Sofia Vergara, Gabrielle Union & MoreStars Demand The Spotlight At VanityFair Oscar Party

Sofia Vergara, Gabrielle Union & MoreStars Demand The Spotlight At VanityFair Oscar Party

Besides the Academy Awards, the other biggest Hollywood event was the ‘Vanity Fair’ Oscar Party on Feb. 9! Chrissy Teigen, Olivia Wilde, Sarah Paulson and more stars’ red carpet fashion left us in awe. The Vanity Fair Oscar Party is a top-tier party for watching and celebrating the Academy Awards. That exclusiveness reflected in the

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Variations Found in ‘Normal’ Resting Heart Rate

Variations Found in ‘Normal’ Resting Heart Rate

A “normal” resting heart rate can vary significantly among individuals, a new study finds. Your heart rate, or pulse, is how many times your heart beats per minute. One person’s normal daily resting heart rate can differ by up to 70 beats per minute from another person’s normal rate, said Giorgio Quer, of Scripps Research

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No Reason for 45% of Antibiotic Prescriptions

No Reason for 45% of Antibiotic Prescriptions

Nearly half of antibiotic prescriptions for Medicaid patients appear to be inappropriate, new research suggests. That kind of overprescribing raises risks for everyone, experts say, as bacteria gain more chances to mutate around the life-saving drugs. For the study, researchers analyzed 298 million antibiotic prescriptions filled by 53 million Medicaid patients between 2004 and 2013.

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Blood Thinners, Bleeding Tied to Colon Cancer Risk

Blood Thinners, Bleeding Tied to Colon Cancer Risk

Gastrointestinal bleeding in patients taking blood thinners for an irregular heartbeat should prompt doctors to check for colon cancer, a new study advises. Researchers looked at more than 125,000 patients in Denmark with the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (a-fib). They reported that those with gastrointestinal bleeding were 11 to 24 times more likely than

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Medical ‘Yarn’ Is Made From Human Skin

Medical ‘Yarn’ Is Made From Human Skin

“Yarn” made from human skin that could be used in a number of medical procedures, including stitching up surgical incisions and repairing organs, scientists say. The string-like “human textile” is developed from skin cells and would have the ability to “truly integrate into the host’s body,” according to the researchers at the University of Bordeaux

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Horse Rescue

Horse Rescue

We speak to TLAER, a US-based organisation which is training people the world over to help salvage horses in danger… We all worry about how safe our horses might be in the most extreme circumstances. Will it be possible to rescue them should disaster strike? Concerns about the welfare of horses in peril was the

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Golden Greats #1: Mark Todd

Golden Greats #1: Mark Todd

Two-time Olympic champion Sir Mark Todd looks back at four decades of glory in our new series… It’s now just six months until the start of the 2020 Olympic Games, when the world’s greatest sportsmen and women will come together in Tokyo. To mark the countdown to the Opening Ceremony on July 24, FEI.org begins

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