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An epilepsy charity call for social media seizures warning
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An epilepsy charity call for social media seizures warning

A increasing number of people with epilepsy have said they are having seizures which were triggered by flashing images on social media. The Epilepsy Society wants the government’s new plan to tackle “online harms” to recommend warnings about flashing images on social media. More than 18,000 people in the UK are thought to have epilepsy…

The Sleep Myths That Are Damaging Your Health
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The Sleep Myths That Are Damaging Your Health

Researchers are claiming that widely accepted myths about sleep are damaging our health and affecting our moods. A team at New York University trawled the internet to find the most common myths about sleep. They then went on to match them up to scientific evidence found in previous studies to see which ones were absolute…

Statins ‘don’t work well for one in two people’
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Statins ‘don’t work well for one in two people’

Cholesterol lowering ‘statin’ drugs taken by millions of people in Britain may not be working well enough in about half of those who are prescribed them. Statins reduce the build-up of fatty plaque that lead to blockages in blood vessels through reported side effects and the extent of how often they are prescribed has attracted…

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