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• Alzheimer's hope as scientists unveil blood test for early signs

  31-01-2018 23:59
  Researchers say they will be able to detect build up of beta-amyloid and give sufferers a headstart for treatment Scientists are closer to rolling out a revolutionary blood test for Alzheimer’s after discovering a new way of detecting one of the earliest signs of the brain disease.For decades scientists worldwide have tried to develop blood tests to predict Alzheimer’s in the hope of replacing the expensive and often invasive brain scans and lumbar punctures currently used to diagnos
  
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• Grocery chain denies HIV prevention drugs to employees 

  31-01-2018 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Publix has many stores in four of the top 10 cities in the US for new annual HIV diagnoses, but the Southern grocer is refusing to cover PrEP and failing to give a clear explanation for the decision.
  
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• Student, 16, commits suicide after taking Tamiflu

  31-01-2018 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charlie Harp, a high school football player and wrestler from Franklin Township, Indiana, was thriving socially and academically when he fell ill last Thursday, his family said.
  
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• Do You Have Mono—Or Are You Just Really Tired?

  31-01-2018 23:48
  Yes, you can get the "kissing disease" even if you are no longer a teenager.
  
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• How To Keep Up Your Healthy Routine While Traveling

  31-01-2018 23:44
  If you hit the road with a plan, you’ll be more likely to keep yourself healthy and feeling good.
  
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• Kourtney Kardashian Drinks Apple Cider Vinegar Twice A Day—Here's Why

  31-01-2018 23:30
  Should you try it, too?
  
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• Can't sleep? Listen to bacon!

  31-01-2018 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Brantner of Sleepzoo explains how the snap, crackle, and pop ofbacon cooking can put people right to sleep.
  
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• 6 Women Share How Their Relationships Survived Cheating

  31-01-2018 23:18
  "It was worth fighting for."
  
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• Arthritis could be triggered by milk and beef, new study reveals

  31-01-2018 22:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  MILK and beef could be major triggers for arthritis, a study has revealed.
  
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• Should You Really Take Immune-Boosting Supplements When You're Sick?

  31-01-2018 22:31
  It's so tempting.
  
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• How To Apply Liquid Lipstick Without Looking Like A Hot Mess

  31-01-2018 21:48
  It will last all day if you do it right.
  
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• Super blue blood moon messes with your sleep and appetite

  31-01-2018 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter and Instagram users like actress Busy Philipps marveled at the super blue blood moon's effects on their moods and sleep patterns. A sleep expert explains what was happening.
  
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• Apparently Pizza For Breakfast Isn't The Worst Idea

  31-01-2018 21:10
  Hear us out.
  
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• 7 Women Share What It's Like To Have Thyroid Issues

  31-01-2018 21:03
  "I gained 45 pounds in eight weeks."
  
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• Revealed, the six diets you should try and AVOID this year

  31-01-2018 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  May Simpkin, based in London, warned that some of the most prominent diets floating around this year have no proof and should be avoided at all costs, such as the detox juice 'fast' diet.
  
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• Low blood pressure symptoms: Six signs you could have hypotension - and how to treat it

  31-01-2018 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  LOW BLOOD pressure is generally a good thing, indicating you’re fit and healthy, but if it becomes lower than what’s considered normal it can cause problems. There are six symptoms you should watch out for that could prompt you to seek treatment from your GP.
  
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• Girl is the first child to die of flu in New Jersey

  31-01-2018 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A four-year-old girl from New Jersey has died from the flu, becoming the state's first pediatric death from the virus.
  
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• Women aged 30-34 have the lowest risk of premature birth

  31-01-2018 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Canadian study found that pregnant women aged 40 and older are at the greatest risk of premature birth and those aged 30 to 34 are at the lowest risk.
  
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• Jack Adcock death: Call to charge Leicester Royal Infirmary

  31-01-2018 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Jack Adcock died of septic shock at Leicester Royal Infirmary after a "catalogue" of mistakes.
  
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• Kate Middleton's Hair Stylist Posted A Photo Of Everything She Packed For The Royal Visit To Sweden

  31-01-2018 19:31
  Some of it costs less than $10!
  
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• This Letterboard Is Going Viral for Its Refreshingly Honest Take on New Year’s Resolutions

  31-01-2018 19:28
  
  It doesn’t have to be a new year for you to turn over a new leaf. Whenever you decide it’s time to pick up a healthy habit—such as eating more veggies, cutting back on alcohol, or simply carving out more time for self care—it's the right time, whether the calendar says January 1 or the middle of summer.RELATED: 7 New Year’s Resolutions That Put Your Mental Health FirstThat’s the message we shared with our Instagram followers yesterday—and
  
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• Done Veganuary?

  31-01-2018 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  How people have managed to give up alcohol for Dry January and animal-derived products for Veganuary
  
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• The Guardian view on Capita’s woes: another warning of a system in crisis | Editorial

  31-01-2018 19:25
  The current outsourcing pattern is commercially unsustainable. It is time for a wider rebalancing of public and private provision of essential servicesWhen the chief executive of a business declares its operations to be “far too complex”, investors are naturally alarmed and customers concerned. In the case of Capita, the ultimate customer is the taxpayer, since the group specialises in services outsourced from Whitehall, devolved administrations, local government, the NHS and ot
  
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• Blood test finds toxic Alzheimer's proteins

  31-01-2018 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The development is an early step towards a blood test for Alzheimer's disease.
  
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• People who 'sext' partners are more likely to cheat

  31-01-2018 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from the University of Alberta has looked into the effects of sexting on the relationships of 615 people and found that ‘sexting’ is rarely a feature of a healthy relationship (stock image).
  
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• Ann Torode obituary

  31-01-2018 18:52
  My friend Ann Torode, who has died aged 74, was a passionate campaigner against the oppression of women. She was a founder member of a women’s liberation group in North Tyneside and helped set up a women’s refuge and a rape crisis centre, both of which still exist.The Coast Women’s Group, which she and like-minded women founded in the 1970s, campaigned to defend the 1967 Abortion Act, which was under attack. It also organised a workshop at the 1976 Women’s Liberation Conf
  
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• Sunflower and fish oils cause liver inflammation

  31-01-2018 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Granada found that, compared to olive oil, sunflower varieties cause thickening of liver tissue in rats and fish oil can speed up organ ageing.
  
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• 5 Ways To Make Your Long-Distance Relationship Suck Less

  31-01-2018 18:05
  From women who've been there.
  
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• Diet tips that maintain brain health in old age

  31-01-2018 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Global Council on Brain Health, including experts from the University of Exeter, believe we should combine Mediterranean, DASH, Nordic and Okinawan diets.
  
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• A future of better pain management without codeine awaits Australia | Malcolm Hogg

  31-01-2018 18:00
  Codeine is old hat yet still widely used in the community. We need better informed consumers with better educated and supported GPs and pharmacistsCodeine restriction is in keeping with our evolving understanding of pain and its best management.
  My earliest memory of pain relates to Bex powders, which sat on our windowsill above the kitchen sink and were used daily to help with headaches, fevers and other pain. “Take a cup of tea, a Bex and a good lie down” was the approach to pain i
  
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• CDC director resigns for buying tobacco stocks

  31-01-2018 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald had also invested money in food and pharmaceutical companies just one month after taking over the CDC. She's the second top-tier health official to quit the administration in 4 months.
  
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• Charlie Golder obituary

  31-01-2018 17:28
  Charlie Golder, who has died aged 27 of cancer, loved writing and football, and last year combined these passions when he started his own agency, Golder’s News and Sports, to provide what he called “off-the-wall” sports news.Charlie studied demand and identified patterns, especially in foreign sports news that was not being reported in the UK and which he thought might interest his readers. The more outlandish, quirky, funny or tongue-in-cheek the story the better. Charlie had
  
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• Woman describes being in a coma for five weeks

  31-01-2018 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Daily Mail Online is publishing three excerpts this week from Colleen Kelly Alexander's new book Gratitude In Motion. The triathlete, 42, from Connecticut, describes her horror accident and coma.
  
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• 'This Is The One Product That Helps My Combination Skin'

  31-01-2018 17:26
  It's a face mask and a cleanser—all in one.
  
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• Hyponatraemia inquiry: Children's hospital deaths were avoidable

  31-01-2018 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  A 14-year inquiry into the deaths of five children delivers damning criticism of medical professionals.
  
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• Vaping FLAVORS are toxic to immune cells, warn scientists

  31-01-2018 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Rochester found flavoring chemicals and liquids in e-cigarettes can increase the risk of developing life-threatening diseases.
  
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• Falling behind at school is linked to psychotic disorders

  31-01-2018 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from King's College London and Mount Sinai Hospital found such four year olds' IQs continue to decrease throughout their lives until they are 15 points lower than their healthy peers'.
  
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• Your Favorite Relaxation Habit Might Be Secretly Screwing With Your Meds

  31-01-2018 16:54
  Yep, even OTC cold meds.
  
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• Neel Raithatha is able to hear after having earwax removed

  31-01-2018 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Ear specialist Neel Raithatha removed the wax and matted hair from the unnamed patient's ear at his surgery in Oadby, Leicestershire in a two-minute procedure.
  
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• Breast screening falls to the lowest level in a decade

  31-01-2018 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just 71.1 per cent of women in England aged 50 to 70 took up invitations for routine screening in 2016/17 - down 1 per cent on the previous year, according to the latest NHS Digital statistics.
  
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• A reason to avoid the buffet on your all-inclusive holiday

  31-01-2018 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The survey of 1,000 British holidays, commissioned by Sick Holiday, comes amid campaigns to halt 'fraudulent' claims for compensation after a six-fold rise in such claims since 2013.
  
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• Cancer mother given 9 months still alive 8 years later

  31-01-2018 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michelle Amey, from Dorset, was diagnosed with skin cancer in 2010. Two years later, it had spread to her brain. She was treated by a leading professor with experimental drugs.
  
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• The diet tips that maintain brain health in old age

  31-01-2018 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Global Council on Brain Health, including experts from the University of Exeter, believe we should combine Mediterranean, DASH, Nordic and Okinawan diets.
  
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• Man is able to hear after having earwax removed

  31-01-2018 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Ear specialist Neel Raithatha removed the wax and matted hair from the unnamed patient's ear at his surgery in Oadby, Leicestershire in a two-minute procedure.
  
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• Florida woman lost hands, feet and abs set to win $109m

  31-01-2018 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former intelligence contractor Lisa-Maria Carter, now 53, will get $109 million after a doctor's alleged mistakes cost the former intelligence contractor her hands, feet, and digestive system.
  
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• 11 Bizarre Factors That Increase Your Risk Of Heart Disease

  31-01-2018 15:30
  Um, whoa.
  
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• Shalane Flanagan Says Her Super Bowl Commercial With Chris Pratt Revealed He's 'Definitely Not A Runner'

  31-01-2018 15:00
  The two are featured together in a Michelob ULTRA Super Bowl spot this year.
  
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• Devon teenager with 'embarrassing' hives finds love

  31-01-2018 14:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Queenie Sweet, 19, of Exeter, suffers from chronic spontaneous urticaria causing her to break out in painful hives on the daily. After years struggling on the dating scene she has found love.
  
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• Boston woman reveals shame at being too big to sit at desk

  31-01-2018 14:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman has shed more than half of her body weight after she couldn't fit comfortably under a school desk. Tess Fitzgerald, 21, from Boston, now weighs a trim 140lbs (ten stone)
  
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• PIPs: What next for benefit claimants?

  31-01-2018 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  What will a government review of Personal Independence Payments mean for the people who receive them?
  
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