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• Student hospitalized for 106 days after eating a sandwich

  15-01-2018 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alec Hebblethwaite, 14, of Osage, Missouri hospitalized for nearly four months after damaging his esophagus while eating a sandwich. It transpired his reaction was caused by a rare autoimmune disease.
  
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• Ryker Roque dies of rabies after touching a sick bat

  15-01-2018 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ryker Roque, six, died on Sunday at a hospital in Orlando, Florida, after touching a bat which his father Henry had found in the garden and put in a bucket.
  
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• Fatty Western diets make prostate cancer more aggressive

  15-01-2018 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Harvard and Beth Israel have made a 'breakthrough' discovery about how prostate cancer is fueled.
  
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• Heart rates rocketed for Vikings and Saints fans

  15-01-2018 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Apple Watch monitors heart rates and tells its wearers when their pulses are abnormal. The exciting conclusion of Sunday's game got heart rates going, triggering warnings from the watches.
  
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• Leave campaign's £350m claim was too low, says Boris Johnson

  15-01-2018 22:30
  Foreign secretary says campaign ‘grossly underestimated’ amount of money UK sends each week to EUBoris Johnson has ratcheted-up his defence of Vote Leave’s infamous assertion on the side of their bus that Britain sends £350m a week to the EU by saying the group could have used a much higher figure. Related: Boris Johnson: 'Let us have a grown-up conversation with our American friends'Continue reading...
  
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• 7 Moves That Will Strengthen Your Butt Using Only Bodyweight

  15-01-2018 22:30
  Betina Gozo shares her favorite booty-sculpting moves.
  
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• Ohio boy dies from the flu just hours after symptoms start

  15-01-2018 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jonah Rieben, four, became the first child in Ohio to die from the flu this season. The boy from Clayton had a genetic disorder that may have contributed to his sudden death.
  
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• 'Aussie' flu cases rocket by 35%, official figures reveal

  15-01-2018 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some 4,128 were struck down across England last week - compared to the 3,044 new cases recorded the week before, according to new figures released by Public Health England.
  
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• 6 Sex Positions You Can Do Under a Blanket When It's Cold AF Outside

  15-01-2018 21:30
  Don't sacrifice orgasms just because it's freezing.
  
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• Veteran with gallstones was dismissed as a cocaine addict

  15-01-2018 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US Navy veteran Eric Walker, 47, was admitted to the emergency room at Dorn Veterans Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, with severe abdominal pains. He was dismissed an hour later.
  
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• Black Death 'spread by humans not rats'

  15-01-2018 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Human body lice, rather than rat fleas, spread plague during the Black Death, a study simulating the outbreak suggests.
  
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• Stress can be good for you, psychologist explains

  15-01-2018 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologist Dr Meg Arroll talks about how simply changing the way you view stress can help you feel less strung out - and what to do if you feel stressed but don't know why.
  
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• Almost 500 operations postponed across Scottish hospitals last week

  15-01-2018 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  A rapid rise in flu cases and a spell of severe weather has put additional pressure on the NHS in Scotland.
  
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• Premature birth linked to language delays, damaged brains

  15-01-2018 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The part of the brain that process complex auditory information is not fully developed in premature babies, leaving it vulnerable to trauma, University of Illinois researchers found.
  
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• 34 Easy High-Protein Breakfasts That'll Help You Lose Weight

  15-01-2018 20:30
  Jumpstart your results with the right breakfast.
  
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• A&E staff were too busy to treat my daughter, woman tells inquest

  15-01-2018 20:20
  Bethany Shipsey, who took overdose of diet pills, died at Worcestershire Royal hospital ‘on exceptionally busy day’The mother of a young woman who died after taking a overdose of diet pills had to help treat her daughter herself because accident and emergency staff were too busy, an inquest has heard. Carole Shipsey, herself a nurse, said she took her daughter Bethany’s pulse and even changed the electrodes on a monitor.Continue reading...
  
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• Thangam Debbonaire: ‘The moment I saw the light about alcohol and cancer’

  15-01-2018 19:50
  The Labour MP and former cancer patient tells how her mission to change Britain’s drinking culture is not a moral crusade – it’s about saving livesAfter the elation of becoming an MP in May 2015, Thangam Debbonaire was still getting used to life at Westminster when she got the bad news. “I was diagnosed with breast cancer on 16 June 2015,” says the Labour MP for Bristol West, recalling the date with calm clarity. Days later she had to forsake her new home at parliam
  
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• Incredible mind-reading device could help stroke patients

  15-01-2018 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Tübingen in Germany have created a machine that sends signals into a patient's head while moving their paralysed hand to strengthen brain connections.
  
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• The 5 Best Dishes to Order at Panda Express, According To Nutritionists

  15-01-2018 19:30
  Yes, you can have a fortune cookie.
  
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• Woman jailed for setting bed on fire 'killed herself in prison'

  15-01-2018 18:54
  Inquest hears Emily Hartley, 21, who had mental health problems, had been sentenced for breaking bail conditionsA 21-year-old woman was found dead in prison while serving a sentence for arson after setting herself on fire, an inquest jury has heard.Emily Hartley died in the grounds of HMP New Hall near Wakefield on 23 April 2016. She had been allowed into the exercise yard of the women’s prison at about 3pm and was found hanged. Continue reading...
  
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• 'I knew I was in labour' – why are women being turned away from hospital during childbirth?

  15-01-2018 18:32
  As a number of women recount how they were mistakenly told to go home and wait, before giving birth on the pavement or in a lift, experts warn that more investment in early-labour care is neededBecause her first baby had arrived quickly, Lizzie Hines was told at all her antenatal midwife appointments that she should go to hospital as soon as she recognised the first signs of labour. So, a couple of hours after she first felt twinges, cramps and contractions, she and her husband set off for a hos
  
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• This Is Why You Can't Stop Watching Dr. Pimple Popper's Videos

  15-01-2018 18:30
  Guilty as charged.
  
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• Nurse at England's worst A&E caught booking a holiday

  15-01-2018 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The picture covertly taken at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, was shared on a community Facebook page. Bosses said the unnamed nurse was being 'managed accordingly'.
  
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• Is deadly bacteria lurking in your dishwasher?

  15-01-2018 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Ljubljana, in Slovenia, found the kitchen staple can contain E.coli, which causes life-threatening food poisoning, and pathogens linked to urinary tract infections.
  
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• Salt-heavy diet increases the risk of Alzheimer's

  15-01-2018 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Too much salt triggers a gut immune response that deprives the brain of oxygen and releases neuron-damaging chemicals, according to a new Weill Cornell University study.
  
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• 5 Women Share The Moment They Realized They Had OCD

  15-01-2018 17:30
  Do you see yourself in their stories?
  
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• UK sends medics to halt Rohingya diphtheria outbreak

  15-01-2018 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  There have been 4,000 suspected cases of diphtheria in the overcrowded refugee camps and at least 31 deaths.
  
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• 7 Warning Signs Your Relationship Is Toxic, According To Couples Therapists

  15-01-2018 16:30
  Ask yourself these questions.
  
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• Flu cases rocket by 35%, official figures reveal

  15-01-2018 15:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some 4,128 were struck down across England last week - compared to the 3,044 new cases recorded the week before, according to new figures released by Public Health England.
  
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• Susie Burrell reveals key concepts for weight loss

  15-01-2018 15:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leading Australian dietitian Susie Burrell believes long-term, and sustainable, weight loss can be achieved through implementing better eating habits. FEMAIL takes a look her top five tips.
  
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• Coca-Cola to cut bottle size but increase price in face of sugar tax

  15-01-2018 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Bottles of the famous fizzy drink will be smaller and more expensive from March onwards.
  
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• A&E volunteer students 'will work within capabilities'

  15-01-2018 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  But bosses insist medical students helping meet winter NHS demand will work within their abilities.
  
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• This Couple's Incredible 10-Year Transformation Looks Like They've Aged in Reverse

  15-01-2018 15:30
  Dan Hennessey and fiancé Wendy Joseph are proof a healthy lifestyle can go a long, long way.
  
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• Young people experience side effects from energy drinks

  15-01-2018 15:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Ontario believe, as well as the drinks' alarmingly high caffeine levels, consuming them with alcohol or during exercise may make them even more dangerous.
  
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• Welsh father lost his arm due to deadly flesh-eating bug

  15-01-2018 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luke Dobson, 42, from Undy, near Chepstow, South Wales, initially just had pain in his elbow but was rushed to hospital when his condition took a turn for the worse. He is still in intensive care.
  
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• Irish boy dies days after visiting doctor with the 'flu'

  15-01-2018 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sean Hughes, from Dublin, passed away at Temple Street Hospital on Friday - after being rushed for emergency treatment the evening before. He saw his GP on Wednesday.
  
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• Boy dies two days after visiting his doctor with the 'flu'

  15-01-2018 13:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sean Hughes, from Dublin, passed away at Temple Street Hospital on Friday - after being rushed for emergency treatment the evening before. He saw his GP on Wednesday.
  
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• Father lost his arm due to a deadly flesh-eating bug

  15-01-2018 13:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luke Dobson, 42, from Undy, near Chepstow, South Wales, initially just had pain in his elbow but was rushed to hospital when his condition took a turn for the worse. He is still in intensive care.
  
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• Don't knock the flu jab – it’s a modern miracle

  15-01-2018 13:03
  As the flu season begins to ramp up, so too do the annual complaints about the vaccine“The flu jab DOESN’T work, officials admit,” scolded a recent headline from the Daily Mail.Meanwhile, in the comments under that article, and in shadier regions of the internet, conspiracy theorists are having their usual annual field day: the flu vaccine actually makes people sick; the World Health Organisation is in cahoots with Big Pharma; the vaccine is being deliberately sabotaged by its
  
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• Girl with CCHS runs free after life-changing operation

  15-01-2018 12:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video shows Diana Galleno, from Peru, grinning as she runs through a hospital corridor with nothing holding her back after she had a six-hour operation to help her breathe on her own.
  
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• Paralympian Matt Dimbylow develops Parkinson's at 36

  15-01-2018 12:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matt Dimbylow, now 47, from Cheshire, sustained a whiplash-type injury after he and another played knocked heads during a game 20 years ago. It wasn't until 2007 that he was diagnosed.
  
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• Model left suicidal by psoriasis feels saved by cream

  15-01-2018 12:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victoria Fine, from Norwich, spent 15 years in agony and her condition robbed her of her job, modelling dream, social life and love life. Then she found a steroid-free lotion that's made her 95% clear.
  
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• Beads of Courage

  15-01-2018 12:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Children undergoing cancer treatment receive beads to document their journey and one mum wants to expand the scheme.
  
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• London's January air quality 'best in 10 years'

  15-01-2018 11:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The capital has breached air pollution limits by 6 January every year since 2008.
  
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• Cryogenics corpses could be brought back 'in 10 years'

  15-01-2018 11:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dennis Kowalski, president of the Michigan-based Cryonics Institute, has claimed scientists could reanimate a frozen human corpse within the next ten years.
  
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• BBC newsreader George Alagiah reveals his cancer has returned

  15-01-2018 11:38
  Corporation’s highest paid star from BME background was given all clear in 2015 after extensive treatment The newsreader George Alagiah, the BBC’s highest paid star from a minority ethnic background, is to undergo further treatment for cancer after the disease returned. The 62-year-old presenter of the BBC News at Six was previously diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014, which later spread to his liver and lymph nodes.Continue reading...
  
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• One THIRD of a pint of beer reduces brain function

  15-01-2018 11:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Oxford University found consuming more than 10g, or one unit, of alcohol every day significantly reduces people's cognitive function, which worsens as the drinker ages.
  
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• NI's chief nursing officer says A&E's 'not in crisis'

  15-01-2018 10:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland's chief nursing officer says NI emergency departments are "not in crisis".
  
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• I survived sepsis eight times. But can care workers spot this deadly illness?

  15-01-2018 09:24
  Care staff are increasingly likely to see sepsis, but there is no standard training to make them aware of the symptoms to look out for in clientsI am a survivor of sepsis. Not once, not twice, but eight times. Sepsis – also known as blood poisoning – kills more people than bowel cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. It affects more than 260,000 people and claims 44,000 lives every year in the UK. But it is not spoken about in training for social care workers, even thoug
  
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• Winter death rates jump by 6% amid flu outbreak

  15-01-2018 09:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The data shows 125,800 people living in Britain died of any cause between October 1 and December 22 - compared to 118,700 for the same period in previous years.
  
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