Author: Tom Patriot

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Shares Her Skin Care Routine On Instagram

Tom Patriot

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) isn’t above talking about skin care. Following her appearance at the Sundance Film Festival on the weekend, the congresswomen went on Instagram to field questions from her followers about skin care. She also praised the “lounge uniform” and cited matching pajamas as a key to success. “How do you stay stress free and how do you keep your skin so clear?!” one individual asked, to which the Bronx native wrote, “I do NOT stay stress-free.” Then she revealed that while skin care doesn’t necessarily help with stress, it’s still…

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New Cause of Schizophrenia Uncovered

Tom Patriot

A new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that genetic defects may damage the supporting cells of the brain – the glial cells – which may lead to a number of brain disorders, including schizophrenia. The study is based on ground-breaking tests with mice whose brains were colonized with human glial cells. When the brain is formed in the embryonic stage, this happens partly according to a recipe from a particular type of stem cells – the progenitor cells. They develop into brain support cells, called glial cells, which…

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Emma Stone’s Organs Shifted from Corset-Wear, but That’s Not the Most Cringe-y Side Effect

Tom Patriot

Corsets are, well, pretty damn terrible. Though everyday wear is a thing of the past (thank God), you’d be hard-pressed to find a working actress today who isn’t all too familiar with the contraption that’s literally a medieval torture device. With two star-studded royal period pieces (The Favourite and Mary Queen of Scots) generating buzz this year, we’ve received our fill of A-list corset moments from Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Margot Robbie, and Saoirse Ronan. Stone, a first-time corset-wearer and the only American lead in The Favourite, had some difficulty with her restrictive…

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Exercise before surgery can protect both muscle and nerves, study suggests

Tom Patriot

Exercise can protect both muscle and nerves from damage caused by the restoration of blood flow after injury or surgery, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine shows. UVA’s Zhen Yan, PhD, a top expert on the cellular benefits of exercise, and his team are working to better understand how the body is damaged by the restoration of blood flow — known as ischemia reperfusion injury — and to find ways to improve outcomes for people who suffer it, including surgery and trauma patients and soldiers injured…

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