‘Friends were so judgmental, saying it was the easy option’: The mums being denied a caesarean – then left damaged for life by ‘natural births’ From the minute she found out she was pregnant, 31-year-old Beth Nightingale knew how she wanted to give birth. ‘On my first midwife appointment, I asked for a caesarean,’ she says. […]
If you need a little extra motivation to work out today, try visiting the wall of transformations on the website of the gym chain Ultimate Performance. For a company that prides itself on helping clients hit their weight loss goals, pack on muscle, and achieve the physiques of their dreams, well, the wall more or […]
For Leos, born between July 22 and August 22, it’s not hard to take centerstage. You were born to stand out, according to Co-Star Astrology. With the sun as your ruling planet and your birthday falling during the summer season, you are one big ray of sunshine. It also means you’re the life of the party. Cosmopolitan notes […]
If you’re looking to enhance your fitness routine, you’ve probably browsed Fitbit exercise trackers online. There are several Fitbit models on the market, including the Fitbit Versa, Fitbit Alta, and Fitbit Flex (per Digital Trends). While each of these models is cool, they are also expensive. According to Nerd Wallet, the cheapest Fitbit model runs […]
Bodily inflammation dampens levels of a “feel-good molecule” and antidepressants’ ability to boost them, according to new research in mice. The findings, from researchers at Imperial College London and University of South Carolina, add to mounting evidence that inflammation, and the accompanying release of the molecule histamine, affects a key molecule responsible for mood in […]
A new strategy for modeling the spread of COVID-19 incorporates smartphone-captured data on people’s movements and shows promise for aiding development of optimal lockdown policies. Ritabrata Dutta of Warwick University, U.K., and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Computational Biology. Evidence shows that lockdowns are effective in mitigating the spread of COVID-19. […]
Hospitals coast to coast are demanding their employees get vaccinated against covid as the highly contagious delta variant tears through populations with low vaccination rates. Nearly 1,500 hospitals — roughly a quarter of all hospitals in the U.S. —now require staffers to get a covid vaccine, said Colin Milligan, a spokesperson for the American Hospital […]
In the most recent video on his YouTube channel, CrossFitter and fitness influencer Craig Richey agrees to a challenge set by six-time CrossFit Games athlete Khan Porter: perform 1,000 pushups in a row, and see who can do them in the fastest time. Richey breaks his pushups down into sets of 5 reps, and proceeds […]
Edith Murway-Traina is many things: a great-great-grandmother, a former dance teacher, and the life of the party. Now, for her 100 birthday on Aug. 8, 2021, Murway-Traina is officially the oldest competitive powerlifter. And yes, her status is even Guinness World Records legit. “Lifting weights upwards of 40-150 pounds, Edith is smashing the competitive powerlifting […]
It’s a scientific riddle tangled up in a complex web. How do you turn an immune cold cancer into one that responds to immunotherapy? Researchers led by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center started with a simple thread: an inhibitor that showed promise against metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer cells. This is the most challenging […]
