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• Kids who eat fish have a higher IQ and get better sleep

  28-12-2017 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania found that kids who ate more fish got better sleep and scored 4.8 points higher on an IQ test than those who rarely consumed fish.
  
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• Secret of a long life? Stay AWAY from the doctor

  28-12-2017 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen unveil the forgotten experimental medical procedures that suggest practices were torture, rather than ways of making poorly people feel better in their new book.
  
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• Why a winter workout can be better than a summer sweat

  28-12-2017 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Our bodies naturally store more fat in the winter, but shivering to stay warm burns extra calories too. New York personal trainer Max Zeumer gives his top tips for effective - and surprisingly fun - training.
  
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• My Birth Story: 'I Had A Nightmare Labor And Pregnancy'

  28-12-2017 22:46
  To make matters worse, both Suzanne Dwyer and her daughter contracted MRSA shortly after she gave birth.
  
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• 'I Broke Up With My Live-In Boyfriend—Here's What Happened Next'

  28-12-2017 22:02
  Four women share their stories of co-habiting after a breakup.
  
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• 11 Comfy Athleisure Pieces Cute Enough To Wear Outside The Gym

  28-12-2017 21:11
  These clothes look as good at the bar as they do at barre.
  
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• Drugs are a health and social issue. Why do we make it a law enforcement battle? | Alex Wodak

  28-12-2017 21:00
  We know that drug prohibition doesn’t work. And yet Australia has continued its drug policy - because bad policy has been good politicsDrug policy has been debated fiercely in Australia for decades because of the growing recognition that our policy has failed and cannot succeed.Australia adopted drug prohibition slowly over decades but implementation intensified after the commonwealth government approved three international drug treaties (1961, 1971, 1988). Governments have relied heavily
  
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• 8 Pairs of Underwear That Won't Show Through Your Yoga Pants

  28-12-2017 20:44
  These yoga panties will follow you through your vinyasa.
  
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• Doctor delivers twins hours after giving birth herself

  28-12-2017 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Washington-based gynecologist Dr Hilary Conway delivered her patient's twins just 14 hours after delivering her own baby girl after learning their hospital rooms were next door.
  
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• Scarlet fever cases soar by nearly 55% in seven days

  28-12-2017 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Government statistics, issued by Public Health England, show 544 people were infected were struck down with scarlet fever last week, compared to 352 in the previous seven days.
  
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• Why Americans die younger than those in other rich nations

  28-12-2017 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  American life expectancy fell for the second year in a row in 2016. People in the US now have shorter life spans than those in other similarly wealthy countries, and research suggests that federal policy is to blame.
  
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• This Is When You Should Actually Get Started On Your New Year's Resolution

  28-12-2017 19:56
  It might be sooner than you think.
  
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• ​6 Women Share The Resolutions They're Vowing To Finally Achieve

  28-12-2017 19:30
  Plus, we help them figure out how to make those goals stick.
  
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• Why Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Have 'Zero Plans' For A Wedding

  28-12-2017 19:29
  What do you think of their long engagement?
  
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• 7-minute morning to kick your Christmas belly into gear

  28-12-2017 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Most people who start ambitious weight-loss routines on January 1 end up packing them in by February. But this simple routine by KOBOX trainer Ollie Reed is short enough to squeeze in any time.
  
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• 6 Sex Positions To Help Ring In The New Year Right

  28-12-2017 19:14
  Start 2018 the way you hope to finish it.
  
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• 'I've Been In Almost-Constant Pain For Nearly 20 Years'

  28-12-2017 18:30
  One woman seeks alternative methods to deal with her chronic pain.
  
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• This Is What 1,200 Calories On A Paleo Diet Looks Like

  28-12-2017 18:18
  Calling all cavewomen.
  
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• Khloe Kardashian Just Clapped Back At Haters Shaming Her For Exercising While Pregnant

  28-12-2017 18:05
  Amen.
  
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• Can You Get An STD From A Toilet Seat?

  28-12-2017 17:56
  Plus, eight other STD facts you need to know.
  
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• 30-day plan to make a new habit each day and get trim

  28-12-2017 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research shows New Year resolutions often soon fall to the wayside. Dr Lee Goldman from Columbia University Medical Center reveals his plan to help you make 2018 the year they stick.
  
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• Exactly How To Make The Foods That Are Always Popping Up On Your Instagram Feed

  28-12-2017 17:30
  We developed our own recipes—they're healthy AND easy.
  
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• The Dangers of Garcinia Cambogia Extract Diet Pills: What You Need to Know

  28-12-2017 17:29
  Don't get tricked by this popular diet scam
  
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• Cellphone and cash: 2017 list of bizarre items in vaginas

  28-12-2017 17:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  2017 list of bizarre items lost in vaginas and penises include deodorant caps and dominoes based off US Consumer Product Safety Commission's database of emergency room visits.
  
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• The little girl who got toilet roll igloo for Christmas

  28-12-2017 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  All Maggie wanted for Christmas was toilet roll to play with, so her family got creative.
  
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• People Are Seriously Pissed About Rockstar Bono's Latest Interview—Here's Why

  28-12-2017 17:06
  Seriously, Bono!?
  
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• Young women are turning their backs on the Pill 

  28-12-2017 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emma Everard, 23, Annelies Paris, 20, May Hart, 33 and Eve Greenow, 23 have all chosen to use natural methods of contraception instead of the Pill to avoid taking artificial hormones.
  
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• Indian baby's head tripled in size due to hydrocephalus

  28-12-2017 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ankit Minj, from India, suffers from hydrocephalus - a build-up of fluid inside his skull which can be deadly. Doctors have inserted a shunt to remove some fluid.
  
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• 'I Got My First Weave And It Turned Me Into A Sex Goddess'

  28-12-2017 16:30
  "I hooked up with more men than I had in my whole life."
  
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• Being exposed to one day of air pollution can be deadly

  28-12-2017 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health researchers warn it's irrelevant whether they live in a heavily-polluted city or are far away from the hustle and bustle, both areas face a similar risk.
  
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• Why most men feel they lost their 'spark' before 47

  28-12-2017 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A poll of 1,000 men aged 40 and above said women are not alone when it comes to hitting a mid-life energy slump. Dr Meg Arroll, a psychologist for Healthspan, explains how to get your spark back.
  
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• 'Internal bathroom scales' are discovered by scientists

  28-12-2017 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Gothenburg researchers have uncovered evidence of a mechanism in the brain of mice that operates in the exact same way as bathroom scales.
  
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• 7 Photos That Prove Drew Barrymore's Favorite Skin-Care Product Is Legit

  28-12-2017 15:30
  The results are seriously stunning.
  
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• Myanmar Rohingya crisis: UK medics to help tackle diphtheria

  28-12-2017 14:52 via bbc.co.uk
  British medical staff are travelling to Bangladesh where diphtheria is affecting refugee camps.
  
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• Alcohol makes people more racist and homophobic

  28-12-2017 13:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Cardiff University interviewed people attending accident and emergency with injuries from violence in Cardiff, Blackburn and Leicester (stock image).
  
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• App that lets men test sperm at home available on Amazon

  28-12-2017 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  YO Home Sperm Test lets men test their motile sperm count via an app and is now sold by Amazon in the US and UK. In about 40% of cases, the male is the sole or contributing cause of infertility.
  
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• NHS parking charges: Hospitals made £174m in a year

  28-12-2017 12:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Record sum comes as more hospitals charge disabled people and issue fines for non-payers.
  
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• Hull mum finds her 'lifeless' son covered in black vomit

  28-12-2017 12:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leanne Smith, from Hull, feared her son Freddie had a common sickness bug until he started to pass blood in his urine. he was rushed to Hull Royal Infirmary's paediatric emergency department.
  
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• My vagina was badly injured after giving birth. Why was getting help so hard? | Christen Clifford

  28-12-2017 12:00
  My vagina tore when I had my first child, but it took five years before I got the medical attention I needed. I’m not the only one
  Every time I see a woman walking down the street with a newborn, all I can think is, “Does she have a traumatized vagina?”My vagina tore when I had my first child. Doctors I’d never met before sewed me up and refused to tell me how many stitches they’d put in. I healed, and when I had another child five years later, I tore in the same pl
  
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• Forget Juicero, here are the tech gadgets we can actually get excited about in 2018

  28-12-2017 12:00
  If this year’s $120m juicing flop gave you reason to doubt in human ingenuity, take heart in these incredible inventions to come: from an artificial kidney to a breast pump you might actually want to use
  Silicon Valley lost a valiant soldier in 2017. Internet-connected juice maker Juicero, funded to the tune of $120m, drowned in schadenfreude after it was discovered that its pre-portioned $7 packets of fruit and veg could be squeezed just as effectively by hand. Never before has a company
  
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• Chinese boy's grapefruit-sized eye tumour is removed

  28-12-2017 11:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An incredible crowdfunding effort in a rural village in Shandong Province in China has funded Li Zhenglu's operation. Doctors had previously said the child's aggressive growth was 'incurable'.
  
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• Cataract patients going blind due to the 6 MONTH wait

  28-12-2017 10:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Out of 154 NHS authorities, 87 reported an increase in waiting times over the last three years, according to official figures released today. Campaigners blamed the ageing population.
  
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• Boots under fire over price of morning-after pill

  28-12-2017 10:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BPAS tweeted on Boxing Day that it was best to 'give Boots a miss'. The UK chain has lowered the price of the tablet in less than 3% of stores. It says the delay is due to a'batch failure'.
  
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• NEW YEAR, NEW YOU Paul McKenna's techniques for deep sleep

  28-12-2017 10:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul McKenna believes he can help you to sleep better every night. Here, in his New Year - New You series with MailOnline, he shares techniques that canhelp you consistently enjoy a deep, restful sleep.
  
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• The diet behind Crown Princess Mary's beach figure

  28-12-2017 10:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Princess Mary, 45, wowed at Palm Beach in Sydney while on holiday with her family last week. Now sources claim the princess decided to try something new after feeling 'sluggish' recently.
  
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• Flu symptoms at Christmas? There is a reason why taking a break leaves you ill

  28-12-2017 09:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  FLU and cold symptoms often appear between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, and there is a scientific explanation.
  
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• New year diet plan: Nine health food trends set to be big for 2018

  28-12-2017 09:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  NEW YEAR will see a wave of new health trends thrust upon us. From prebiotics to birch water, these nine should be on your radar.
  
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• Santa leaves note for Huddersfield boy whose twin died

  28-12-2017 08:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leo Barrett, six, from Huddersfield,was facing his first Christmas as an only child after his twin brother Zack passed away but found Santa has left a special message at Zack's gravestone for Christmas.
  
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• Sugary drinks face hospital ban unless they cut sales

  28-12-2017 08:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sugary drinks will be banned from hospital canteens and vending machines if managers fail to cut sales to no more than 10 per cent of all beverages sold.
  
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• Hospitals make a record £175m from car parking charges

  28-12-2017 08:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hospitals made record highs in parking charges this year despite a Government crackdown, and nearly £1 million from parking fines. More than half are still charging disabled patients to park.
  
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