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• Riding a bike does NOT damage sexual or urinary functions

  11-01-2018 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cycling does not damage men's sexual health and high-intensity riders have better erectile function, according to new research from the University of California at San Francisco.
  
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• What 5 Women Want You To Know About Losing 50-Plus Pounds

  11-01-2018 22:55
  Apart from the fact that, yes, it's hard.
  
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• This 5-Minute Bench Workout Will Challenge Your Entire Body And Boost Metabolism

  11-01-2018 22:37
  Creative ways to use that bench in your gym.
  
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• Rochester man off heart meds by going on plant-based diet

  11-01-2018 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doug Schmidt, 59, is a teacher in Rochester, New York, who suffered a near-fatal heart attack 10 years ago prompting him to become vegan. He has since lost 60 pounds and is off all heart medications.
  
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• 'I Get Hateful Comments About My Size All The Time—Here's How I Rise Above'

  11-01-2018 21:52
  Sarah Sapora is no stranger to trolls.
  
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• This Woman Revealed Her Biggest Secret To The World During Her Powerful Engagement Photo Shoot

  11-01-2018 21:29
  “I felt very excited to be fully accepting and embracing my true self.”
  
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• Joe Biden links military burn pits to Beau Biden's cancer

  11-01-2018 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beau Biden, who was 46 when he died in 2015, served in Iraq at two locations which commonly burned waste in open pits, using jet fuel to speed up the process.
  
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• Humblebragging is more irritating than outright boasting

  11-01-2018 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, by University of North Carolina, found people faced by someone humblebragging were less likely to help them out by signing a petition, and also gave them less money.
  
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• American children are more likely to die before age 20

  11-01-2018 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, discovered Americans aged 15 to 19 are 82 percent more likely to die from gun violence.
  
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• Should You Do Abs Exercises Every Day If You Want To See Results?

  11-01-2018 20:55
  You may be sabotaging your six-pack goals.
  
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• Lentils, nuts and cereals reverse breast cancer treatment

  11-01-2018 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Estrogen fuels the growth of common forms of breast cancer. Some treatments work by blocking estrogen, but foods like soy beans reverse their effects, a Scripps University study warns.
  
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• Can You Get Pregnant From Precum?

  11-01-2018 20:02
  Like, is there sperm in that stuff?
  
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• The supplements scientists use to protect their health

  11-01-2018 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With so many supplements on the market, and so little research to back them up, choosing the right one can be a nightmare. Six experts explain what they take and why their daily doses help their health.
  
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• The Guardian view on the NHS crisis: it’s not just the flu | Editorial

  11-01-2018 19:28
  There is no mistaking the depth of the crisis faced by the health service. But how much are we prepared to pay, who will pay it – and what exactly will it buy?It has been a terrible day for the NHS in England and Wales (and not a lot better in Scotland, where there are also complaints about long waits, or Northern Ireland). But it was even worse for the health service’s political masters. An unprecedented letter was sent to the prime minister by 68 of the most senior emergency medici
  
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• NHS winter crisis: hospital 'felt like something out of a war zone'

  11-01-2018 19:28
  Husband of a patient and locum doctor share moving experiences of severe pressures on national health serviceSenior doctors have taken the unprecedented move of writing to Theresa May, warning that winter pressures mean some patients are dying prematurely. The Guardian asked for your experiences of hospital pressures. Here are two moving responses. Related: NHS patients dying in hospital corridors, A&E doctors tell Theresa May Between 2010-11 and 2016-17, health spending increased by an aver
  
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• Tories urge Theresa May to fund NHS by raising taxes

  11-01-2018 19:13
  Former business minister Nick Boles proposes national insurance overhaul to create revenue stream for health serviceTheresa May is facing growing calls from Conservative MPs to consider higher taxes to fund the struggling NHS, with Nick Boles suggesting an overhaul of national insurance.Boles, a former business minister who was treated for cancer last year, published a paper on Thursday proposing a rebranding of national insurance to “national health insurance” to associate it specif
  
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• The Surprising Reason You're Getting Side Pains Once A Month

  11-01-2018 18:51
  It might be mittelshmerz.
  
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• Sunbathing could help you burn off fat, study says 

  11-01-2018 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some moderate sunbathing could help to shrink the fat cells just beneath the skin, which respond to blue sunlight and build up in its absence, according to a University of Alberta study.
  
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• Stomach fat is linked to a stressful lifestyle

  11-01-2018 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Excess cortisol – the so-called stress hormone – can increase stomach fat. Colorado-based health expert Jackie Wicks explains the signs that you're suffering from 'stress belly'.
  
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• This Mom Made A Heartbreaking Video For Her Son Before Giving Him Up For Adoption

  11-01-2018 18:11
  "He will always be able to know that I loved him more than anyone else in the world.”
  
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• Pro-Europeans praise Nigel Farage for backing second Brexit referendum – as it happened

  11-01-2018 18:03
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May’s speech on plastics and the environmentMay’s Q&A - SummaryLunchtime summaryAfternoon summary 5.03pm GMT4.59pm GMT Here is this week’s Guardian Politics Weekly podcast. It features Heather Stewart, Anushka Asthana, Sonia Sodha, Torsten Bell and Neal Lawson discussing the government reshuffle and the concept of a universal basic income. Related: May's reshuffle and universal basi
  
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• 5 Women Just Shared Shocking Allegations Against James Franco

  11-01-2018 18:02
  "I just didn’t want him to hate me, so I did it."
  
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• Five things to remember after getting the dreaded cancer diagnosis | Ranjana Srivastava

  11-01-2018 18:00
  As if cancer treatment wasn’t trying enough, a common stress will be unwanted advice. But you can benefit from the wisdom of others
  Amid the greetings of the new year arrives a simple text message, “What do you think?” The story is familiar enough but this time, the cast is different. The patient is related to my childhood friend and across continents and time zone, I feel it all. The desperate bid to find an oncologist, the labyrinth of investigations, the profusion of advice,
  
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• Bullying as damaging as child abuse – and needs same resources, expert says

  11-01-2018 18:00
  Patrick McGorry calls for a significant expansion of support services following Amy ‘Dolly’ Everett’s suicidePatrick McGorry has warned bullying can be as damaging for youth mental health as child abuse, while calling for a major expansion of support services following Amy “Dolly” Everett’s death. McGorry, a former Australian of the year and youth mental health expert, said the behavioural and cultural change needed to reduce bullying would require a “la
  
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• Patients 'dying in hospital corridors'

  11-01-2018 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Doctors write to the PM warning care is being compromised by 'intolerable' conditions this winter.
  
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• Kelly Clarkson Says She's 'Not Above' Spanking Her Kids—What Do You Think?

  11-01-2018 16:41
  The Internet is freaking out over her recent interview.
  
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• 6 Things You Should Know If You Want To Go From Blonde To Brunette

  11-01-2018 16:41
  Welcome to the dark side.
  
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• A&E chiefs warn PM that patients are dying in corridors

  11-01-2018 16:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A leaked letter, written by the bosses of 60 casualty units across England, reveals there are 'serious concerns' about patient safety amid the NHS' worst winter on record.
  
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• Pro-Europeans praise Nigel Farage for backing second Brexit referendum - Politics live

  11-01-2018 16:18
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May’s speech on plastics and the environmentMay’s Q&A - SummaryLunchtime summary 3.18pm GMT Nicola Sturgeon also faced tough questioning on Scotland’s health service at first minister’s questions today, with three out of four opposition leaders demanding answers in the light of some shocking personal stories of poor performance by the ambulance and A&E services.Sturgeon wa
  
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• You'll Be Obsessed With These Easy Dinners That Only Require One Pan

  11-01-2018 16:00
  Being lazy never tasted so good.
  
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• Brazilian teen becomes fifth person cured of rabies

  11-01-2018 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mateus dos Santos da Silva, from Rio Unini, contacted the virus last November. He had a pioneering treatment that saw him placed in an induced coma to protect his brain,
  
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• Would You Be Able To Recognize These 4 Brain Tumor Symptoms?

  11-01-2018 15:30
  Don't let them sneak by.
  
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• Chewing mints makes bad breath worse

  11-01-2018 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sugar in mints not only rots teeth but causes odours, according to dentist James Buchanan from North Lanarkshire, Scotland. He reveals what foods will wash away odour-causing particles.
  
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• Flu cases: Surge in hospital admissions

  11-01-2018 15:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Hospitals in England are seeing very high rates of patients with flu, according to Public Health England.
  
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• May says flu outbreak partly to blame for A&E departments missing waiting targets - Politics live

  11-01-2018 13:59
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May’s speech on plastics and the environment 12.59pm GMT Jeremy Corbyn told Sky News the Labour would put more money into the NHS now. Commenting on the A&E figures, he said:We would put more resources, money, into the NHS straight away, but also look at the wider question of why those figures are so high, and in part it’s a symptom of lots of other things. Some of those people going into
  
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• NHS winter crisis: what is happening at your hospital?

  11-01-2018 13:28
  Senior doctors have taken the unprecedented move of writing to Theresa May, warning that winter pressure mean some patients are dying prematurely. We want to hear about the situation where you arePatients are dying in hospital corridors this winter, senior doctors have warned in a written letter to prime minister Theresa May.In an unprecedented move, doctors told May that 120 patients a day are being managed in some hospital corridors, with “some dying prematurely”. They said this wa
  
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• Gymnast Natasha Coates is allergic to everything

  11-01-2018 13:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Natasha Coates, from Nottingham, has mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) a genetic condition which causes severe allergic-like symptoms to weather, many foods and products.
  
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• NHS A&E waiting times hit worst on record, figures show

  11-01-2018 13:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials have slammed the 'disappointing' statistics, released by NHS England, which come a week after an unprecedented move to cancel 55,000 operations.
  
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• NHS patients dying in hospital corridors, A&E doctors tell Theresa May

  11-01-2018 13:14
  Doctors running 68 A&E departments tell PM patients are dying prematurely because staff are too busy to treat themShare your experience of what is happening at your hospitalPatients are dying in hospital corridors this winter because the NHS is so “chronically underfunded” and dangerously short-staffed, doctors who run 68 A&E units have told Theresa May. Related: May says flu outbreak partly to blame for A&E departments missing waiting targets - Politics liveRelated: Numb
  
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• Woman claims udder cream has 'cured' her eczema

  11-01-2018 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Megan Underwood, 22, from Winchester, Hampshire, claims the unusual solution has soothed her red, raw skin which has affected her entire face and body her whole life.
  
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• Dementia is too big a problem to walk away from – for Pfizer or any of us | Bart De Strooper

  11-01-2018 13:06
  The financial and social costs of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s are devastating. It’s essential that big pharma be part of the effort to end themIf you were to go out on the street today and run a straw poll on big pharma, I doubt that it would come back very positive. More often than not, these companies are seen by the public as corporate behemoths committed only to the bottom line, and not particularly patient-focused. This week’s news that Pfizer is pulling out
  
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• Percentage of A&E patients treated within four hours at lowest ever level

  11-01-2018 13:02
  Only 77.3% of people seeking help at a hospital A&E in England were treated within four hours last month - the worst performance since records beganThe percentage of A&E patients being treated within the politically important four-hour target has reached its lowest ever level, with hospitals managing to care for just 77.3% of patients within that time last month – far fewer than the 95% target covering all types of urgent and emergency care. Related: Figures for missed A&E wait
  
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• Theresa May's environment speech dubbed 'missed opportunity' as campaigners call for tighter plastics crackdown - Politics live

  11-01-2018 11:58
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May’s speech on plastics and the environment 10.58am GMT And she refers to the plans for a new northern forest announced at the weekend.It will be a new community woodland for Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, provide a new and enduring amenity for the growing population of the north of England, and act as a carbon sink for the UK.Decades from now, children as yet unborn will be exploring this fo
  
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• How the NHS winter beds crisis is hitting patient care

  11-01-2018 11:55
  NHS hospitals were forced to add over 5,000 extra beds in one day this winter — that affects the care patients receiveBy Josh HolderThe winter crisis reached a new peak last week as NHS trusts had to provide 5,075 extra beds on 2 January to cope with demand, the equivalent of nine average hospitals.According to a recent study by the British Medical Association, a lack of available beds creates a backlog that often leads to severe delays in emergency departments. Continue reading...
  
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• Number of A&E patients treated within four hours at lowest ever level

  11-01-2018 11:41
  Only 77.3% of NHS patients in England were treated within the politically important four-hour period last monthThe number of A&E patients being treated within the politically important four-hour target target has reached its lowest ever level, with hospitals managing to care for just 77.3% of patients within that time last month – far fewer than the 95% target. Related: Figures for missed A&E waiting time targets in December at record high level - Politics liveRelated: Hospital bos
  
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• Woman was locked inside her body after suffering a stroke

  11-01-2018 10:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Klaudia Rachwal, now 25, who lives in Dublin, collapsed in October 2015, only to wake up to discover she could hear everything around her, but was unable to move anything but her eyes.
  
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• Can this book take away your desire to drink forever?

  11-01-2018 09:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This Naked Mind by Annie Grace from Colorado examines the influence that alcohol has on our culture and society and reveals how the unconscious mind believes myths surrounding it.
  
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• Hospital bosses tell Jeremy Hunt to spend now to rescue NHS

  11-01-2018 09:14
  Austerity must end, health and social care secretary is told in letter, as staff face ‘watershed moment’ of winter crisisThe winter crisis in the NHS is a “watershed moment” that shows the service can no longer meet its constitutional standards of care without tens of billions of extra funding, hospital chiefs have warned.In a letter to Jeremy Hunt, the health and social care secretary, the body which represents hospitals urges him to ditch the Conservatives’ longst
  
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• Pounds to shed: the rise of the luxury workout

  11-01-2018 09:12
  The health and fitness market in the UK is booming and an increasing number of people with money and energy to burn are signing up for boutique gyms There’s one new year’s resolution that always seems to top the list: get fit. New exercise gear is purchased, fitness regimes carved out, and diets started (however temporary they may be). But while people have tended to sign up to the bigger gym chains at this time of year, a rising number now choose a more high-end workout.Boutique stu
  
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• Weight Watchers Flex: Healthy meals you can make in 20mins

  11-01-2018 08:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  You've had a long day and an unhealthy takeaway is calling. But even when you are strapped for time the Weight Watchers Flex plan can step in with healthy tasty meals in 20 minutes or less.
  
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