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Chinese scientists are testing 2,000-year-old traditional remedies on coronavirus patients

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Chinese scientists ‘are using 2,000-year-old traditional remedies on patients suffering with coronavirus’ say experts Doctors in Wuhan testing traditional Chinese medicines to treat the coronavirus New pharmaceutical drugs being listed alongside ancient traditional therapies  One remedy is shuanghuanglian, a herbal medicine made from Lian Qiao extract Dried fruit said to have been used to treat … Read more

Branch of Clarks shoe shop closes in Coronavirus scare as member of staff is sent for testing 

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Branch of Clarks shoe shop closes in Coronavirus scare as member of staff is sent for testing Store in Nantwich, Cheshire closed Friday afternoon and missed Saturday trade Clarks said it had closed on advice it had received from Public Health England  One employee has been tested for the Coronavirus and is in self-quarantine  By … Read more

200,000 homes ditch their BBC TV licences in a year prompting funding crisis

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The true scale of the BBC’s licence fee crisis has been laid bare as figures reveal an alarming drop in the number of people paying the charge. Around 200,000 fewer households currently have a TV licence compared to a year ago, despite a continuing rise in the UK’s population. This comes amid claims that Downing Street … Read more

Scientists test BOUNCY pavements made from recycled tyres saying they could save THOUSANDS of lives 

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Scientists test BOUNCY pavements made from recycled tyres similar to flooring from children’s playgrounds – saying they could save THOUSANDS of lives New pavement surface could reduce injuries for those who lose their footing Falls are the most common cause of deaths from injury in those over 75 Similarly, nearly 100,000 people a year in … Read more

Survivor All-Stars Felicity Egginton reveals secret to body transformation

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Survivor: All-Stars Felicity Egginton reveals the secret to her incredible body transformation after shedding 15 kilograms before the series By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:23 GMT, 17 February 2020 | Updated: 00:23 GMT, 17 February 2020 Survivor All Stars contestant Felicity ‘Flick’ Egginton shed an impressive 15 kilograms before returning to the … Read more

Rebecca Judd shows off her extremely defined abs and slender frame at Pilates class

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Rebecca Judd shows off her extremely defined abs and slender frame as she poses in activewear following a gruelling Pilates class By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:15 GMT, 17 February 2020 | Updated: 00:19 GMT, 17 February 2020 She recently hit back at body shamers after facing years of scrutiny over her … Read more

FDA approves osteoporosis shot that rebuilds bones at the same rate a teenager’s skeleton grows 

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A new osteoporosis drug that can re-grow older women’s bones as fast as a teenager’s develop was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday.  An estimated half of women in the US will break a bone due to the devastating bone-loss disease that turns limbs brittle.  They are more at-risk than men … Read more

Cancer alert over salad rocket: Trendy leaves exceed safe levels of nitrates in one-in-ten samples

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Cancer alert over rocket: Trendy salad leaves exceed safe levels of carcinogenic nitrates in one in EVERY ten samples One-in-ten British grown rocket samples were over permitted limit for nitrates   Research suggests that rocket is a ‘hyper-accumulator’ of nitrates from soil Evidence suggests consuming nitrates above threshold can pose health risk By Sean Poulter Consumer … Read more