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• Kim Kardashian Just Posted A Topless Selfie—But All We Can Do Is Stare At Her Abs

  25-01-2018 23:28
  Here's what we know about the trainer that helped her chisel those obliques.
  
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• What is JUUL? All about the new e-cigarette vaping trend

  25-01-2018 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JUUL started off as a way of providing smokers with an alternative to combustible tobacco products. JUUL has now become the number one vapour product in the US, according to Nielsen.
  
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• Young Americans skip HIV tests claiming 'low risk'

  25-01-2018 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nearly 70 percent of Americans under 25 have never been tested for HIV and most of them do not get screened because they think they are 'unlikely to be exposed,' according to CDC data released today.
  
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• More than 20,000 LGBT kids will receive conversion therapy

  25-01-2018 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law found that an estimated 77,000 LGBT children will receive psychological or spiritual conversion therapy before they turn 18.
  
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• How to tell if a hug is meaningful, according to science

  25-01-2018 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the first study of its kind a team from Ruhr-University Bochum analyzed 2,000 embraces at a German airport, and other embraces between strangers.
  
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• These 6 Tweets Perfectly Sum Up Our Thoughts on the Larry Nassar Trial

  25-01-2018 22:25
  
  [brightcove:5718816767001 default]This past week, 156 women took turns speaking in front of a packed courtroom in Michigan, where former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was waiting to be sentenced. Nassar, as you've no doubt heard, had pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct charges after admitting that for more than 20 years, he sexually assaulted women and girls who had been his patients, including Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman.RELATED: How to Cope if You're F
  
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• Dementia risk: Developing Type 2 diabetes can lead to brain disease, say experts

  25-01-2018 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  HAVING diabetes can significantly increase your chances of being struck down by dementia, doctors have warned.
  
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• This Teen Turned To Reddit About His Crush On A Trans Girl—And Laverne Cox Weighed In

  25-01-2018 22:07
  The trans icon had some wise words to share.
  
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• Scarlet fever warning: Is YOUR region at risk? Signs and symptoms parents must know

  25-01-2018 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  SCARLET FEVER symptoms include a characteristic blotchy, pink rash. Parents have been warned that the number of disease cases has reached a month-long high. These are the regions most affected.
  
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• 'I Tried the Dukan Diet for 2 Weeks—Here's What Happened'

  25-01-2018 21:11
  If Kate Middleton could do it...
  
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• Kids more likely to booze if their parents let them drink

  25-01-2018 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many parents believe giving their children sips of wine or beer will teach them to drink responsibly. But a six-year study by the University of New South Wales has revealed this is a myth.
  
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• Giving teenagers alcohol may increase risk of drink-related problems – study

  25-01-2018 21:00
  Parents offering even limited amounts of alcohol may increase risk of binge-drinking and other problems, study concludesParents who give alcohol to their teenagers could be increasing their offspring’s risk of binge drinking and other alcohol-related problems, research has revealed.The study found that compared with secondary-school aged children who had no access to alcohol, those who were given booze by their parents more often admitted to later binge drinking, had symptoms of alcohol-us
  
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• 10 Signs Of Pancreatic Cancer You Should Never, Ever Ignore

  25-01-2018 20:45
  Pancreatic cancer has one of the highest death rates of any cancer.
  
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• Thinness no longer considered ideal body type for women

  25-01-2018 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Images of fit, toned bodies, such as that of Jennifer Lopez, are all over social media - and it seems they are  also changing our definition of 'beauty', according the University of Missouri-Kansas City,
  
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• Diabetes type 2: FIVE simple ways to lower your risk of the condition

  25-01-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  DIABETES type 2 symptoms include feeling very tired, urinating more often than normal, and feeling very thirsty. But, you can lower your risk of developing the condition by following these five steps.
  
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• Tessa Jowell: former Labour MP delivers moving speech on brain cancer diagnosis – video

  25-01-2018 19:57
  Tessa Jowell, the former culture secretary, has given a moving speech in the House of Lords about her brain cancer diagnosis. Her address, which received a standing ovation, called for peers to support the Eliminate Cancer Initiative Continue reading...
  
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• 5 Keto Smoothies That Will Help You Lose Weight

  25-01-2018 19:41
  So much fat, so few carbs.
  
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• Tessa Jowell calls for global cooperation to help cancer patients

  25-01-2018 19:34
  Labour peer given standing ovation for moving speech in House of Lords about her brain cancerTessa Jowell has received a standing ovation in the House of Lords for a moving speech about her brain cancer in which she urged peers to support an international initiative to share resources, research and new treatments. The former Labour culture secretary, who is seriously ill with a high-grade brain tumour, spoke to a packed house about the importance of “a community of love” for people s
  
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• Not losing weight? Take a look at your DRINKS

  25-01-2018 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While juicing is an easy way to increase theintake of fruits and vegetables, italso packs hundreds of calories. Experts tell Daily Mail Online how juicing can sabotage weight loss.
  
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• Wales considers law to tackle NHS nuisances

  25-01-2018 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The law means disruptive and nuisance people can be removed from hospitals and GP surgeries.
  
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• Jowell is applauded in the Lords after brain cancer speech

  25-01-2018 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Labour grandee Baroness Tessa Jowell delivered an emotional speech to peers in a rare appearance after she was suddenly struck with brain cancer last year.
  
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• Psychiatric services need better support, not more legal scrutiny | Letters

  25-01-2018 19:00
  Tom Burns challenges the Law Society’s claim that the state has the power to detain under the Mental Health Act; Sally Cheseldine writes about Scotland’s appeals process against detention; plus a letter from Brendan KellyChristina Blacklaws of the Law Society is wrong to say that patients detained under the Mental Health Act have to wait six months to challenge their treatment (Lawyers seek end to forced treatment of psychiatric inpatients, 24 January). There is an automatic review a
  
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• Incoherent policies on sugar and alcohol | Letters

  25-01-2018 19:00
  Nutrition expert Jack Winkler on how government departments are contradicting one another, and Trevor McCarthy on minimum unit pricingThe Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has drawn attention to the lack of “coherence” in current policies on obesity and sugar (Report, 23 January). In fact, government departments are contradicting one another: Defra has recently removed production quotas and minimum prices on sugar beet, leading to more and cheaper UK sugar; Public
  
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• Carer filmed slapping Kettering dementia patient

  25-01-2018 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The 78-year-old is slapped and told she stinks by the carer, who was given a police caution.
  
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• What You Need To Know If Your Child Develops A 'Barking' Cough

  25-01-2018 18:55
  It sounds terrifying—but might be totally treatable.
  
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• Mother 36, dies two days after showing signs of flu  

  25-01-2018 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tandy Harmon, a 36-year-old mother in Oregon developed flu symptoms on Wednesday and died on Friday of last week. Only about 3 percent of flu hospital patients are between ages 19 and 49.
  
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• Will Collagen Supplements Really Make You Any Healthier?

  25-01-2018 18:44
  Yet another powder with big claims.
  
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• 'Cheeky' Stoke-on-Trent boy latest victim of flu outbreak

  25-01-2018 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Dylan Day, from Stoke-on-Trent, passed away after developing sepsis, triggered by a a strain of influenza B he was fighting, last weekend.
  
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• 19 Happy Couples Share The Way They First Met

  25-01-2018 18:33
  They've all been together for more than 10 years.
  
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• A GP reveals the best foods to eat to tackle ailments 

  25-01-2018 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In her new book, Eat Well Stay Well, Dr Sarah Brewer reveals people can avoid the flu epidemic sweeping the UK by cooking with onions. Stress can be overcome by ditching caffeine.
  
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• Mattie Larson Describes Injuring Herself to Avoid Going to Camp Where Larry Nassar Abused Her

  25-01-2018 18:29
  
  [brightcove:5718816767001 default]Former elite gymnast Mattie Larson testified Tuesday in a Michigan courtroom that she was once desperate enough to avoid Larry Nassar’s abuse that she purposefully injured herself. Larson began attending gymnastics camps at the Karolyi Ranch when she was 10 years old and Nassar first abused her there when she was 14, she said on the sixth day of Nassar’s sentencing hearing. From then on, she was molested by Nassar every time she sought treatment
  
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• Aly Raisman Is Starring In A New Lingerie Campaign—And All The Photos Are Un-Retouched

  25-01-2018 18:15
  "It's easy to show your life being perfect and happy."
  
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• Three times more people dying from flu in UK than last winter

  25-01-2018 18:13
  Death toll from virus hits 155, with 35 people dying last week aloneThree times as many people are dying of flu this winter in the UK compared with last year, with the death toll since October now at 155, figures show.Last week there was a big jump in the number of people hospitalised with the virus and further increases in the numbers being treated in critical care units or visiting a GP with flu-like symptoms. A combination of factors are at play. Hospitals have fewer beds than last year, so t
  
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• Do we REALLY have to cut out all pleasure to stay healthy?

  25-01-2018 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Over time, warnings about individual risks can pile up into a set of contradictory, irreconcilable instructions, argues public health doctor Laurent Chambaud. Maybe we should live a little and enjoy it, he says.
  
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• Protect us from anti-abortion protesters, say women's clinics in WA

  25-01-2018 18:00
  Marie Stopes staff in Perth say they fear for their safety and for patients as protests intensify in lead up to EasterThe Western Australian government needs to introduce exclusion zones around women’s health clinics as a matter of urgency, according to clinicians who say anti-abortion protesters are becoming more aggressive, spitting on and verbally abusing patients.Staff at the Marie Stopes family planning clinic in the Perth suburb of Midland told Guardian Australia that they were being
  
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• Aussie flu WARNING: Deadly virus STILL spreading - symptoms to watch out for

  25-01-2018 17:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  AUSSIE flu is continuing to spread across the UK, Public Health England has warned. These are the signs and symptoms of the deadly Australian viral infection to look out for.
  
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• This Fitness Star Just Posted An Unfiltered Butt Selfie For The Most Inspiring Reason

  25-01-2018 17:31
  Karina Irby wants fans to know she suffers from "angry skin," too.
  
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• Flu death tolls hits 191 in the UK

  25-01-2018 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some 155 deaths have been recorded in England, 25 are known to have died in Scotland and 11 in Northern Ireland. No precise data exists for Wales.
  
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• Measles strikes 140 people across five regions of England

  25-01-2018 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some 47 confirmed cases of the life-threatening infection have been reported in the West Midlands, according to new data released by Public Health England.
  
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• Do you feel light-headed when standing up? Signs of low blood pressure

  25-01-2018 16:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  LOW blood pressure symptoms include dizziness, light-headedness and nausea. These are signs you should get your blood pressure checked, as you could be at risk of hypotension.
  
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• Flu season causes supply shortages at peak of the season

  25-01-2018 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hospitals and pharmaciesin the US are running out of flu vaccines, medications and tests for the deadly virus at the peak of the season with three months remaining.
  
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• Babies' kicks in the womb pack MORE THAN 10lb of force

  25-01-2018 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Imperial College London found the force of babies' kicks peak at 10.5lb (4.76kg), 30 weeks into their mothers' pregnancies. This may be linked to the development of joints and muscles.
  
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• ​The Best Condoms for Her

  25-01-2018 16:27
  ​These condoms protect you without sacrificing your pleasure.
  
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• This Is The Number Of Cigarettes Per Day That Raises Your Risk Of Heart Disease

  25-01-2018 16:26
  This is terrifying.
  
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• Winter flu outbreak is peaking, say health experts

  25-01-2018 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Health officials hopeful after numbers being admitted to hospital fall for the first time this year.
  
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• High blood pressure: Women 'should play football to HALVE risk of heart attack or stroke'

  25-01-2018 16:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  A REGULAR kickabout in the park can more than halve the risk of a heart attack or stroke in both men and women with high blood pressure, according to new research.
  
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• Doctors are running out of the flu jab!

  25-01-2018 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Pulse magazine poll, of 400 GPs in the UK, comes just two weeks after an investigation revealed some high street pharmacies were also running out of the vaccines.
  
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• 'Sharp increase' in cases of the winter vomiting bug

  25-01-2018 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NHS England data released today revealed 5,194 beds were closed in hospitals across the country because of norovirus or diarrhoea and vomiting last week.
  
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• Measles strikes 140 people across England, figures show

  25-01-2018 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some 47 confirmed cases of the life-threatening infection have been reported in the West Midlands, according to new data released by Public Health England.
  
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• Lowestoft 'frozen to death' patient had been evicted

  25-01-2018 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Anthony Barnard is believed to have frozen to death outside the home from which he had been evicted.
  
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