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Despite the increasing popularity of plant-based protein alternatives like Beyond Meat hamburgers, a new U of A study suggests that changing attitudes about meat consumption in many western nations is a slow and complicated process. In a recently published study in Appetite, U of A food marketing expert Ellen Goddard and her colleagues from the

Many men with prostate cancer rely on common testosterone-blocking drugs as a part of their treatment. But those so-called antiandrogens also might put them at risk for a deadly heart condition, according to new research. In a study published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, researchers looked at how several testosterone-blocking drugs affect

Adults are really good at paying attention only to what you tell them to—but children don’t ignore anything. That difference can actually help children do better than adults in some learning situations, a new study suggests. Researchers surprised adults and 4- and 5-year-old children participating in the study by making information that was irrelevant at

The Happiest Place on Earth, indeed! Britney Spears and her boyfriend, Sam Asghari, enjoyed a fun-filled day at Disneyland with her sons, Preston and Jayden, on Sunday, August 4. “Great time at Disneyland today …. but I don’t remember ever getting that wet on splash mountain !!! Geeez,” the Grammy winner, 37, wrote on Instagram

Costa Brazil founder Francisco Costa will be unveiling a fighting message for Bergdorf Goodman window shoppers. Instead of just spotlighting his new eco-beauty brand, Costa decided to use the prime Fifth Avenue real estate to remind passersby to fight to conserve the Amazon rainforest. In light of reports of the increasingly accelerated deforestation of the

In France, a toddler has suffered severe burns because of him in a Restaurant instead of Apple juice from a glass with a cleaning agent was served. The 22-month-old girl had swallowed the liquid on Thursday in a chic Restaurant in the West of France Pornic, was on Monday from the police a report of

The NHS recommends eating a healthy, balanced diet of 2,500 calories a day to maintain weight for men, and 2,000 a day for women. Website Verywellfit recommends a calorie deficit of 500 a day to lose a pound of fat a week. In addition, Zac recommended: “Eating healthier by consuming complex carbohydrates and more protein

Bowel cancer begins in the bowel. Depending on where the cancer starts, bowel cancer is sometimes called colon or rectal cancer. Symptoms of bowel cancer can include a change in a person’s normal bowel habit or blood in their poo. People can experience additional symptoms if the cancer is spread to the lungs. As Mayo

A sports bra is a crucial piece of fitness kit – as anyone who has breasts will tell you. Boobs can be a serious hindrance to getting the most of a workout if they’re not securely strapped in. Too much bounce can be distracting, uncomfortable, painful and it can even cause long-term damage to breast

DR ELLIE CANNON: Did school spark my daughter’s asthma? My daughter suffers mild asthma and it’s usually easy to control. But every September, when the school year starts, she has an attack and ends up in hospital. Is there a connection? Asthma often gets worse when sufferers return to school or work after a long

A group of Illinois parents has been in the news recently for taking advantage of a legal loophole in order to get their kids college financial aid: The parents are giving up custody of their kids in order to game the system. As a mom who’s currently engaged in a difficult custody battle of my

2. Fidget more If you’re a natural fidgeter, you could be doing yourself some favours. Diet expert Terri-Ann Nunns told Daily Star Online: “Fidgeting whilst watching TV, sat at your desk or eating dinner such as tapping your foot, shaking your leg or always getting up and down burns calories as your body is constantly

Jaime Pressly is cutting the cord. Now that her son, Dezi (with ex Eric Calvo), is 12 years old, the actress is no longer taking the crust off his sandwiches. “I was like, ‘You’re old enough now that I think you can deal with some crust,’ ” says Pressly, who also shares twins Leo and Lenon,

In the recent movie Wine Country, which is about a group of 50-something friends traveling to Napa Valley, Amy Poehler’s character, Abby, straps on a mask every night before going to sleep. It covers her whole face and has a long tube coming out the front. She looks like a fighter pilot about to hit

Visceral fat is considered harmful because it’s stored in the abdominal cavity next to many vital organs, including the liver, pancreas and intestines. If a person has too much visceral fat their risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease will be increased. So what can you do to reduce visceral fat? A diet

A combination of heart cells derived from human stem cells could be the answer to developing a desperately-needed treatment for heart failure, according to new research part-funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and published in Nature Biotechnology. Researchers have found that, by transplanting an area of damaged tissue with a combination of both heart

When Nina Simone belted out “Mississippi Goddam” in 1964, she gave voice to many who were fighting for equal rights during the Civil Rights Movement. The lyrics didn’t shy away from the anger and frustration that many were feeling. While this and other “freedom songs” were key in giving motivation and comfort to those fighting

Frailty is not simply an adjective associated with old age, it is a medical condition all on its own. And it has significant medical, social and economic implications. A landmark study published today (August 2) in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open, led by researchers at Monash University in Australia, explored

Cure for heart failure moves ‘one giant step closer’ as scientists successfully regenerate dead tissue in rats using stem cells Combining heart cells with stem cells could make heart tissue grow back Around 900,000 people in the UK have heart failure, as well as 5.7m Americans Stem cell therapy has failed in the past because

Why some people eat more than others? A study from America that this could be due to the fact that it tastes like some of the longer and better than the other. And this seems, in turn, the BMI appears to be linked. For the study, which was published in the “Journal of the Academy