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A retrospective, five-year study of 1,314 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has found that atrophied brain lesion volume is the only marker from MRI scans that can accurately predict which patients will progress to the most severe form of the disease. Secondary progressive MS, known as SPMS, typically appears 10 to 20 years after the initial onset and causes patients […]
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Sure, Hollywood is awash in workout trends from cycling classes to various kinds of hot Pilates to dance-based cardio sessions, advanced HIIT work with pricey celebrity trainers and even goat yoga. But as it turns out, plenty of stars work up a sweat the most classic way of all: with a good ol’ fashioned jog. Celebrity runners come in all […]
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As a busy actor and dad to daughter Wilder Frances, 4, sons Rocco, 6, and Kobe, 17, twins Dade and Kaya, 20, and son Sean, 23, Donald Faison certainly has his hands full. But the Emergence star admits he isn’t the master of doling out punishments when it comes to his six children — so much, in fact, that he has a […]
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Those pregnancy letter board pics popping up all over your Instagram feed owe a lot to young Wynn Galbraith. When she was six months old, she was the first baby to be Instagrammed in “flat lay” style (that’s directly from above, for those of us who still think a selfie is a new thing) with a unique prop: a felt […]
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Findings from an innovative new study led by researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and published this week in Nature Microbiology reveal that the way in which human fungal pathogens form colonies can significantly impact their ability to cause disease. Highly diverse and adaptable, these colonies, known as biofilms, allow invasive fungal pathogens such as Aspergillus fumigatus to grow […]
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Goals! Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s daughter, Luna, loves a good princess dress and adorably rocks them on the regular. Luna’s passion for royal fashion all started with her first Halloween. The little one, who arrived in April 2016, rocked more than a handful of costumes her first time celebrating the holiday. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model kicked the spooky day […]
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is to introduce a second vaccine next month to combat the Ebola virus, which has killed more than 2,100 people in the country, the World Health Organization said Monday. The announcement came as the aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) accused the WHO of rationing the first Ebola vaccine in the DRC. “The health […]
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In people with diabetes, fat mass index, not body mass index (BMI), is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular events, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Heart disease is a major cause of death worldwide, and obesity is a major risk factor. Body mass index, a common measure of obesity, has been recently shown to […]
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Hilary Duff may be fighting off a bad illness, but her children still remain her top priority. The actress, who recently announced she would be returning to star in the Lizzie McGuire reboot, opened up on her Instagram Stories on Friday about how she was battling a “very contagious” case of strep throat. Though Duff, 31, said she felt terrible, […]
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DNA “echoes” of viruses that infected our ancestors millions of years ago could help the immune system to identify and kill cancer cells, according to new research from Crick scientists. The new study, published in Genome Research, looked at “endogenous retroviruses,” fragments of DNA in the human genome that were left behind by viruses that infected our ancestors. Over millions […]
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