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By Carrieanne Reichardt, as told to Jolene Edgar. Note: This article contains images of a surgical procedure being performed. I love so many of my features. For instance, the green eyes I got from my mom, my naturally full lips, and smile, but my nose has been a source of insecurity. Around 15, as puberty hit, my nose just…changed. One […]
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New University at Buffalo research is adding important information to the body of knowledge about the cognitive and behavioral status of a group of retired professional athletes who spent their careers in contact sports. The study findings, from UB’s Healthy Aging Mind Project, were published today online before print in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. The study assessed 21 […]
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Actor, entrepreneur, beauty maven, mom of three and SheKnows #BlogHer18 Creators Summit keynote speaker Jessica Alba knows how to juggle. Despite acting, momming and running her multimillion-dollar natural home/beauty/baby products brand, Honest Company, Alba still finds time for travel, cooking, face masks, getting nerdy with her in-house chemist, picking all her kids’ outfits in advance and creeping on her mom pals’ Instagram […]
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A research team led by Fergus Couch, Ph.D., a geneticist at Mayo Clinic, has identified specific genes associated with an increased risk for developing triple-negative breast cancer. Their research was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. “Triple-negative breast cancer is an aggressive type of cancer that cannot be treated using targeted therapies,” says Dr. Couch. “It accounts […]
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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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Shine is a beautiful thing on your hair, lips, and nails — that's for certain. Shine on your face, however, can get tricky. There's a difference between having a gleaming, strategically placed highlight accentuating your cheekbones and having a greasy slickness coating every inch of your T-zone. That overabundance of oil in all the wrong places is created by the […]
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A new UC San Francisco study has discovered a key biological difference in how people of European and Chinese descent put on weight—a finding that could help explain why Asians often develop type 2 diabetes at a much lower body weight than Caucasians. The research, published online May 28, 2018 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, could be […]
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Brazil’s health ministry has launched a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect children from measles and poliomyelitis. The initiative follows a measles outbreak that affected over 700 people, only two years after the disease was eradicated in Latin America’s largest nation. Health officials also worry that polio may return to Brazil. The measles cases are mostly concentrated in northern states where […]
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Laura Mercier is restaging globally, starting with a new look. "The consumer research we do tells us that the potential is global," said Marc Rey, chief executive officer of Shiseido Americas. "Laura Mercier portrays an image of beauty that is aspirational but attainable. It’s something most women can project themselves in very easily. That’s very global. The whole Shiseido organization […]
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(HealthDay)—One-quarter of older adults with type 2 diabetes in the United States are tightly controlled using glucose-lowering medications with a high risk of hypoglycemia, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Suzanne V. Arnold, M.D., from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and colleagues examined the proportion of older adults with […]
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