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• The Best Last-Minute Holiday Deals And Sales

  15-12-2017 23:57
  It's time to finish your list.
  
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• 'I've Been Married 20+ Years—Here's How I Keep Things Hot In The Bedroom'

  15-12-2017 23:48
  Twenty long-married couples share how they spice up their sex lives.
  
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• 5 Fights That Are Totally Normal For Happy Couples To Have

  15-12-2017 23:27
  And how to get through them.
  
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• Why there's no place like home for the holidays

  15-12-2017 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Frank T McAndrew is a professor of psychology at Knox College in Illinois. He explains why you can love a place like a person, and how those feelings are triggered by the holiday season.
  
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• If Your Chapped Lips Are Driving You Crazy, Help Has Arrived

  15-12-2017 22:44
  Get rid of those flakes.
  
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• Facebook defends itself against critics of social media

  15-12-2017 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook said that social media can be good for people's well-being if they use the technology in a way that is active, such as messaging with friends, rather than using it passively.
  
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• 8 Fail-Proof Ways To Find The Perfect Lipstick Shade For You

  15-12-2017 22:27
  When you can (literally) choose the rainbow, how do you narrow it down?
  
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• 'I Tried the Paleo Diet for 30 Days to Lose Weight—Here’s What Happened'

  15-12-2017 21:48
  A cheese-lover’s perspective on this whole caveman-eating situation.
  
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• Facebook admits it poses mental health risk – but says using site more can help

  15-12-2017 21:33
  Company acknowledges ‘passive’ consumption of material can make people ‘feel worse’ but argues more engagement could improve wellbeingFacebook has acknowledged that social media use can be bad for users’ mental health, a sign the company is feeling pressure from a growing chorus of critics raising alarms about the platform’s effect on society. Researchers for the social network admitted in a blogpost Friday that studies have found that spending time on Faceboo
  
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• My Birth Story: 'I Delivered My Baby In The Bathroom'

  15-12-2017 20:58
  Krystyn Hall thought she had to poop—but it was really time to push.
  
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• Disabled man's cancer care criticised

  15-12-2017 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The family of disabled man Ian Shaw were told he was dying - now he is responding well to cancer treatment.
  
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• Does It Really Matter What Kind Of Eggs You Buy?

  15-12-2017 20:02
  Short version: It does. Here's why.
  
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• Stop sleeping on your cell phone, California warns

  15-12-2017 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New guidance from the California health department warns that keeping a cell phone constantly close to your body could expose you to cancer and infertility-causing radiation.
  
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• Aussie flu symptoms: Having one of THESE five conditions entitles you to a FREE vaccine

  15-12-2017 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  AUSSIE flu can prove deadly, but getting vaccinated could protect you. Heart disease and diabetes sufferers get the jab free.
  
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• Photos reveal days-old Alabama SEXTUPLETS

  15-12-2017 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Courtney and Eric Waldrop, 35, became parents of nine on Monday after delivering sextuplets at Huntsville Hospital in Alabama. Photos reveal the premature newborns.
  
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• 'How I Told My Dad About My Eating Disorder'

  15-12-2017 19:09
  After keeping the secret to herself for years, one daughter opens up.
  
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• We support Stephen Hawking’s legal action to save the NHS

  15-12-2017 18:59
  Melvyn Bragg, Richard Eyre, David Lascelles, David Owen, Jonathan Pryce, Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty, John McCarthy, Alan Bennett and Helena Kennedy join the fight against accountable care organisationsWe share Professor Stephen Hawking’s concern at changes being implemented to the NHS, most particularly the introduction of US-originated accountable care organisations (ACOs). These appear to be non-statutory, non-NHS bodies to run health and social services that could un
  
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• Tablet tech can help pensioners like me to keep loneliness at bay

  15-12-2017 18:59
  All pensioners should be offered a subsidised tablet and be taught how to use it, says 83-year-old Joan Caesar, who uses hers to Skype, chat and shop onlineThe way I assuage loneliness, as a housebound 83-year-old living alone, is to use my Samsung tablet to play Scrabble and chat to or Skype people online, to shop online so that I can look forward to deliveries and exchange pleasantries with postmen or couriers (Loneliness is ‘a giant evil’ – Cox commission, 11 December; Lette
  
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• Italian family are unable to feel pain

  15-12-2017 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University College London found the family's inability to feel pain lets certain relatives tolerate dangerously high temperatures and eat copious amounts of chillies.
  
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• Why club drug ketamine could treat depression

  15-12-2017 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from Columbia University in New York found that ketamine rapidly diminished suicidal thoughts. There is currently no rapid relief drug to quell suicidal thoughts and behavior.
  
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• Zika babies in Brazil struggle to sit, see, hear or talk

  15-12-2017 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The CDC has tracked the progress of 19 babies with Zika-related microcephaly since birth and reports that as they approach their second birthdays, most face significant developmental delays.
  
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• This may be a turning point in treating neurodegenerative diseases

  15-12-2017 18:37
  Success in trials for Huntington’s and Spinal Muscular Atrophy raises hopes that diseases such as Alzheimer’s and ALS could be tackled using a new class of drugsThey are diseases that threaten more than physical health: memories, personality, and the ability to move and speak are incrementally stolen. And until this year neurodegenerative diseases, from Alzheimer’s to ALS, had been entirely unstoppable.However, a breakthrough in Huntington’s disease this week suggests thi
  
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• Your memory is best when thinking about your children

  15-12-2017 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Binghampton University in New York has found that human memory is better when we are thinking about raising our children, new research suggests (stock)
  
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• Gynaecologist accuses professor of groping her breasts

  15-12-2017 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Canadian-born Dr Jen Gunter claims she suffered unwanted advances from British professor Dr Khalid Khan. She says she has been inspired to speak out by the #MeToo campaign.
  
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• 5 Makeup Mistakes That Are Giving You Serious Acne

  15-12-2017 18:21
  Do you apply makeup with your fingers? That might be a problem.
  
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• The sugariest energy drinks revealed

  15-12-2017 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Queen Mary University of London found one drinks contains 20 teaspoons of sugar, which is more than three times the daily recommendation, making them 'inappropriate'.
  
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• This Man Allegedly Spiked His Pregnant Girlfriend's Drink With The Abortion Pill

  15-12-2017 17:53
  Get ready for your blood to boil all day.
  
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• The Ketogenic Diet Might Burn 10 Times More Fat Than The Standard American Diet

  15-12-2017 17:12
  Pretty impressive.
  
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• Mother-of-5 Harvey survivor, 43, pregnant with QUADRUPLETS

  15-12-2017 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ruth Mochire, from Baytown, Texas, had a blood test in November after she and her husband Joshua returned from a one-month trip in their native Kenya. It revealed four fetuses.
  
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• Why your manicure could leave you at risk of hepatitis C

  15-12-2017 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rutgers School of Public Health researchers also suggested that many of the workers, who were primarily of Asian descent, avoided using personal protective equipment.
  
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• Dozens more Americans infected with puppy-cuddling disease

  15-12-2017 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The CDC warns that 30 more people have been diagnosed with Campylobacter, an infection linked to puppies. This brings the total number of cases to 97 in 17 states.
  
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• Former 'TODAY' Assistant Says She Was A 'Hostage' In Past Affair With Matt Lauer

  15-12-2017 16:45
  "Matt took advantage of his power."
  
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• Gynaecologist accuses journal editor of groping breasts

  15-12-2017 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Canadian-born Dr Jen Gunter claims she suffered unwanted advances from British professor Dr Khalid Khan. She says she has been inspired to speak out by the #MeToo campaign.
  
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• People On Reddit Are Buzzing About This Weight-Loss Tool—But Is It Safe?

  15-12-2017 16:12
  A nutritionist weighs in.
  
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• Cambridge scientist's facial oil is overnight success

  15-12-2017 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Billed as 'the most high tech oil on the market' due to its blend of 32 natural plant ingredients, Lumity Skin's Nutrient Face Oil shifted 10,000 bottles on its launch and is now completely sold out.
  
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• This Pushup Variation Will Give You Better Results—And A Bigger Calorie Burn

  15-12-2017 16:00
  We compared the decline pushup and the foot-elevated pushup to see which would come out on top.
  
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• The lipstick mistakes that add 10 years to your face

  15-12-2017 15:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-born Diane Kendal, a make-up artist and product consultant for Marc Jacobs Beauty, said that you should avoid heavy lip liner, always apply lip balm and don't go too defined.
  
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• 'I Lost Over 100 Pounds In A Year Once I Made These Small Changes'

  15-12-2017 15:30
  Tanisha Shanee says even her doctor was shocked by how quickly she turned her health around.
  
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• The surgeon who signed patients’ livers was silly, not criminal. The law is an ass | Henry Marsh

  15-12-2017 15:10
  Physicians like me walk a tightrope between compassion and detachment. Recklessly threatening them with the courts does more harm than good• Henry Marsh is a neurosurgeon and author of Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain SurgeryLast Wednesday Simon Bramhall, a consultant surgeon specialising in liver transplantation, pleaded guilty in Birmingham crown court to “assault by beating”. He awaits sentencing. On two occasions during liver transplantation surgery –
  
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• Loneliness heightened by social media, Jo Cox's sister says

  15-12-2017 15:06
  Kim Leadbetter calls on government and public to act to address issue at launch of report by murdered MP’s commissionSocial media is a double-edged sword that could make Britain’s loneliness epidemic worse, the sister of the murdered MP Jo Cox has said in response to research which found that 9 million people in the UK feel permanently isolated.Speaking at the launch of a report commissioned by the Labour MP before her death, Kim Leadbeater said technology was a force for good, but t
  
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• Ministers' under the radar NHS reforms are fuelling public anxiety | Richard Vize

  15-12-2017 14:48
  Accountable care organisations have many strengths but should be openly debated before being implementedThe war over the future of the NHS is being fought on multiple fronts. Campaigners, the Labour party, the government, NHS England and even Stephen Hawking are locked in combat over the structure, funding, transparency, accountability and legality of the current wave of reforms, along with the never-ending fight about privatisation – real or imagined.
  The famous physicist has joined campa
  
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• Stomach bloating? THIS unlikely winter dessert could PREVENT constipation

  15-12-2017 14:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  STOMACH bloating is one of the symptoms of constipation. However, adding an unlikely dessert to your diet could help.
  
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• AI brain chips will 'evolve' humanity into 'zombies'

  15-12-2017 14:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brain implants could mean machines merge with humans and start to take on human traits, Dr Mikhail Lebedev, an expert atDuke University in Durham, North Carolina, claims.
  
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• Indian doctors remove a 3kg tumour from 65-year-old

  15-12-2017 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Hemendra Gupta Arya, 65, from Uttar Pradesh, found it difficult to breathe and suffered from chest pains before he was diagnosed with the hamartoma in his chest.
  
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• Furious vaginal mesh campaigners blast the 'weak' decision

  15-12-2017 14:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Nice guidance, which was announced this morning, follows the death of Christina Brajcic, a Canadian campaigner who died from sepsis, reportedly triggered by her controversial implant.
  
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• Early dementia signs: Doing THIS could be a symptom of condition

  15-12-2017 13:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  DEMENTIA symptoms include memory loss and confusion. Being repetitive could be an early sign of a neurodegenerative condition.
  
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• What is Aussie Flu? Vitamin C WON’T protect you from DEADLY virus, urges government

  15-12-2017 13:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  AUSSIE FLU will “almost inevitably” come to the UK, experts warn, as Australia endures its worst flu outbreak for almost 50 years. Vitamin C won’t be able to protect against the deadly flu virus, Public Health England claims.
  
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• 'The government's played us for fools': your best comments on the Guardian today

  15-12-2017 13:17
  Brexit negotiations, counselling and who’s actually heard of the 2017 word of the year dominate today’s commentsReaders have been discussing the latest on the EU27 summit, as well as the benefits of counselling and Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year: youthquake.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 goes on.This is the tragedy and the black comedy at
  
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• Dementia gran 'gets spark back' by volunteering at nursery

  15-12-2017 12:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joyce Stackhouse, 85, from Somerset, struggles to remember what she has done that day. But she lights up during her weekly visits at Highdale Day Nursery where she's known as 'Nanny Joyce'.
  
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• Children exposed to air pollution are at risk of asthma

  15-12-2017 12:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University found a mix of dust, sand and non-exhaust tailpipe emissions increases youngsters under 11's risk of the lung condition by 1.3 percent, a study revealed today.
  
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