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liver unclogs

How The Liver Unclogs Itself

July 1, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A*STAR, and BioSyM, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology have described the mechanical principles adopted by liver cells as they remove excess bile during obstructive … [Read more...]

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Gigi Hadid’s Journal Signing At V Magazine

June 14, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

New York, NY, June 10th, 2017 – Last night, fans descended upon 11 Mercer Street to meet Gigi Hadid and have her sign copies of The Gigi Journal (her photo diary for V MAGAZINE ISSUE 107), while friends of the supermodel enjoyed Casa Dragones and VDKA6100 cocktails at the V offices with partners Maybelline and Lumee. Splurge on all the photographs below: Selected guests … [Read more...]

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Body Shaming

Retail Entrepreneur Combats Financial Pressure to Stay “In Style” and Body Shaming

April 3, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

A new charity called the “Believe in Yourself Project” is helping to replace the poor body image that afflicts many girls and women. This image is heightened by what the traditional fashion industry deems as beautiful: Women are expected to appear a certain way and live up to a manufactured and unrealistic notion of what beauty is. At the same time, strained finances can … [Read more...]

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luxury fitness retreats

Fitness, food and friendship combine through luxeFIT luxury fitness retreats

March 24, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

New boutique travel company invites you to 'eat your heart out then work it off' during exotic vacations that relax, renew and rejuvenate
. SARASOTA, FLA., March 24 2017 - Two young businesswomen have found a way to combine their passion for travel and healthy lifestyles through a brand-new venture, luxeFIT. The company offers week-long luxury fitness retreats to exotic … [Read more...]

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kylie jenner

Kylie Jenner’s Ultimate Fit Selfie & New Fashion Obsession

March 8, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Fresh from the gym to fashion forward streetwear, check out the under $40 outfit that Kylie Jenner just posted recently on Instagram to her over 88 million followers. Unlike Kylie's pricey Puma or Thick fashion lines, she just revealed a sexy budget friendly option with her latest Fashion Nova obsession. With her slim and toned figure, today marks Kylie's ultimate selfie … [Read more...]

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Opposites attract -- unless you're in a relationship

Opposites attract – unless you’re in a relationship

February 24, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

If we are in a relationship we are more likely to be attracted to faces resembling our own, but for single people, opposites attract. Relationship status affects who and what we find attractive, found a study published in Frontiers in Psychology. Dr Jitka Lindová of Charles University in the Czech Republic and her team showed a series of photographs of faces to university … [Read more...]

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global drug policy reform

Experts call for global drug policy reform as evidence shows ‘war on drugs’ has harmed public health

February 24, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Fifty years of drug policies aimed at restricting and criminalizing drug use and minor possession have had serious detrimental effects on the health, wellbeing and human rights of drug users and the wider public, according to a major new report by The Lancet and Johns Hopkins University in the US. The authors of the Johns Hopkins-Lancet Commission on Public Health and … [Read more...]

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microcephaly

New doubts on Zika as cause of microcephaly

February 14, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Brazil's microcephaly epidemic continues to pose a mystery -- if Zika is the culprit, why are there no similar epidemics in other countries also hit hard by the virus? In Brazil, the microcephaly rate soared with more than 1,500 confirmed cases. But in Colombia, a recent study of nearly 12,000 pregnant women infected with Zika found zero microcephaly cases. If Zika is to blame … [Read more...]

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medical teams

Has Syria painted a target on medical teams around the world?

February 2, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Even in war, hospitals have a kind of invisible bubble around them, making them neutral territory and off limits for aggression for the sake of medical teams and their patients. But in Syria, that bubble has burst dozens of times, according to a new report from the group Physicians for Human Rights. The hospitals in just the eastern half of Aleppo city have suffered 45 … [Read more...]

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post-traumatic stress disorder

Study identifies two genes that boost risk for post-traumatic stress disorder

January 21, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Why do some people develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while others who suffered the same ordeal do not? A new UCLA discovery may shed light on the answer. UCLA scientists have linked two gene variants to the debilitating mental disorder, suggesting that heredity influences a person's risk of developing PTSD. Published in the February 2015 edition of the … [Read more...]

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risk Zika virus

Air travel maps identify countries in Africa, Asia at greatest risk of Zika virus

January 21, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Many countries across Africa and Asia-Pacific may be vulnerable to Zika virus outbreaks, with India, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Nigeria, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Bangladesh expected to be at greatest risk of Zika virus transmission due to a combination of high travel volumes from Zika affected areas in the Americas, local presence of mosquitos capable of transmitting Zika … [Read more...]

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Yellow fever

Yellow fever epidemic threatens to spread from Angola to China

January 21, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

The spread of yellow fever (YF) is a global health threat. In response to current outbreaks in Angola, other African countries, and China, which represents the first ever documented cases of YF in Asia, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency committee on May 19, 2016 to underscore the severity of the outbreak. In the current issue of the International Journal … [Read more...]

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dita von teese

Burlesque Icon Dita Von Teese Returns To The Stage With Her All New Burlesque Tour: “The Art Of The Teese”

December 7, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

The undisputed Queen of Burlesque, Dita Von Teese, is set to bring audiences an opulent evening of glamour and seduction in her brand new striptease spectacle, “The Art of the Teese” which kicks off February 1st, 2017 in Chicago, IL. “I've had such a wonderful time touring with my show Strip, Strip, Hooray! all these years, and now I’m very excited to tour with my latest … [Read more...]

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Hunger

Insight Into The Brain’s Control Of Hunger, Satiety

November 23, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) researchers have identified previously unknown neural circuitry that plays a role in promoting satiety, the feeling of having had enough to eat. The discovery revises the current models for homeostatic control -- the mechanisms by which the brain maintains the body's status quo -- of feeding behavior. Published online in Nature … [Read more...]

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frequent vaping

More frequent vaping among teens linked to higher risk of heavy cigarette smoking

November 9, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

In a study appearing in the November 8 issue of JAMA, Adam M. Leventhal, Ph.D., of the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, and colleagues examined associations of e-cigarette vaping with subsequent smoking frequency and heavy smoking among adolescents. E-cigarette vaping is reported by 37 percent of U.S. 10th-grade adolescents and is … [Read more...]

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high-stress jobs

Worked to death? Lack of control over high-stress jobs leads to early grave

October 18, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Previous academic research has found that having greater control over your job can help you manage work-related stress. But it's never suggested that it was a matter of life and death -- until now. New research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business finds that those in high-stress jobs with little control over their workflow die younger or are less healthy … [Read more...]

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calorie intake

Research Finds The Effect Of Smoking On Reducing Calorie Intake

September 6, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

A new study shows that smoking reduces calorie intake, possibly modulated by its effect on levels of the hormone ghrelin (also known as the hunger hormone). The study was conducted by Dr Konstantina Zachari and colleagues, Harokopio University Athens, Greece, in collaboration with Athens Medical School Greece. Smoking and its cessation are related to weight change. Those … [Read more...]

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Pot Smoking

Pot Smoking Reduces Motivation To Work For Money

September 3, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Smoking the equivalent of a single 'spliff' of cannabis makes people less willing to work for money while 'high', finds a new UCL study. The research, published in Psychopharmacology, is the first to reliably demonstrate the short-term effects of cannabis on motivation in humans. The researchers also tested motivation in people who were addicted to cannabis but not high … [Read more...]

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brain

Too Much Activity In Certain Areas Of The Brain Is Bad

August 25, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Neurons in the brain interact by sending each other chemical messages, so-called neurotransmitters. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter, which is important to restrain neural activity, preventing neurons from getting too trigger-happy and from firing too much or responding to irrelevant stimuli. Researchers led by Dr Tobias Bast … [Read more...]

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Sleep

Sleep Makes Relearning Faster And Long-Lasting

August 23, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Getting some sleep in between study sessions may make it easier to recall what you studied and relearn what you've forgotten, even 6 months later, according to new findings from Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. "Our results suggest that interleaving sleep between practice sessions leads to a twofold advantage, reducing the time … [Read more...]

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wallo

Wallo To Showcase Its Stand UP Collection At The Montreal Fashion & Design Festival

August 16, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Wallo will showcase its Stand UP Collection at the Montreal Fashion and Design Festival in the Cabinet Éphémère's collective fashion show, next Wednesday, August 17th at 7:30 pm at the Passerelle du Casino - Quartier des Spectacles. Proudly Canadian, Wallo is a new fashion label by designer and visual artist Marie-Andrée Wallot. Wallo’s Stand Up collection, predominantly … [Read more...]

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Driver

Light & Caffeine Improves Driver Alertness

August 12, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Bright light combined with caffeine can improve driving performance and alertness of chronically sleep deprived young drivers, according to a Queensland University of Technology road safety study. Dr Shamsi Shekari, from QUT's Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety -- Queensland (CARRS-Q) presented her findings at the 2016 International Conference on Traffic and … [Read more...]

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marijuana

Secondhand Marijuana Smoke May Damage Blood Vessels

July 28, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Rats' blood vessels took at least three times longer to recover function after only a minute of breathing secondhand marijuana smoke, compared to recovery after a minute of breathing secondhand tobacco smoke, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. When … [Read more...]

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zika

1.6 Million Pregnant Women At The Risk Of Zika Infection

July 26, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Research by scientists in the US and UK has estimated that up to 1.65 million childbearing women in Central and South America could become infected by the Zika virus by the end of the first wave of the epidemic. Researchers from the WorldPop Project and Flowminder Foundation at the University of Southampton and colleagues from the University of Notre Dame and University … [Read more...]

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quit smoking

Smoking-Quitters Drink Less Alcohol Too

July 23, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

People who have recently begun an attempt to quit smoking tobacco are more likely to try to drink less alcohol than other smokers, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Public Health. In England, people who attempted to stop smoking within the last week reported lower levels of alcohol consumption, were less likely to binge drink, and were more … [Read more...]

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ALS

Promising New Insights on ALS

July 15, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) conducted by VIB-KU Leuven has led to interesting and unexpected conclusions. When scientists were investigating the relevance of the higher expression of the IP3R2 protein in blood of ALS patients, the general expectation was that lowering the expression of this protein would have a protective effect on the affected motor … [Read more...]

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running barefoot

Running Barefoot Has Many Benefits

July 8, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Scientists from the Universities of Granada and Jaén have demonstrated how barefoot running, when done properly, can considerably decrease the risk of injury as it produces significant changes to foot strike patterns, regardless of the speed of the runner. Barefoot running appears to contribute to the acquisition of a more efficient biomechanical running pattern, … [Read more...]

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zika

Benign Bacteria: A New Weapon Against Zika

July 5, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have confirmed that a benign bacterium called Wolbachia pipientis can completely block transmission of Zika virus in Aedes aegypti, the mosquito species responsible for passing the virus to humans. Matthew Aliota, a scientist at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) and first author of the paper -- … [Read more...]

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vaccine

Study suggests molecular tools to boost vaccine effectiveness

July 5, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

A powerful arm of the immune system is production of antibodies that circulate through the blood and neutralize invading pathogens. Although B cells actually manufacture antibody proteins, the process is aided by neighboring T cells, which shower B cells with cytokines to make them churn out high-quality antibody proteins--and remember how to do so. Given the essential function … [Read more...]

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Girls Alcohol

Alcohol-use disorders (AUDs)

June 28, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Adolescence is also a critical period for the development of AUDs; drinking habits can be unstable and environmental factors such as peer pressure may be substantial. This study looked at how gender and FH might affect alcohol use in a sample of 18- to 19-year-olds from the Dresden Longitudinal Study on Alcohol use in Young Adults (D-LAYA). Researchers asked 82 … [Read more...]

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