How plastic is polluting your body: With each of us ingesting over 100,000 particles a year, just how worried should we be? When we think of the devastating toll that plastic pollution can have, it is usually images of turtles caught in single-use bags or piles of plastic bottles in landfill that we conjure up […]
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Heidi Montag Denies Pregnancy Speculation: ‘Just a Little Overweight’
No bun in this oven! Heidi Montag dismissed speculation that she is pregnant with her second child with husband Spencer Pratt. Celebs Slamming Pregnancy Rumors “No I am not pregnant yet,” the reality star, 34, tweeted on Saturday, February 13. “Just a little overweight.” Montag and Pratt, 37, tied the knot in November 2008 and […]
Three-dimensionally reconstituted organoids that are just like human organs
Organoids are organ-like tissues derived from stem cells that are grown in labs, often referred to as miniature organs. Because they can imitate the structure and function of human organs, they are considered a next-generation technology for creating artificial organs or developing new drugs. Recently, a research team in Korea introduced a new concept of […]
Sleepio might be just what the professor ordered
Did you know that man is the only animal that purposely delays sleep? Or that sleep disturbance increases at higher altitudes, as well as in times of increased stress? Due to the coronavirus pandemic, everyone seems to be experiencing higher stress—which means that right now Sleepio could really help members of the CU Denver community […]
5 COVID-19 myths politicians have repeated that just aren’t true
The number of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. has jumped to around 50,000 a day, and the virus has killed more than 130,000 Americans. Yet, I still hear myths about the infection that has created the worst public health crisis in America in a century. The purveyors of these myths, including politicians who have […]
Ariel Winter Just Cut Off Part Of Her Thumb While Cooking
Ariel Winter accidentally sliced off the top of her thumb while cooking. The injury required a visit to the hospital because she sliced into an artery. Ariel says she’ll likely have a “sad-looking thumb” after it heals. Ariel Winter justlanded in the last place anyone wants to be these days—the hospital—after accidentally slicing off the […]
Research suggests adults—not just teens—like electronic cigarette flavors
On February 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began to enforce a previously-issued policy on unauthorized flavored cartridge-based e-cigarette products with the goal of addressing the current epidemic of youth use of e-cigarettes. A new study by researchers at Penn State finds that adults enjoy sweet e-cigarette flavors just as much as teens, […]
New York boy, 11, dies from flu: 'We don’t want Luca to become just a statistic'
Doctors urge patients to get their flu shots now The flu season normally starts towards the end of the fall, but seasonal influenza is reportedly starting much earlier this year. Fox News’ Dr. Manny Alvarez sits down with a Harvard Medical School doctor to discuss everything you need to know about this year’s flu season. […]
Serena Williams Just Showed Off Her Rock-Hard Abs in the Cutest Blue Bikini
It’s no surprise that Serena Williams is crazy ripped, and yet, when she recently showed off her abs of steel in a recent Instagram post, the world collectively gasped—with good reason. Williams, 38, shared a few different shots of herself in a super-cute blue bikini recently on her Instagram. One was a short boomerang video of […]
These 3 factors predict a child’s chance of obesity in adolescence (and no, it’s not just their weight)
Three simple factors can predict whether a child is likely to be overweight or obese by the time they reach adolescence: the child’s body mass index (BMI), the mother’s BMI and the mother’s education level, according to our new research. The study, published in the International Journal of Obesity, found these three factors predicted whether […]