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The average British barbecue contains TWICE as many germs as a toilet seat
Outdoor grill contains 1.7 million microbes per 100cm sq - 124% more than a toilet seat - and just 36% of people clean it more ...
Attractive women tend to be 'less stressed and more fertile'
Attractive women have less of the hormone cortisol, associated with stress Stress can also adversely effect fertility - so 'facial attractiveness signals reproductive potential,' say ...
Women who drink organic milk in pregnancy could be harming their baby's IQ
Dairy products and fish are rich sources of iodine which is vital for an unborn baby's brain developmentOrganic milk contains less iodine than non-organic milk ...
Eating sweets DOESN'T make you more likely to be overweight or develop heart disease
Study by the The National Confectioners Association found that those who enjoyed sweet treats every other day were not at higher risk of diseaseBut experts ...
Bad weather could raise your blood pressure and even kill you
Scottish research found air temperature changes affect blood pressureSudden fluctuations in blood pressure have been linked to heart attacksA drop in air temperature was understood ...
Camomile tea 'fights cancer': Chemical contained in drink takes away 'superpowers' in disease's cells
Tea contains a chemical, apigenin, which can halt the spread of cancer cellsCamomile tea, parsley and celery are the most abundant sources of apigeninIt is ...
A woman's risk of post-natal depression could be identified by a simple blood test during pregnancy
The test is 85 per cent accurate in spotting women at risk of the conditionIt works by pinpointing two genes which, when present in certain ...
Air travel 'poses no risk to pregnant women and unborn babies' as long as they fly before the 37th week
Most serious risk for women at 35,000ft is premature labour, say expertsExpectant mothers shouldn't fear full-body security scanners, they adviseAlso shouldn't worry about DVT on ...
Botox at just 20? How younger women than ever are using cosmetic treatment as a 'preventative' measure against early aging
By Margot Peppers PUBLISHED: 12:14 EST, 21 May 2013 | UPDATED: 16:30 EST, 21 May 2013 Botox is becoming increasingly popular among 20-something women as a means of preventing their ...
Suicide can be 'contagious' - teens up to FIVE times more likely to have suicidal thoughts after death of a friend
12 to 13-year-olds most vulnerable to suicidal tendencies following friend's suicide - they were five times more likely to have suicidal thoughts Researchers say 'contagious' ...
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Man confirmed dead and two injured as armed police respond to Woolwich knife attack
One man has died and two others were taken to hospital, one of them in a serious condition, after armed police were called to a ...
Ibragim Todashev: FBI agent fatally shoots suspect in Orlando 'who knew Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev'
An FBI agent fatally shot a Chechen man in Orlando, Florida early Wednesday after the man allegedly turned a knife on the agent during questioning ...
Man charged with murder of four soldiers killed in IRA's 1982 Hyde Park bombing after being arrested stepping off plane from Ireland
A 61-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of four soldiers in the IRA's 1982 Hyde Park bomb attack. John Anthony Downey, of ...
Two men 'shot by armed police after hacking soldier in Help for Heroes T-shirt to death with machetes in busy London street'
Two people were today believed to have been shot by armed police after hacking a man to death with a machete in front of dozens ...
Weed all about it! Dog walker's surprise after finding meadow filled with THOUSANDS of dandelions
Blow a dandelion and make a wish, goes the saying... and one dog-walker was certainly spoilt for choice today as the field before him contained ...
Troops in the classroom as Britain's first military-style free school gets the go-ahead
Britain’s first military-style state school run by ex-soldiers is to open within 18 months, ministers announced today. The launch of the Phoenix Free School in Oldham ...
Kai the hatchet-wielding 'murderer' hitchhiker's father says he has behavioral struggles and was hospitalized
Father of Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, 24, better known as Kai, says his son was born and raised in Canada and last saw him in DecemberMcGillvary ...
First picture: Hugging and smiling, the brother and sister 'murdered by their British father' in bitter custody battle with French mother
Mathew and Carla Stevenson were popular pupils at school in rural FranceBoth 'had their throats cut by their father during an alcohol-fuelled rage'Mother, Stephanie Morlet, ...
MP Eric Joyce arrested after 'fracas' at Edinburgh Airport
The MP Eric Joyce faces charges of breach of the peace after being arrested over a fracas with staff at Edinburgh Airport. Police are understood to ...
Is this your ideal woman? She has Katherine Jenkins's hair and Samantha Cameron's nose...
This is the face of Britain's ideal woman, according to a bizarre new survey. She has Nicole Scherzinger's eyes, Katherine Jenkins's hair and Samantha Cameron's ...