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When I married my daughters’ dad, a native of Ivory Coast in West Africa, one of my greatest joys came from knowing that my girls (now 8 and 10 years old) would get to learn about African culture. I’m not talking about the stuff you learn in books. I mean the language, the food, and the pride that comes from […]
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Looking ahead! Paris Hilton may be single, but the singer wants to have children in the future. “I’m totally immersed in my work, but I would love that one day,” the heiress, 38, told Us Weekly exclusively on Monday, September 30, while promoting her 25th fragrance, ELECTRIFY. “I think that having a family and children is another meaning of life. […]
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Jenna Jameson lost 80-plus pounds on the keto diet. And along the way, she’s come up with some great keto menu hacks for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Now she has a new favorite snack: parmesan cheese and raw almonds. The former adult film actress, 45, posted a photo of the midday pick-me-up on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, May 7, […]
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Last night’s episode of ABC’s Catalyst, “The Mindfulness Experiment”, offered a unique glimpse into what happens to people during Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, an eight-week structured training program in mindfulness meditation. The program followed 15 ordinary Australians who were seeking to deal with conditions including chronic pain, stress and anxiety. At the end of the experiment, many of the participants […]
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They say you can’t teach old dogs new tricks, but new research shows you can teach an old rat new sounds, even if the lesson doesn’t stick very long. Researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) of McGill University examined the effects of aging on neuroplasticity in the primary auditory cortex, the part of the brain that […]
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It’s peak flu season. You’re cold, rugged up and squashed on public transport or in the lift at work. You hear a hacking cough, or feel the droplets of a sneeze land on your neck. Will this turn into your third cold this year? No matter how much we try to minimise our exposure to respiratory viruses, it’s far more […]
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John Ryan is just one of the miracles to emerge from the Johns Hopkins cancer unit in Baltimore. An immunotherapy treatment—highly effective in a minority of patients—saved his life after a lung cancer diagnosis. The retired military nuclear reactor specialist will celebrate his 74th birthday in July, and his battle with cancer illustrates the promises and failures of immunotherapy, a […]
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Mechanical thrombectomy is an increasingly important therapy for acute stroke that can also benefit the very old – assuming a careful selection of patients and risk assessment. This is a finding of a Portuguese study presented at the 4th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) in Lisbon. For several years now, the endovascular thrombectomy has been a way […]
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What makes someone go from simply being hungry to full-on “hangry”? More than just a simple drop in blood sugar, this combination of hunger and anger may be a complicated emotional response involving an interplay of biology, personality and environmental cues, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. “We all know that hunger can sometimes affect our emotions […]
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Jennifer Lopez is almost as famous for her curves as she is for her music, but she said that at the start of her career, people in the industry told her to lose weight. The superstar singer said that she was always proud of her curves. “They didn’t bother me at all. But I got a lot of flak for […]
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