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• Hundreds of doctors are quitting due to work pressure

  15-02-2018 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Royal College of GPs said the latest NHS Digital figures show the number of family doctors fell to 33,872 in December from 34,091 in September.
  
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• Almost 2,000 patients put on mixed-sex wards last month

  15-02-2018 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Almost 2,000 patients were forced to endure the indignity of mixed-sex wards last month, official figures reveal.
  
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• Flu vaccine is only 25% effective against deadliest strain

  15-02-2018 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Preliminary data released announced by top US health officials on Thursday shows this year's flu vaccine is only 25 percent effective against H3N2, the vicious strain killing most Americans.
  
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• Florida shooter may have had fetal alcohol syndrome

  15-02-2018 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nathalie Brassard, a program director at FASCETS, which works with parents of FASD, told Daily Mail Online Nikolas Cruz, 19, has characteristics of a brain-based condition like FASD.
  
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• How to train like an Olympian

  15-02-2018 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trainers and physicians have identified some of the most effective habits of Olympians like Lindsey Vonn, pictured, competing in Pyeongchang, South Korea that can be used by the average athlete.
  
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• Cannabis does more harm than good, health officials warn

  15-02-2018 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New medical guidelines issued in Canada, where cannabis has been legal for medicinal use since 2001, warns the effects of the drug outweigh any minor benefits for the vast majority of conditions.
  
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• OBGYN says you should not put ice cream in a vagina 

  15-02-2018 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Lauren Streicher of Northwestern University breaks down some of the missteps the Fifty Shades of Grey franchisemake when it comes to sexual health.
  
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• The Surprising Secrets to Living Longer—And Better

  15-02-2018 21:16
  
  [brightcove:5596869363001 default]Old age demands to be taken very seriously–and it usually gets its way. It’s hard to be cavalier about a time of life defined by loss of vigor, increasing frailty, rising disease risk and falling cognitive faculties. Then there’s the unavoidable matter of the end of consciousness and the self–death, in other words–that’s drawing closer and closer. It’s the rare person who can confront the final decline with flippancy or
  
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• Girls can inherit deadly ovarian cancer gene from fathers

  15-02-2018 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mutation, which has not been named, was discovered in a genetic study of 186 women with ovarian cancer done by Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York.
  
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• Teenager Mercy Ngulube with HIV fighting for change

  15-02-2018 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  For 16 years, Mercy Ngulube felt unable to tell people she had HIV - but now she's a vocal campaigner.
  
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• Fighting for change

  15-02-2018 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  For 16 years, Mercy Ngulube felt unable to tell people she had HIV - but now she's a vocal campaigner.
  
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• Fathers may pass ovarian cancer risk to daughters

  15-02-2018 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Many cases of seemingly sporadic ovarian cancer might actually be inherited from paternal genes.
  
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• CRISPR scissors, Cas12a, enable cutting-edge diagnostics

  15-02-2018 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CRISPR research from the University of California might transform diagnostics. The scientists behind the new study are hopeful that it will speed up cancer and infectious disease diagnoses.
  
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• Stem cell cancer vaccine immunized mice against tumors

  15-02-2018 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Stanford University made personalized stem cell vaccines for mice. The stem cell shot, coupled with an immunity booster, shrank tumors in seven out of 10 of the mice.
  
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• Probe provides rapid lung investigation

  15-02-2018 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists develop technology that goes inside the lung to make fast diagnoses of infection.
  
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• DIY faecal transplants carry risks including HIV and hepatitis, warn experts

  15-02-2018 20:00
  Faecal transplants have been used in medical settings to tackle superbugs, but following YouTube videos at home is too risky, say researchersConcerns have been raised about the growing trend for DIY faecal transplants, with experts fearing such attempts could put individuals at an increased risk of HIV and hepatitis as well as conditions ranging from Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis to obesity and sleep disorders.The transfer of faeces from one human to another has gained attention as a
  
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• Salvadoran woman jailed over stillbirth freed after 11 years

  15-02-2018 19:59
  Teodora del Carmen Vásquez’s 30-year sentence under country’s total ban on abortions is commutedA woman sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated murder after having a stillbirth has been freed in El Salvador in a case highlighting the dire consequences of the Central American country’s total ban on abortion.Teodora del Carmen Vásquez, 34, was released on Thursday after serving almost 11 years for a crime she has always vehemently denied. Her sentence was com
  
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• Happiness in the US hit lowest point in 10 years in 2017

  15-02-2018 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A poll by Gallup-Sharecare found thatthere was a decline in residents’ well-being in 21 states, shown in black. The lowest-ranking states were Arkansas, Louisiana and West Virginia.
  
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• Florida man caught tapeworm from undercooked ham

  15-02-2018 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sam Cordero from Florida caught a brain-eating worm while eating a Christmas ham feast in December. The parasite traveled through his bloodstream from his stomach to his eye.
  
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• Brisk daily walk could stave off Alzheimer's disease

  15-02-2018 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from Texas has established a tighter connection between exercise and resistance to the effects of Alzheimar's, by showing that poor fitness relates to a bad memory
  
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• Fewer murders in Midsomer Norton | Brief letters

  15-02-2018 19:24
  Midsomer Norton | Students and crop-picking | Whitechapel fatberg | The pill | Dental careMidsomer Norton, mentioned in your review of BBC One’s drama Shetland (G2, 14 February), is in North East Somerset (Jacob Rees-Mogg’s constituency). Its murder rate is in no way comparable to that of the fictional Shetland as your review suggests. That of the fictional county of Midsomer (located notionally somewhere between Hampshire and Berkshire but filmed around Oxfordshire) – 231 in 8
  
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• Blood-thinning drugs designed to cut stroke risk may actually increase it

  15-02-2018 19:19
  Scientists call for caution in prescribing anticoagulants after some patients with other conditions found to suffer more strokesBlood-thinning drugs may increase rather than cut the risk of stroke in some people over 65 who have an irregular heartbeat and also chronic kidney disease, according to a new study.The researchers are calling on doctors to be more cautious in prescribing the drugs, called anticoagulants, until there has been more research.Related: Doctors advised against aspirin for pa
  
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• Scientists have developed a lung probe that finds infections

  15-02-2018 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The probe provides access deep inside a patient’s lung, which means doctors will be able to diagnose lung conditions much quicker and more accurately.
  
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• Winter vomiting bug continues to wreak havoc on NHS

  15-02-2018 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NHS England statistics show 5,718 beds were closed because of norovirus or diarrhoea and vomiting in hospitals across the country last week - an average of 817 each day.
  
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• Starting periods early increases women's risk of asthma

  15-02-2018 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Edinburgh believe starting periods young and having irregular cycles may be linked to asthma as they both cause periods of excessive oestrogen exposure.
  
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• Do not intervene to speed up birth unless real risks involved, advises WHO

  15-02-2018 17:09
  Women in labour are increasingly being subjected to unnecessary and unwelcome interventions such as caesarean sections, warns WHOMedical staff and midwives should not intervene to speed up a woman’s labour unless there are real risks of complications, says the World Health Organisation (WHO), warning that too many are not having the experience of natural childbirth that they want.New guidance from the WHO overturns decades of previous advice, which said that labour which progressed at a sl
  
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• World Health chiefs draw up list of 10 viruses

  15-02-2018 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The World Health Organization has released its annual list of lethal pathogens that research should be fast-tracked for. It comes amid mounting fears of a global pandemic.
  
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• McDonald's to cut cheeseburgers and chocolate milk from Happy Meal menu

  15-02-2018 16:10
  Restaurant chain wants to cut down on calories, fat and sugarHealth advocates have linked Happy Meal to childhood obesityMcDonald’s will soon banish cheeseburgers and chocolate milk from its Happy Meal menu in an effort to cut down on the calories, sodium, saturated fat and sugar that kids consume at its restaurants. Related: Cigarette companies don't sponsor the Olympics. Why does Coca-Cola? | Ian D Caterson and Mychelle FarmerContinue reading...
  
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• What a fertility expert wants you to know

  15-02-2018 15:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emma Cannon explains the misconceptions around sex and fertility she has seen in her 20 years as a fertility and women's health expert, and what fertility treatments women should be wary of
  
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• Transgender woman breastfeeds baby in first recorded case, study says

  15-02-2018 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  She was able to produce enough milk to be the baby's only food source for the first six weeks, a study says.
  
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• Brain surgery could 'spread' Alzheimer's disease

  15-02-2018 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University College London analysed four young people with brain bleeds caused by amyloid protein build-ups and discovered all underwent brain surgery as children.
  
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• 8 reasons you might have a low libido

  15-02-2018 14:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Physician Dr Rachel Carlton Abrams examines the different ways women can develop a lack of interest in sex, and recommends some ways to revive your flagging enthusiasm
  
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• Incredible pictures of baby who had open heart surgery

  15-02-2018 14:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aimee Roberts, from Keynsham, Somerset, waited anxiously for six hours as little Leo was taken into surgery. She revealed she had 'never cried so much' as when she handed her son over.
  
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• Footage of a 'feisty' baby who nearly died from sepsis

  15-02-2018 14:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Katie Goulbourn has shared footage of her 11-week-old daughter Chloe Pierce, from Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, saying if she'd have known the symptoms she would have been quicker to get help.
  
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• Yoghurt reduces the risk of a heart attack by up to 30%

  15-02-2018 14:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Boston University found yoghurt lowers the risk of women with hypertension suffering an event by 30 percent and men by 19 percent due to its fermented, calcium content.
  
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• Taking control

  15-02-2018 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Sofie Hartley, who's 27, wants to have a hysterectomy so that she can take back control of her body.
  
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• Girl has 'uncombable hair syndrome' gene like Einstein

  15-02-2018 13:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charleigh Sayor, 6, has uncombable hair syndrome, meaning her frizzy white-blonde barnet grows up and outward. Being embarrassed doesn't even occur to her: she says her hair is 'magic'
  
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• NHS winter data shows 150,000 waited half an hour outside A&E

  15-02-2018 12:56
  Hospitals struggling to keep to 15-minute wait limit for emergency department patientsAlmost 150,000 patients in England have waited more than 30 minutes before being admitted to A&E this winter, according to NHS figures.Data from the end of November to 11 February showed the number of people waiting half an hour or longer was 149,214, while a further 35,535 people waited more than an hour. Related: NHS hospitals in England record worst ever A&E performanceContinue reading...
  
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• Short children 10% more likely to suffer stroke as adults

  15-02-2018 12:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Short people are at an increased risk of stroke, according to a new study done among 300,000 Danish schoolchildren. The results say that height may even be as good a predictor of stroke as BMI.
  
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• Morbidly obese amputee runs for the first time in 15 years

  15-02-2018 11:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  James 'L.B.' Bonner, from Lexington, South Carolina, weighed 642lbs (45 stone) at his heaviest after years of comfort eating, but has now dropped 326lbs (23 stone) thanks to weight loss surgery and therapy.
  
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• Wanted: digital cures for mental illness

  15-02-2018 11:41
  Business incubator Zinc gathers 55 people from 19 countries to rethink the world’s approach to mental health treatmentWill Tanner is building a web hub for those who care for the mentally distressed. Billie Quinlan wants to make women happier with a digital sex guru. Rajshekar Patil is devising tools to help children moderate screen time. Rachel Thomas aims to change how people think using online modules.In a speed-pitching session (like Dragon’s Den on fast-forward with better coffe
  
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• 'Moneysupermarket for mental health': could the future of treatment be digital?

  15-02-2018 11:41
  Business incubator Zinc gathers 55 people from 19 countries to rethink the world’s approach to treating mental illnessWill Tanner is building a web hub for those who care for the mentally distressed. Billie Quinlan wants to make women happier with a digital sex guru. Rajshekar Patil is devising tools to help children moderate screen time. Rachel Thomas aims to change how people think using online modules.In a speed-pitching session (like Dragon’s Den on fast-forward with better coffe
  
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• Far more infants die in rural areas of US than cities

  15-02-2018 11:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Babies conceived in rural areas are far more likely to die before, during or immediately after birth than those in more urban parts of the US, according to CDC’s first-ever report on the disparity.
  
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• Matt was a remarkable patient. His death led me to do something special

  15-02-2018 11:05
  As a hospital chaplain, I am used to absorbing others’ pain but sometimes the usual ways of coping don’t cut it
  I knew that it was going to hurt when Matt died. My colleague John Speakman, a palliative care consultant, was also hurting. In our line of work we face death on a regular basis. How we deal with that is an important part of our professionalism and our survival. But this was somehow different.Matt Greenwood was one of life’s one-offs. Everything about him, including h
  
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• Common drugs like Valium and Imodium increase stroke risk

  15-02-2018 10:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Among commonly prescribed drugs were the painkiller codeine, anti-depressants such as Valium, and beta-blockers. Those that can be bought in chemists included the hayfever remedy Piriton.
  
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• Organ donations rising across the UK

  15-02-2018 10:01 via bbc.co.uk
  An online consultation into a possible opt-out scheme in England has received more than 11,000 replies.
  
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• Chesty cough? This easy to make snack could get rid of your cough

  15-02-2018 09:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  COUGHS usually go away by themselves within three weeks. But, you could speed up the process by adding this simple, tasty snack to your diet.
  
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• Dementia symptoms: Look out for this sign to determine vascular dementia or Lewy bodies

  15-02-2018 09:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  DEMENTIA describes a range of progressive conditions that affect the brain. There are four main types - vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia. Each one has slightly different early symptoms.
  
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• Far more infants die in rural areas than cities

  15-02-2018 09:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Babies conceived in rural areas are far more likely to die before, during or immediately after birth than those in more urban parts of the US, according to CDC’s first-ever report on the disparity.
  
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• Processed foods are driving up rates of cancer

  15-02-2018 08:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eating processed food significantly raises the risk of cancer, experts warned. They said the disease was claiming more lives because of the popularity of ready meals, sugary cereals and fizzy drinks.
  
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