This year has been punctuated by acts of terror and disaster to which the NHS has stepped up magnificently – and ministers have flocked for their photo ops, like flies to nectar, full of gushing tributes and praise.
  
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• Sex assault victims billed for rape kits will be...

  29-11-2017 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 80 victims of sexual assault were wrongly billed for rape kits at Brooklyn Hospital Center, according to an investigation by the New York City Attorney General.
  
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• Best supplements: Beat winter colds and flu by taking THESE vitamins daily

  29-11-2017 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  COLDS and flu are spread by coughs and sneezes, and is especially common in the winter months. But, adding these supplements to daily routines could support immune systems when they need it most.
  
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• These Foods Will Help You Stay Full Longer—And They're Not All High In Protein

  29-11-2017 17:20
  Time to rethink your weight-loss meal plan.
  
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• The fitness tricks of eight Victoria’s Secret models  

  29-11-2017 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the beauties showed off their toned physiques at the brand's annual show in Shanghai last week, we reveal how Bella Hadid, Lais Ribeiro and Elsa Hosk and more get their model figures.
  
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• Until hospitals learn from their mistakes, babies like my son will continue to die | James Titcombe

  29-11-2017 16:22
  Jeremy Hunt’s new reforms are the best hope yet of ensuring health professionals are open and honest when things go wrong• James Titcombe OBE is a patient safety campaigner and father of Joshua Titcombe, who died in hospital nine days after he was bornBetween 2004 and 2013, 16 babies and three mothers died in a maternity unit at Furness general hospital. One of those babies was my own son. Joshua died on 5 November 2008 of profuse internal bleeding to his left lung. A series of seriou
  
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• MAPPED: How does UK’s high blood pressure rate compare with Europe?

  29-11-2017 15:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  HIGH blood pressure symptoms are difficult to spot, but it can cause chest pain, severe headaches and difficulty breathing. The UK has the lowest rate of hypertension out of these 47 European countries.
  
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• NI nursing shortage is 'worrying picture' - RQIA chief

  29-11-2017 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The health regulator formally notifies the health department there is a serious nursing shortage.
  
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• The 13 natural sleep remedies

  29-11-2017 14:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based Healthista editor Anna Magee explains why 13 is a lucky number for those who prefer natural remedies to narcotics and who trust organic alchemies over global pharmacies
  
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• Calls for ban on Coca-Cola's Christmas truck tour over child health fears

  29-11-2017 14:13
  Head of Public Health England says annual marketing campaign targets areas where children suffer from higher rates of tooth decay and obesityThe NHS’s public health boss is urging local councils and shopping centres to ban visits from Coca-Cola’s promotional Christmas trucks because of sugar’s key role in rotting children’s teeth and making them fat.
  Duncan Selbie, the chief executive of Public Health England, has criticised the soft drink giant’s annual PR stunt, i
  
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• 7 slimming steps to get Christmas party ready last-minute

  29-11-2017 13:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Glasgow-basednutritionist Fiona Kirk, who has a new book out, provides her simple advice. This includes having a protein-rich breakfast to keep you feeling fuller for longer.
  
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• Pneumonia symptoms could fought off by eating GARLIC, scientists reveal

  29-11-2017 12:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  DEADLY bacterial infections that cause chronic conditions like cystic fibrosis, pneumonia and the superbug MRSA, can be fought off by eating garlic, scientists have claimed.
  
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• Girl bedridden after leg balloons to three times its size

  29-11-2017 12:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tahira Khan, fromNasirabad, Pakistan, has parasitic infection elephantiasis. The condition has forced her to live like a recluse. Her father earns just £3 a day and can't afford help.
  
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• Melbourne girl with leukaemia fulfils trip to Disneyland

  29-11-2017 12:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cancer-stricken girl Bella Allan, from Melbourne, who beat cancer three times has fulfilled her wish by going on a dream holiday with her family to Disneyland.
  
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• 'Serious concerns' voiced over stillbirth documentary filming

  29-11-2017 12:08 via bbc.co.uk
  "Serious concerns" are raised over the filming of a TV documentary about stillbirths at a hospital.
  
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• Guardian Public Service Awards 2017: Congratulations to all our winners

  29-11-2017 11:29
  The winners of this year’s awards have paused, thought and come up with fresh ways of delivering services that are yielding huge benefits Related: Guardian Public Service Awards 2017 overall winner: Hertfordshire county council It’s a well-worn maxim that insanity is doing the same thing time and again and expecting different results. Yet that is still how many of us think and behave. The winners of the Guardian Public Service Awards 2017 are the exception: they have paused, thought
  
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• Woman drops FIVE STONE to have corrective breast surgery

  29-11-2017 11:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Daniella Day, 23, from Nottingham has a breast deformity that saw her develop one much larger than the other and after being told she was too obese for surgery she dropped five stone in as many months.
  
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• Is dementia linked to organ failure? Alzheimer’s Research UK reveals REAL 'risk factor'

  29-11-2017 11:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  DEMENTIA symptoms include memory loss, confusion, and difficulty concentrating. The Partridge Family star David Cassidy died from suspected kidney failure last week, although it’s believed he also suffered from dementia - is there a link between the two conditions?
  
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• Diabetic's toes 'EXPLODED' when he stubbed his foot

  29-11-2017 11:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT David Croft, 41, from Workshop, Nottinghamshire, was enjoying a holiday in his new caravan when he stubbed his big toe and had to be rushed to A&E.
  
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• Men DO urinate more frequently with age – but THIS quick exercise can support the bladder

  29-11-2017 11:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  INCONTINENCE symptoms could be reduced by strengthening pelvic floor muscles, a urologist has said. These exercises can boost the muscles around the bladder, vagina or penis, and improve sexual performance, too.
  
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• Homeless woman with maggot-invested head gets help

  29-11-2017 11:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Preeti Devi, from Rajasthan, India, was sat crying by the road when volunteers spotted her. The 30-year-old says that without their actions she'd be dead.
  
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