Health news

• How to mentally prepare yourself for a workout

  08-02-2018 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health experts told Daily Mail Online that listening to hard rock, planning rewards for yourself and telling yourself white lies will not only get you ready for the gym but excited to workout.
  
  Read more

• Self-deprecating humor is good for you, study finds

  08-02-2018 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study is claiming that laughing at yourself might help you suppress anger. However, the researchers behind the study say that the results are dependent upon where you live.
  
  Read more

• 'Unhealthy' treats that are GOOD for you

  08-02-2018 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many people are told to avoid 'bad'' foods and beverages to maintain a healthy diet. However, experts say 'unhealthy' foods like donuts can play a role in a nutritious diet.
  
  Read more

• This Deadlift Variation Will Sculpt Your Butt Like Whoa

  08-02-2018 23:16
  Master this move for the booty of your dreams.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 6 Mind-Blowing Ways To Stimulate Your Clit

  08-02-2018 23:15
  Yeah, they're that good.
  
  Read more

• Why Swearing Might Actually Be Good for You

  08-02-2018 23:12
  
  [brightcove:5116093205001 default]Emma Byrne, PhD, thinks it’s a damn shame cursing gets such a bad rap. “We’ve been socialized to believe that swearing is universally really bad, but it isn’t always about being aggressive, or overwhelmingly negative towards people,” says the computer scientist and author of the new book Swearing Is Good For You ($26, amazon.com). In fact, research suggests dropping the f-bomb comes with some legit mind-body benefits.
  
  Read more

• Dementia diet - Add these foods to your shopping list to lower your risk of brain decline

  08-02-2018 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  DEMENTIA risk increases if a person is suffering from cognitive impairment. Eating more of these foods could lower your risk of developing a brain condition, scientists have revealed.
  
  Read more

• 'I Have A Severe Phobia—Here's What It's Like'

  08-02-2018 22:50
  "Dinner invites turn me into a puddle of stress sweat."
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 20 Weight-Loss Shakes That Will Help You Reach Your Goals

  08-02-2018 22:36
  So delicious, so easy.
  
  Read more

• Exactly Why You Get Gas And Diarrhea On Your Period

  08-02-2018 22:29
  What you need to know about period poops.
  
  Read more

• Kim K Just Posted A Topless Photo Taken By Her 4-Year-Old Daughter

  08-02-2018 22:13
  What do you think—is this a step too far?
  
  Read more

• Richard Handley: 'Gross failures' in constipation death

  08-02-2018 21:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Richard Handley had 10kg of faeces removed from his digestive system shortly before he died.
  
  Read more

• Weight Watchers to offer kits to kids as young as 13 

  08-02-2018 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Weight Watchers announced on Wednesday that it will offer free memberships to its diet programs to teenagers as young as 13, in spite of expert warnings that teens should not count calories.
  
  Read more

• This Is What Makes Most Guys Decide To Get Married

  08-02-2018 21:19
  We asked three dudes for some insight.
  
  Read more

• This Disturbing Photo Will Make You Think Twice Before Using A Hand Dryer

  08-02-2018 21:11
  Wow, just wow.
  
  Read more

• This Woman Gave Birth In the Hospital Hallway And The Photos Are Unbelievable

  08-02-2018 21:05
  A birth photographer captured every moment.
  
  Read more

• These Dark Chocolate Truffles Are Like A Party In Your Mouth

  08-02-2018 21:01
  Cue the drool.
  
  Read more

• Jessica Biel Says She And Justin Timberlake Are Teaching Their 2-Year-Old About Sex

  08-02-2018 20:30
  What do you think?
  
  Read more

• Liverpool NHS trust 'dysfunctional' and unsafe, report finds

  08-02-2018 20:28
  Patients suffered ‘significant harm’ and staff who raised concerns were bullied, inquiry concludesPatients suffered “significant harm” because of multiple serious failings by a “dysfunctional” NHS trust, an independent inquiry has found.Liverpool Community Health NHS trust (LCH) provided poor, unsafe and ineffective care to patients, including inmates at HMP Liverpool, the scathing report concluded.Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Patients suffering as direct result of NHS wait-time failures

  08-02-2018 19:53
  Doctors speak out as figures show NHS England has recorded its worst ever performancePatients are suffering as a direct result of the NHS’s inability to meet key waiting-time targets, doctors have warned.Doctors’ leaders spoke out after figures showed that the NHS in England recorded its worst ever performance last month, including against the politically important four-hour A&E treatment target.Related: Waiting for an ambulance, unable to breathe, brings austerity home | Frances
  
  Read more

• Girl, 10, with swine flu is fighting for her life

  08-02-2018 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keyona Richardson, 10, from Aurora, Colorado, was put on life support after both her lungs failed due to the swine flu. Her mother said she is now on ventilators and in stable condition.
  
  Read more

• Parental conflict and children’s mental health | Letters

  08-02-2018 18:52
  Eleven parliamentarians and experts in children’s welfare sign a letter calling on the government to expand the limited provision for young people exposed to parental conflictThis week is Children’s Mental Health Week. We welcome the recent publication of the green paper Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision and its acknowledgment of the impact of inter-parental relationships on children’s and young people’s mental health.However, we are c
  
  Read more

• Thirdhand smoke lingers long after cigarettes are banned

  08-02-2018 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Casino guests and employees may still be exposed to carcinogenic toxins on surfaces months after indoor smoking bans are introduced, a new San Diego State University study shows.
  
  Read more

• Healthy Detroit man, 51, dies of flu days after flight

  08-02-2018 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An active, healthy 51-year-old man named Timothy Schell died of complications from this year's aggressive flu strain just days after flying from his home in Michigan to Colorado to go skiing.
  
  Read more

• Local health authorities refuse to help autistic girl

  08-02-2018 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nine-year-old Bella Mildon,from Nailsea, Bristol, who has the mental age of a toddler, has been left bruised, bleeding and even hospitalised after self-harming during her episodes.
  
  Read more

• The healthiest way to eat broccoli according to science

  08-02-2018 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Zhejiang University in China found the best way to preserve broccoli's healthy compound sulforaphane is to chop it into 2mm pieces and wait for 90 minutes before stir frying.
  
  Read more

• Petri dish shows what bathroom hand dryer blows on hands

  08-02-2018 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nichole Ward, who appears to work in some sort of scientific lab in Carlsbad, California, took to Facebook last week to share the troubling results of an experiment.
  
  Read more

• Flu death toll hits 254 in the UK

  08-02-2018 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some 215 deaths have struck England, 27 are known to have died in Scotland and 12 in Northern Ireland. No precise data exists for Wales.
  
  Read more

• Baby girl whose leg broke in childbirth will never heal

  08-02-2018 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A one-year-old girl from Long Island, New York, will undergo surgery to try to correct her broken leg that will not heal due to a rare genetic disorder after doctors said amputation was the only option.
  
  Read more

• How a disabled fan became the star of Lucy Rose's new video

  08-02-2018 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Zoe Schofield, who lives with Asperger's syndrome and chronic pain, stars in Lucy Rose's latest video.
  
  Read more

• Trolley waits reach their worst levels on record

  08-02-2018 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Startling NHS statistics show 1,089 patients endured waits of more than 12 hours for treatment in overstretched casualty units in January - the highest since records began in 2010.
  
  Read more

• #PooWatch

  08-02-2018 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Police officers are waiting for a suspected drug dealer to go to the loo. But what's it doing to his insides?
  
  Read more

• Student dies of flu after NHS warning over A&E visits

  08-02-2018 16:56
  Family say they delayed taking in Melissa Whiteley, 18, following advice not to attend A&E unless it was an emergencyA young engineering student reportedly died of flu after her family followed NHS warnings over Christmas not to attend A&E unless it was an emergency.Melissa Whiteley, 18, was admitted to hospital on Christmas Day after failing to shake a cough and suffering flu symptoms. Her condition deteriorated and she was placed into a coma.A combination of factors are at play. Hospit
  
  Read more

• Student dies of flu after family follows NHS advice not to visit A&E

  08-02-2018 16:56
  Tests later revealed Melissa Whiteley, 18, was also suffering from sepsis and pneumoniaA young engineering student reportedly died of flu after her family followed NHS warnings over Christmas not to attend A&E unless it was an emergency.Melissa Whiteley, 18, was admitted to hospital on Christmas Day after failing to shake a cough and suffering flu symptoms. Her condition deteriorated and she was placed into a coma.A combination of factors are at play. Hospitals have fewer beds than last year
  
  Read more

• Polluted air makes us more likely to commit crimes

  08-02-2018 16:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Columbia Business School in New York suggest air pollution drives up crime rates because exposure to contaminants makes us more anxious.
  
  Read more

• The 3 Eyeshadow Palettes That Are Going To Be Selling Out Everywhere This Spring

  08-02-2018 16:00
  It's literally paint by numbers.
  
  Read more

• Desperate for the loo? What happens if you hold in urine for a long time?

  08-02-2018 15:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  URINE is the body’s way of getting rid of waste substances from the blood, and reducing excess water and salt. But, is it safe to hold your pee for long periods of time?
  
  Read more

• 5 Stunning Pieces Of Art That Prove Death Doesn't Have To Be Sad

  08-02-2018 15:30
  Mind. Blown.
  
  Read more

• Tickled patient reveals the simple way of diagnosing flu

  08-02-2018 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Richards, a radio DJ from Seatlle, posted the 'My Flu Algorithm' on Twitter. If people do not feel like they have been hit by a train, the 'flu info from a literal doctor' states they do not have the infection.
  
  Read more

• Lucas Warren: Baby with Down's becomes face of Gerber

  08-02-2018 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Lucas Warren is the first baby with Down's syndrome to be selected as a Gerber model.
  
  Read more

• East of England Ambulance delay discrepancies 'worrying'

  08-02-2018 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  An ambulance service said there were 445 handover delays, but the hospital said there were 36.
  
  Read more

• The 202 nationalities working in the NHS

  08-02-2018 14:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The House of Commons Library picture shows there are 976,288 British staff working in the NHS - the equivalent of 87.5 per cent. A further 5.6 per cent, or 62,000, come from other EU nations.
  
  Read more

• The singer who could be killed by a COOKIE

  08-02-2018 14:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fiona Cooper-Smyth, who lives in Perth, Australia, went into anaphylactic shock after accidentally eating a tiny amount of the legume lupin, commonly used in baked products, in a granola pot.
  
  Read more

• British woman taken to Sierra Leone aged 15 for FGM

  08-02-2018 13:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jay Kamara-Frederick, who is from south London, was taken to Sierra Leone and subjected to genital cutting when she turned 15. She said on This Morning the impact was a 'lifelong affliction'.
  
  Read more

• Man has the world's largest hernia, weighing in at 5 STONE

  08-02-2018 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dean Carron, 42, from Mansfield, developed a large incisional hernia as a result of complications during a routine appendix operation, which resulted in doctors fighting for hours to save his life.
  
  Read more

• NHS hospitals in England record worst ever A&E performance

  08-02-2018 13:16
  Only 77.1% of patients were dealt with within four hours in January, well short of 95% targetHospitals recorded their worst performance against the four-hour A&E treatment target last month as the NHS came under unprecedented strain because of winter and the flu outbreak.
  A&E units based at hospitals managed to treat and then admit, transfer or discharge just 77.1% of arrivals within the politically important four-hour target in January. That compared with 77.3% in December, which was al
  
  Read more

• NHS pressure: Hospital corridors 'the new emergency wards'

  08-02-2018 12:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Warning comes as figures show January was one of the worst months on record for A&Es in England.
  
  Read more

• Heartbreak as Staffordshire twin sister dies from flu

  08-02-2018 12:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Melissa Whiteley had been rushed to the Royal Stoke University Hospital's A&E as she could barely walk and tests revealed she was suffering from sepsis, flu, pneumonia and a fungal infection.
  
  Read more

• Taking back control: how a remote island in Alaska tackled domestic abuse

  08-02-2018 12:00
  Generations of sustained traumas haunt the Aleut Community of St Paul Island, but shelters, social workers and programs aim to helpWhen Stacy Bourdukofsky’s abusive ex-husband touched down on the small island where they live to stand trial for strangling his girlfriend and whacking a man in the head with a bat, she was waiting to board the outbound flight on the same jet.She’d gone to extreme measures to escape him in the past, and she wasn’t about to let him unnerve her this t
  
  Read more

• Healthcare staff: what's it like on the NHS frontline? Take our survey

  08-02-2018 11:52
  Do you work in the NHS? Please participate in our survey and tell us about the state of the sector and its workforceThe NHS is never out of the headlines. News about healthcare staff leaving their jobs, those who feel pushed to the limit, and hospitals cancelling urgent operations suggests all is not well within the health service. We want to hear what it’s like from those on the ground. How is the health service – and its staff – faring? Can it meet demand? Have trusts and GP
  
  Read more

Follow @Health_UKnews on Twitter!