Messages from mom! Jimmy Kimmel asked Kourtney Kardashian and more celebs to read hilarious texts from their moms out loud in honor of Mother’s Day. “‘Can you come over for dinner tomorrow at 7?’” the reality star, 40, read from her phone on the Thursday, May 9, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! “Then she wrote me again […]
Drinking and your health: A reality check
(HealthDay)—The Mediterranean diet consistently tops the list of food plans that convey health benefits, and one reason many people like it is that it allows moderate amounts of red wine. But there’s no definitive proof that wine or any form of alcohol should be on everyone’s menu. And an analysis of many observational studies done […]
Bench It Like Beckham! Inside David and Brooklyn’s Workout Routines
Bench it like Beckham! If celebrity trainer Chase Weber sounds familiar to you, that’s because he’s trained celebs including David and Brooklyn Beckham, Shay Mitchell, Naomi Campbell, Catt Sadler, James Corden, Stephanie Shepherd and more. Not only has his 3-3-3 Method (a mixture of strength, power and stability exercises) proven to be results driven, but […]
Dataset bridges human vision and machine learning
Neuroscientists and computer vision scientists say a new dataset of unprecedented size—comprising brain scans of four volunteers who each viewed 5,000 images—will help researchers better understand how the brain processes images. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Fordham University, reporting today in the journal Scientific Data, said acquiring functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans at […]
How to do the perfect renegade row for strong shoulders and triceps
The weights room in the gym can be a scary place. With so much gratuitous grunting and testosterone-fuelled competitive energy – it’s not hard to understand why so many women are put off from weight training altogether. But we want to demystify the weights room and empower more women to feel confident walking in and […]
The mystery behind cleft palate and lips: Study shines a light on genetic factors
Cleft lip and palate (CL/P) is the second most common birth defect in the world, affecting 1 in 700 live born babies. While the exact cause of CL/P is not well understood, investigators think it could be the result of a combination of genetics and environment. Cleft lip and palate are splits in the upper […]
Zac Efron Admits His ‘Baywatch’ Body Was ‘Too Big’ and ‘Unrealistic’
Don’t try this at home. Standing side-by-side with a new wax figure modeled after his appearance in Baywatch, Zac Efron said he got “too big” for the 2017 film. Efron, 31, came face to face with his new Madame Tussauds figure on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday, April 30. “Oh, s–t!” the Extremely Wicked, […]
Kylie Tells Travis Scott They Should ‘F–k Around and Have Another Baby’
Ready for more? Kylie Jenner celebrated her “hubby” Travis Scott’s birthday by giving millions of her followers some NSFW information about expanding their family. “Watching you evolve into the partner, friend, son, and father you are today has been so fulfilling,” Jenner, 21, captioned a slideshow of pictures of the musician, 28, on Instagram Opens […]
Merck reports surging sales of vaccines and key cancer drug
Surging sales of vaccines and the cancer immunotherapy drug Keytruda led to a quadrupling of profit at Merck during the first quarter as it blew past Wall Street expectations. Sales of Keytruda jump 55% to $2.27 billion, about one-quarter of its total revenue. During the quarter, the injected biologic drug racked up U.S. approvals as […]
Higher BMI linked with increased risk of serious health problems and death in study of 2.8 million UK adults
A new study has shed light on the link between higher body mass index (BMI) and serious health outcomes and death in over 2.8 million adults representative of the UK population. The new estimates, being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow, UK (28 April-1 May), indicate that adults with severe […]