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Yesterday's Binge

Pretzel Face added an entry about Lose weight : I binged out after my excercise yesterday. I had 2 bowls of chilli 3 biscuits and a huge pack of fruit pastilles. It sucks, But my weigh in this morning put be at exactly the same as yesterday morning. So I haven’t suffered too much from it. Im still craving donuts and sugar though. I hope I can go past krispy Kreme today without even looking over.

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gaining vs losing

Labash added an entry about lose weight : it’s really becomming annoying. yes i do sometimes fail to eat only healthy. like yesterday i had french fries for lunch i could have refused it. but i eat nothing after 6 o’clock and i am still aproaching the 60 kilos limit! i was 59,9 this morning! it’s trully annoying at this stage. like do you need to stop eating at all and become anorexic if you want to not gain weight or what?

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Leisure Time Exercise Might Not Affect Depression And Anxiety

Voluntary exercise does not appear to reduce anxiety and depression in diverse populations, but exercise and mood could be associated through a common confounding genetic factor, according to an article released on August 4, 2008 in the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Regular exercise has previously been associated with the reduction of anxiety and depression.

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Parents Will Be Told If Their Children Are Overweight

From September this year, parents of children who have been weighed and measured at school could automatically receive their child's results in a bid to get parents to be more aware about healthy lifestyles, and help their children achieve a healthy weight, Health Minister Ivan Lewis announced recently.

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Very disapointed in myself

Melanie Garner added an entry about lose weight : Seeing i have posted 157 times.. But havent lost anything.. Seems i spend more time posting then dieting.. I havent been on here in months.. I now weigh about 130 but still have the same inches just toned my legs.. But i serious about it this time! Im fed up with this! I like to workout i just need to do it! Goal weight is 125 for now. Thats only 5 lbs away! Shouldnt be hard. After that if im not saticfied i will go to 123 then 120. But not any lighter then 118

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Common cold provides major breakthrough in fight against malaria

Scientists have made a major breakthrough in their attempts to create a malaria vaccine - by using the common cold.

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The boy, 15, who 'died from an asthma attack' after drinking Vicks cough mixture

A coroner has ordered an investigation into claims a cough medicine triggered an asthma attack that killed a 15-year-old boy.

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Ask the Dr: Are my eyes too bad for surgery?

Dr Martin Scurr has been treating patients for more than 30 years and is one of the country's leading GPs. Here he tackles glaucoma and cataracts...

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A chilling solution to those unsightly verrucas

There's a new weapon in the fight against verrucas - a 'deep-freeze' cure which its makers say is the safest currently available for use at home.

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My life was saved by a knife-wielding robot

Just over a year ago Alan Bowley was a dying man. Diagnosed with an inoperable tumour on his pancreas, Alan's only option was palliative radiotherapy to buy him a few more months of life.

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It's NOT all hokum: A new book reveals which herbal remedies work and which don't

There are lots of quacks out there, but alternative medicine isn't always hocus-pocus. A new book reveals which natural remedies work for YOUR problems - and which to avoid

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I was fitted with a new stomach - and I was eating again within days

Cancer of the oesophagus affects 7,500 Britons each year. Around 30 per cent undergo complex surgery, but Malcolm Wells, 64, had a less invasive procedure.

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Why do doctors kill more people than airline pilots?

Each year thousands of hospital patients die as a result of human error. Is being done to protect us.

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Don't call the kids obese: Parents to get 'prissy' letters telling them their children are overweight

Using the word 'obese' should be taboo when it comes to children, Whitehall health chiefs say. The guidance is part of a drive to inform parents of their child's weight.

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Doctor saves baby's life by making homemade kidney dialysis machine

A baby girl's life was saved with a doctor's handmade kidney dialysis machine that he had created in his garage.

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Could your ipod wreck your hearing?

Like many of his generation, Tom Wilkinson spent much of his teens and early 20s immersed in the 100-plus decibel surroundings of nightclubs and gigs.

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Doctor, I've got a bone to pick with you... The bone problems that strike millions, yet are too often ignored

Ask your GP for a check-up and he'll happily take your blood pressure, look in your ears, measure your wobbly bits and so on - but chances are, he won't talk to you about your bones.

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All children under five should get flu jab to cut infection rate by 70%, says study

Giving children a flu vaccination could prevent the virus spreading among older people, research suggests.

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The student, 20, who collapses every time she giggles

They say laughter is the best medicine, but not in Kay Underwood's case. In fact, a fit of the giggles is all it takes to cause the 20-year-old student to collapse.

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The pill that stops you binge drinking in just a few days

A new pill could stop binge-drinking habits in just days. The drug, called naltrexone, has been shown to halve the amount people drink and cut the number of heavy drinking sessions by 70 per cent after 12 weeks.

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