Metro Herald, Friday, December 3, 2014

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

david guetta is back living it large

Cinderella’s Wicked Stepmother has advice for readers pAGE 17

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HAlf of 999 cAlls delAyed due To lAck of AmbulAnces pAGE 4

Why the urge for a Tango tan is genetic by AidAn rAdnedge

share the gene as being ‘tanning dependent’. Dr Brenda Cartmel, who led the Yale School of Public Health study, said: ‘We observed that PTCHD2 was significantly associated with whether or not people, all of whom had previously sunbathed or indoor tanned, exhibited symptoms of tanning dependence.’

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The findings could help the fight against skin cancer, which can be caused by overexposure to UV light. The report added: ‘Alcohol dependence, nicotine dependence and illicit substance use disorders have been shown to have a heritable component and to be influenced by genetic factors. If tanning dependence is similar to these, a heritable component is likely.’

million dollar bras pAGEs 8-9

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Take him to church: Hozier performs at the Victoria’s Secret lingerie fashion show in London yesterday. The Wicklow singer-songwriter shared a stage with megastars including Taylor Swift, Ariane Grande and Ed Sheeran as the Secrets ‘angels’ strutted down the catwalk in an assortment of extravagant undies picture: rex

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A BURNING obsession to get on a sunbed may be more than a desire to look like the cast of Tallafornia, a study suggests. Some people have a gene that makes them addicted to ultraviolet rays, US scientists have discovered. PTCHD2 results in a similar urge to that felt by alcoholics, drug addicts and smokers, they claimed. A study of 300 adults identified 79 who

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