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If you don’t diligently follow the skincare corner of the internet, you may have missed the current controversy surrounding Gwyneth Paltrow’s skincare routine—particularly, her sunscreen application. In short: It’s wrong and people—especially dermatologists—have a lot to say about it. The actress, model, and Goop founder shared her routine in a March 31 video for Vogue.

Stomach cramps can happen for a multitude of reasons, but they can be debilitating no matter the cause. According to Healthline, the pain often revolves around a muscle strain, indigestion, gas retention, or dehydration. While they can be incredibly uncomfortable, most cramps aren’t cause for alarm. It helps to diagnose the source of your discomfort before

Researchers at CÚRAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices based at NUI Galway, and BIOFORGE Lab, at the University of Valladolid in Spain, have developed an injectable hydrogel that could help repair and prevent further damage to the heart muscle after a heart attack event. The results of their research have just been published

Scientists don’t know exactly what percentage of the population will need to get a COVID vaccine to achieve herd immunity. Some diseases, such as whooping cough, need very high rates of vaccination between 90-95%. The rise of new, more infectious coronavirus variants might mean even more people may need to be vaccinated against COVID than

Guacamole is capable of starting fights. Not actual fights with guacamole (at least as far as we know), but about guacamole. Perhaps matched only by the “is a hot dog a sandwich?” debate and “do you like Hawaiian pizza?” eternal question—how to make the best guacamole is a contentious and often personal debate. To (attempt

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health are breaking new ground to make cancer cells more susceptible to attack by the body’s own immune system. Working in mice, a team led by Jamey Weichert, professor of radiology, and Zachary Morris, professor of human oncology, is combining two different techniques in

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women, and metastasis from the breast to other areas of the body is the leading cause of death in these patients. Detecting circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the bloodstream could help doctors find and treat metastases at an earlier stage, increasing chances of survival. Now, researchers

A statistical estimation technique developed by a University of Notre Dame researcher offers public health officials a new way to build short-term forecasts of coronavirus diagnoses and deaths. It also provides additional insight into the effectiveness of earlier pandemic mitigation measures in 30 countries. As the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread globally in early 2020,

Candy corn has kind of a tough reputation. While some brave souls can’t get enough of it, the rest of us aren’t exactly fans. Butttt maybe that’s simply because most of us have not experienced the flavors of candy corn mixed into delicious Starbucks cold brew. Now is the time for that to change. Totallythebomb.com

Has the coronavirus mutated in any significant way? It doesn’t seem to have changed in a way that makes people less or more sick. There’s some evidence that a specific mutation called D614G may have made it easier for the virus to be transmitted between people. But not all scientists are convinced, and it’s hard

Making the latest research results available to doctors increases the opportunities for finding better individualized cancer treatment. For a few years, researchers at Karolinska Insititutet and several other universities have been working on building a digital tool which will make global genomic data easily available as support for treatment decisions. The results are now published

Look, I love avocados. That’s why I get pretty dang frustrated every time I’m at the store and the only buying options I have are unripe, hard-as-a-rock lil’ guys. I typically buy them anyway and just try to wait it out until they’re ready for my avocado toast and guac. But you know what? Sometimes

When we think of backyard barbecues and summer season kick-offs, we always think of Memorial Day, which is often the first weekend of the year that we fire up the grill and start cooking up burgers, hot dogs, and other warm-weather-fare that we’ve been deprived of for so long during the cold and rainy months.

Zinc is what you would call a “micronutrient.” But just because it’s not a macronutrient like protein, fat, or carbohydrates doesn’t mean it’s not important. Science shows that zinc can help support a healthy immune system, assist in the healing of wounds, and aid in DNA development. “In one review, zinc lozenges were found to

The coronavirus pandemic is changing the way we access health care, and dental care is no exception. Dentists are no longer allowed to provide a raft of care, such as regular check-ups and tooth whitening, to minimise the spread of COVID-19. However, if you’re in a lot of pain, your dentist will be able to

Of all the most hated kitchen tasks, squeezing a lemon ranks somewhere below mincing garlic and above chopping an onion. This is largely due to the fact that lemon seeds, tricky little buggers that they are, have a propensity to leap from the pulp of the fruit and into whatever vessel you’re using to collect

People love to joke about how expensive it is buy your groceries at Whole Foods. However, YouTube health coach Thomas DeLauer shows that you can shop at the store, while following the high-fat keto diet, without blowing your budget. In a recent video, DeLauer advises picking out your most expensive items first. “We’re going to

Two years after discovering a way to neutralize a rogue protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease, University of Alberta Distinguished University Professor and neurologist Jack Jhamandas has found a new piece of the Alzheimer’s puzzle, bringing him closer to a treatment for the disease. In a study published in Scientific Reports, Jhamandas and his team found

There is no easy answer for achieving a healthy weight, regardless of age. The company formerly known as Weight Watchers was criticized when it introduced a food tracking app for children as young as 8. The app, which uses a well-known traffic-light system to classify foods, sparked a debate about how to approach weight loss

The human liver is a vital organ involved in multiple functions. Because susceptibility to liver diseases is highly variable among patients, researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) have engineered a model liver system that can be personalized for disease modeling and drug discovery. In a study