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• Ask pharmacist: How long does nicotine withdrawal last?

  01-01-2018 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SPONSORED. As part of a weekly series, in association with LloydsPharmacy, Suresh Bagga of LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor answers your common medicine queries.
  
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• 23AndMe launches 'massive' weight loss study

  01-01-2018 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Starting this month, the California-based mail-order DNA test firm will invite 1.3 million of their customers to take part, each picking a diet or exercise regime to commit to for three months.
  
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• Researchers use hi-tech scans to read Egyptian mummy name

  01-01-2018 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at University College London used a new scanning technique to identify the mummy, which has been on display at Chiddington Castle in  Kent
  
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• Marco A Palma: How to hack your self-control

  01-01-2018 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Why does our self-control falter, so often leaving us to revert to our old ways? Marco A Palma, a human behavior researcher at Texas A&M University explains what we know from scientific research.
  
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• This Is What 1,200 Calories Looks Like On A Low-Carb Diet

  01-01-2018 20:00
  Meal prep just got way easier.
  
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• 8 Super-Random Things That Can Actually Boost Your Immune System

  01-01-2018 19:30
  No cold and flu for you.
  
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• The 3 Sentences That Have The Power To Take Your Sex Life To The Next Level

  01-01-2018 19:00
  So simple, yet SO hot.
  
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• VIRGIN men have HALF the risk of catching prostate cancer

  01-01-2018 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found that men who had never experienced sexual intercourse were 47 per cent less likely to develop the disease, the most common type of cancer among men in the UK.
  
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• 6 Side Effects Of Healthy Eating That Nobody Tells You About

  01-01-2018 18:00
  Prepare yourself for a few poo problems.
  
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• 'Why I Quit The Paleo Diet And Started Eating Like This Instead'

  01-01-2018 17:30
  "I feel awesome eating this way."
  
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• Forget weight loss - embrace your inner child this year

  01-01-2018 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologist Dr Meg Arroll talks about how reconnecting with your inner child can make your happier, healthier and less stressed in 2018.
  
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• This 7-Day Meal Plan Gets Rid of Bloat Fast

  01-01-2018 17:00
  It's the perfect way to kick off a healthy new eating routine.
  
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• MATT ROBERTS: Why Jane Fonda is an inspiration at 80

  01-01-2018 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fonda – who turned 80 on December 21 – looks just as incredible as she did then. And it would be hard to argue that she’s not a great advert for choosing to live a healthy life.
  
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• 'I Went Blonde And Here's What Happened Next'

  01-01-2018 16:30
  "Blonde black women can carry a faint hint of controversy."
  
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• Dry January 2018 warning: The ten symptoms of alcohol withdrawal revealed

  01-01-2018 16:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  DRY JANUARY began today for many Britons, but stopping drinking alcohol suddenly can cause withdrawal symptoms for some people.
  
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• How to make the most of 24 hours

  01-01-2018 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fitness experts told Daily Mail Online their hacks for optimizing your day including waking up early, saying 'no', disconnecting from electronics, taking a cold shower and listening to music.
  
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• Obesity 'my prison'

  01-01-2018 16:05 via bbc.co.uk
  A 34 stone woman says she is desperate to lose weight but there is no help for her in north Wales.
  
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• 10 Weight-Loss Myths You Need To Stop Believing Right Now

  01-01-2018 16:00
  Losing weight can be difficult. But these 10 widespread myths make it even harder.
  
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• 9 Crazy Symptoms That Could Signal A Serious Thyroid Problem

  01-01-2018 15:30
  Are you always cold? That might be a sign.
  
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• Dry January 2018: Can drinking alcohol give you cancer? This is the REAL answer

  01-01-2018 15:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  DRY JANUARY - which involves drinking no alcohol - will be starting today for many people. Could it reduce your risk of cancer?
  
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• Jillian Michaels: The No-B.S. Rules You Must Follow To Lose Weight This Year

  01-01-2018 15:00
  Prepare for some real talk from America's favorite badass trainer.
  
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• STI symptom checker: Do I have gonorrhoea, chlamydia or syphilis? Signs of sex infections

  01-01-2018 13:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  STIs - or sexually transmitted infections - can be passed on via unprotected sex. These are the symptoms of gonorrhoea - commonly misspelt gonorrhea - chlamydia and syphilis to look out for.
  
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• Weight loss plan: Doing THIS simple diet trick could help maximise fat burn as you SLEEP

  01-01-2018 12:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  WEIGHT LOSS is one of the top New Year’s resolutions Britons will be attempting this January, and scientists have revealed that counting calories might not be necessary.
  
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• Surge in Scottish ambulance calls at new year

  01-01-2018 12:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The Scottish Ambulance Service says it has been "a challenge" to cope with a 38% rise in calls.
  
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• High time: introducing the Guardian's new cannabis column for grownups

  01-01-2018 12:00
  Cannabis has long been shrouded in misinformation and stoner stereotypes. But with California now the world’s largest legal market, and others likely to follow suit, it’s time to start talking like adults. In a new column, Alex Halperin kicks off a conversation and invites your questions
  Today, California becomes the world’s largest legal marijuana market. It’s not the first American state to go fully legal, but with its outsized cultural influence and economy larger than
  
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• Gym workout plan: THIS is the best time of day to exercise for weight loss

  01-01-2018 11:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  GYM workouts will be helping many Britons reach their new year weight loss goals this January. But are you exercising at the right time for your body?
  
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• Don’t knock hangovers. Some of my best days start with one | Julie Bindel

  01-01-2018 10:00
  Anything that involves vomiting is obviously awful. But the mid-sized hangover, curable with a fry-up and few Diet Cokes, can be strangely satisfyingI write this with a low-level hangover. Yesterday I travelled long haul, on a half-empty flight, with a very friendly cabin crew member who handed out the drinks with impunity. As I woke up, with a throat like the bottom of a snake’s carpet slipper, I smiled to myself, recalling watching My Big Fat Greek Wedding while sinking gin.Hangovers get
  
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• The Number-One Sign Your Abs Workouts Aren't Working

  01-01-2018 09:00
  Do you feel the burn in your abs...or somewhere else?
  
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• Scientists a step closer to mimicking way human body creates sperm

  01-01-2018 07:30
  Researchers pass milestone on developmental path from stem cells to immature sperm, and hint lab-made sperm and eggs may one day be possibleScientists have come a step closer to mimicking the natural process by which the body creates sperm from stem cells in work that could ultimately provide new treatments for infertility.Speaking at the Progress Educational Trust annual conference in London this month, Azim Surani, director of germline and epigenetics research at the University of Cambridge&rs
  
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• Diabetes drug may reverse memory loss, scientists discover

  01-01-2018 07:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Lancaster University found the treatment - called a triple receptor agonist - significantly improved memory and reduced toxins in the brain when tested on mice.
  
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• The NHS turns 70 this year, and it’s Britain’s greatest medical innovation | Bruce Keogh

  01-01-2018 07:00
  Our health service stands alongside other brilliant inventions, such as penicillin, IVF and artificial hips. We must make sure it is fit for the decades to comeThe NHS will celebrate its 70th birthday in 2018, after a difficult decade since the global financial crisis culminating in one of the most testing years in our history. The terrorist attacks in London and Manchester, along with the Grenfell Tower tragedy, saw all emergency services, including NHS staff, respond with skill and bravery. Re
  
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• NHS shake-up is not a Trojan horse for privatisation, says top doctor

  01-01-2018 07:00
  Prof Sir Bruce Keogh says introduction of accountable care organisations is about improving quality of careThe NHS’s top doctor has denied that radical plans to reshape the way patients are cared for are a “Trojan horse” for wholesale privatisation of the health service.Prof Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England’s national medical director, says setting up new bodies called accountable care organisations (ACOs) in eight areas of England is simply about improving the quality of car
  
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• Glass half empty: the hangover from hell that made me tackle my drinking

  01-01-2018 07:00
  Alcohol doesn’t have to affect your life dramatically to be problematic. When I realised I had missed the same event two years in a row because I was suffering after a heavy night, I knew I had to changeIt was the worst hangover of my life – and I have had a lot of hangovers. There were several very bad things about it, from the roiling nausea that made getting out of bed or even drinking water impossible to my questionable decision to take my mind off it by watching the anxiety-indu
  
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• Meat eaters 'have more sex than vegetarians'  

  01-01-2018 02:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A survey suggests that 42% (or 49% of Welsh people) of those who eat meat at least once a day have sex once a week or more but for vegetarians the figure drops to only 16%.
  
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• NHS health chiefs admit flu jab doesn’t work for over-75s

  01-01-2018 01:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health chiefs have admitted the current flu jab is ineffective for over-75s and ordered doctors to switch to a new version after NHS England said the vaccine has shown little effectiveness
  
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• Mother carries heart in rucksack following severe heart failure

  01-01-2018 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  THANKS to her amazing rucksack Selwa Hussain is celebrating the New Year her family feared she would never see.
  
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• 'Desperate times' for overcrowded hospitals, senior doctor warns

  01-01-2018 01:01
  Pressures on NHS have ‘escalated rapidly’ over festive period, with severe bed shortages, says society chief Nick ScrivenPressures on the NHS have “escalated rapidly” over the festive period, with hospitals experiencing significant bed shortages, a leading doctor has warned.Dr Nick Scriven, president of the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM), said many hospitals reported more than 99% capacity in the week before Christmas. Related: NHS cancels surgery for tens of thousands
  
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