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Sometimes, the last thing you want to do at the end of a long day is spend time preparing a family dinner so everyone can quickly gobble it down and get back to their homework/video games/tablets. We get it. But making the time to cook and eat with your kids can have significant benefits for their health and cognitive abilities. […]
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Scientists have learned how to observe the processes of oncolytic viruses in cancer cells in real time. For the first time ever, a group of scientists from NUST MISIS and the University of Calgary (Canada) has applied intravital microscopy to study the interaction of oncolytic viruses with both tumor cells and healthy cells. With the technology, researchers can visualize how […]
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Half of over-65s suffer from dizziness and problems with balance. But some tests to identify the causes of such problems are painful and can risk hearing damage. Now, researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new testing device using bone conduction technology that offers significant advantages over the current tests. Hearing and balance have something in common. […]
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Two times a day, Kasereka Mulanda comes to a new kind of Ebola treatment center to visit his wife, easing the isolation of a highly contagious disease. Stepping to the clear plastic sheeting around the cubicle where his wife is staying, he can speak with her without the need for a protective suit. In a part of Congo that faces […]
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Patients with sepsis are at increased risk of stroke or myocardial infarction (heart attack) in the first 4 weeks after hospital discharge, according to a large Taiwanese study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Sepsis accounts for an estimated 8 million deaths worldwide, and in Canada causes more than half of all deaths from infectious diseases. Researchers looked at […]
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Future Beauty Labs, the parent company of Tan Luxe, Isle of Paradise and Tanologist, has tapped corporate financial advisory firm Baylor Klein to explore a deal, Marc Elrick, chief executive officer and cofounder of the company, confirmed to WWD. “We’re going to market because we are struggling to keep up with demand,” Elrick said. “There is a huge opportunity for tanning […]
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South Korea reported its first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in three years, health officials said on Saturday. A 61-year-old businessman was diagnosed with the highly contagious viral respiratory illness, according to officials at the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). He returned to South Korea Friday from a business trip in Kuwait where he stayed […]
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When we got wind that Joan Smalls has been using sunscreen as a highlighter, it set off a debate: Was this a brilliant or odd idea? If we're talking about dabbing on a little extra sunscreen on your cheekbones to score some added sheen, love it. One less item you have to throw in your makeup bag for the day. […]
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Ulla Johnson and Bobbi Brown are teaming for a beauty collaboration due spring 2019. Makeup artist Romy Soleimani was using lab samples of some of the forthcoming products while prepping models backstage at the designer's spring 2019 show, held Thursday evening in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, N.Y. Soleimani keyed the show's makeup look using only products from the Estée […]
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Ever wonder why some people seem to feel less pain than others? A study conducted at Wake Forest School of Medicine may have found one of the answers—mindfulness. “Mindfulness is related to being aware of the present moment without too much emotional reaction or judgment,” said the study’s lead author, Fadel Zeidan, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurobiology and anatomy at […]
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