Even though eyeliner is probably one of the first makeup products you ever purchased, it’s still, after all these years, somehow one of the hardest to apply. ‘Cause unlike intuitive products like blush or foundation, eyeliner can go very wrong, very fast (and I’ll be the first to attest to that, considering my f*cked-up eyeliner… Read More »
Cheryl Healton remembers the look on her mother’s face when the then 8-year old was diagnosed with measles in 1961. “I could tell by her reaction that my life was at risk,” said Healton, now 66 and the dean of New York University’s College of Global Public Health. It was. While measles is best known… Read More »
New research suggests eating a little bit of the good stuff once a day can improve cognitive ability. While we enjoy eating chocolate as much as the next person, it normally comes with a hefty portion of guilt afterwards. But turns out there IS a benefit to indulging those sugar cravings as new research suggests consuming a… Read More »
Asthma and traffic pollution are linkedAskin Tulay Over/Getty By New Scientist Staff and Press Association Four million cases of childhood asthma globally could be attributable to nitrogen dioxide from traffic pollution every year. Pollution from vehicles may damage airways, leading to inflammation and the development of asthma in children who are genetically predisposed to the… Read More »
The food we eat is putting 11 million of us into an early grave each year, an influential study shows. The analysis, in the Lancet, found that our daily diet is a bigger killer than smoking and is now involved in one in five deaths around the world. Salt – whether in bread, soy sauce… Read More »
His mother’s face: Andrew Porter says Wendy was always smiling. Photo; Kyran O’Brien ‘I wish my mother was here every day’ – rugby star on how losing his mum to cancer at the age of 12 shaped his future career Independent.ie There’s not a waking day that Ireland rugby star, Andrew Porter, does not wish… Read More »