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Kourtney Kardashian told Poosh fans that she was going back on the keto diet. And though she originally started the eating plan in 2017 for a surprising health reason (more on that below!), she shared the real reason she decided to go back to the high-protein, low-carb method again: pure aesthetics. “My body never looked better than when I did […]
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other viruses now appear to be the main causes of severe childhood pneumonia in low- and middle-income countries, highlighting the need for vaccines against these pathogens, according to a study from a consortium of scientists from around the world, led by a team at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Pneumonia is the […]
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So scary. Kylie Jenner’s 16-month-old daughter, Stormi, was hospitalized on Sunday, June 2. “Spent the day in the hospital with my baby,” the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 21, wrote on her Instagram Story at the time. “She had an allergic reaction but is 100% okay now and we are home. Nothing else matters when these things happen.” The […]
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A tragic loss. Nick Foles revealed that he has been absent from the Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice because his wife, Tori Foles, suffered a miscarriage. “This has been a tough last week,” the quarterback, 30, wrote via his Instagram Story on Wednesday, May 29. “We are trusting the Lord throughout this process. Tori has written a beautiful post explaining what is on […]
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Embedded at the ends of chromosomes are structures called telomeres, which in normal cells become shorter as cells divide. Progressive shortening triggers cell proliferation arrest or death. Cancer cells adopt different strategies to overcome this control mechanism that keeps track of the number of times that a cell has divided. One of these strategies is the alternative lengthening of telomeres […]
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New nickname alert! Prince William called his 4-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte, something sweet while playing in the garden that Duchess Kate designed for the Chelsea Flower Show. In a Monday, May 20, video shared by Kensington Palace, the little royal explored with her siblings Prince George, 5, and Prince Louis, 13 months. Her parents joined in on the fun as […]
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Credit: Shutterstock Diabetes is a debilitating health condition which is expected to reach epidemic proportions in the next 20 years. According to the World Health Organisation, 108m people around the world had diabetes in 1980; by 2014 that figure was 422m. Three years later in 2017, 425m people worldwide were living with the disease and this figure is expected to […]
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Catastrophe actor Rob Delaney and his wife, Leah, recently revealed that they welcomed their fourth child — a son — in August, only seven months after the devastating loss of their 2-year-old, Henry, who died from brain cancer. This December, Delaney told the U.K.’s The Sunday Times Magazine, “We likely would’ve had a fourth anyway. But I mean, there’s mixed feelings. It’s […]
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Scientists at the University of York have developed a new technique that uses light to understand how cells communicate in human disease. All cells in the human body communicate with each other by releasing signalling molecules; this helps to ensure that tissues function normally, that the immune system is able to respond to infection, and that cell division and survival […]
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The research, led by academics at the University of Nottingham and published in The Lancet, has shown that keeping patients fully informed and involving them in decisions about their care can be more successful in managing gout. And the study, which was funded by the charity Versus Arthritis, highlights the importance of individualised patient education and engagement to treat the […]
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