Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
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As anyone who has ever suffered with any dermatological issue will know, having skin problems can seriously affect a person's life. Aside from being painful and sore, skin problems such as acne can also cause the sufferer a great deal of social anxiety or even depression - and the cost…
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Are you a popaholic? No, that's not a fan of soda pop, or catchy singles on the radio. Popaholics are fans of watching pimples get popped, zits get zapped and cysts get squeezed. Seriously. The stomach-churning spot-bursting videos have racked up millions of views. According to a scientist, some people…
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Whether you brush between meals, pop mints on the hour, or are constantly chewing a stick of gum, no one wants to be informed that they're guilty of having bad breath. However, according to two celebrity dentists, one popular way of preventing this social taboo may be having an adverse…
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Everyone has their own type of morning routine they like to stick to. Some of us like to get up early in order to have a refreshing shower, others hit snooze five times before rolling out of bed only a few minutes before they're due to leave the house; most…
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Seemingly every other week, there's some lunatic on the internet telling us about the best way to lose weight. Halle Berry, Vanessa Hudgens and Kim Kardashian will sing the praises of the keto diet, you probably shouldn't listen to what Gwyneth Paltrow has to say, while there are some people…
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In case you haven't heard, the Emmy's took place last night. Other than the awards themselves, there was a proposal on stage, Chrissy Teigen meme-d herself again, and you can bet that the red carpet was full of dazzling celebs in glamorous outfits. One such star was Jessica Biel, who…
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To the untrained observer, being a professional model looks like a dream career. Being paid to strut up and down catwalks in London, New York, Paris and Milan - coupled with elaborate photoshoots in far-flung tropical locations - surely there is no downsize to being young, beautiful and very highly…
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How far would you be prepared to go to save the planet? For most of us, the changes we'd make to our own lives would be comparatively minor. You might want to start recycling a little more, start picking up the trash you see on your commute to work. Maybe you'd…
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Tampons are one of those things that we think of as harmless. But for Amanda Stanley, they nearly killed her, and now she had vowed never to use one again after she narrowly escaped death through toxic shock syndrome because of one. Her ordeal began one night when she realised that…
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We all choose to grieve in different ways, and it's impossible to tell how we will react to death until after it's already happened. Some people cry and cry until it feels like their tear ducts have dried out, while others simmer with quiet rage and frustration, burying their emotions and…
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What's the scariest operation you've ever had? I can't even remember mine. It was an operation on my tear ducts when I was just a little kid, and luckily for me, I was too small to really understand what was going on at the time. If I'd had been an…
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You know, when it comes to hygiene and grooming, men really have a much easier job. Seriously, the male gender is able to get away with murder when it comes to their appearance, whereas women get judged much more harshly, unfairly expected to look pristine, slim, young and happy all…
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Mehlani Ramirez is two years old, and has big, beautiful eyes due to a rare genetic condition called Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome. According to the US Library Of Medicine, affected individuals have abnormalities in their facial features, such as a broad nasal bridge, a flattened mid-face and a prominent forehead. However, it's primarily…
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It's a fact that people who are overweight are often subjected to a daily torrent of fatphobic abuse from the general public. It's a vicious cycle since many people become obese due to binge eating provoked by stress and anxiety, and the depression and self-loathing brought about by bullying. Often,…
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At five foot and four inches tall, no-one in their right mind would ever call 34-year-old mother-of-two Heather Smith a giant. Yet she towers over the other members of her family, and is the only one among them not subjected to taunts, abuse and snide remarks as a result of…
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On the surface of it, eating healthily seems pretty simple, right? Cut out the junk food, gorge on greens and other veggies, drink plenty of water; but anybody who's tried to change their diet in order to lose weight can tell you that it's a lot easier said than done…
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Every now and again, you hear horror stories on the news, seemingly designed to make people freak about nationwide panics that are overblown at best, and completely made up at worse. Remember those rumours about rainbow parties, or about how there were people out there sneaking razorblades in children's candy…
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Nothing comes easily as a teenager. Not only are you going through huge changes to your body and physical appearance at an often alarming rate, but you are also likely sitting potentially life-changing exams and having your first meaningful romantic relationships, to boot. All in all, then, it feels like…
