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• This Mom Went To Her Doctor For Postpartum Depression—And Was Escorted To The ER By The Police

  26-01-2018 23:45
  Ten hours later, she reportedly left the emergency room without even seeing an M.D.
  
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• Universal flu shot to protect against every strain

  26-01-2018 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Georgia State University said that they have developed a universal flu vaccine to combat every strain of the A virus that will only need to be given once or twice in a person's life.
  
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• Doctors desperate for flu tests after FDA bans top brands

  26-01-2018 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FDA banned two top rapid flu test brands on January 12, 2018 - in the middle of one of the worst flu seasons in recent history leaving physicians begging distributors for supplies.
  
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• 6 Foods You Should Quit Buying Right Now, According To Nutritionists

  26-01-2018 23:05
  They're not worth your money.
  
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• US flu outbreak is worst since 2009 swine pandemic

  26-01-2018 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Thirty-seven children have died and nearly 12,000 patients been admitted to hospital nationwide.
  
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• Why Gwyneth Paltrow Says Ex-Husband Chris Martin Is 'Like My Brother'

  26-01-2018 21:26
  Okay...
  
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• 5 Reasons Why Your Belly Button Hurts Like Hell

  26-01-2018 21:06
  Seriously, what's going on?
  
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• When Is Kylie Jenner's Due Date? Here's What We Know

  26-01-2018 20:51
  After looking at all the evidence, here's what we've figured out.
  
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• Boy's skull pierced with a six-inch SCREW

  26-01-2018 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Darius Foreman, 13, was building a tree house when a screw became lodged in his head. The boy from Maryland was a millimeter away from death.
  
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• 'I Tried Light Therapy And It Made A Huge Difference In My Life'

  26-01-2018 20:29
  "Basically, I'm hooked."
  
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• 'I Lost 60 Pounds On The Ketogenic Diet—Here's How'

  26-01-2018 20:11
  It took her just one year.
  
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• Weight loss exercises for arthritis: Three moves you need for getting in shape at home

  26-01-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  WEIGHT loss regimes often involve a careful balance of good diet and exercise, but some moves can be difficult to do if you have arthritis in your knee, hip or hands. These three simple exercises can help strengthen muscles and improve flexibility pain-free.
  
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• Would You Be Able To Spot These 7 Symptoms Of Leukemia?

  26-01-2018 19:52
  Certain forms of the disease can spread quickly—and be fatal.
  
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• Bride-to-be, 47, dies of flu one week after diagnosis

  26-01-2018 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Katherine Acton, 47 died suddenly of flu on Wednesday, one week after she was diagnosed. The mother-of-two was discussing marrying her boyfriend in the fall, who found her body.
  
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• 7 Foods You Should Never Eat When You're Constipated

  26-01-2018 19:43
  Plugged up? Read this.
  
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• We Tried The New Nike Epic React Flyknits Running Sneakers—And They're Kind Of Amazing

  26-01-2018 19:20
  They're available starting Feb. 22.
  
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• Everyone Is Obsessed With This Amazing Supplement For Fuller Hair

  26-01-2018 19:17
  But is it really all it's cracked up to be?
  
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• Devon school pupil is the 'youngest in UK to die from flu'

  26-01-2018 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unnamed child, from Exeter, tested positive for the virus, Public Health England has confirmed. His death comes after figures yesterday revealed 191 have died across the UK already this winter.
  
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• Ebola aid worker scared neighbour on his return to home

  26-01-2018 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Chris Bulstrode, who was stationed in Sierra Leone during the pandemic of 2014/15, admitted that returning home after an 'emergency mission' is always a 'tricky change of gear'.
  
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• Mother dies three days after being diagnosed with flu

  26-01-2018 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Karlie Slaven, 37, from Indiana, was diagnosed with flu on Friday after spending last week caring for her sick children, but by Sunday the condition had developed in pneumonia, which proved fatal.
  
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• 21 Valentine's Day Gifts That Are Perfect For Your Happily Single Friend

  26-01-2018 19:00
  You know what they say about ovaries over brovaries...
  
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• Cheers? No thanks! Low- and no-alcohol lifestyle booms

  26-01-2018 18:58
  Sales of beer and cider with under 1.2% alcohol soar by nearly 30% About 5 million people will drink their first beer or glass of wine in a month next week as “dry January” comes to an end. But for an increasing number of people it will be an entirely dry year, because low- and no-alcohol is now a fast-growing lifestyle choice. Sales of beer and cider with less than 1.2% alcohol grew by nearly 30% last year compared with 2015 while demand for low- and no-alcohol wine was up 8%, accor
  
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• Brain chemical that fuels sex drive has been discovered

  26-01-2018 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Liege University, Belgium, found kisspeptin, which is better known as the 'kiss hormone', could benefit the thousands of women suffering from extremely low sex drives.
  
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• CDC predicts over 100 more child flu deaths this year

  26-01-2018 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Dan Jernigan, director of the CDC's Influenza Division, said he believes the actual pediatric death toll could be closer to 80, rather than 37, and predicts it will climb to 150 by the end of March.
  
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• Doctors BEGGING for flu tests after FDA bans top brands

  26-01-2018 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FDA banned two top rapid flu test brands on January 12, 2018 - in the middle of one of the worst flu seasons in recent history leaving physicians begging distributors for supplies.
  
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• NHS England lifts suspension on non-urgent operations

  26-01-2018 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Hospitals had been advised to defer non-urgent operations in a bid to free up hospital staff and beds.
  
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• Kim Kardashian's morning sickness pill is ineffective 

  26-01-2018 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study published in PLOS One found that Diclegis, the morning sickness pill endorsed by Kim Kardashian, is ineffective. It is currently the only FDA-approved drug on the market.
  
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• This Is The Best Exercise For Sculpting Sexy Shoulders

  26-01-2018 18:35
  We asked a trainer which is better: dumbbell alternating shoulder presses or lateral raises?
  
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• Why you should not give your children hand-me-down toys

  26-01-2018 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Plymouth found that out of a sample of 200 recycled toys, more than 10 per cent contained high levels of hazardous chemicals that would not be approved today.
  
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• Tessa Jowell is right about cancer treatment: Britain must do better | Christina Patterson

  26-01-2018 18:18
  Her fearless speech was also a reasonable demand for more shared knowledge, faster diagnosis and wider access to experimental treatmentsOn 24 May last year, Tessa Jowell found she could not speak. Two days later, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Two weeks after that, the tumour was cut out. Six months on, she can’t say she was cured, but she sure as hell could speak this week.“I don’t think I immediately leapt to the inevitability of cancer,” she told Nick Robinson
  
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• The Controversial Reason Why Casey Affleck Is Dropping Out Of The Oscars This Year

  26-01-2018 17:58
  Do you agree with his decision?
  
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• Larry Nassar Victim Abused at Age 6 Says Father Didn't Believe Her—and Guilt Led to His Suicide

  26-01-2018 17:57
  
  [brightcove:5718816767001 default]For years, Kyle Stephens has been identified only as “Victim Z.A.” or “family friend.” But, last week, she stepped out from the cloak of anonymity and gave the first of more than 100 victim impact statements about the abuse she endured at the hands of former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.Unlike the other victims, Stephens is not an athlete, but has known Nassar for most of her life. Her parents were close friends with the doctor, and Nas
  
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• School pupil, 9, is the 'youngest in UK to die from flu'

  26-01-2018 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unnamed child, from Exeter, tested positive for the virus, Public Health England has confirmed. His death comes after figures yesterday revealed 191 have died across the UK already this winter.
  
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• 'I Tried Using The Squatty Potty For A Week—Here's What Happened'

  26-01-2018 17:00
  Would this glorified bathroom stool really make it easier to go #2?
  
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• Essex girl left paralysed after being given HPV jab

  26-01-2018 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Nicole El-Safty, of Clacton, Essex, became 'totally motionless and unable to move' just months after being given the under-fire Gardasil vaccine, she claims.
  
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• 8-Year-Old Dies From Rare Flesh-Eating Bacteria: Doctors 'Kept Cutting and Hoping', Mother Says

  26-01-2018 16:41
  
  When Sara Hebard’s 8-year-old son suffered a minor injury after falling off his bicycle, she never expected her boy would be fighting for his life just days later.Just as he’s done so many weekends before, Liam Flanagan spent January 13 playing on his bicycle in the driveway of his family’s home in Pilot Rock, Oregon. But as he was careening down the hill that Saturday, Liam crashed into the dirt, and his bike’s handlebar cut through his jeans, causing a deep la
  
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• Air pollution delays the age girls start their periods

  26-01-2018 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Boston University found exposure to particles circulating in the air that measure 0.05mm may disrupt hormone production in girls' bodies, leading to excess testosterone.
  
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• Here's How to Watch the 'Super Blue Blood Moon Eclipse' Next Week

  26-01-2018 15:58
  
  For the first time in 35 years, a blue moon will occur during a total lunar eclipse on Jan. 31, an event some have taken to calling a “super blue blood moon.”If that sounds like a lot — it is. The alignment of the full moon will make it look like a “supermoon” due to its increased proximity to Earth, causing the satellite to appear slightly larger and brighter than usual. Additionally, it will mark the second full moon of the month, an event often described as a &ld
  
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• 'Brave' Stoke-on-Trent boy latest victim of flu outbreak

  26-01-2018 15:52 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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• Of course our sex lives are a mess: we’ve forgotten how to do it | Alice O’Keeffe

  26-01-2018 15:47
  What happens between the sheets is far more important than Zumba. So why do we spend so little time getting it right?The annual January “wellness” jamboree means that as a book reviewer my desk disappears beneath a tower of advice on every area of health, from ayurvedic eating to mindful cleaning. But it has long struck me as strange that on one area of our lives the thriving wellness industry is very quiet indeed: sex. If you want to know how to make the most of this fundamental pil
  
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• New global pandemics feared

  26-01-2018 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The concerns were raised at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos. Experts warned another pandemic is unavoidable amid the ease of international travel.
  
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• Lactation Tea Is All The Rage With Some Breastfeeding Moms—But Does It Work?

  26-01-2018 15:30
  We asked the experts.
  
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• Measles outbreak: What are the early symptoms and will the MMR vaccine protect you?

  26-01-2018 15:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  MEASLES has been spreading across the UK - the latest outbreak has led 140 people to be infected. As health experts warn of “ongoing large outbreaks” in Europe, are you aware of all the symptoms, what the rash looks like, and are you protected by the MMR vaccine?
  
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• Why vegans always have to tell you they’re vegan | Rebecca Jones

  26-01-2018 15:00
  A healthier and more compassionate alternative to most people’s diet is worth shouting about, take it from me“How do you know if someone is vegan? Don’t worry – they’ll tell you.” It’s an old joke, but it’s still doing the rounds. And now that we’re more than three weeks into Veganuary, there’s no getting away from veganism. I became a convert myself just over a year ago with the help of 2017’s Veganuary campaign.Oh, look. Ju
  
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• 'She clearly has no idea': Kenyan doctor condemned over bid to legalise FGM

  26-01-2018 14:45
  Attempt to overturn ban on female genital mutilation meets with widespread contempt, but tribal elders defend ‘cultural right’A Kenyan doctor has been accused of “trying to make history” after filing a controversial petition to legalise female genital mutilation.Dr Tatu Kamau, who has held a number of high-level positions at the Ministry of Health, told a high court that Kenya’s 2011 ban on FGM was unconstitutional and discriminated against “national heritage&
  
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• Four common causes of vaginal burning

  26-01-2018 14:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York-based Dr Alyssa Dweck outlines vaginal itching or burning is a sign something is awry down below, but is still something most women experience at some point in their lives.
  
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• Tackling leprosy in the Philippines - in pictures

  26-01-2018 14:14
  World Leprosy Day on 28 January aims to raise global awareness of this debilitating, stigmatising disease and call attention to the fact that it can be prevented, treated and cured. Global health physician and photographer Dr Alexander Kumar shares images from the Philippines, where a new mobile phone-based tool is being used for earlier disease detection.Continue reading...
  
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• NHS blunders led to 137 men losing a testicle in six years

  26-01-2018 14:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The statistics, released by NHS Resolution - which is the litigation authority, revealed some of the most horrific cases that have occurred, including a cancer patient who had his wrong testicle removed.
  
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• The Backpack That Made Me Ditch Suitcases Forever

  26-01-2018 14:00
  It's seriously game-changing.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt says doctors must be allowed to discuss mistakes

  26-01-2018 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The health secretary said patients would be safer if doctors were able to learn from mistakes.
  
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