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ASK DR ELLIE: She was given the jab - so why did my daughter get HPV? 

DR ELLIE CANNON: In England, cervical screening aims to detect high-risk HPV. For most people, HPV is cleared within two years, so it is possible that next time, HPV won't be detected.




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DR ELLIE CANNON: Will prostate removal kill my libido... at 78?

DR ELLIE CANNON: After prostate surgery, it can take anything from a few months to two years for sexual function to return, and it may not be as strong as before. There are many options to help.




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DR ELLIE CANNON: I'm slim - so how can I be diabetic?

When it comes to type 2 diabetes, we need to stop thinking about weight. While we associate the condition with obesity, it is really related to fat around and inside our organs, writes DR ELLIE.




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DR ELLIE CANNON: Do I need any jabs before I meet my new grandchild?

New parents are not expected to have any other vaccinations to protect their newborns and therefore it's safe to assume that relatives don't need to either, writes DR ELLIE CANNON.




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DR ELLIE CANNON: Stop this vitamin drip madness

DR ELLIE CANNON advises readers to ignore celebrities such as Stacey Solomon, pictured, and avoid wasting their cash on fashionable vitamin drips.




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DR ELLIE CANNON: You DON'T need to lock yourself away for months during the coronavirus outbreak

There will be many more cases in the coming weeks. Up to eight in ten of us may contract Covid-19, according to some projections. Despite this, I believe this is not a cause for panic, says DR ELLIE.




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DR ELLIE CANNON: Why aren't we shutting schools and what do they mean by social distancing?

DR ELLIE CANNON: As a GP who cares passionately about the health of my patients, but also as someone with my own family and friends, I understand why people are so concerned.




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DR ELLIE CANNON: Will my wife's carers be banned from visiting due to the coronavirus outbreak?

A reader asks DR ELLIE CANNON whether his wife's carer will still be allowed to call to the house during the coronavirus outbreak or will he have to cope with this situation on his own.




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It's NOT 'just like flu': All this fake news makes my blood boil, writes DR ELLIE CANNON

DR ELLIE CANNON: Even in my position, it is hard not to be sucked in by the scare stories or to be frightened by the amateur statisticians tweeting online. Some of the claims I read make my blood boil.




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Tests, masks and contaminated shopping: DR ELLIE CANNON answers your questions on coronavirus

DR ELLIE CANNON: The Mail on Sunday's GP discusses Covid-19 testing, the effectiveness of face masks, whether we need to wipe down our groceries and more in this week's column.




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DR ELLIE CANNON demonstrates how to make a mask from an old T-shirt

DR ELLIE CANNON, pictured, has changed her mind about the need to use masks in public and now urges people to make their own from old T-shirts to help protect people from Covid-19.




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DR ELLIE CANNON: Should my kids wear a mask... and should I if no one else does?

DR ELLIE CANNON: A makeshift face-covering stops you from passing on the virus if you are infected, even if you don't have any symptoms or haven't started showing them yet.




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DR ELLIE CANNON: The £20 gadget no family should be without during the coronavirus pandemic

DR ELLIE CANNON reveals how the oximeter, pictured, a simple tool available easily on the high street, can help catch Covid-19 before it turns deadly.




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DIY stores, at-home tests and frostbitten toes: DR ELLIE CANNON answers your questions

DR ELLIE CANNON: The Mail on Sunday's GP discusses B&Q reopening, pictured, how to obtain a free test, whether it's safe to hug grandchildren and more in this week's column.




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JAN MOIR: Why is it OK to demean Priti Patel just because she's a Tory?

JAN MOIR: For her troubles, she has been labelled bossy, a bully, a madam. This from her enemies within and without - and also by Left-wing newspapers sticking the boot in.




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JAN MOIR: Are you stockpiling because of coronavirus? Just keep Spam and carry on... 

JAN MOIR: Are you panic buying yet? I was tempted to stick another pack of loo rolls in my supermarket trolley yesterday but resisted the impulse. Why? Because I want to be British about this.




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JAN MOIR: He's behind bars at last but does Harvey Weinstein's long sentence reek of vengeance? 

JAN MOIR: Weinstein left court this week to begin a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault. Yet the harshness of his sentence shocked many, not least his lawyer Donna Rotunno.




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JAN MOIR'S upper-crust guide to ITV's new drama Belgravia, the new Downton Abbey 

JAN MOIR: Like Downton, Belgravia starts with a tragedy - only this one develops into a secret that threatens to engulf two families in scandal and could start or end a dynasty.




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JAN MOIR reviews Belgravia, the new period drama from the creator of Downton Abbey 

JAN MOIR: If only victualler's daughter Sophia Trenchard (Emily Reid) and posho Lord Edmund Bellasis (Jeremy Neumark Jones) had been in control of their lust, we wouldn't be here at all.




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JAN MOIR: I've gone full cavewoman working at home - even Michelle Pfeiffer has got cabin fever

JAN MOIR: All of them seem to think the most important thing is to get up early, to floss and shower and get into smart workwear asap.




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JAN MOIR: Whisper it, but I'm quite enjoying this sweet isolation... 

JAN MOIR: My sister and I Face Timed for the first time ever yesterday. We've had the technology to do so for years.




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JAN MOIR: Meghan's got all she wanted and Harry's given up so much

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have finally reached the promised land of California and they are within kissing distance of Hollywood, no doubt their intended destination all along.




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JAN MOIR: Oh what a joy it is to glimpse celebrities' knick-knacks!

JAN MOIR: Judy Murray does it standing up in front of a fridge, wearing zip-up velour and a worrying amount of eyeliner.




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How to cook a Michelin-star meal: JAN MOIR on the celebrity chefs beaming into your home

JAN MOIR: Many top chefs and cooks have turned to the internet to rustle up tasty films showing how they are cooking and caring for their families during the lockdown.




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JAN MOIR: Not even the coronavirus crisis can stop Harry and Meghan's scheme to save the world

Even a pandemic can't stop Meghan Markle and husband Prince Harry in their grandiose scheme to save the world, writes Jan Moir, as they announce plans to open a new charity named 'Archewell'.




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JAN MOIR: The coronavirus sinners 'n' winners - we all know who you are! 

JAN MOIR: The lockdown is not going to end any time soon and I for one am profoundly grateful for that. Surely it would be too hasty and too rash to peel away now from the path of self-isolation?




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JAN MOIR says she'll never surrender to her roots

We tested five home colour kits. Because, as JAN MOIR points out, it is 'no surrender' time when it comes to grey hairs. Writer Fran Lebowitz once said: 'You are only as good as your last haircut.'




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As a Spanish writer claims British sauces are awful JAN MOIR says he couldn't be more wrong 

JAN MOIR: You can say what you like about our teadrinking habits, our passion for Yorkshire puddings and wearing socks with sandals, but laughing at our most beloved condiments?




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JAN MOIR: Princess Anne, the super trouper who could teach Prince Harry and Meghan a thing or two

JAN MOIR: The new leak in the royal moat has emanated via the unlikeliest of sources - from no nonsense, plain-speaking Princess Anne herself in an interview with a glossy magazine.




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The wifi Woodstock! JAN MOIR watched as stars performed from home for the coronavirus heroes

JAN MOIR: They sang You Can't Always Get What You Want from rooms that suggested, actually they could - and did. Celebs perform live for 'One World: Together At Home' by Global Citizen.




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JAN MOIR view from the sofa on Meghan's Elephant Good Morning America appearance

JAN MOIR: As much as the couple hate publicity, Meghan Markle kindly found it in her heart to give an interview to American television, the first to be broadcast in her post-Windsor world.




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JAN MOIR: These are my Royal saints and sinners in the court of coronavirus

JAN MOIR: Yes, my friends. We are in the middle of something unknown, something that will change lives and history forever. Where will it all end?




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JAN MOIR: If Boris Johnson's life was a TV drama, none of us would believe it 

JAN MOIR: Wilfred, Winston, Oliver, Pericles, Diggory, Kevin, Josh? Whatever they decide to call him, what kind of a world will Boris's baby son inherit?




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JAN MOIR: From the boffin Neil Ferguson to Boris Johnson, sex still makes fools of clever men

JAN MOIR: We are supposed to be sophisticated people, living in a time of enlightenment. Look at us. We paint pictures, play the piano and ice our cakes with star-shaped nozzles.




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Robin Gibb: The day I cheated death

He had a lovechild with their young housekeeper. His wife's a druid with a bisexual past. Fve weeks ago after undergoing emergency surgery he discharged himself from hospital. Robin, you see, doesn’t really do rules.




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How will children ever grow up if schools won't let them take risks? A passionate attack on politically correct nannying by the inspirational teacher sacked for allowing pupils to go

Richard Tremelling was sacked after allowing two 15-year-old boys from his GCSE class to ride on a sledge in the snow as part of a practical technology lesson.




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Stephen Sutton reveals blunders that haunt him as he's rushed back to hospital

Stephen Sutton (pictured and with his mother Jane inset) doesn’t believe in miracles. Or at least, he didn’t. ‘I am so lucky and so fortunate to be here,' he tells REBECCA HARDY.




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London woman who was raped 8 times was forced to beg police to pursue her attacker

Mother-of-two Lynda Donnelly said she felt 'ridiculed' and treated 'like a fantasist' by London's Metropolitan Police as she fought to bring her rapist Pierre Bate to justice.




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Boy, four, suffering from rare cancer pens heartbreaking letter to Father Christmas

Zac Oliver, four, from Shropshire, who is undergoing a particularly harsh cycle of chemotherapy to contain his rare form of leukaemia, has penned a letter to Father Christmas.




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Viscountess Weymouth reveals the immense physical and emotional toll of Strictly

Emma Thynn, Viscountess Weymouth, spent last Sunday on the sofa sobbing, 'heartbroken' to be the latest celebrity sent packing from Strictly Come Dancing.




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Anger of Lord Bramall's son that NO police officer has paid the price for bungled VIP probe 

REBECCA HARDY: Shortly after Field Marshal Lord Bramall shared his final wishes with his family, his only son Nicolas started tapping out an email.




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Mother whose daughter took own life after being on Love Island demands ITV ends the 'cruel circus'

Sophie Gradon, who appeared on the show in 2016, was found hanged at the family's home in Northumberland. Her mother, Deborah, has now spoken about her fury over Caroline Flack's death.




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Craig Revel Horwood tells why he decides to wed again

The Strictly star said he knew Jonathon was the one on their first date and decided to marry again after Jonathon helped him plant a garden to remember the love he had for his father.




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ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN'S notebook: Where will you find the worst sexist? At home! 

ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN: The other day I was reminded of the bizarre occasion when Prince Andrew asked a lunch party of glossy magazine editors, which included me.




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ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: WAGs at war is just what gloom-laden Britain needs

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: There couldn't be a better time for Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy to wage war. We're all desperate for a bit of escapism and this is a blockbuster.




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ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Am I the last person on the planet who has NOT had Botox?

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Chatting recently about how good a mutual friend looked, I suggested they may have had some fresh 'work' done. 'Duh,' shouted another friend. But not me. I have never had Botox.




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Kate nails it! ALEXANDRA SHULMAN says the Duchess of Cambridge's royal tour of Pakistan was triumph

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Last week's tour of Pakistan has been widely acknowledged as a triumph for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It's the tour where they came of age.




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ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: Single at 29... the cruel stigma I had to endure too

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Of course Emma Watson's 'self-partnering' is open to mockery and caricature but, I say go for it.




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ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: Stop bashing Baby Boomers like me. We gave the world so much, OK? 

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The generation now disparaged for not being woke fought for and welcomed: the legalisation of homosexuality and the 1965 Race Relations Act.




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ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: A guilt trip...the gift I REALLY don't want for Christmas 

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: In our house, there's one passionate Christmas proselytiser - me. I'm the commander- in-chief, urging the others to fling themselves once more unto the breach.