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• The Right Way To Do An Elimination Diet

  26-12-2017 22:30
  9 tips for identifying food sensitivities, intolerances, and allergies.
  
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• This Is What 1,200 Calories Looks Like On The Mediterranean Diet

  26-12-2017 21:30
  Sorry to break it to you, but you can't just mainline hummus all day.
  
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• 'I FINALLY Found A Shampoo That Keeps My Blonde Highlights Bright Between Salon Trips'

  26-12-2017 21:30
  "I tried at least 10 different formulas before I found this one."
  
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• 18 Super-Fit Athletes Posed Nude For This Charity Calendar And The Photos Are Stunning

  26-12-2017 20:30
  It's all for the Sport Calendar 2018
  
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• 'I Tried Taking a 20-Minute Nap Every Day—Here's What Happened'

  26-12-2017 19:30
  One woman discovers the formula for the perfect siesta.
  
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• Our brutalising and degrading prisons | Letters

  26-12-2017 19:14
  Deborah Coles, Joe Sim and Steve Tombs see a system which is outside of democratic controlYet another damning report on prison conditions, not least with respect to those with mental health problems, emerges (The treatment of prisoners with mental health problems is a national shame, 20 December). Eric Allison notes the call by Inquest, among others, for alternatives to prison to be found for those suffering mental health problems and a more therapeutic response for those for whom prison is the
  
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• 'How I Went From A Life Of Partying To Becoming A CrossFit Coach'

  26-12-2017 18:30
  Hannah Eden went through her own fitness transformation—and now she's helping others with theirs.
  
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• 'How I Went From A Life Of Drugs And Partying To Becoming A CrossFit Coach'

  26-12-2017 18:30
  Hannah Eden went through her own fitness transformation—and now she's helping others with theirs.
  
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• Nick Jonas Is Opening Up About His Thoughts On Marriage

  26-12-2017 17:30
  "My sisters-in-law set the standards pretty high."
  
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• The Super-Soft Sports Bra This Actress Swears By For Yoga And Pilates

  26-12-2017 16:30
  Plus, everything else JoAnna Garcia carries in her gym bag.
  
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• Philadelphia street crippled by drugs captured in photos

  26-12-2017 16:05
  
  Jeffrey Stockbridge has spent years documenting Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia, the city's impoverished suburb which offers a snapshot of what the drug addiction epidemic has caused.
  
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• Researchers to study school records for clues on suicide and self-harm

  26-12-2017 16:00
  Project aims to identify risk factors by comparing school and health records, paving the way for early interventionResearchers are embarking on an ambitious project to see whether a child’s school record can provide vital clues as to whether they are at risk of suicide or self-harm. Nearly one in 10 young people self-harm or have suicidal thoughts but understanding of the causes is limited, making prevention difficult.Continue reading...
  
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• Cat Cora Has 18 Restaurants, 6 Kids, And Somehow Still Finds Time To Work Out

  26-12-2017 15:30
  Here's how the "Iron Chef" winner does it.
  
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• Trendy dentals fads that are wreaking havoc on your teeth

  26-12-2017 15:13
  
  EXCLUSIVE Dr Ben Atkins, a dentist based in Manchester and Trustee of the Oral Health Foundation, warns hot water and lemon effectively dissolves teeth and could even make them darker.
  
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• Periodontist assesses the best mouthwash on the market

  26-12-2017 14:05
  
  Dr Reena Wadia, a periodontist (a specialist in gum diseases) at RW Perio in Marylebone, London assesses a range of the latest mouthwashes, which we then rated.
  
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• Why we became obsessed with slumber this year explained

  26-12-2017 14:04
  
  American culture encourages long work hours and late bedtimes, but the sleep stigma is raising our risk for all kinds of diseases, and 'sleep diplomat' Dr Matt Walker is crusading for change.
  
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• Victims of disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson 'may have been missed'

  26-12-2017 13:22
  Cancer survivors operated on by jailed doctor call on his former employers to ensure all patients are contactedMore victims of a disgraced breast surgeon, who was jailed for 20 years for performing needless operations, could have been missed, campaigners have warned. Cancer survivors operated on by Ian Paterson have called on his old employers – Heart of England NHS foundation trust (HEFT) and the private healthcare provider Spire Healthcare – to ensure all former patients have been
  
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• Baby girl 'born' into mother's abdomen is saved by doctor 

  26-12-2017 12:10
  
  Sephina was suddenly ejected into her mother Masina Frost’s abdominal cavity when the womb ruptured. She was saved after a risky caesarean operation at St Thomas' Hospital, London.
  
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• ASK THE DOCTOR: Could exercise be risky now I'm over 80?

  26-12-2017 10:53
  
  Dr Martin Scurr, a top GP, is asked whether too much exercise could be a bad thing for an 82-year-old, and how to respond to a grandson's difficulty breathing.
  
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• The giant rats that love avocado – and can diagnose deadly TB | Kate Lyons

  26-12-2017 08:00
  A team in Tanzania have trained African pouched rats to make life-saving discoveries, sniffing out cases of tuberculosis missed by health clinicsAfter scampering about a sleek glass and aluminium cage, a rat named Riziwan has made a crucial discovery.In just minutes, Riziwan has positively identified 13 people who may have tuberculosis. The discovery is potentially life-saving news for those whose sputum samples were marked as clear by their local health clinics. But it’s all in a day&rsqu
  
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• The best of the Long Read in 2017

  26-12-2017 08:00
  Our 20 favourite pieces of the yearEvery year, it seems like the world gets even worse and the Guardian publishes a hundred long reads about it. But this is only an illusion. In fact, we publish 150 long reads each year – there are three every single week! – and most of them are not about the failures of globalisation or the ecological devastation caused by mankind.Catching up with all of our stories from this year would take about 36 hours, if you finished each one in 15 minutes did
  
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• Ask the pharmacist: Will a flu jab make me feel ill?

  26-12-2017 07:00
  
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• Extreme picky eaters are at higher risk of depression

  26-12-2017 03:35
  
  Extreme picky eaters suffer from ARFID, the second most common eating disorder in children under 12. A Connecticut-based nutritionist runs a Picky Eater Rehab to combat poor habits.
  
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• Your post-Christmas indigestion could be a heart attack

  26-12-2017 03:30
  
  Vikie Shanks, 59, who started suffering from pains in the stomach and thought she had indigestion. Two weeks later she discovered she'd actually had a series of heart attacks
  
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• The 7 ways to ease trapped wind

  26-12-2017 03:07
  
  Ohio-based Dr Jamile Wakim-Fleming and Dr Kyle Staller from Massachusetts give their top tips to help you overcome the dreaded flatulence this festive season.
  
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• Writer explains how she lived with tinnitus for 35 years

  26-12-2017 02:43
  
  I’ve had it since I was 25 — almost 35 years of clamour. I’ve never been to overly loud rock concerts or subjected to industrial noise pollution.
  
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• Electric armband to banish agony of migraines

  26-12-2017 02:42
  
  The theory is that the electric pulses stimulate nerves under the skin and block pain signals from reaching the brain — and it’s now being tested in a trial of nearly 300 patients.
  
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• Neil Warnock's wife Sharon describes lymphoedema struggle

  26-12-2017 02:26
  
  Sharon Warnock, wife of Cardiff City manager Neil, is suffering from lymphoedema, an incurable condition that affects almost 25 per cent of breast cancer patients after treatment.
  
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• GPs dishing out Colgate at seven times the price in shops

  26-12-2017 02:23
  
  Shampoo, pasta and suncream have been prescribed on the NHS despite a severe funding shortfall. The NHS is prescribing expensive branded version of the items.
  
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• Are surgery weight restrictions on the rise?

  26-12-2017 02:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The use of patients' weight to limit surgery has been rising in recent years.
  
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• Call for Syrian refugees' interpreters to get psychological support

  26-12-2017 02:00
  Study finds interpreters working with the Syrian refugee resettlement programme in Scotland need ‘priority’ support due to stress and depressionInterpreters for Syrian refugees should be given psychological support as a “priority” due to the stress the work causes, according to a study.Researchers looked at how the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme (SVPRP) was rolled out in Edinburgh, as a way to provide guidance for other authorities. Related: The refugees
  
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• Why this urine sample is GREEN

  26-12-2017 01:52
  
  An image of green urine provoked much discussion when posted on Figure 1, a website where doctors around the world share medical images and canvass their colleagues’ opinions.
  
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• Pregnant women should take vitamin D supplements

  26-12-2017 01:39
  
  Scientists from the University of Birmingham have discovered that placenta cells respond to vitamin D and supplements could help to save the lives of mothers and babies.
  
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• This year I bought less and spent more time outdoors, away from the smells of Christmas cheer | Ben O'Mara

  26-12-2017 01:34
  I exercised as the sun rose, on grassy smelling fields. I walked through the salty air on a warm, sandy beach. It was the best Christmas present I could give myselfI’m no Scrooge, but this December, I kept my fake, plastic smelling Christmas tree and all its baubles boxed up in a drawer under my bed.
  I inherited the tree from my grandfather. The tree is fibre optic and when it’s turned on twinkles red, green, purple, white and blue. If you lean in close, you can smell its branches &n
  
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• A periodontist assess the best mouthwash on the market

  26-12-2017 01:14
  
  Dr Reena Wadia, a periodontist (a specialist in gum diseases) at RW Perio in Marylebone, London assesses a range of the latest mouthwashes, which we then rated.
  
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• Interaction with donkeys can ease stress and calm mood

  26-12-2017 01:07
  
  For hours on end Mary, an elderly resident at a nursing home in Bath, lies silently in bed, her eyes closed, unresponsive, even when staff call her name.
  
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• Nutritionists says water only diet is most dangerous ever

  26-12-2017 01:00
  
  Water Fasting involves trying to lose weight by only drinking the three beverages. The trend has become popular on social media with thousands using the hashtag #waterfast.
  
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• Slumber IS worth obsessing about, 'sleep diplomat' says

  26-12-2017 00:36
  
  American culture encourages long work hours and late bedtimes, but the sleep stigma is raising our risk for all kinds of diseases, and 'sleep diplomat' Dr Matt Walker is crusading for change.
  
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• Photographer turns terminally ill kids into superheroes

  26-12-2017 00:29
  
  Utah-based photographer Josh Rossi, 32, took photos of children suffering from different forms of cancers, severe autism and a double amputee transforming them into superheroes.
  
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