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• Two minute autism test may detect the disorder in toddlers

  06-02-2018 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Rutgers University developed a two-minute questionnaire that can detect autism in toddlers earlier, at a time when intervention might be crucial.
  
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• What's The Best Sex Position To Conceive A Baby?

  06-02-2018 23:22
  Reverse cowgirl? Missionary? Doggie style?
  
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• Flu death rate is higher in cities of Super Bowl teams

  06-02-2018 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Economists at Cornell University found an 18 percent increase in deaths among over-65s in areas which reach the NFL championship final, after studying data from 1974 to 2009.
  
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• We're Beyond Obsessed With This Genius New Way To Apply Lipstick

  06-02-2018 22:59
  So. Freaking. Cool.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Just Announced Her Baby Girl's Name And It's Not What We Expected

  06-02-2018 22:31
  Wait for it...
  
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• What Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn Eats In A Day

  06-02-2018 22:19
  Lindsey's personal chef monitors how every bite affects her bod.
  
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• Reese Witherspoon Says She Escaped An Abusive Relationship At A Young Age

  06-02-2018 22:01
  "I’m a different person now."
  
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• Up to one in 20 children may have fetal alcohol syndrome

  06-02-2018 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Depending on the region, rates of fetal alcohol disorders are between 13 and 400 percent higher than previously thought, according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley.
  
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• 10 Trader Joe's Foods That Can Help You Lose Weight

  06-02-2018 21:41
  Because who doesn't love TJ's?
  
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• 7 Diarrhea Remedies To Get You Off Of The Toilet ASAP

  06-02-2018 21:26
  Because bubble guts happen to all of us.
  
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• 8 Women Share What Made Them Finally Decide To Get Sober

  06-02-2018 21:06
  'It began to feel as if I were living two lives—only one of which I could remember.'
  
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• IBS cure? Vitamin D could prevent painful bloating and diarrhoea

  06-02-2018 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  VITAMIN D deficiency has been linked to cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. But, taking the supplements could ease painful IBS symptoms, it’s been revealed.
  
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• Rise in terminally ill patients dying at home

  06-02-2018 20:51
  NHS urged to help end-of-life wishes as data for England show 5% rise in people dying at home and 11% drop in hospital deathsThe government’s health advisers are urging the NHS to do more to help terminally ill patients achieve their wish of dying at home. The call by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) comes after figures showed that fewer patients were dying in hospital and more were passing away at home or in a care home or hospice. Related: At life's end: dying
  
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• Call for NHS to do more to help terminally ill people die at home

  06-02-2018 20:51
  NICE call comes as data for England show 5% rise in people dying at home and 11% drop in hospital deathsThe government’s health advisers are urging the NHS to do more to help terminally ill patients achieve their wish of dying at home. The call by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) comes after figures showed that fewer patients were dying in hospital and more were passing away at home or in a care home or hospice. Related: At life's end: dying painlessly and peace
  
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• Texas woman describes suffering 3 heart attacks in a week 

  06-02-2018 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tara Robinson, 44, a US Army Veteran of Fort Worth Texas, suffered three heart attacks in April 2014. The then-40-year-old teacher had warning signs months before the heart attacks.
  
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• Photos capture 2 year old just before she dies of CHD

  06-02-2018 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adalynn Grace, two year's old, was one of those born with the defect, and she passed away while waiting for a heart transplant at a children's hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, surrounded by her family.
  
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• Harry Potter star's message of thanks to Hereford hospice

  06-02-2018 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Daniel Radcliffe surprised staff with a message of thanks for the "incredible" work they do.
  
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• Texas woman and Alabama boy both die of flu on Sunday

  06-02-2018 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Heather Holland, 38, of Texas, died on Sunday from the flu after refusing to take Tamiflu. Aaron Masterson, 12, died the same day after battling cystic fibrosis, made deadly by the flu.
  
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• Why the obsession with ‘calling it out’? | Brief letters

  06-02-2018 19:19
  Calling it out | The pill in the 1960s | From coffin to bookcase | Unseasonable birdsong | Aurochsen | Yorkshire pudThe House of Commons is celebrating the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 as I write, and discussing the abuse of politicians, naturally. Almost unanimously they describe discussion of this activity as “calling it out”. How did this phrase suddenly achieve the status of exclusive political correctness? Three or four years ago it was never used in th
  
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• 'I Quit Bodybuilding And Now I'm Stronger Than Ever Before'

  06-02-2018 19:06
  "I started learning that my body was capable of so much more than just looking good."
  
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• NHS to use new type of flu jab next winter

  06-02-2018 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Experts say the vaccine being recommended should offer better protection to elderly people.
  
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• Imagination can reduce pain

  06-02-2018 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from the Netherlands found that people who visualized something protecting them from pain actually experienced less pain when they placed a hand in painfully cold water.
  
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• Photos capture Adalynn Grace's final moments

  06-02-2018 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adalynn Grace, two year's old, was one of those born with the defect, and she passed away while waiting for a heart transplant at a children's hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, surrounded by her family.
  
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• This simple exercise could PREVENT lower back pain

  06-02-2018 18:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  BACK pain affects 80 per cent of people at some point in the lives, and can also cause a throbbing sensation in the abdomen, numbness and loss of bladder control. But, you could get rid of lower back pain symptoms by doing this one exercise everyday.
  
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• World's hairiest man Larry Gomez earns moniker Wolf Man

  06-02-2018 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Larry Gomez, of San Bernardino, California, was born with congenital generalized hypertrichosis - a rare genetic disorder that strikes less than 100 people worldwide.
  
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• If You Have Eczema, You Need These 5 Products In Your Life

  06-02-2018 18:09
  No more skin freakouts.
  
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• Digital media is good for family life

  06-02-2018 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE) have found that digital media is being used by parents to help them raise their children (stock image).
  
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• More than 746,000 NHS phishing emails blocked in a month

  06-02-2018 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The NCSC has brought down the UK's share of global phishing attacks by securing government systems.
  
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• Could wine treat depression?

  06-02-2018 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York found compounds in grape seeds significantly improve resilience in stressed mice. This may be due to the compounds' effects on inflammation.
  
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• Carillion collapse delays new £335m Liverpool hospital

  06-02-2018 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  It will be "challenging" to open the new Royal Liverpool Hospital in 2018, its chief executive says.
  
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• Far more children affected by fetal alcohol disorder

  06-02-2018 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Depending on the region, rates of fetal alcohol disorders are between 13 and 400 percent higher than previously thought, according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley.
  
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• Gay and bisexual men will be offered the HPV jab

  06-02-2018 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The NHS and Public Health England scheme, hoped to protect thousands of men from penile, anal and oral cancers, will begin in April, the Government has confirmed.
  
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• This Celebrity Trainer Just Shared Pics Of Her Stunning Keto Diet Results

  06-02-2018 17:27
  Her transformation in just two weeks is incredible.
  
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• Alzheimer's could be treated with electric shocks to brain

  06-02-2018 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania sent electric shocks to the area of the brain that processes language and found that patients' memory improved by 15 percent.
  
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• Apparently Yale Dental Students Took A Selfie With 2 Severed Heads

  06-02-2018 16:59
  A professor was involved, too.
  
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• Stable genius: Britain’s first guide horse for blind people

  06-02-2018 16:47
  An American miniature horse is training to become a faithful assistant to a visually impaired man from Lancashire – and causing quite a stir on the streets of BlackburnMohammed Salim Patel knew he was causing a stir in Blackburn market on Monday because he could hear it. “There were people around us saying, ‘Oh, look at that’, and I could hear the shutter sounds going on all their phones,” the 23-year-old says. The cause of the disturbance: Digby, Britain’s fi
  
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• 'I believed no man would marry me if I didn’t cut': battling FGM in Uganda

  06-02-2018 16:45
  On the day marking Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, survivors are educating communities in border areas with Kenya, where the practice is still a rite of passageIn 2009, when Rebecca Chelimo was 12, she was forced to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM).“I feared abuse and insults from the community. I was told it was a shame to be an uncircumcised girl. I believed no man would marry me if I didn’t cut. So I did it,” says Chelimo, from her home in Alakas village
  
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• The Snack This 'Bachelorette' Eats One Hour Before Exercising

  06-02-2018 16:37
  Plus, everything else in her workout bag.
  
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• Price of giving birth depends on which state you live in

  06-02-2018 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FAIR Health compiled data that shows it costs about $10,000 to give birth in Alaska and New Jersey and around $5,000 to do the same in Alabama and Utah.
  
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• The Secret That's Kept Kevin Bacon's Marriage Strong For 29 Years

  06-02-2018 16:00
  "I don't look at marriage as hard work."
  
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• 'I Took An At-Home STI Test—Here's What Happened'

  06-02-2018 15:30
  Squat and swab.
  
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• Winter Olympics: Soldiers replace security staff after norovirus outbreak

  06-02-2018 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  More than a thousand private guards are withdrawn at Pyeongchang as 41 suffer vomiting and diarrhoea.
  
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• Working in an office can make people 'dimwits'

  06-02-2018 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Four weeks of exposure to dim light resulted in diminished learning and memory performance, Michigan State University researchers concluded from a trial on Nile grass rats.
  
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• The 10 foods to eat for thicker hair 

  06-02-2018 15:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While hair loss and thinning may be distressing, simple dietary changes could be all it takes to prevent further fall outs, according to Neal's Yards Remedies' team of naturopaths and herbalists.
  
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• Science reveals nine ways having sex benefits your health 

  06-02-2018 14:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to California-based obstetrician-gynaecologist Dr Sherry Ross, few things in life are better for people's hearts, bodies and souls than getting intimate between the sheets.
  
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• I miss the NHS every day – Trump is wrong to demonise British healthcare | Arwa Mahdawi

  06-02-2018 14:39
  Even in crisis, the NHS is vastly superior to the US’s inefficient, unfair system. Why aren’t Americans out on the streets marching for something like it?What is the first thing you would do if you won the lottery? For Donald Savastano, a 51-year-old carpenter who won $1m in the New York lottery a few weeks ago, it was to go to the doctor. Savastano had been feeling ill for ages but, as he didn’t have health insurance, he hadn’t been able to afford a doctor’s appoin
  
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• Desperate for help: prescription drug addicts turn to the web

  06-02-2018 14:28
  Lack of government-funded services means growing numbers have nowhere else to turnThousands of people dependent on prescription drugs are desperately turning to online help groups and calling up charity helplines because of a lack of government-funded services.A growing number of people struggling with addiction to painkillers, benzodiazepines and antidepressants are guiding each other through the process of withdrawal on Facebook groups and websites. They say they have nowhere else to turn. Rel
  
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• Painkillers can block emotional pain, review shows

  06-02-2018 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Over-the-counter painkillers may influence how people react to images and experience hurt feelings, researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have found.
  
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• Hunt orders review of criminalising doctors after Bawa-Garba case

  06-02-2018 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  It comes after case of doctor struck off after death of six-year-old that has shaken medical profession.
  
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• Ageing immune system linked to cancer

  06-02-2018 13:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists say the discovery could herald a whole new way to treat and prevent cancer in future.
  
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