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• Sex before bed key to perfect sleep - Adelaide researcher

  03-12-2017 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Having sex before bed could be the key to getting the perfect night's sleep, according to Adelaide sleep researcher Dr Michele Lastella.
  
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• A same-sex royal wedding would be a wonderful occasion | Brief letters

  03-12-2017 19:50
  Oath of allegiance | Prince George’s sexuality | Same-sex weddings | Damian Green | Tooth decayPolly Toynbee’s advice to Sinn Féin, “The oath? Surely they can mouth it and shrug” (Opinion, 28 November), may be reinforced by Patrick O’Brian’s sentiment (admittedly embedded in fiction) in the Aubrey/Maturin opener Master and Commander: “He would have called an oath a childish thing – otiose if voluntary and rightly to be evaded or ignored
  
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• £300m mental health initiative for schools is inadequate, says Labour

  03-12-2017 19:09
  Shadow health secretary says three-year commitment fails to deliver promised parity of esteem with physical healthA government commitment to spend an extra £300m over the next three years on improving mental health support for school pupils has been dismissed as inadequate by Labour.
  Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow health secretary, said the Conservatives were “failing to deliver parity of esteem” between mental and physical health, as promised, and that their proposals did not a
  
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• Mental health: 'I was offered help two years later'

  03-12-2017 16:04 via bbc.co.uk
  George Hodgson tells the BBC he sought treatment for his mental illness, but faced a long wait.
  
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• Youngest baby on UK transplant waiting list gets new heart

  03-12-2017 12:56
  Eight-week-old Charlie Douthwaite, born with half a heart, has life-saving nine-hour operation in Newcastle The youngest patient on the UK’s transplant waiting list has had a life-saving heart operation.A Europe-wide appeal had been launched for Charlie Douthwaite, an eight-week-old baby born with half a heart. The child had hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a condition that leaves the left side of the organ underdeveloped. Continue reading...
  
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• Glasgow's Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons chooses first female leader

  03-12-2017 12:30
  Dr Jackie Taylor is the first woman president-elect of the professional organisation for the first time in 418 yearsA woman has been chosen as the president-elect of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow for the first time in its 418-year history.
  Dr Jackie Taylor will assume the role for one year, before taking on the three-year term as president of the UK’s only multidisciplinary royal college in December 2018 when Prof David Galloway’s term comes to an end. Conti
  
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• Tricks of the brain: the magic of everyday perception | Daniel Glaser

  03-12-2017 10:30
  Optical illusions play on our nervous system’s ability to focus attention on what matters and ignore the background, says Daniel GlaserThe headmaster of our local primary school performs a magic show at this time of year, but the parents aren’t invited. This child-centred approach is exactly what you would want from a school even though it’s frustrating for a neuroscientist because magic is a really interesting way of studying the brain.Optical illusions have given us very usef
  
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• Pledge to boost mental health support in schools

  03-12-2017 10:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The government promises to bring in new mental health support teams and improve waiting times.
  
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• The disposable chip that will allow GPs to write the perfect prescription

  03-12-2017 08:59
  A new method of distinguishing viral from bacterial infections will help control the misuse of antibioticsYou have a rasping cough. Your speech is reduced to a whisper and your throat is raw and aching. You cannot sleep. So you tell your sad story to your doctor, who faces a simple issue: do you have a viral infection, or is a bacterium responsible for your illness?It sounds a trivial issue. In fact, the problem goes beyond your immediate health and has implications for the general wellbeing of
  
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• Frontline battle

  03-12-2017 03:14 via bbc.co.uk
  5 live Investigates speaks to officers struggling to cope with some of the disturbing things they've experienced while on duty.
  
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• Fresh heart

  03-12-2017 01:18 via bbc.co.uk
  It is 50 years since the first heart transplant took place, ushering in a new era of media attention and medical celebrity.
  
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• Fears for women’s health as parents reject HPV vaccine

  03-12-2017 01:05
  Three nations blame social media for fall in number of girls given cervical cancer jabsHealth officials have become increasingly alarmed at campaigns aimed at blocking the take-up of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, which protects women against cervical cancer.Three leading nations have now seen major reductions in the take-up of the vaccine and a growing number of doctors fear its use could be blocked elsewhere, despite its capacity to provide protection against a condition that kills h
  
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• Pupils suffering from anxiety and depression to receive counselling in schools

  03-12-2017 01:03
  Critics say 2019 launch of vital mental health plan is not soon enoughChildren suffering from anxiety and depression will be offered counselling at school under government plans to tackle a widely reported crisis in young people’s mental health. Pupils in England will be able to attend sessions with therapists at school or college in an attempt to stop any psychological difficulties deepening into lifelong issues.Every school will also be required to appoint a teacher to co-ordinate improv
  
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