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• New York City sues Big Pharma over the opioid epidemic

  23-01-2018 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The opioid epidemic has kills more than 1,000 people in New York City each year, and the city is suing more than a dozen drug makers for negligence that has cost New York millions.
  
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• This Reality Star Just Shared A Graphic Photo Of Her Breast-Reduction Surgery

  23-01-2018 23:31
  You can REALLY see the difference between her two boobs.
  
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• Huggies maker to lay off 5,500 workers

  23-01-2018 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Americans are having fewer babies, and diaper makers are feeling the pinch.Kimberly-Clark said Tuesday it will cut as many as 5,500 jobs, or 13...
  
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• 5 Sex Positions That Are Perfect For A Threesome

  23-01-2018 23:22
  Make your ménage à trois hot, not awk.
  
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• 15 Foods You Can Actually Eat On The Ketogenic Diet

  23-01-2018 23:03
  Since carbs are pretty much off-limits.
  
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• Why sleep is the best way to fight this year's flu

  23-01-2018 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Certified sleep science coach Chris Brantner explains why seven to eight hours of sleep each night is the best way to fight off this year's vaccine-resistant flu.
  
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• Vaping does encourage kids to try tobacco, report finds

  23-01-2018 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report by the University of Washington issued Tuesday wrestles with the potential pros and cons of the vapor-emitting devices which have been sold in the US for more than a decade.
  
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• We may finally know why dogs choose to eat their own poop

  23-01-2018 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of veterinary researchers at University of California at Davis have discovered why your dog may decide to eat its own or others feces. The reason is partly tied to their wolf ancestors.
  
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• Transplant survivor from Atlanta celebrates third birthday

  23-01-2018 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AJ Burgess celebrated his third birthday this weekend after finally getting a transplant in Atlanta, though he was told he was not eligible since his father had violated his parole.
  
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• Opioid commission's Patrick Kennedy slams it as a 'sham'

  23-01-2018 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Congressman and member of the six person opioid commission Patrick Kennedy told CNN in an impassioned interview that a lack of funding has rendered efforts against the epidemic useless.
  
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• 'I Tried The South Beach Diet For Two Weeks—Here's What Happened'

  23-01-2018 21:18
  Our writer wanted to lose 10 pounds—see how she fared.
  
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• Plague fears in Madagascar return

  23-01-2018 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health chiefs thought they had the 'crisis', which prompted 10 nearby African countries to be placed on high alert, under control. But panic has re-emerged after a suspected new case.
  
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• Is Low-Carb Bread Better For You Than Regular Bread?

  23-01-2018 20:58
  It might be too good to be true.
  
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• Eco-friendly firm Freda 'reboots' period care

  23-01-2018 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Freda, a monthly subscription service aimed at the 'modern woman', now offers those across the UK tampons made of organic cotton and pads made of wood pulp.
  
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• Doctors blocked by Home Office from taking up vital NHS jobs

  23-01-2018 20:41
  Recruits from overseas not being paid enough to satisfy immigration rules Seniors doctors from overseas who have been appointed to fill key roles in hospitals around the UK are being blocked from taking up their jobs by the Home Office because their NHS salaries are too low under immigration rules.
  The Guardian has learned of at least 20 doctors prevented from taking up posts in departments including intensive care in the past two months, causing anger and bewilderment among already stretched do
  
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• Ministers rebuke Boris Johnson over NHS funding demands

  23-01-2018 20:40
  Cabinet colleagues argue foreign secretary is playing into Labour’s hands and stress need for trustBoris Johnson has been accused by senior Conservative colleagues of playing into the hands of political opponents during a tetchy cabinet session that also brought a rebuke from Theresa May.The prime minister and almost all of her senior ministers took it in turns to stress the importance of keeping the high-level discussions confidential after being irritated by a series of pre-briefed news
  
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• Vermont becomes 9th state legalize recreational marijuana

  23-01-2018 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vermont governor Phil Scott signed a bill into law on Monday legalizing recreational pot with some reservation. Vermont is the ninth state to pass a broad legalization law, but first to do so through legislature.
  
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• Scientists discover a way to ease women's period pains

  23-01-2018 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Edinburgh University researchers found some women have lower levels of oxygen in their blood, leading to a slower production of this protein, and therefore more intense blood-loss.
  
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• How Much Farting Is Normal Per Day?

  23-01-2018 19:30
  It's probably way more than you'd prefer.
  
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• The Guardian view on NHS funding: no platform for Boris Johnson | Editorial

  23-01-2018 19:27
  The foreign secretary may be grandstanding, but there is a need for more money, invested in making healthcare sustainableThe foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, has been parading in the headlines for a week now, mostly on matters that are no part of his departmental brief. In the 24 hours before today’s cabinet meeting, he and his allies were briefing that he would demand an extra £5bn a year for the NHS. It did not go to plan: slapped down by the prime minister, afterwards it was sugg
  
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• Just one nurse is hired for every 400 jobs advertised

  23-01-2018 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There were 34,260 vacant nursing and midwifery roles advertised across England at the end of September - a record high. The figures were collected by NHS Digital.
  
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• Drogheda parents’ horror after baby's skull was crushed

  23-01-2018 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Evan Tuite, who was born at the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Ireland, passed away in his mother Fiona's arms just hours after he entered the world in June 2012.
  
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• Teens who use e-cigarettes are more likely to try smoking, report shows

  23-01-2018 18:52
  Panel of public health experts says ‘e-cigarettes cannot be simply categorized as either beneficial or harmful’ amid global debateA panel of public health experts has found that teens who use e-cigarettes are more likely to try smoking, and devices that deliver nicotine can be addictive.However, the experts said that e-cigarettes were less harmful than smoking.Related: More US teens are vaping than smoking cigarettes, study findsContinue reading...
  
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• Horrific photo reveals snake venom raced up girl's leg

  23-01-2018 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emily Rose Oehler, five, was bitten by a rattlesnake Saturday morning during a family outing in Texas. Doctors used markers to measure the pace at which the venom traveled up her leg towards her abdomen.
  
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• Malaysian boy nearly died due to stuck chicken piece

  23-01-2018 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 12-year-old boy from Malaysia injured in a car accident baffled doctors when he turned blue in the operating theatre as they were about to perform life saving brain surgery on him.
  
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• Brexit transition may not be finalised until after March, Hunt tells MPs - Politics live

  23-01-2018 18:21
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenJohnson reprimanded as May rejects call for urgent NHS spending boostDowning Street lobby briefing on cabinetLunchtime summaryAfternoon summary 5.21pm GMT The broad issue that I was trying to address was that there are a lot of people, particularly in places like Mansfield, who work very hard and have to make very difficult decisions financially about whether they can afford to have kids. And I found that people find it fru
  
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• Gadgets that can help you lose weight are tested

  23-01-2018 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eating better and exercising more were this year’s most popular New Year resolutions, according to a poll. An obesity expert reviews a selection of gadgets that claim to help you lose weight.
  
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• A Nurse Already Serving a Life Sentence Was Charged With Killing 97 More Patients

  23-01-2018 18:01
  
  (BERLIN) — A German nurse who is already serving a life sentence for two murders has been charged with killing 97 more patients over several years at two hospitals in northwestern Germany, prosecutors said Monday.The new indictment against Niels Hoegel was expected after officials said in November that he may have killed more than 100 patients in total. He worked at a clinic in Oldenburg from 1999 to 2002 and in nearby Delmenhorst from 2003 to 2005.Hoegel was convicted in 2015 of two murde
  
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• To treat or not to treat: find out what really matters to the patient | Ranjana Srivastava

  23-01-2018 18:00
  Informed consent is a tenet of a good doctor-patient relationship, particularly when it comes to the elderly“What do you want?”“Whatever you say, doctor.” Related: I watched my son die from cancer. Here are the lessons I have learnedRelated: Five things to remember after getting the dreaded cancer diagnosis | Ranjana SrivastavaContinue reading...
  
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• To treat or not to treat: find out what really matters to the patient

  23-01-2018 18:00
  Informed consent is a tenet of a good doctor-patient relationship, particularly when it comes to the elderly“What do you want?”“Whatever you say, doctor.” Related: I watched my son die from cancer. Here are the lessons I have learnedRelated: Five things to remember after getting the dreaded cancer diagnosis | Ranjana SrivastavaContinue reading...
  
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• Boris Johnson rebuked over NHS cash plea

  23-01-2018 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May tells the foreign secretary conversations about health funding should be in private.
  
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• 5 Moves That Work Your Butt Without Wrecking Your Knees

  23-01-2018 17:54
  No lunges or squats here.
  
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• Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real-Life Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96

  23-01-2018 17:48
  
  Naomi Parker Fraley, the inspiration for the iconic female World War II factory worker Rosie the Riveter, has died. She was 96.The Tulsa, Oklahoma, native, who was born on August 26, 1921, died on Saturday in Longview, Washington, according to the New York Times. The California waitress-turned-factory worker began her job at the Naval Air Station in Alameda and was among the first women to be assigned to the machine shop after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in late 1941.Then in 1942, 20-yea
  
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• Experts on how to spot if there is E.coli in your salad

  23-01-2018 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Jeffrey M Farber, a professor of food safety at the University of Guelph, explains how salad gets infected, whether you should wash your leaves, and what kinds of salad to look out for to stay safe.
  
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• New drugs access 'faster than ever' - Welsh Government

  23-01-2018 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Faster access to new drugs is "making a real difference to people's lives".
  
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• Isaiah Haastrup: 'God should decide' when baby dies

  23-01-2018 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The mother of an 11-month-old on life support tells a court doctors should not decide when he dies.
  
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• This Moving Video About A Girl Battling Spinal Meningitis Has Been Shared Thousands Of Times

  23-01-2018 17:01
  "As soon as I heard the scream I knew we were going to the emergency room."
  
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• Parts of NHS England only able to fill one in 400 nursing vacancies

  23-01-2018 17:00
  Official figures show more unfilled nurse and midwife posts than ever recordedThe NHS’s deepening shortage of nurses is worst in the part of England that contains Theresa May’s Maidenhead constituency, with hospitals there only able to recruit one nurse for every 400 vacancies they have, new NHS figures reveal.Hospitals in the Thames Valley managed to fill just five of the 1,957 vacancies for nurses that they advertised between April and June – a success rate of 0.25% – a
  
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• Naked high intensity exercise classes are now a thing

  23-01-2018 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The classes for adventurous fitness fanatics are coming to London next month. Trainer Keith McNiven said exercising nude maximises your workout and boosts your motivation.
  
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• Boris Johnson reprimanded as cabinet rejects his call for NHS to get urgent spending boost - Politics live

  23-01-2018 16:58
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenJohnson reprimanded as May rejects call for urgent NHS spending boostDowning Street lobby briefing on cabinetLunchtime summary 3.58pm GMT The national security council has agreed to hold a separate, stand-alone defence review, the Sun’s Tom Newton Dunn reports. Currently defence is being considered as part of the national security capability review, which also covers counter-terrorism.Breaking: Defence cuts have been
  
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• OAPs are told to stay active to halt memory loss

  23-01-2018 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Memory loss accelerates rapidly after retirement, a 30-year study suggests. Scientists tested 3,400 retired civil servants and found that their short-term recall declined faster than those still working.
  
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• Black Men Walking: a hilly hike through 500 years of black British history

  23-01-2018 16:49
  A new play by the rapper Testament was inspired by a walking group from Yorkshire. Our writer steps out with them on a trek across the wild, windswept moorsOn the first Saturday of the month, at 9.30am sharp, the men meet just outside Sheffield and head for the Peak District. “By the time we’ve finished,” says 57-year-old Rob, “we haven’t got any stress because we’ve walked and talked it away. That’s one of the beauties of this group.” The men come
  
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• Girl, 6, killed by flu hours after EMTs said she was fine

  23-01-2018 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emily Grace Muth, six, was killed by the flu on Friday hours after paramedics left her Cary, North Carolina, home and said she would be okay and to stay hydrated.
  
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• May slaps down Boris Johnson over NHS funding demands

  23-01-2018 16:45
  PM and ‘large number of ministers’ make point that cabinet discussions should take place in private, spokesman saysTheresa May and a string of ministers rebuked Boris Johnson during Tuesday’s cabinet after his plan to demand more funding for the NHS was widely briefed to the media before the meeting.Related: Boris Johnson reprimanded as cabinet rejects his call for NHS to get urgent spending boost - Politics liveRelated: Could Boris Johnson’s self-interest end up helping
  
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• Women scarred by acid attacks have reconstructive surgery

  23-01-2018 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fatima Muneer, 45, and Niaz Bano, 53, both from Pakistan, were doused with acid in unrelated attacks, leaving them scarred for life. Zahida Parveen, 24, was badly burned by a gas cylinder.
  
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• This Mom's Photos Show Her Transformation From 'Skinny-Fat' To Strong

  23-01-2018 16:30
  Sia Cooper says she learned that "skinny is different than healthy."
  
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• NHS patients having to be sectioned to get help, says regulator

  23-01-2018 16:30
  Care Quality Commission finds rise in detentions due partly to strain on healthcare systemA lack of mental health services in England means a growing number of patients are having to be sectioned to get help, according to the NHS care regulator.A review by the Care Quality Commission found that the rise in the number of detentions under the Mental Health Act was due partly to the fact that the healthcare system was “under considerable strain”. Continue reading...
  
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• 'The world is now more vulnerable to smallpox'

  23-01-2018 16:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts have attacked the publication of the new study, led by scientists at the University of Alberta, Canada. It shows precisely how to construct horsepox - a close relative of the feared bug.
  
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• Sugar tax: Drinks becoming pricier and in smaller bottles

  23-01-2018 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Those who like a fizzy drink will soon be paying more to enjoy them, when the sugar tax comes into force in April this year.
  
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• Worgan family who all have dwarfism are an Instagram hit

  23-01-2018 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charli Worgan, 27 – who is just 4ft 2in – has thousands of followers on her social media. The images show the couple, from Sydney, Australia, won't allow their dwarfism to hold them back.
  
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