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• Are YOU an asthma sufferer who never uses their inhaler?

  19-02-2018 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tiernan Green, from County Armagh, suffered a fatal asthma attack after failing to use his brown inhaler. He's one of 1,400 UK residents who die this way, each year. This is his story.
  
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• Smartphone app could prevent food poisoning

  19-02-2018 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a device that turns smartphones into portable bacteria detectors, revealing potential risks in minutes.
  
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• ASK THE GP: Can airport scanners give me cancer?

  19-02-2018 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Daily Mail's resident GP answers your queries on everything and anything. This week,he deals with the effects of airport scanners, allergies chronic pain.
  
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• Paula Norris reveals small mistakes can ruin healthy meals

  19-02-2018 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amanda Meixner from Ohio regularly shares healthy eating plans on Instagram and has revealed how slightly larger portion sizes can dramatically increase calories.
  
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• Diabetes could be triggered by virus, scientists warn

  19-02-2018 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvard University scientists found that four viruses contain insulin-like proteins. The new research suggests that these may trigger type 1 and type 2 diabetes by tricking the body.
  
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• Running can help preserve memory by combating stress

  19-02-2018 21:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Brigham Young University found running helps protect from the negative effects of stress on the hippocampus - the part of the brain responsible for learning and memory.
  
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• Women have twice the risk for fatal heart complications

  19-02-2018 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research published today by the American Heart Association offers clearer evidence than ever that female heart attack survivors may need more intensive care after a cardiac event than men.
  
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• Peppa Pig does not cause autism, experts insist

  19-02-2018 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Social media posts have claimed a Harvard study blamed Peppa Pig for autism. Experts have now refuted the claims, saying no such study exists.
  
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• Photos of artificial limbs given to World War I veterans

  19-02-2018 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One image shows a Senegalese amputee writing in 1918 to thank the American Red Cross for his artificial arms. Doctors can also be seen demonstrating to patients how artificial limbs work.
  
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• Can YOU spot the difference between these healthy meals?

  19-02-2018 19:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amanda Meixner from Ohio regularly shares healthy eating plans on Instagram and has revealed how slightly larger portion sizes can dramatically increase calories.
  
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• Experts reveal the four main types of drinkers

  19-02-2018 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emmanuel Kuntsche and Sarah Callinan, alcohol policy researchers at La Trobe University in Australia, warn your reasons for drinking influence your health generally.
  
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• Columbia student died from opioid overdose in dorm room

  19-02-2018 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gage Billetto, 19, was found dead of a suspected opioid overdose December 27. The Columbia University student grew up in the wealthy suburb of Bronxville, New York.
  
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• 7 ridiculous sex myths even smart people believe

  19-02-2018 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts warn many of us hold false beliefs about sex, including that you should peeing before, and that it could affect your heart. They also insist sex could help your headache, rather than worsen it.
  
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• Excessive calcium in the brain may be behind Parkinson's

  19-02-2018 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Cambridge University found excessive levels of calcium triggers nerve cell death, despite the mineral being critical for communication in the brain.
  
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• Study shows women more attractive in a group than alone

  19-02-2018 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: If you want to look more attractive, you should join a crowd, a new study says. Dubbed the 'cheerleader' effect, the research shows that people are rated more attractive when in a group.
  
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• From rinsing to whitening – why you're looking after your mouth wrong

  19-02-2018 18:40
  A Twitter discussion has revealed that you don’t need to moisten your toothbrush before using it. Here are five other tips for top-notch oral hygieneA recent lively Twitter discussion revealed, as these things often do, the existence of a group of utter barbarians: people who do not wet their toothbrush before brushing their teeth. It is almost impossible to believe such people exist, let alone that their method works, but it does. Apparently, it is a matter of preference. “A dry bru
  
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• Is the ‘snowflake generation’ too self-obsessed?

  19-02-2018 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at New York University found that while pair so college roommates sensed changed in one another's stress levels, they often underestimated just how distressed their roommates were.
  
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• Images show the artificial limbs given to war veterans

  19-02-2018 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One image shows a Senegalese amputee writing in 1918 to thank the American Red Cross for his artificial arms. Doctors can also be seen demonstrating to patients how artificial limbs work.
  
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• A common sex injury women might not know about

  19-02-2018 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There's a sex injury that's common, painful and poorly understood. The injury targets the cervix and can cause bleeding and sensitivity
  
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• Keeping medical cannabis from children is callous, and foolish | Ian Birrell

  19-02-2018 17:26
  Alfie Dingley, who has severe epilepsy, is suffering pointlessly. What will it take to make our government see sense?The first medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania have opened their doors over the past few days. Thousands of patients with serious medical conditions have registered to access the drug, which comes in oils, patches and vaporisers, rather than smokable leaf form. The historic first purchase in the state was by Diana Briggs, the mother of a teenage son with severe epilepsy.
  
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• Patients days from death to be offered 'compassion' signs

  19-02-2018 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hospital patients just hours or days from death are to be offered 'compassion' signs near their beds to alert staff and visitors. The scheme aims to offer them give them peace, dignity and respect
  
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• Cutting out MSG significantly eases pain, study finds 

  19-02-2018 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Michigan found eliminating the food additive MSG, which is also commonly found in stock cubes, eases pain by more than 30 percent after just two weeks.
  
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• So the UK’s eating more than it realises – here’s how we could get thin | Michael Hallsworth

  19-02-2018 16:29
  We’re hugely underestimating our daily calories – the way we consume food needs to be overhauledCan you remember what you ate yesterday? If asked, most people will be able to dredge up a vague description of their main meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner. But can you be sure you’ve noted every snack bar en route to the car, or every handful of nuts at your desk? Most people will have the lingering feeling that they’ve missed something out.We originally had this suspicion back
  
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• Mother who thought she had flu had a rare brain condition

  19-02-2018 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hannah Joels, 35, from Leicestershire, was left critically ill in hospital after suffering encephalitis. Her condition was so severe that she couldn’t even recognise hertwo-year-old daughter, India
  
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• A third of UK adults 'underestimate calorie intake '

  19-02-2018 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  A new analysis of the nation's diet reveals we are generally poor on judging how much we eat.
  
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• I love my job as a nurse – but I’m not sure how much longer I can carry on | Anonymous

  19-02-2018 14:56
  Despite what Jeremy Hunt may say, NHS professionals aren’t properly rewarded for what they do. Our wellbeing is at riskI’m a nurse. While I don’t hate my current job, I no longer feel the burning desire to help people the way I used to.Don’t get me wrong, I care greatly about my patients and I find real satisfaction in helping others get better. I don’t, however, find any real satisfaction in helping to quite literally save lives and being incredibly undervalued for
  
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• Baby is given a handmade heart after theirs fails to grow

  19-02-2018 14:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Baby girl Macy from Glasgow was born with half a heart and only expected to survive for a week. She is now thriving at 10-months-old, thanks to doctors who built her a 'handmade heart'
  
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• Great Ormond Street Hospital may keep scandal charity cash

  19-02-2018 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Great Ormond Street Hospital had said it would return money donated by the Presidents Club charity.
  
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• Man gets 2ND HEART to beat in time with first

  19-02-2018 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 56-year-old man from Hyderabad in India has two hearts that beat in unison after doctors were forced to use a smaller heart to complement the failing organ.
  
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• Iceland's mooted circumcision ban sparks religious outrage

  19-02-2018 12:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders condemned the move, calling it an attack on religious freedom.
  
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• 79-year-old lady has large tumour growing from her cheek

  19-02-2018 12:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Teresita Briones, 79, has a tumour the size of bucket growing from her cheek. She thought at first was a mole, but it swelled and developed rapidly. Within a year it was the size of small tennis ball.
  
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• WHO warns over measles immunisation rates as cases rise 400% across Europe

  19-02-2018 12:38
  2017 saw more than 21,000 cases and 35 deaths, with large outbreaks in one in four countries, says World Health OrganisationMeasles cases have soared across Europe over the last year, with large outbreaks affecting one in four countries, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) which is concerned by low rates of immunisation against the disease.
  WHO Europe says there has been a 400% increase during 2017, with more than 21,000 cases and 35 deaths. That will be a major disappointment follo
  
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• WHO warns over measles immunisation rates as cases rise 300% across Europe

  19-02-2018 12:38
  2017 saw more than 21,000 cases and 35 deaths, with large outbreaks in one in four countries, says World Health OrganisationMeasles cases have soared across Europe over the last year, with large outbreaks affecting one in four countries, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) which is concerned by low rates of immunisation against the disease.
  WHO Europe says there has been a four-fold increase during 2017, with more than 21,000 cases and 35 deaths. That will be a major disappointment
  
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• Seven ways … to prevent and manage RSI

  19-02-2018 12:14
  Repetitive strain injury often starts gradually but can soon become severely debilitating. Bu there are ways to nip it in the bud – and alleviate the worst symptomsRepetitive strain injury (RSI) causes pain, weakness, tingling and stiffness of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves or other soft tissues and joints in the upper limbs from neck to fingers. It is also called upper limb disorder, cumulative trauma disorder or occupational overuse syndrome. It often starts gradually and is wor
  
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• Should Hadiza Bawa-Garba have been struck off as a doctor? I believe so

  19-02-2018 11:58
  She was let down by the system but I have come to respect the decision of the court – so should my fellow doctorsSince Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba was struck off the medical register, the medical community has been in uproar. Irate voices continue to be heard within hospitals as well as on online blogs and social media. People have been reluctant to engage with the opposing view, leaving nothing up for debate. The medical community has decided that Bawa-Garba is innocent; this is justice delivere
  
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• Baby's heart fails to develop in womb

  19-02-2018 11:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Baby girl Macy from Glasgow was born with half a heart and only expected to survive for a week. She is now thriving at 10-months-old, thanks to doctors who built her a 'handmade heart'
  
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• Drinking wine or beer could lead to a longer life

  19-02-2018 10:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Claudia Kawas, of the University of California, tracked data on around 1,700 people who were in their nineties in 2003 - called the '90+ study'.
  
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• Britons are lying to themselves about how much they eat

  19-02-2018 10:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men typically have 1,000 more calories every day than they account for, while women consumed about 800 more than they estimate, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
  
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• Autism: Scientists take 'first steps' towards biological test

  19-02-2018 08:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Differences were found in blood proteins between children with and without autism, a study says.
  
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• How baby stroke survivors' brains adapt

  19-02-2018 08:43 via bbc.co.uk
  They use the right sides of their brain for language instead of the normal left side.
  
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• Inquiry call after Trudy Jones' cardiac arrest death

  19-02-2018 07:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The family of a woman who died of a cardiac arrest later found out she was involved in drugs trial after her death.
  
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• New clinic for victims of sexual violence

  19-02-2018 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Women who have been raped often cannot face going to the doctors for intimate examinations.
  
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• Yes, the NHS is fractured. But competition won’t heal it | Polly Toynbee

  19-02-2018 07:00
  The latest NHS reorganisation has reawakened fears of privatisation. Only a Labour government can bury them once and for allAfter Brexit, David Cameron’s second worst legacy is his assault on the NHS. His explosive 2012 Health and Social Care Act was designed to privatise it into small pieces, while an eight-year funding drought yields new worst ever figures every month. The wonder is that the service still treats so many so well. The number of GPs fell again last month
  
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• Are we poisoning our children with plastic?

  19-02-2018 07:00
  The chemical BPA is widely added to food and drink packaging, and more than 80% of teenagers have it in their bodies. But how dangerous is it?Can exposure to plastics harm your health? It’s a question currently being explored by researchers after a recent study suggested that traces of a synthetic chemical called Bisphenol A (BPA) can be found in more than 80% of teenagers. BPA is added to plastic to create a special form called polycarbonate plastic, used in making robust, impact-resistan
  
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• Multiple surgeries aren’t the best care for endometriosis. Ask Lena Dunham | Jason Abbott

  19-02-2018 04:47
  Many people with endometriosis are being treated with surgeries that could increase pain
  Thirty-one-year-old women who have not yet had the opportunity to have a family of their own should not have to make a decision to have a hysterectomy. Yet Lena Dunham, who has had a major surgery almost every second year of her adult life, felt compelled to do so. Women and girls with endometriosis may have severe disease and for many this seems like the only option. However, there are a number of issues ar
  
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• Life after Ebola

  19-02-2018 02:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The legacy of the virus which spread through three West African countries.
  
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• Scientists unravel secrets of ‘superagers’

  19-02-2018 01:01
  Researchers find elderly people with high cognitive function have more of a certain type of brain cell“Superagers” have long puzzled scientists, but now researchers say they are unpicking why some people live beyond 80 – and still appear to be in fine fettle, with cognitive capacities on a par with adults decades younger.Researchers have spent years studying superagers in an attempt to understand what sets the senior citizens apart.Continue reading...
  
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• Scientists seek drug to ‘rewire’ adult brain after stroke

  19-02-2018 01:01
  Therapies may one day enable healthy part of brain to take over tasks from damaged areasAdults who have experienced a stroke may one day be able to take a drug to help their brain “rewire” itself, so that tasks once carried out by now-damaged areas can be taken over by other regions, researchers have claimed.The ability for the brain to rewire, so-called “brain plasticity”, is thought to occur throughout life; however, while children have a high degree of brain plasticity
  
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