Author: Tom Patriot

Kit Harington Wants to Be a Dad After Game of Thrones

Tom Patriot

Kit Harington will say goodbye to his defining role as Jon Snow when Game of Thrones comes to an end, but the actor is already looking forward to a possible new job ahead: fatherhood. The 32-year-old actor, who wed co-star Rose Leslie last year, hinted at potentially becoming a dad once the behemoth that is GoT is all over. “The most important job I’ll ever have is about to finish,” Harington told InStyle, but he quickly corrected himself. “Well, not the most. Hopefully, I’ll be a father.” Harington and Leslie are deeply private about their…

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Wynn Resorts Continues to Soar Despite Flat Day for Entrepreneur Index™

Tom Patriot

After one of its best starts in 20 years, the stock market took a bit of a breather today as corporate earnings season kicks into gear this week. The Dow index fell 0.32 percent. Both Boeing and General Electric were down sharply after being downgraded by Wall Street analysts. The Nasdaq Composite index was up 0.19 percent and, with a strong finish, the S&P 500 index rose 0.1 percent, maintaining its current eight-day winning streak. The Entrepreneur Index™ posted a gain of 0.03 percent today. Analysts are expecting an average 4.2 percent…

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Why do women get more migraines?

Tom Patriot

Research published today reveals a potential mechanism for migraine causation which could explain why women get more migraines than men. The study, in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, suggests that sex hormones affect cells around the trigeminal nerve and connected blood vessels in the head, with estrogens — at their highest levels in women of reproductive age — being particularly important for sensitizing these cells to migraine triggers. The finding provides scientists with a promising new route to personalized treatments for migraine patients. “We can observe significant differences in our experimental migraine…

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Ability to lift weights quickly can mean a longer life

Tom Patriot

Lisbon, Portugal – 12 April 2019: Prolong your life by increasing your muscle power. That’s the main message of a study presented today at EuroPrevent 2019, a congress of the European Society of Cardiology.1 “Rising from a chair in old age and kicking a ball depend more on muscle power than muscle strength, yet most weight bearing exercise focuses on the latter,” said study author Professor Claudio Gil Araújo, director of research and education, Exercise Medicine Clinic – CLINIMEX, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Our study shows for the first time…

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