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• ​These Ultra-Stylish Leggings Are Crazy-Discounted At Bloomingdale’s Right Now

  01-12-2017 23:57
  ​Get ready to turn heads at your favorite yoga studio.
  
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• 20 Sexy Board Games That'll Heat Up Your Bedroom

  01-12-2017 23:41
  ​Draw cards, roll the dice, or break out the toys to sex up your routine.
  
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• What Should Your Normal Resting Heart Rate Really Be?

  01-12-2017 23:00
  And what can happen if your ticker's not beating up to par.
  
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• Two brothers suffer the same rare genetic brain disorder

  01-12-2017 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brothers Benny, one, and Josh Landsman, four months, suffer from a rare degenerative brain disorder with no cure. Their family from Brooklyn is raising money for therapy as their only hope.
  
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• Matt Lauer's Ex-Wife Says She Supports Him '100 Percent'—And People Are Furious

  01-12-2017 21:49
  What do you make of her statement?
  
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• This Simple Flow Chart Helped One Redditor Lose More Than 40 Pounds

  01-12-2017 21:37
  It could work for you, too.
  
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• The Best Exercises To Do If Your Feet Are Absolutely Killing You

  01-12-2017 21:37
  Don't kiss your workout goodbye just because you wore heels all day.
  
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• 5 Signs You Might Have Endometriosis And Not Even Know It

  01-12-2017 21:00
  No, those pains aren't just PMS.
  
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• New school lunch menu could throw out nutriton

  01-12-2017 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New USDA lunch standards relax the requirements for schools to serve nutritional lunches in an effort to unburden schools and reduce waste, but it's a step in the wrong direction, experts say.
  
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• Rihanna Just Responded To A Fan Who Accused Her Of Not Hiring Trans Models

  01-12-2017 20:55
  What do you think of her answer?
  
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• Doctors Unsure if They Should Save Patient with 'Do Not Resuscitate' Tattoo

  01-12-2017 20:28
  
  [brightcove:5554699428001 default]This article originally appeared on People.com.Emergency room doctors faced a confusing ethical dilemma when an unconscious man was wheeled into a University of Miami hospital with a “Do Not Resuscitate” tattoo.The 70-year-old man, who was inebriated when he arrived, had a history of lung and heart diseases. Unable to reach his family as his heart pressure dropped, the medical staff started to attempt to revive him despite his tattoo, according to a
  
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• Kidney disease patients should keep taking their medicines | Letters

  01-12-2017 19:56
  Diet alone is not usually enough to reduce chemicals like potassium or phosphate that can build up in your body, so medicines to help do this are important, writes Fiona Loud, director of policy at Kidney Care UKWe are concerned that the headline on your article (Kidney drug ‘may do more harm than good’, say experts, 25 November) is misleading and could result in kidney patients stopping taking their medicines. When your kidneys do not work properly, dangerous levels of chemicals lik
  
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• Eating plenty of fish protects against sight loss

  01-12-2017 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Louisiana State University found a chemical in fish oil, known as omega-3, boosts the survival of cells that are critical to vision, protecting against sight loss.
  
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• HIV breakthrough as cancer drug does wonders for patient

  01-12-2017 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 51-year old French man given nivolumab - sold as Opdivo - saw a 'drastic and persistent decrease' in the reservoirs of cells where HIV normally hides away and evades standard treatments.
  
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• The one technique to boost your memory

  01-12-2017 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Ontario analyzed four different techniques to assess which method most effectively makes people able to recall information.
  
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• This Doctor Is Dropping A Truth Bomb About Whether You Need To Shave Before Your Next Appointment

  01-12-2017 18:20
  Laurel Geraghty, M.D., has something to get off her chest.
  
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• Meghan Markle reveals the remedy she calls her 'cure-all''

  01-12-2017 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Whether it's spots, cuts or mosquito bites, Meghan has a secret weapon to combat them all. The royal-to-be never gets on a plane without a rather traditional remedy.
  
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• People On Reddit Are Posting Photos Proving This 'Bye Bye Redness' Cream Actually Works

  01-12-2017 18:07
  The results are incredible.
  
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• This Video Of Kaley Cuoco Getting Engaged Will Make You Cry Happy Tears

  01-12-2017 17:47
  The ring is AMAZING.
  
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• 15 Women Who Relocated For Love Share What Happened Next

  01-12-2017 17:35
  It's not always a fairytale ending...
  
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• ​Your December Sex Horoscope: More Intimacy Equals Better Orgasms

  01-12-2017 17:20
  Things are about to get extra steamy.
  
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• We Asked A Nutritionist To Rank 4 Different Nut Butters—Here's What She Said

  01-12-2017 16:50
  How does your favorite stack up?
  
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• Best sex positions to increase chances of pregnancy

  01-12-2017 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Your chances of conception are maximised by deeper penetration. Researchers from France used MRI scanners to analyse couples as they had sex to see how far the penis reached.
  
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• When to See December's Cold Moon, Which Is Also a Supermoon

  01-12-2017 16:32
  
  This article originally appeared on TravelAndLeisure.com.Have you ever seen a Supermoon rise above the eastern horizon at dusk? It's one of the most spectacular natural wonders of all, and it will happen for the only time in 2017 at dusk on Sunday, December 3.When our natural satellite rises fully illuminated in December it's usually referred to as the Cold Moon. The falling temperatures in the northern hemisphere can make this full moon a challenge to observe, but this year it will be worth the
  
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• Millions of American children set to lose insurance

  01-12-2017 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Children's Health Insurance Program, which gives low-cost healthcare to nine million children, is quickly running out of money, leaving families in many states to face an uncertain future.
  
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• 'How I Lost 300 Pounds Without Living In The Gym'

  01-12-2017 16:29
  Lexi Reed says she totally changed her attitude about food.
  
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• Welsh and Scottish health ministers call for folic acid in flour

  01-12-2017 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  The Welsh and Scottish health ministers want Jeremy Hunt to act to reduce neural tube defects in babies.
  
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• US approves monthly injection for opioid addiction

  01-12-2017 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FDA approved a monthly injection called Sublocade on Thursday, meant to treat those addicted to opioids and substitute the current daily medication.
  
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• We're Legit Obsessed With These Adorable Mini Fruits and Veggies

  01-12-2017 16:00
  Small yet mighty.
  
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• Heart disease risk SLASHED by eating just a handful of nuts

  01-12-2017 15:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  HEART disease risk could be reduced by almost 30 per cent, by eating a handful of nuts a day, researchers have revealed. The snack could also lower the risk of an early death, they claimed.
  
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• Alex Azar is big pharma personified. He must not become US health secretary | Gabriel Levitt

  01-12-2017 15:31
  The high cost of life-saving prescription drugs is a already huge problem for Americans. This appointment would make it worseRecently, the president announced Alex Azar as his nominee to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, saying: “He will be a star for better healthcare and lower drug prices!” People like me – experts in drug policy and advocates for lowering drug costs for American patients – know that nothing could be farther from the truth.On average,
  
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• 'We aim to hit the charts'

  01-12-2017 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Pete Hirst has bipolar disorder and was sectioned after a spell of psychosis.
  
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• 'I Tried Running Outside In The Cold For A Week—Here's What Happened'

  01-12-2017 15:30
  ​One woman’s freezing winter fitness challenge. Minor detail: She lives in Wisconsin!
  
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• Cannabis increases the risk of bipolar disorder

  01-12-2017 14:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Warwick Medical School found people who used cannabis at least two-to-three times a week at 17 years old are more likely to experience hypomania in their early 20s.
  
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• Cost of NHS negligence claims soars as staff fear speaking out on safety | Richard Vize

  01-12-2017 14:28
  Health service’s bill for costs has quadrupled in a decade as patients and families turn to court to find out whether mistakes were madeThis week I met a man about to launch a legal action for negligence against the hospital where his wife and son almost died during childbirth. Two years later, she is still recovering and waiting for answers as to what went wrong. Exhausted by months of obstruction and denial, they believe going to court is the only way they will get an admission that mist
  
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• Weight loss could vary according to genes

  01-12-2017 14:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Texas A&M College of Medicine found animals fed a typical, 'healthy' Mediterranean diet either became healthier or gained weight depending on their genetics.
  
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• Middle age spread raises risk of dementia by up to a third

  01-12-2017 14:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People with a high BMI in their 50s were much more likely to develop the condition two decades later, University College London found. A healthy weight could prevent or delay the disease.
  
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• Anger as India doctor mistakenly declares newborn dead

  01-12-2017 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The error was found when the baby's parents saw him move en route to the funeral in India.
  
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• Inequality and children at work: your best comments on the Guardian today

  01-12-2017 13:36
  Infants streamed in education, fast food nation and mothers at work – some of the stories with conversations we’re highlighting today
  A youthful theme to some of the topics that have provoked the most interesting conversation today, with stories on education, health and nutrition and children in the workplace all below.
  To join in you can click on the links in the comments below to expand and add your thoughts. We’ll continue to highlight more comments worth reading as the day
  
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• Diabetes symptoms: Adults diagnosed with the WRONG type, with ‘life-threatening effects'

  01-12-2017 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  DIABETES type 2 is being misdiagnosed in some people over 30, researchers have warned, after scientists quash the myth that type 1 is only a ‘disease of childhood’.
  
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• Obese Edinburgh woman shed 5 dress sizes for wedding day

  01-12-2017 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lucy Stewart, 25, of Edinburgh, ballooned to 17 stone, 5lbs by the age of 20. She was inspired to drop the weight after meeting her fiancé Jason and has shed five stone in time for her big day.
  
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• Ricicles are the latest victims of millennials’ peculiar tastes | Daisy Buchanan

  01-12-2017 13:02
  Unlike Jerry Seinfeld in the 90s, my generation is happy to forgo sugary cereals as part of the price to pay for longer, healthier livesSpin, spin sugar. Kellogg’s has announced it is discontinuing Ricicles from January, as part of its commitment to offer customers a slightly healthier breakfast. Coco Pops have survived the cull, but it’s thought that their sugar content will be cut by 40%. Frosties packets will no longer contain free gifts aimed at children, as Kellogg’s says
  
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• My mum had HIV and we never even spoke about it – a silence born of stigma

  01-12-2017 13:00
  Testing and treatment are the outward signs of HIV diagnosis, but the mental impact is too often ignored – as health journalist Charles Pensulo, whose mother died after contracting HIV, knows from bitter personal experience For years I’ve been reporting on the stories of people affected by and living with HIV. But I’ve never before written about my own story – or rather the story of my mother.And then recently one of my friends finally revealed to me, after three years of
  
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• Indian woman was carrying calcified foetus in her stomach

  01-12-2017 12:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING EXPLICIT CONTENT: A 52-year-old woman from Nagpur, India underwent a 2-hour operation to remove the 'fully grown stone baby'.
  
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• One in 10 catch an STI from a colleague at Christmas party

  01-12-2017 12:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new UK survey by Patient.info revealed some potentiallydevastating consequences to letting your hair down with co-workers at the festive bash.
  
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• Penis spray Fortacin helps men last 10 times longer now

  01-12-2017 12:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The only legal seller of Fortacin in the UK has now reduced its price tag. Professor Mike Wyllie, inventor of Viagra, made the premature ejaculation spray.
  
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• History of Viagra and how it was discovered by accident

  01-12-2017 12:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  U.S. regulator, the Food and Drug Administration, approved Viagra in 1998. Before this there was no oral treatment for erectile dysfunction.
  
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• Cancer cases go UNNOTICED in hospital after ‘x-rays weren’t checked properly’

  01-12-2017 12:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cancer symptoms were missed in a Portsmouth hospital, after patients’ chest x-rays weren’t checked by properly trained radiologists, according to hospital watchdog, the Care Quality Commission .
  
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• Biscuits are to lose their colour over cancer concerns 

  01-12-2017 11:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From April, UK cookie manufacturers must be able to prove they are reducing levels of the chemical acrylamide, which gives baked goods their characteristic golden colour.
  
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• AIDS and HIV symptoms: What is virus infection that causes flu-like signs?

  01-12-2017 11:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  AIDS and HIV symptoms include flu-like fevers and sore throats, but the virus may not cause any noticeable signs for several years.
  
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