Kate Middleton Wore Her Gucci Blouse Backwards and We Almost Missed It

For a royal visit to the Henry Fawcett Children’s Centre in London yesterday, the Duchess of Cambridge looked dashing in a purple silk-crepe Gucci top that she accidentally wore backwards, and we almost missed it. According to Net-a-Porter’s product description of the top, the pussy-bow blouse “features fabric-covered buttons that run down the back.” Similarly, Nordstrom’s description of the shirt says there’s a “row of dainty covered buttons inching down the back.” However, photographs of Kate Middleton show that when she wore the piece, the button closures were at the front instead. That also…

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Infant sleep duration associated with mother’s level of education and prenatal depression

A new study analyzing data from Canadian parents has found that babies sleep less at three months of age if their mothers do not have a university degree, experienced depression during pregnancy or had an emergency cesarean-section delivery. The study, which examined associations between a mother’s level of education, prenatal depression, method of delivery and her infant’s sleep duration, was published this month in Sleep Medicine. It found that infants born to mothers without a university degree slept an average of 13.94 hours per day — 23 minutes less than infants…

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Green tea cuts obesity, health risks in mice

Green tea cut obesity and a number of inflammatory biomarkers linked with poor health in a new study. Mice fed a diet of 2 percent green tea extract fared far better than those that ate a diet without it, a finding that has prompted an upcoming study of green tea’s potential benefits in people at high risk of diabetes and heart disease. The benefits seen in the new study, published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, appear to stem from improved gut health, including more beneficial microbes in the intestines of…

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Skin’s immune ‘alarm’ may explain light-induced rashes in lupus patients

Imagine being so sensitive to the sun’s rays that you’re forced to either slather yourself in sunscreen or risk a rash so severe it could leave permanent scars. This is the unfortunate reality of many people with lupus. Up to 60 percent of patients with the autoimmune disease has some degree of sensitivity to ultraviolet light — a condition called photosensitivity. It can result in skin inflammation or a flare-up of a wide-range of lupus symptoms, such as joint pain and fatigue. For some patients, even the light of a…

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