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• Join a choir, take your Vitamin D and get separate duvets... As temperatures fall and nights draw in, five natural ways to boost you mood and health

  15-09-2024 00:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  We get a natural health boost in the summer months. But experts say there are simple steps people can take to replicate that feel-good summer boost - even if the nights are drawing in.
  
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• Mums can reduce the risk of postnatal depression by exercising for an hour, study suggests

  08-11-2024 02:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Finding time to do an hour or so of gentle to moderate exercise a week could reduce the risk of postnatal depression by almost half, a study suggests.
  
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• People are asking Turkish cosmetic surgeons to give them 'Whoville nose-jobs' - a top doctor is very worried

  08-11-2024 02:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Turkish plastic surgeon is giving patients nose jobs that makes them look like a character straight out of Dr Seuss 's 'Whoville', says US plastic surgeon Dr Anthony Youn.
  
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• Mums can reduce the risk of postnatal depression by exercising - but for HOW long?

  08-11-2024 01:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Finding time to do an hour or so of gentle to moderate exercise a week could reduce the risk of postnatal depression by almost half, a study suggests.
  
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• Tax unhealthy foods to tackle obesity, say campaigners

  08-11-2024 01:01
  
  Health and children’s groups urge UK ministers to impose levies on products containing too much salt or sugarDozens of health and children’s groups have urged ministers to tackle obesity by imposing taxes on foods containing too much salt or sugar.New levies based on the sugar tax on soft drinks would make it easier for consumers to eat more healthily by forcing food manufacturers to reformulate their products, they claim.74% think food firms are not honest about the health impact of
  
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• More than an hour of exercise a week may help with ‘baby blues’, says study

  08-11-2024 00:30
  
  Moderate exercise such as brisk walking may almost halve new mothers’ risk of major depression, analysis suggestsDoing more than an hour of moderate intensity exercise each week may reduce the severity of “baby blues” and almost halve the risk of new mothers developing major clinical depression, the largest analysis of evidence suggests.However, researchers behind the study acknowledged that finding the time amid so many new responsibilities and challenges would not be easy, an
  
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• Local in South Carolina town with lab monkeys on loose reveals terrifying encounter with 'diseased' animal

  08-11-2024 00:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Residents of Yemassee, South Carolina, have been advised to lock their windows and doors after 43 monkeys escaped from a facility on the edge of the town. They are yet to be captured.
  
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• Urgent health warning issued over fall favorite drink

  07-11-2024 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health officials are warning the public to read the label on their apple cider closely because a single detail could mean the difference between enjoying a drink and a potentially severe stomach upset.
  
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• Americans left BLIND, paralyzed and with teeth falling out after Ozempic - now they're suing for millions

  07-11-2024 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More patients come forward with stories about the pains they've suffered since beginning Ozempic, joining a growing number of people suing pharma companies that produce these drugs.
  
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• The ketamine crisis has crept up on British youth | Letters

  07-11-2024 19:29
  
  Samantha Sherratt says young adults are presenting with life-changing bladder problems, while another reader writes that her daughter took her own life after years of addiction Our hearts and gratitude go to “Nick” and Jack Curran for so bravely sharing the devastating impact ketamine has had on their lives (The agony of ketamine addiction: ‘I felt like I was peeing glass’, 5 November). Their stories starkly illustrate the unexpected crisis unfolding in urology clinics na
  
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• I found out my baby had a tumor while pregnant - pioneering surgeons removed it while she was inside me

  07-11-2024 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When the Valenzuela's learned their unborn baby had a tumor pressing on her heart, a team of specialized surgeons in Philadelphia removed it in utero. Both mother and baby are well.
  
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• First laser eye op to give patients 'super-vision' - with better than 20/20 eyesight after surgery

  07-11-2024 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The groundbreaking technology, performed for the first time in the UK yesterday, creates a 3D digital clone of a patient's eyes.
  
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• Behaviour expert reveals the four easy-to-miss signs your partner is cheating - would YOU spot them?

  07-11-2024 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Cornwall-based psychotherapist and author Bhavna Raithatha, the lesser-known red flags are more than just subtle behavioural changes.
  
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• Longtime OBGYN surrenders license after 'pushing Jesus on a woman who had an abortion'

  07-11-2024 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Lucien Cox, 75, also came under fire for reportedly performing a rectal exam on another female patient without her consent.
  
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• Plastic pollution is changing entire Earth system, scientists find

  07-11-2024 17:00
  
  Pollution is affecting the climate, biodiversity, ecosystems, ocean acidification and human health, according to analysisPlastic pollution is changing the processes of the entire Earth system, exacerbating climate change, biodiversity loss, ocean acidification, and the use of freshwater and land, according to scientific analysis.Plastic must not be treated as a waste problem alone, the authors said, but as a product that poses harm to ecosystems and human health. Continue reading...
  
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• FDA wants to scrap Benadryl and Sudafed from pharmacies after finding drugs are useless against colds

  07-11-2024 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FDA proposed discontinuing the use of phenylephrine, an ingredient in common medications like Sudafed, because it 'is not effective' in treating cold and flu symptoms.
  
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• Tiny South Carolina town residents lock down homes after 43 monkeys escape from a bioresearch lab

  07-11-2024 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The animals escaped from the Alpha Genesis facility in a town in South Carolina, a testing center that uses monkeys to trial treatments for illnesses like brain disorders.
  
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• Less than half of patients can see their GP face to face - and a fifth can't even get hold of them, new data shows

  07-11-2024 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Less than half of patients who successfully contact their GP surgery are given a face-to-face appointment, with a fifth of patients not getting through, a shocking ONS survey has revealed.
  
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• The subtle sign your heart is about to stop - that 999 call handlers missed in tragic football star, 17

  07-11-2024 16:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adam Ankers collapsed as he came off the pitch after playing for Wycombe Wanderers' under-19s team in January. But 999 call handlers failed to recognise his symptoms were a cardiac arrest.
  
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• Tiny South Carolina town residents lock down homes after 40 monkeys escape from a bioresearch lab

  07-11-2024 15:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The animals escaped from the Alpha Genesis facility in a town in South Carolina, a testing center that uses monkeys to trial treatments for illnesses like brain disorders.
  
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• Employment lawyer reveals the 'red flag' signs YOUR job will lead to you to a mental breakdown - and the most dangerous place to be on the career ladder

  07-11-2024 15:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anna had a high-paying job at one of the world's Big Four accounting and professional services firms, but found herself scared of going to work and on medication for panic attacks.
  
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• Why Big Pharma is terrified of RFK Jr's 'make America healthy again' pledge

  07-11-2024 14:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A famed vaccine skeptic and environmental lawyer lobbying to get additives and pesticides out of foods, Mr Kennedy has made healthcare a major plank of his campaign - vowing to 'Make America Healthy Again'.
  
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• Could your child's cough really be 'walking pneumonia'? As cases surge in US experts fear deadly bug outbreak may be heading to UK

  07-11-2024 13:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking to MailOnline, infectious disease experts have urged health chiefs to stay 'vigilant' about new cases of the illness and isolate them - to prevent a large outbreak.
  
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• I was going to the bathroom often and had bad headaches. At first my GP was dismayingly unconcerned... but these were the signs of brain cancer that changed my life. With astonishing bravery, HARRY HOWARD reveals his story

  07-11-2024 13:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Remember, remember, the 5th of November evokes fireworks, bonfires and fun. But it has been seared on my memory for a different reason. It was on that day I was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
  
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• Americans stockpile abortion pills and hormones ahead of ‘reproductive apocalypse’ under Trump

  07-11-2024 13:00
  
  Healthcare providers report unprecedented demand for reproductive and gender-affirming medications: ‘We’ve never seen this before’When the presidential election results were handed down on Wednesday, Rebecca Gomperts, the founder of Aid Access, the No 1 supplier of abortion pills by mail in the United States, was huddled in a Paris apartment with her team of eight American physicians and 15 support staff. The group – which usually operates remotely, shipping out more than
  
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• New norovirus alert: Health chiefs order Brits to stay home for 2 days if they've got vomiting bug to contain new ultra-infectious variant

  07-11-2024 12:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rates of the winter vomiting bug, which can also cause diarrhoea, are up almost a fifth in just a fortnight, UK Health Security Agency figures show.
  
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• Cut-price Shein beauty product landed me in A&E...now I'm scarred for life

  07-11-2024 12:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Hampshire teenager has been left 'scarred for life' after spilling a beauty product, bought for 94 pence from the mega-brand Shein, on her leg.
  
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• The first post-Covid presidential election elevates the antivax movement

  07-11-2024 12:00
  
  Robert F Kennedy Jr, vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist, says Trump promised him control of health policyDonald Trump will be propelled to the White House for a second term amid concerns about inflation kicked off by the pandemic, with a leading vaccine skeptic – Robert F Kennedy Jr – at his side, and proposals from conservative supporters to fundamentally restructure public health agencies central to pandemic-era ire.Covid-19 was never seen as the central issue of the 2024 pres
  
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• Ghost of pandemic haunts US election with win for anti-vax movement

  07-11-2024 12:00
  
  Robert F Kennedy Jr, vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist, says Trump promised him control of health policyDonald Trump will be propelled to the White House for a second term amid concerns about inflation kicked off by the pandemic, with a leading vaccine skeptic – Robert F Kennedy Jr – at his side, and proposals from conservative supporters to fundamentally restructure public health agencies central to pandemic-era ire.Covid-19 was never seen as the central issue of the 2024 pres
  
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• GPs 'must warn' patients that HRT increases cancer risk, health chiefs say

  07-11-2024 11:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It comes after England's health watchdog launched a probe into a celebrity-backed prviate menopause clinic over allegations it was prescribing patients high levels of HRT.
  
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