How It Works

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These areas are where air enters the body so that oxygen can be transported into and around the body to where it’s needed. Carbon dioxide also exits through these. This is part of both the respiratory and digestive systems. A flap of connective tissu

Oxygen

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Heat up your irksome area. If you touch an areawhere you have alot of fat, you mightnotice that it’s colder. This is becausefat deposits havevery low bloodflow. One studyhypothesized that bymaking a fatty areaphysically warmer, therefore increasingbl

Science Illustrated

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The new biobots are made of cells from the African clawed frog. In nature, skin cells protect the frog’s interior, whereas heart cells pump blood about its body. A biobot behaves like a robot – its cells perform tasks that have been programmed by a c

Pick Me Up

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Pressing her ear against my belly, my little girl listened intently. ‘That’s right,’ I smiled at her. ‘There’s a baby in there.’ A few hours before, in December 2018, my husband Adam, now 26, and I had sat our daughter Devon, then two, down to reveal

Men's Health Australia

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Taking L-citrulline just before going to sleep helps you to hold onto hard-won muscle mass. Université Paris Descartes Taking vitamin D in summer as well as in winter has been shown to inhibit the growth of fat cells. Tehran University Can’t manage s

Her World Singapore

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Calecim Serum ($106) contains an 80 per cent concentration of stem cell proteins to help soothe, repair and heal skin. The formula also strengthens skin barrier and improves skin elasticity; clinical studies show a 42 per cent improvement in cell reg

How It Works

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Saliva causes cuts in the mouth to heal ten-times faster than other skin wounds After a heart attack, it usually takes about eight weeks for heart muscle to heal The liver is the only organ in the body that is able to regenerate, fully repairing

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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The filter-feeding lifestyle of Daphnia puts them in contact with a range of harmful fungi, but they are rather good at self-medicating. This, combined with the species’ transparency, means they are great for studying the effects of disease. Recent r

Nautilus

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Deep in some pitch-black, underwater caves in Mexico, there lives a peculiar little pinkish-white fish. Only about four inches long, this albino has taste buds on the outside of its lower jaw, sleeps very little, and, most interestingly, has no eyes.

Longevity Magazine

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Brand: Buchulife Suggested retailer: www.wellnesswarehouse.com Why: The ingredients in buchu oil to make the gel contain various antioxidants, shown to reduce pain and inflammation in chronic conditions. The ingredients here are grown completely orga

Nautilus

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Who is Jeremy England? There are many answers to that question. He is a biochemistry graduate who became an MIT assistant professor in physics when he was 29 years old. He is an ordained rabbi. He is the grandson of Holocaust survivors. He is a desce

STAT

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The real value of using CRISPR on eggs, sperm, or embryos accrues not to the individual who is created but to the people who choose to use it to create…

Men's Fitness UK

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The increased accuracy and availability of DNA testing means personalisation will play an increasingly central role to the way we manage our health. Nutri-Genetix gets a mention later in the mag, but another company, Bio-Synergy, has just announced t

Top Sante

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BREATHING is powerful medicine. Breathing techniques are some of the oldest and most effective ways of awakening, stimulating, balancing and soothing energy within your body and mind. The Eastern arts of yoga and qigong promise that particular forms

Pick Me Up Special

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As I looked around the room, cardboard boxes everywhere, I knew we still had a lot of work to do. Shoes, clothes, books, you name it - it was all strewn across the floor. ‘Are you sure you’ve got enough stuff here?’ my fiancé, Michael Beaton, quipped

Country Life

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Lockdown has been ideal for model-railway enthusiasts: toymaker Hornby has reported a 33% increase in sales for the six months up to September. The company, which also makes Corgi cars and Scalextric sets, says it benefited from people staying indoor

Stuff UK

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Breath into the Lumen and it’ll measure your CO2 levels then analyse your metabolism before offering up nutritional advice. It’ll even tell you if you’ve got enough in the tank to work out efficiently. £349 / lumen.me This palm-sized muscle-pummeller

Longevity Magazine

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Our lungs are no different from the rest of our organs – between the ages of 25 and 35, they begin to age. Dr Gunter Schleicher, a pulmonologist at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, explains that this is due to changes in our vertebrae, ribs, diaphr

220 Triathlon

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The case for meticulous recovery strategies was made recently by researchers comparing biochemical markers after the Norseman Extreme and Oslo Olympic triathlons. The team collected blood samples from 98 Norseman and 15 Oslo athletes before, immediat

Futurity

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An amoeba parasite bites off pieces of host cells and puts their proteins on its own surface to protect itself from attack, according to a new study. Entamoeba histolytica causes severe diarrheal disease, mainly in tropical countries. It lives in the

How It Works

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The primary organs used for respiration in humans are the lungs. Humans have two lungs, with the left lung being divided into two lobes and the right into three. The lungs have between 300 and 500 million alveoli, which are where gas exchange occurs.

Horse & Hound

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BRITISH racecourses and showgrounds have joined the list of Covid-19 vaccination centres. Beverley, Newcastle, Windsor and Leicester are among those welcoming patients, while Epsom was one of the UK’s first seven “mass” vaccination centres. Newbury r

Weekend Argus Saturday

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A FEISTY, fun-loving and energetic toddler has defied the odds after spending nearly two months in hospital last year. It has been just more than a year since Muhammad Yusuf Taliep went for a long segment slide tracheoplasty and pulmonary artery slin

POPSUGAR

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I first encountered lid scrub years ago in a friend's bathroom. She claimed the little pads helped cleanse her long eyelashes and prevented debris and pollen that got caught in them from inhibiting her sight or irritating her eyes. Then, I recently n

Australian Men's Fitness

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■ Eimele porridge provides real health food solutions while maintaining vital nutrients. Developed by Simon Hill, Eimele’s Formulator and Creator of Plant Proof, Eimele’s extensive range of porridges offer delicious options to get you through the col

Muscle & Fitness Hers South Africa

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YOU’VE PROBABLY read about fasted cardio a million times on the internet and within the pages of this magazine. That’s largely because the vast majority of the leanest physique athletes swear by the practice, as do those who have lost large amounts o

Woman's Weekly

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American researchers have discovered a technique that changes our DNA by editing out a gene to stop pain signals being sent. Trials are starting and the treatment may be available within five years. It could offer relief for millions who suffer from

Woman's Own

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Jo Morein, 52, from London ‘In March, I tested positive for COVID-19. I suffered from cold sweats, fever and a persistent cough. I became weak and dehydrated as I couldn’t tolerate any food. My sister recommended Nourish by Jane Clarke (£15.80 for f

Futurity

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Vaccines to help address the COVID-19 health crisis are now becoming available, but how do they work? Here, Matt Koci, a professor in North Carolina State’s department of poultry science and a virologist and immunologist whose work focuses on host-mi

STAT

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Before he passed away in October, philanthropist Paul Allen was laying plans for a major contribution to expand the study of human immunology.