Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
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Some people won the genetic lottery, and never appear to age a day, while the rest of us get balder, fatter and wrinklier, plucking hairs the size of cat whiskers out of our ears. Well, maybe their youthfulness is good genes. They might just be brilliant at makeup, or wealthy…
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If you haven't had a chance to see Queer Eye yet, do yourself a favour and check it out. While it may look from the outside like just another makeover show where a few tears are shed and someone gets a new haircut, this show has something really special about…
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A woman who was born with a large birthmark on her back and torso has opened up about the cruel taunts she has received over the course of her lifetime from bullies. 25-year-old Yulianna Yussef, who hails from Warsaw in Poland, was born with a skin condition known as Congenital…
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What's the next big thing in medicine? If you ask Gwyneth Paltrow, it's psychedelics. When the healthy-living guru was recently interviewed by The New York Times, she had some intriguing ideas about the future. While drugs like these are, at the moment, more likely to be associated with hippies and…
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Baby Anna suffers from an ultra-rare, one in 200,000 condition which makes her skin regenerate at 10 times the normal rate. As a result of the issue, Anna's skin is cracked, hard and flaky, with white diamond patterns, something that almost cost her her life. Now, Anna's mother Jennie Riley…
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Back in 1796, Edward Jenner took blister material from someone infected with cowpox, and used that material to protect someone from getting the deadly disease smallpox. Testing out his theory on several children including his own 11-month-old son (who survived), this was the first example of an arm-to-arm inoculation, and…
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When people undergo plastic surgery for cosmetic reasons, they usually have the intention of somehow "improving" their appearance. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work out that way. Jennifer, a 40-year-old woman from Fort Lauderdale in Florida, recently underwent a rhinoplasty in order to change the shape of her nose. It had…
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A postman who lost both his feet just three months ago after his 'flu' turned out to be a deadly disease has opened up about his horrific ordeal and subsequent amputation in a recent interview. Ryan Nulty, who hails from Horsham in England, believed that he was just feeling under…
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A man in the UK has been declared 'free' of HIV in what is only the second ever case in history of the disease being successfully treated. The patient, whose identity has not been revealed, was diagnosed with the illness in 2003. Then, in 2012, he was discovered to have…
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Some of the biggest savings you can make often come from the smallest purchases. Making a small change to your day-to-day routine can end up making your paycheque go much further, as long as you put the time and effort in. After all, walking instead of taking the bus doesn't…
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The reality of being a celebrity is probably far less glamorous than we imagine when we fantasise about a life among the rich and famous of Hollywood. Sure, the trappings of fame sound nice in theory; the red carpet events, the chauffeur-driven cars, the endless riches, the exotic beach holidays.…
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Picture the scene. After a night of drinking, flirting and romance, you head to a dark flat and bedroom to seal the deal, but as you unbuckle your jeans and reach for a condom, you realise that the memo's not quite been sent downstairs. Erectile dysfunction is part and parcel…
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In an age where health is made to be more of a concern than it ever was before, just about everyone has tried some sort of fad diet at one time or another. Unfortunately, while they might help people shed the pounds rather quickly, they often come with some not-so-pleasant…
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A group of friends who formed an unbreakable bond over their shared stoma bag experience met up to pull off an incredible underwear shoot that flies in the face of expectation. Sarah Anderson, 25, Beth Gallagher, 24, and Lydia Andrew, 23, connected on Instagram after all suffering from inflammatory bowel…
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An Instagram blogger has provoked controversy on social media by sharing a photo of her face and legs smeared in period blood. Instagram blogger Demetra Nyx has gone through some extremely heavy periods over years, and is often left bed-ridden as a result. Because of this, the Californian native has…
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A plus-sized woman who endured a lifetime of bullying because of her weight now earns money by eating on webcam. Kenna Blake, who hails from Boston, has managed to make a career as a fetish model catering to 'feeders' - people with a sexual fetish for watching women gorge themselves, who…
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A cosmetic surgery addict has opened up about how they spent over $17,000 on various procedures to "look like a Barbie doll." Patrick Mast, who identifies as gender-neutral and hails from Frankfurt in Germany, is a masochist who enjoys the pain they experience when going under the knife, and had…
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A blogger who would cake her face in layers of make-up every day has embraced body positivity by sharing a series of selfies on Instagram in which she displays her cystic acne to her many followers. Office worker Kara Eden, who hails from the city of Manchester in the north…
