Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
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As much as society tries to push the message that everybody should just be themselves, there are still a handful of people out there who would give absolutely anything to be someone else. Some people achieve this simply by changing their wardrobe, others embark on a bit of a style…
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Erika Dankova is a 21-year-old bodybuilder whose figure is so extreme that she now needs customised clothing to fit her properly. However, it wasn't always like this for the self-styled "Slovakian Warrior Princess". According to Erika, she grew up as the "chubby girl" at school and she felt like an…
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In the wake of Professor Stephen Hawking's death, there was an outpouring of tributes for the esteemed scientist, described by many as the greatest mind of his generation. However, some the tributes dedicated to him made one big mistake: the error of insinuating that having a disability was an inherently negative…
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When you're a teenager, puberty seems like the worst thing in the world. Being a boy, I had to deal with my voice breaking, random hairs appearing on my face and, of course, an increased and uncontrollable sex drive. But, while we may look back at our puberty years and…
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Dentistry, along with banking, tax collecting and handing out parking tickets, is one of those professions where most people are just a little bit suspicious of you. Maybe that's because most of us remember, with a feeling of low dread, childhood trips to the dental practice. The whirring of drills,…
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These days, it seems that people will go to some fairly extreme lengths in order to achieve what they believe to be a perfect body. Some folks go the healthy route, sticking to a sensible diet and a regular exercise routine, while others splash out on surgery, extreme food fads,…
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If you're having trouble getting motivated on the treadmill, you should take some inspiration from Ida Keeling. The 102-year-old track star has raced all over the world, breaking several world records. In 2016, she ran the 100-meter dash in one minute and seventeen seconds - a new record for women…
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Despite the fact she has the job, and figure, that a lot of people can only dream of having, Victoria's Secret runway model Bridget Malcolm has opened up about her struggles to say so slim and the less glamorous side of her career. The 26-year-old, who was walked the catwalk…
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3D printers manufacture an object based on the blueprint in a digital file, depositing material layer by layer. Chuck Hull invented the process in the 1980's, when he printed the first 3D object: a tiny cup. I know. Pretty boring. But now the technology has advanced to the point where…
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While we have graduated beyond having our heads shoved into lockers and getting our lunch money stolen, it's apparent that this new age of internet bullies work around the clock. But regardless of whether Twitter is your medium of choice, or if you prefer posting memes on Instagram, one thing…
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While the feminist movement has come leaps and bounds in recent years, many women still have one major gripe: that we're wholly responsible of carrying and giving birth to the future of humankind. I mean, hosting a veritable parasite inside your body doesn't exactly sound pleasant, does it? And while…
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On the surface, James Harrison seems like a fairly regular 81-year-old. The friendly pensioner loves his daughter and his grandchildren, he collects stamps and he can often be found going for walks near his home Australia's central coast. But, under the surface of James' skin lies something extraordinary: his blood.…
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A self-confessed foodie has transformed her life by losing over half her body weight in under a year. Josephine Desgrand, 17, from Queensland, Australia has dropped from a size 20 to a size eight in 11 months after she decided to kick her unhealthy habits and opt for a more healthy…
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From the moment we first enter preschool, our modern education system is geared towards sending kids to college. It's more like an industry than a comprehensive means of teaching, and a school's merits are usually judged on the basis of how many of its alumni manage to get accepted into college.…
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Being cheated on at any point in your life sucks, but being cheated on when you have just given birth to a beautiful child must be even worse. Sadly, for one woman in Houston, Texas, this was the shocking reality she was faced with. Betsy Ayala had just given birth to…
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At some point or another, most of us are likely to struggle with body issues in our lifetimes. It might just be a passing phase when you were in your teenage years, or a more pressing problem as you got older - or it could be something you're going through…
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Many of us have dreams of getting fit and attaining whatever we deem to be a 'perfect' body... at some point. Thinking about what you'll do next week, next month, or next year, is very different to what's happening in the present day. Because when you get home from a…
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A lot of our ideas about beauty come from the media, and a lot of the media tells us we need to be thin. Unfortunately, this isn't always a healthy route to go down, and many of the models we see in adverts and on runways are severely underweight. So, when…
