Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
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Going for surgery is a really nerve-wracking experience. Even if you're only going under the knife for a few minutes, you still have to entrust your life and health to a complete stranger. You feel helpless, and at the back of your mind is the fear that the operation could go horribly…
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Our bodies are 70 percent water, but I'm sure you already knew that. What you might not know is that between walking, thinking and going about our daily lives, we use up a lot of water, and we don't always replenish that to the highest standards. Hydration is the WD40…
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It's an incredible test of willpower and fortitude for an obese person to lose weight. If you're carrying an extra twenty or thirty pounds, then simple tasks like jogging or swimming become Herculean feats of endurance, and then you have to act contrary to a lifetime of established bad habits.…
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Fans of the Harry Potter series know the films back to front. But the truth is, we'll never know what truly went on behind the scenes. Take Evanna Lynch, for example. From the outside, the actress had it all: beauty, fame and a part in one of the biggest movie series…
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At age 30, Tom Harper was as close to death as anyone can be. His chemotherapy had failed, his body was riddled with tumours, and the aggressive form of lymphoma he'd been struck with had ruined his life. He had a 15 per cent chance of living to see his…
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There's nothing more annoying than a sudden bout of the hiccups. Not only is a hiccup a fairly ridiculous noise, but they also make it impossible to be taken seriously, and they're damn hard to get rid of once you get started. Even worse than the hiccups themselves are all…
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It's amazing how good your body can look after adjusting a few simple things, such as your posture, the lighting and camera angle. Of course, Instagram influencers are well versed in the ways they can garner more likes, by and by catapulting themselves to selfie superstardom. But now, one fitness blogger…
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Mental illnesses are like broken bones: unless you've ever experienced one yourself, you don't really know what they feel like. Those who haven't ever busted their tibia or fractured their ribs know enough about what the process entails, sure - but they don't know the complexities of the situation. They…
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Sometimes we need a serious shock to make us change our lifestyle: Maybe you drink too much, and after one hangover too many you decide to sober up. Maybe you smoke too much, and when you've coughed a gob of tar into your handkerchief you decide to quit. Or maybe you've been overweight…
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We all know someone who's guilty of working too hard. Now personally, I've gotta say that this is a problem I suffer from myself - But I know plenty of workaholics who just don't know when to quit. They only take sick days if they've lost a limb, they go…
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Sometimes it takes something really big to change our lifestyle habits. When you're stuck in a rut and wallowing in apathy, it's often not until things go too far that we finally realise that we need to do something about it. Maybe you're drinking too much at the weekend, and…
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How would you react if a stranger told you that you're beautiful? You might laugh and say thank you. You might roll your eyes and say something self-deprecating. Or you might say, "You're damn right I am, honey," slap your hip and strike a pose. Carlos, the producer of the…
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The National Autistic Society has found out that almost seven in 10 autistic people stay away from shops, and nearly a third have been asked to leave a public place because of their autism. A shocking statistic, and one that some of the biggest retailers are trying to combat with the…
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Chloe Powell has an unusual problem. The petite 26-year-old midwife has been cursed with an extremely bizarre condition. Most people stop growing once they reach the age of 18, when their hormones finally level out and they become adults. Although Chloe didn't grow any taller, she was shocked and disturbed…
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In life, most people have a dream or ambition that they simply won't be able to fulfil. Maybe it's a childish fantasy that you abandon by adolescence, like wanting to be a pirate or the ability to fly. Or maybe it's an attainable goal, but it's one that's so remote that…
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When Milo Knight was born back in February of this year, he seemed like a perfectly healthy baby boy. His first few weeks of life passed by as usual, with his parents, Tamzin and James, doting over him every minute of every day. By the time he was two months old,…
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As our fascination with the world's rich and famous continues to grow, so too - it would seem - does our appetite to look as much like them as possible. We've seen individuals prepared to undergo surgical procedures in a bid to look like Kim Kardashian, and celebrities' power to…
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We've all been there before. Maybe you got stuck on the train on the way home from work, or underestimated how soon that large soda would hit your bladder while out at the cinema; either way - once you're in that situation, it very quickly becomes incredibly uncomfortable. I'm talking, of…
