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Madonna’s Daughter Lourdes Leon, 22, Rocks Leg Hair and Shows Off Her Nipple on the Red Carpet
Lourdes Leon knows how to make a statement. On Monday, Madonna‘s daughter, 22, walked the red carpet at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund event in a gauzy white dress that bared her right breast under a sheer panel and showed off her unshaven legs. She paired the structured look with chunky earrings, matching heels and a snakeskin purse and pulled her hair into a sleek ponytail. Leon, who dated 22-year-old actor Timothée Chalamet when they were high schoolers, is no stranger to proudly rocking her natural body. In September, she strutted down the Gypsy Sport runway at New York Fashion Week with her…
Read MoreTaking the brain apart to put it all together again
The human brain, with its 100 billion neurons that control every thought, word, and action, is the most complex and delicate organ in the body. Because it needs extra protection from toxins and other harmful substances, the blood vessels that supply the brain with oxygen and nutrients are highly selective about which molecules can cross from the blood into the brain and vice versa. These blood vessels and their unique network of supporting pericyte and astrocyte cells comprise the blood-brain barrier (BBB). When the BBB is disrupted, as happens with…
Read MoreMediterranean diet boosts endurance exercise within days, study finds
Researchers at Saint Louis University have found that eating a Mediterranean diet can improve athletes’ endurance exercise performance after just four days. In a small study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, investigators found that participants ran a 5K six percent faster after eating a Mediterranean diet than after eating a Western diet. Researchers found no difference between the two diets in performance in anaerobic exercise tests. The Mediterranean diet includes whole fruits and vegetables, nuts, olive oil and whole grains, and avoids red and processed meats,…
Read MoreA common genetic signature has been discovered among three cancer prone rare skin diseases
Through a global gene expression analysis (transcriptomic), the researchers were able to find and confirm a genetic signature common to these genodermatoses in patients’ cells. The profile targets cellular activation and alteration of the dermal microenvironment (lower layer of the skin) which could favour the progression of the disease, as well as skin cancer. Recessive dystrophic epidermolisis bullosa and the Kindler syndrome are diseases that cause fragility of the skin, caused by mutations in essential genes to attach the two layers of the skin. Patients with these diseases suffer from…
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