…of the problems with a lot of these supplements is that the amount of EPA varies. “A capsule containing one gram of fish oil might only contain 100 milligrams (mg) of EPA and some might contain 400.” His advice for anyone wanting to improve their intake of dietary EPA and DHA was to take a supplement that contained the highest levels of these two fatty acids. Alternatively, half of th…
ilm that has lasted and endured against all odds as it wasn’t popular at the time.” Julie Dawn Cole last saw the director in October in New York when the cast reunited for the film’s 40th anniversary. “He was on form – barking orders as he always had done, organizing a photoshoot,” she said. “I’m glad I saw him last year – it’s one hell o…
ent labeling the claims “pernicious, callous, cruel and above all spurious”. He has been a familiar face and voice in British broadcasting for half a century, and was awarded an OBE in the 2012 New Year Honours. Stuart Hall was It’s A Knockout presenter and was working as a football commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live and wrote a weekly sport column for the Radio Times magazine until…
Scientists in the US have created a free swimming artificial jellyfish using silicone as a base on which to grow heart muscle cells that were harvested from rats. They used an electric current to shock the Medusoid into swimming with synchronized contractions that mimic those of real jellyfish. The advance, by researchers at Caltech and Harvard University, is reported in the journal Nature Biotec…
…o doubt enjoy the shock value the £50 ($80) leggings will inevitably provide. Potential customers might include performers like Lady Gaga, who infamously wore a dress made entirely of raw meat back in 2010, or singer Jessie J, who has made graphic printed leggings her staple. Black milk Clothing – which specializes in unusual leggings and also sells pairs printed with jellyfish and skeleton…
…size zero model in its latest campaign. The tissue allegations appeared in the memoirs of veteran fashion journalist Kirstie Clements, who was sacked from her role as editor of Australian Vogue in May 2012. Kirstie Clements claimed she once spent three days on a shoot with a model but didn’t see her eat a single meal. By the end of the trip, said Kirstie Clements, the model was so exhausted…
Israeli scientists say they have managed to turn patients’ own skin cells into healthy heart muscle in the lab. Ultimately they hope this stem cell therapy could be used to treat heart failure patients. As the transplanted cells are from the individual patient this could avoid the problem of tissue rejection, they told the European Heart Journal. Early tests in animals proved promising but…
Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne have been created a real “mighty mouse” with double the normal muscle strength while looking for ways to treat age-related diseases. According to some tests, the mouse has not only bigger muscles but, could run for twice as long on the treadmill. Swiss researchers created the “super strong marathon mice” by tweaki…
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have unlocked a secret code written on everyone’s face which reveals when people are lying. Scientists have discovered for the first time, five tell-tale muscle groups that control facial expressions, activate differently when we are trying to deceive. They based their study on more than 23,000 frames of television footage from 52 people emotion…
Japanese researchers mapped the muscles fibres of cheetah known to accelerate to record-breaking speeds. By comparing the cheetah’s muscles with those of a domestic cat and dog, the team identified the special propulsion power of its hindlimb muscles. The study is the first to investigate muscle fibre distribution across the whole of the cheetah’s body. The findings are published in t…
…rt’s ability to pump – the left ventricle ejection fraction: the percentage of blood pumped out of the left ventricle. Prof. Anthony Mathur, who is coordinating a stem cell trial involving 3,000 heart attack patients, said that even if the study found an increase in ejection fraction then it would be the source of much debate. He argued that as it was a proof-of-concept study, with a s…
…some people taking other drugs with them could suffer painful muscle problems, lung disorders and kidney damage. Every day eight million people in the UK take various statins, which cost as little as 40p (60 cents) a day. Simvastatin is the most frequently prescribed one; last year GPs gave out almost three million prescriptions for it in England alone. But studies have shown that patients taking…
…left leg. Standing Abductor Raise 1. Holding on to a chair for balance, start with your feet a hip-width apart. 2. Without bending sideways at the waist, lift your leg out to the side – no higher than 45 degrees – using a slow and controlled movement. Hold for one second and return to starting position. …
MDA Telethon 2011 Raised $61.5 Million Without Jerry Lewis. What Does Labor Day Mean? What Happened At The MDA Telethon? Tribute To Jerry Lewis. The 46th annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day Telethon was broadcasted nationwide from 6 p.m. to midnight in every U.S. time zone on Sunday and the iconic show attracted outstanding talents on its first time without Jerry Lewis’ ho…
…resist temptation. Like a muscle it gets tired but like a muscle it can be exercised to make it stronger. Roy Baumeister’s work builds on the famous marshmallow tests conducted at Stanford University 40 years ago, involving 300 four and five-year-olds. They could have one marshmallow immediately or two marshmallows in 15 minutes time. They were left alone with the treat and observed. A small numb…
British clinician Martin Bell is so fed up with treating women for joint pain because of their high heels he has devised a course – to teach them to walk properly. Martin Bell, 40, has been inundated with women complaining of back and knee pain because of their “wonky” posture on high heels. The clinical orthotist has already helped hundreds of women by teaching them to stand and use their…
A new Nature Genetics report says that scientists may be closer to understanding how genes can influence serious heart conditions. The failure to turn off a specific gene at the right time in an embryo’s development could mean illness later in life. Mice in which the gene was left active were born apparently healthy, but suffered heart muscle problems later. A heart charity said it might on…
…ess trainers. According to the study, a 20-minute workout consisting of 8 seconds of doing sprints on an exercise bike, followed by 12 seconds of relative recovery resulted in more belly fat loss than 40 minutes of steady-state exercise. “Sprints are a very time efficient form of exercise. The sprint program, LifeSprints, reduced visceral fat with seven times less exercise time and has a mu…
Dieters frequently report reaching their goal weight, only to find that the pounds creep back on. Scientists say the trick to keeping weight off permanently is to cut 300 calories from your daily food intake. In a study presented at the European Congress on Obesity earlier this year, Professor Michael Rosenbaum described how dieters need to consume 22% fewer calories a day than someone who hasn’t…
When many people hear the word creatine, they may think of a supplement used to improve various functions of the body. However, many do not realize that it is actually already found in the body. In fact about 95% of all creatine in the human body is stored in the muscle tissue. As a supplement, creatine can be taken to increase the levels of creatine found in the muscle tissue. As a result you wi…
umber of calories each day, but those who ate mostly refined carbs added a half inch on their waist per year compared with those eating unrefined “whole” foods such as vegetables and wholegrain bread. 4. Not reading food labels. A study in the Journal of Consumer Affairs showed that people who habitually read food labels as well as taking exercise lose more weight than those who merely exercise. W…
…s – namely cadmium and chromium. These are linked to problems such as dermatitis (skin inflammation) and possible kidney damage in the long term. “Their extraction from the human body takes over 40 years,” the study warned. Similar studies have found lipsticks containing methacrylate, a form of adhesive, which can irritate the skin. Some research even links lipstick use with the development…
…athy to Jessica and the rest of his family. “Adios, to the Manchester Cowboy.” Michael Nesmith who didn’t join the original members of the group, Davy, Micky and Peter – in reuniting for a 45th anniversary tour last year – also revealed he will “miss” the pop icon. Michael Nesmith wrote: “I will miss him, but I won’t abandon him to mortality. I will think of him as existing withi…
ful clothes, Duchess of Alba is among Spain’s most famous people. Duchess of Alba in 1956 And scandal threatened to overshadow the day when earlier this week the Spanish magazine Interviu published a 30-year-old photograph of Duchess of Alba sunbathing topless in Ibiza. Duchess of Alba’s lawyer Javier Saavedra said: “We are considering suing for interfering with her rights to privacy.” While hund…
espread practice of disc jockeys accepting gifts from promoters to play their records. Convicted of commercial bribery in 1962, Alan Freed died of complications from alcoholism three years later, aged 43. Though Alan Freed had been silenced, the rock ‘n’ roll genie was well and truly out of the bottle. The Moondog Coronation Ball laid the foundations for every rock gig that followed, f…
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