Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
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A woman left needing urgent medical care after unintentionally causing an explosion has vowed to continue following her dream of becoming a model. Twenty-three-year-old Taylor Goodman lit what she thought was a line of diesel in order to burn a pile of trash, not knowing it was actually gasoline she…
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On subway trains around the world, a certain fruit-based logo has become our status symbol of choice. Now, however, one also needs the corresponding wireless earphones in order to keep up. Apple's AirPods marked a big leap forward in wireless technology. Unlike wireless headphones which are comparatively bulky, these small…
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It's always good to have a gym buddy; someone who can help you out and motivate you to keep exercising - giving you the support you need, but also keeping you from wimping out at the last moment. Most people would choose a friend or a colleague to work out…
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A teenage ballerina has opened up about her body dysmorphia, claiming she "hates herself" and that "all ballerinas" have some form of the mental health condition. Luna Montana, an 18-year-old dancer from Los Angeles, California, vlogs on YouTube about the behind-the-scenes aspects of the ballet industry that audiences don't see.…
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Conversations around ketamine have long been stunted by its association with horses. Recreational users are often derided by those who choose to take other, more expensive drugs. Furthermore, media misrepresentation has led to the cycle of “exaggeration, distortion, inaccuracy, and sensationalism” which researchers Coomber, Morris and Dunn identified as common…
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Albinism is a condition which affects less than 200,000 people in the US, the National Institute of Health reports. The genetic mutation results in a number of distinctive characteristics like white hair and poor vision. These are the result of the total absence or reduction of melanin, which can make…
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A plus-sized model has revealed her acne scars in a candid series of Instagram posts after hiding them for more than two decades. Tia Duffy, who suffered from acne since the age of 12, took part in a special modelling project entitled Skin Works, which features unedited and unfiltered images…
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Pole dancing has always been a performance style associated with seductive women. And given the role it plays in strip clubs, it has developed something of a seedy reputation; a titillating ploy to get male customers to spend vast amounts of money. However, the view that pole dancing is an…
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Back in May 2016, Marleen Verbeek from Madrid, Spain, made the life-changing decision to have her leg amputated below the knee. A survivor of bacterial meningitis, Verbeek had dreams of becoming a professional snowboarder. However, despite the eight months she spent in hospital when she first contracted the illness at…
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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…
