‘How Boris made me lose 6 stone’: Tory MP Will Quince (once 20st), sheds the pounds after being inspired by the Prime Minister’s brush with death Welfare minister Will Quince, 38, was horrified to weigh in at 18 st 7 lb last spring The MP for Colchester, in Essex, decided to make a change and shed […]
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Alicia Silverstone's Son Gets His Hair Cut, Months After Being 'Made Fun Of'
Alicia Silverstone‘s son, Bear, made the decision to get his long hair cut, two months after she defended her 9-year-old after he was bullied by other kids. Yoga! Baths! Alicia Silverstone’s Best Quotes About Raising Son Bear “Yes, It’s true. Bear cut his hair!! My baby’s growing up,” the Clueless star, 44, captioned a video […]
Rob Kardashian’s Family Is ‘Excited About the Progress’ He’s Made
The Kardashian-Jenners are proud! Rob Kardashian has his famous family in his corner as he gets healthy and focuses on raising 2-year-old daughter Dream outside the spotlight. “Rob is doing much better,” a source tells Us Weekly exclusively. “He has lost a lot of weight.” Kardashian, 32, debuted his slimmer physique on Instagram on Friday, November 1, […]
Teaching assistant claims the Pill made fluid build up on her brain
Teaching assistant, 23, claims the Pill caused a potentially deadly build-up of fluid on her brain which left feeling like her head ‘was going to explode’ Kirsty Luckin went to her GP, who dismissed her pain as just a migraine When her vision blurred, an optician noticed fluid accumulated on her brain Spent five days […]
Assessing body fat in children made simpler by new equation
Researchers at St George’s have developed an accurate equation that will enable medical professionals to accurately predict body fat levels in children using only very simple measurements and other information. The equation takes into account height, weight, sex and age and ethnicity (where available) to predict body fat. The equation has been derived using information […]
A Same-Sex Couple Made History When They Took Turns Carrying Their Baby's Embryo
A lesbian couple in Texas is making headlines for something that, until recently, would have been considered impossible: Before giving birth to their baby boy in June, both women took a turn carrying their baby’s embryo. The feat was made possible by a procedure called reciprocal in vitro fertilization (IVF), in which a fertilized embryo […]
Chemical Fumes at a California Pool Made 19 People Sick. Here's How to Stay Safe from Chlorine Exposure
Although swimming season might be over in many parts of the country, at a Southern California pool this week, 19 kids and adults fell ill after exposure to pool chemicals. Twelve children and seven adults were taken to local hospitals Wednesday night, USA Today reported. Ventura County Fire Department Captain Stan Ziegler told the Ventura […]
Could the next anti-cancer drug be made from seafood?
Biomedical scientists at the University of Salford found that sugars from the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) were approximately as effective as some standard chemotherapy drugs at relative lower dosage. And they say ‘cockle-chemo’ could be particularly suitable for children as it is potentially less toxic and less likely to cause unhealthy side-effects. Publishing in the […]
You probably made a better first impression than you think
After we have conversations with new people, our conversation partners like us and enjoy our company more than we think, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. In our social lives, we’re constantly engaged in what researchers call “meta-perception,” or trying to figure out how other people […]