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• 'Mini-tumours' created to battle cancer

  22-02-2018 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The lab-grown versions made from a patient's cancer can predict whether drugs will actually work.
  
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• 7 Bullet Journal Ideas That Will Organize Your Life

  22-02-2018 22:42
  
  So you're starting your first (or fourth) bullet journal—a notebook or pad that's part planner, part to-do list, and part brainstorming scratch pad where you use bullet point lists (or numbers, symbols, or illustrations) to boost your productivity. Yet whether you're an expert or a newbie, putting pen to paper can be a difficult task.
  RELATED: 12 Surprising Reasons Multitasking Doesn't WorkTo tackle these frustrations, Health has pulled together seve
  
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• Women likely to pick more effective birth control

  22-02-2018 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by the University of Utah gave birth control to 7,400 women and found without having cost as an issue, participants were twice as likely to choose the most effective methods such as IUDs.
  
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• Ovarian rejuvenation offers pregnancy hope after menopause

  22-02-2018 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two fertility specialists explain how they use novel procedures - like puncturing the ovaries with needles - to give older women a chance at getting pregnant when all else has failed.
  
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• Cat launches handset that can detect toxic chemicals

  22-02-2018 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The S61, which comes equipped with an air quality sensor, will be launched at the Mobile World Congress, taking place in Barcelona from February 26 to March 1.
  
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• Chipotle adds quinoa to the menu

  22-02-2018 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chipotle added quinoa to the menu at its New York City test kitchen on Monday. Registered dietician Liz Weinandy said she doesn't think the swap with have a big health impact.
  
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• Doctor asked to tell a patient they were being deported

  22-02-2018 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The anonymous GP, who is from Liverpool, was approached by a branch of the Home Office to deliver the notice to his patient. Union leaders condemned the request as 'unprecedented'.
  
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• Are sick migrants avoiding NHS doctors over deportation fears?

  22-02-2018 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Should doctors continue to hand over names and addresses to immigration officers, asks the NHS in England.
  
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• Real Women Are Spreading a Message About Body Positivity by Embracing Their Thighbrows

  22-02-2018 18:45
  
  First there was thigh gap, then hip dip, then (yes, sadly) arm vagina. Now the body buzzword of the moment is "thighbrow," the soft roll of flesh every woman has over her thighs. It's not a new term, but it's back on social media thanks to Tuesday’s episode of America’s Next Top Model, when Tyra Banks and Ashley Graham defined it on the show.To promote the episode, Graham took to Instagram to share a GIF of Banks looking at her thighbrow, running her hand along it, and
  
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• 14 signs of emotional abuse in a relationship

  22-02-2018 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychotherapist Sally Brown warns some of the signs are not as clear as all. Here, she breaks down 14 subtle emotional abuse tactics in relationships.
  
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• A&E staff report more than 1.3 million counts of abuse

  22-02-2018 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A&E staff live in fear of being attacked, Lancaster University researchers have revealed after tallying up how many times they were abused in 2016. It comes amid the 'worst winter ever' for the NHS.
  
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• On anti-depressants

  22-02-2018 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  People with a history of depression tell the BBC about their experiences of taking anti-depressants
  
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• Dame Beulah Bewley obituary

  22-02-2018 18:15
  Physician who played a key role in improving the place of female doctors in Britain’s medical establishmentBeulah Bewley, who has died aged 88, reached the top of the medical profession and cleared a path for other female doctors to follow. As treasurer of the General Medical Council (1992-99), she encouraged the organisation to take on more women – and lobbied council members of royal medical colleges to increase their previously insignificant female intake.Yet Bewley’s career
  
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• Structure that powers the movement of sperm is discovered

  22-02-2018 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Gothenburg discovered spirals within tubes in human sperms' tails. It is unclear if the spiral discovery could pave the way for future fertility treatments.
  
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• Sepsis could be prevented by the gut, study suggests

  22-02-2018 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When the guts of mice had more of certain types of microbes, they had higher levels of a blood protein that can protect against sepsis, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania.
  
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• Turmeric effectively eases sports injuries

  22-02-2018 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Milan-based pharmaceutical company Velleja Research found turmeric's key component curcumin eases discomfort just as much as paracetamol.
  
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• Thousands of patients urged to stop using their nebuliser

  22-02-2018 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aquilon continued to sell its devices to the UK market despite having its safety certificate withdrawn in 2015, warns the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
  
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• Security experts discover Mi-Cam baby cams can be hacked

  22-02-2018 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cybersecurity firm SEC Consult discovered that Mi-Cam's HD baby monitors, made by miSafes, have flaws (pictured) that allow for the 'hijacking of arbitrary video baby monitors.'
  
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• 'Fertility hormone' DHEA is discovered by scientists

  22-02-2018 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Edinburgh found treating women withDHEA doubles the number of proteins associated with the implantation of fertilised eggs in the uterus.
  
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• Winter vomiting bug cases are 56% higher than 6last year

  22-02-2018 16:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the past week, 5,886 beds across NHS hospitals have been occupied by people suffering from norovirus or vomiting and diarrhoea, making an average daily occupancy rate of 841.
  
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• Heartbroken mother of boy born with half a heart

  22-02-2018 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ashley Rayner was speaking on Sky News this morning from Newcastle-upon-Tyne about the plight of her six-month-old son, Benjamin, who suffers hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
  
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• Warning over fake piercing magnet craze

  22-02-2018 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  One 12-year-old boy had to have part of his bowel removed after swallowing the magnetic balls.
  
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• Patients could soon use propofol while undergoing surgery

  22-02-2018 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Developed by researchers at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust and Nottingham Trent University, it allows patients to control their own doses of propofol.
  
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• 3D tracking of cancers is paving the way for treatments

  22-02-2018 15:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from The Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in Germany found that producing high-resolution maps could avoid the need for computer programmes that assess tumours.
  
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• Morbidly obese woman who weighed 704lbs gains weight

  22-02-2018 14:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lisa Fleming, 49, from Mobile, Alabama, pleaded to doctors for help after discovering maggots in the folds of her skin. She was put on a controlled diet in hospital by Dr Younan Nowzaradan.
  
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• Begging your kids to eat doesn’t make a a shred of difference | Emma Brockes

  22-02-2018 14:29
  Now shaming, bribing and guilt are off the table, parents must resort to increasingly implausible dinnertime tacticsWhen I was a child, it was received parental wisdom that the way you got a kid to eat was either to threaten them – “no pudding until you clear your plate” – or shame them with the reminder that there were starving people in the world. (Actually, I realise, my mother did neither of these things, but went for the third, discredited approach – emotional
  
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• Consultants criticise 'catastrophic' rise in 12-hour A&E waits

  22-02-2018 14:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Hospital consultants warn over patient safety as the longest waits to be seen in emergency units rise.
  
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• Archive footage reveals early attempts at cryopreservation

  22-02-2018 12:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage shows the early work of the Cryonic Society in Phoenix, Arizona, as a team of scientists' piece together ground-breaking preservation equipment.
  
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• A modest proposal for solving the air pollution crisis: a worker smog bonus

  22-02-2018 12:34
  The amount of the smog allowance should vary according to the city’s air quality – compensating workers and their families for living in a polluted environment while incentivising municipalities to clean up their actsIs your wood stove choking you? How indoor fires are suffocating cities
  We are all aware of the value of clean skies and the costs of pollution, so isn’t it time to put more economic pressure on governments and companies to clean up?
  I first considered the potentia
  
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• 'Anti-depressants help me function'

  22-02-2018 12:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists say more people could benefit from taking pills to reduce the symptoms of acute depression.
  
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• Sponges left inside Japanese woman after c-section

  22-02-2018 12:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unnamed woman, 42, believed to be from Chiba in Japan, went to her doctor complaining of bloating that had lasted three years. An abdominal scan revealed two gauze sponges.
  
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• Anti-depressants: Major study finds they work

  22-02-2018 12:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists hail "good news for patients" as analysis finds 21 drugs reduce symptoms of depression.
  
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• Gruesome moment man has a huge pus-filled cyst popped

  22-02-2018 11:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: It is unsure where the man in the stomach-churning clip is from or how old he is, but his accent appears to be from the US.
  
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• A new heart saved my life. Too many others don't get that chance

  22-02-2018 11:20
  An opt-out system for organ donation could improve the outcomes for critically ill people waiting for a heart transplant I’m alive today because I had a heart transplant at the age of 38. I grew up in fear of what was around the corner because I knew that my heart was unreliable. Life was a rollercoaster of optimism and depression, the ups and downs of a future that ultimately relied on someone, somewhere, giving me the biggest gift possible – their heart.
  A woman who died before her
  
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• Masturbation survey looks at solo sex habits

  22-02-2018 11:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study explores the masturbation habits of men and women, with 88% of ladies (versus 96% of men) admitting to it. Women are more likely to use toys, but men are more likely to watch porn.
  
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• Millions more of us should be taking antidepressants

  22-02-2018 10:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Their study, which examined 120,000 people in more than 500 trials across three decades, concluded emphatically that antidepressants do work.
  
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• Nurse dismissed her husband's sepsis as man flu

  22-02-2018 10:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rob Bland, 43, a supervisor, started shivering and complaining of a headache on February 9 last year. Mr Bland's wife Kirsten, from Poole, said he turned yellow 'like Homer Simpson'.
  
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• I understand the fears. But vaccinating children should be compulsory | Suzanne Moore

  22-02-2018 10:00
  Engaging the emotional intelligence of the public is the way to sell the scientific fact that immunisation prevents deathsWhen Roald Dahl’s daughter Olivia was seven, she fell ill. He thought she was on the way to recovery and often read to her. “I was sitting on her bed, showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do
  
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• India doctors remove world's 'largest brain tumour'

  22-02-2018 08:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The patient had been living for three years with the 1.8kg tumour, which was larger than his head.
  
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• Study uncovers secrets of cancer-resistant naked mole rat

  22-02-2018 05:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University identified a unique characteristic behind a cellular process that may allow the rodents to fight both cancer and the effects of aging.
  
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• Simple walking test could diagnose dementia

  22-02-2018 03:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The test involves seeing how fast a person can walk while doing something else at the same time, such as counting backwards or carrying a tray.
  
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• YouTuber dies of cancer after claiming veganism cured it

  22-02-2018 01:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mari Lopez, who ran the food channel at home in Houston, Texas with her niece Liz Johnson, told viewers she had rejected traditional treatment for breast cancer in favor of a 90-day juice cleanse.
  
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• Green light for nasal flu spray next year after 2-year ban

  22-02-2018 00:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A CDC advisory panel voted that the the nasal spray flu vaccine will be recommended for children and adults next season, suggesting that its manufacturer has improved it for H1N1.
  
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• The drugs do work: antidepressants are effective, study shows

  22-02-2018 00:30
  Doctors hope study will put to rest doubts about the medicine, and help to address global under-treatment of depressionIt’s official: antidepressants are not snake oil or a conspiracyAntidepressants work – some more effectively than others – in treating depression, according to authors of a groundbreaking study which doctors hope will finally put to rest doubts about the controversial medicine.Millions more people around the world should be prescribed pills or offered talking t
  
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• It's official: antidepressants are not snake oil or a conspiracy – they work | Mark Rice-Oxley

  22-02-2018 00:30
  A groundbreaking new study shows antidepressants are effective – we should get on with taking and prescribing themIt’s official: antidepressants work.They are not a multibillion-dollar conspiracy dreamed up by Big Pharma Bond villains. They are not a snake oil distilled in secret laboratories, designed to stupefy us all. They are not a futile cop-out from overextended family doctors.Related: The drugs do work: antidepressants are effective, study showsContinue reading...
  
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• It's official: antidepressants are not snake oil or a conspiracy – they work

  22-02-2018 00:30
  A groundbreaking new study shows antidepressants are effective – we should get on with taking and prescribing themIt’s official: antidepressants work.They are not a multibillion-dollar conspiracy dreamed up by Big Pharma Bond villains. They are not a snake oil distilled in secret laboratories, designed to stupefy us all. They are not a futile cop-out from overextended family doctors.Related: The drugs do work: antidepressants are effective, study showsContinue reading...
  
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