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People who have long-term raised blood pressure have an increased risk of aortic valve disease (AVD) – problems with the valve that controls how blood is pumped from the left ventricle of the heart out into the main artery, the aorta. In a study of 5.4 million adults in the UK, published in the European Heart Journal today (Thursday), researchers […]
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An old joke says if you want to know if a politician is lying, see if their lips are moving. New research shows that people can predict something about a politician’s honesty just by looking at them, but it’s not the lips they’re noticing. A series of studies conducted by Caltech researchers show that when people are shown photos of […]
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Actor Dwayne Johnson is such a softie when it comes to family life it’s hard for us to think of him as "The Rock" anymore. (We’re voting for a new nickname — maybe "The Cotton Ball.") His longtime love — Lauren Hashian, with whom Johnson shares two daughters — shared on Instagram the sweetest happy birthday message she’s ever received. […]
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Chances are, you’ve read about or know someone who’s on the keto diet, or perhaps you’ve experimented with it yourself. Short for “ketogenic,” the keto diet is an extremely low-carbohydrate eating plan that sends the body into ketosis—a state of burning fat for energy, rather than sugars. People on a ketogenic diet consume 50 grams or fewer of carbohydrates per day and […]
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Joanna and Chip Gaines — former Fixer Upper stars — have their hands full with far more than home improvements these days. The couple welcomed son Crew on June 21, and the photos Joanna has been posting on social media tell a happy (if sleep-deprived) story of life with a newborn all over again. “Evidence of a late night up with […]
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Have you ever been shopping and returned home to find that you have forgotten to buy the very item you went shopping for? Have you known it was going to rain yet left your umbrella at home? Have you gone out and left the television on? All these instances are examples where prospective memory has failed—you have not remembered to […]
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So, singer John Legend is twinning hard with his son, Miles, 9 weeks old. Legend’s wife, model (and secret stand-up comedian) Chrissy Teigen recently shared an Instagram clip of their little guy (who was born prematurely on July 21). Fans are flipping out over the insane resemblance between papa and son. And yes, we know, genes are crazy like that. […]
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Prince George is turning 5 on Sunday, thank the Lord. Because if any kid needs an over-the-top, tacky, Kardashian-esque party, it’s poor Prince George. His brand-new baby brother (the smiley Prince Louis) and little sister (firecracker Princess Charlotte) have been stealing the show of late, so we’re hoping most of his birthday gifts will be more, well, fun than what […]
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Supermodels and pro athletes go together like chocolate and peanut butter, right? So we weren’t that surprised when Kate Upton married Justin Verlander last November in Tuscany because that’s just what you do when you’re a model and a Houston Astros pitcher in love. We were, however, surprised to find out this morning that the pair is expecting their first […]
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If you search the hashtag #BoPo — short for body positivity — on Instagram, you’ll find nearly 670,000 posts by individuals of all shapes and sizes celebrating their bodies. It’s just one sign of the rise of the body-positivity movement, propelled in recent years by celebrities such as Ashley Graham, who’s unafraid to flaunt her cellulite, and social media influencers like Jessamyn Stanley, who […]
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