Author: Tom Patriot

HOW TO COVER UP ACNE WITHOUT USING CONCEALER

Tom Patriot

Whether it popped up due to hormones, after a strenuous workout or seemingly out of the middle of nowhere, for most of us, pimples are a very unfortunate fact of life. Even if you follow a strict skin-care routine to keep breakouts at bay, every once in a while we all get a blemish or two. In those instances, it’s time to reach for high-coverage concealer to help blur all visible evidence. No concealer? No problem. We share exactly how you can cover up pimples without concealer, below. WHAT IS ADULT ACNE? Before we dive into how to cover…

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Stiffening arteries in teenagers with persistent obesity

Tom Patriot

Children and adolescents with long-term obesity have increased arterial stiffness by their late teens, a study of more than 3,000 children followed from age 9 to 17 shows. These results, in the researchers’ view, call for more initiatives to reduce teenage obesity. “The teens are a key period for measures to tackle obesity, since doing so then brings better health in the long term,” states Frida Dangardt, the first author of the article. She is Associate Professor in Clinical Physiology at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, and a doctor at…

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Treasury Bond Prices Jump While Stock Prices Fall

Tom Patriot

Investors continue to flock to the safety of U.S. Treasury bonds as signs of a slumping U.S. economy accumulate. Stock prices were down again yesterday with the Dow and S&P 500 indexes falling 0.93 percent and 0.84 percent respectively. The Nasdaq Composite index fell 0.39 percent while the Entrepreneur Index™ closed the day off 0.09 percent. U.S. Treasury bond prices, on the other hand, jumped sharply, resulting in a six basis point drop in the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond. At 2.27 percent, the 10-year yield is the lowest it’s been…

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Would you eat genetically modified food if you understood the science behind it?

Tom Patriot

Jonathon McPhetres, a newly minted PhD in psychology from the University of Rochester, admits he’s “personally amazed” what we can do with genes, specifically genetically modified food—such as saving papayas from extinction. “We can make crops better, more resilient, and more profitable and easier for farmers to grow so that we can provide more crops around the world,” he says. Yet the practice of altering foods genetically, through the introduction of a gene from a different organism, has courted controversy right from the get-go. While genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are…

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Death by Investing: How a 10 Percent Loss Raises Mortality Levels

Tom Patriot

Losing money in the stock market can cost you your life, and I’m not just talking about the old cliché of people jumping out of skyscraper windows when markets crash. In fact, people with as little as 10 percent of their wealth in the stock market who experience a 10 percent loss stand an increased risk of dying early or suffering health problems such as high blood pressure and depression. That’s according to a study published in the American Economic Journal, which looked at booms and busts in the U.S. stock market between…

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