Debbie Martin, Angelina Jolie’s aunt, has died of breast cancer, nearly two weeks after the Hollywood star said she had had a double mastectomy to avoid such a fate. Debbie Martin passed away at the Palomar Medical Centre in Escondido on Sunday, aged 61, the hospital said. She was the sister of Angelina Jolie’s mother [...]
According to a new study, the excessive consumption of soda – even diet soda – affects your teeth as badly as ingesting two of the most dangerous narcotics on earth. The good news is it likely takes far more soda than the amount consumed by a normal human being to achieve the same dental devastation [...]
US researchers have found that people with higher IQs are slow to detect large background movements because their brains filter out non-essential information. Instead, they are good at detecting small moving objects. The findings come in a study of 53 people given a simple, visual test in Current Biology. The results could help scientists understand [...]
Most people prefere processed foods as having the advantage of saving time and this makes them tempting those who have a busy lifestyle and for those who don’t particularly like to cook. Most processed foods also come with a low price tag that is hard for many consumers to resist. However, at some point we really [...]
Some statins, drugs taken to protect the heart, may increase the risk of developing type-2 diabetes, according to researchers in Canada. Their study of 1.5 million people, in the British Medical Journal, suggested powerful statins could increase the risk by 22% compared with weaker drugs. Atorvastatin was linked to one extra case of diabetes for [...]
Polish doctors say they have performed a total face transplant on a 33-year-old man whose face was torn off in an accident with stone-cutting machinery. Surgeons at the Oncology Center in Gliwice said the 27-hour operation was performed on May 15, just weeks after the accident. The head of the team of doctors, Adam Maciejewski, [...]
A Tunisian man has died of the novel coronavirus (NCoV), in what is believed to be the first such case in Africa. Tunisia’s health ministry said the 66-year-old had visited Saudi Arabia, which is badly affected by the virus. About 20 deaths and 41 cases have been reported worldwide since 2012, the World Health Organization [...]
Scientists have found that vitamin C can kill multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in the laboratory. The surprise discovery may point to a new way of tackling this increasingly hard-to-treat infection, the US study authors from Yeshiva University say in Nature Communications. An estimated 650,000 people worldwide have multidrug-resistant TB. Studies are now needed to see if [...]
New research shows that spring cleaning can burn off even more calories than running a marathon. Houseproud homeowners typically burn up 3,655 calories each year just by cleaning and tidying their homes in time for the summer. That’s about the same as 30 large glasses of white wine or 20 chocolate eclairs – or a [...]
Face Trainer, the latest product to hit the market promising a youthful complexion, may leave even the most dedicated beauty disciple at a loss for words. In the same way that you can lift weights to tone up your sagging arms, you can now exercise your facial muscles using a “Face Trainer”. Claiming to offer [...]
Starting with 2014, the European Commission will ban the use of refillable bottles and dipping bowls of olive oil at restaurant tables. From 1 January 2014, restaurants may only serve olive oil in tamper-proof packaging, labeled to EU standards. The Commission, the EU’s executive branch, says the move will protect consumers and improve hygiene. But [...]
DSM-5, an update to one of the most important manuals in mental health – known as the bible of psychiatry – is to be published later. Controversy and criticism has surrounded work on the fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Some say the rulebook will turn normal behavior, like [...]
Mushroom-rich diet followed by Katy Perry, Kelly Osbourne and Roxanne Pallett can help women lose weight without shrinking their bust. The mushroom plan is being touted as the latest weapon for savvy celeb dieters who want to shed pounds quickly but still keep some of their curves. Mushroom and Spinach Omelette: – cooking spray/oil – [...]
The mushroom plan is being touted as the latest weapon for savvy celeb dieters who want to shed pounds quickly but still keep some of their curves. Dubbed the “M-Plan”, the new diet based on mushrooms promises to help women lose weight from their tums, bums, thighs and upper arms, but still keep their bust [...]
Roger W. Harms, M.D., leading obstetrician at the Mayo Clinic, explains why women’s feet swell during pregnancy. “Your body produces and retains more fluid during pregnancy,” he says. “Also, your growing uterus puts pressure on your veins, which impairs return of blood to your heart. In turn, this can lead to swelling in the legs, [...]
US scientists announce that human cloning has been used to produce early embryos, marking a “significant step” for medicine. The cloned embryos were used as a source of stem cells, which can make new heart muscle, bone, brain tissue or any other type of cell in the body. The study, published in the journal Cell, [...]
New reports reveal that Angelina Jolie is now planning to have her ovaries removed, following a double mastectomy after discovering she’s a carrier of the BRCA1 gene. Angelina Jolie, 37, made the brave decision to have three months of secret procedures after being told she had an 87% chance of contracting breast cancer. Now, the [...]
A Japanese study suggests women live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly. As the body’s defenses weaken over time, men’s increased susceptibility to disease shortens their lifespan, say Japanese scientists. Tests of immune function could give an indication of true biological age, they report in Immunity & Ageing journal. The [...]
Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy after learning she had an 87% chance of contracting breast cancer, but despite the stress put on her own body, her main concern was maintaining a sense of normality for her and fiancé Brad Pitt’s six children. A source has revealed that Angelina Jolie, 37, did everything within her [...]
Researchers have found that a certain type of bacteria that live in the gut have been used to reverse obesity and Type-2 diabetes in animal studies. Research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that a broth containing a single species of bacteria could dramatically alter the health of obese mice. It [...]
Angelina Jolie has revealed she has had a preventative double mastectomy after doctors estimated she had an 87% chance of contracting breast cancer. Angelina Jolie, 37, made the decision to undergo the procedure after learning that she is a carrier of the BRCA1 cancer gene. Her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died at the age of 56 [...]
According to a new UN report, eating more insects could help fight world hunger. The report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says that eating insects could help boost nutrition and reduce pollution. It notes than over 2 billion people worldwide already supplement their diet with insects. However, it admits that “consumer disgust” remains [...]
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it appears likely that the new coronavirus (NCoV) can be passed between people in close contact. This comes after the French health ministry confirmed a second man had contracted the virus in a possible case of human-to-human transmission. Two more people in Saudi Arabia are also reported to [...]
According to a new research, Subway meals contain nearly as many calories and more salt than those from McDonald’s. Subway chain may promote itself as the “healthy” fast food restaurant but the new study suggests that it is not much healthier than McDonald’s, and in terms of salt it is worse. Researchers from the University [...]
Scientists have developed a 7-minute exercise regime to provide as many health benefits as going for a long run and doing a session of weight training. The workout requires no more than a wall, a chair and 7 minutes of your time. However, the experts say that you must be in pain when performing the [...]
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