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After spending over five years compiling the material for his unusual project, a UK sculptor has finally completed his art work, titled ‘The Great Wall of Vagina’. Jamie McCartney’s 30-foot polyptych installation, which features vulvae’s of around 400 women aged 18 to 76, captures the physical diversity of labia, the Huffington Post reported. The artist’s site states that his art is about grabbing the attention, using humour and spectacle, and then educating people about what normal women really look like.

A new study suggests that even before babies have language skills or much information about social structures, they can infer whether others are likely to be friends by observing their likes and dislikes.

The UChicago study on infant cognition offer a new window into humans’ earliest understanding of the social world around them and suggest that even nine-month-old infants can engage in reasoning about whether the people they observe are friends.

‘Modern Family’ star Sofia Vergara feels people who are ageing cannot take their looks for granted.

The 41-year-old actress, who has a 20-year-old son, recently posted a photo of herself in a bikini as she was delighted with her appearance, reported Contactmusic.

“My son took that picture. And I’m like, ‘Damn I still look good! I’m going to post this one.’ At this age, you don’t take for granted a good picture,” she said.

The star also said that she is constantly amused by speculation about her personal life and feels important with all the gossip around her.

Researchers have confirmed that, irrespective of the total calories consumed and the physical activity done, an excessive proportion of fat in the diet leads to a greater accumulation of fat in the abdomen.

Lead researcher Idoia Labayen, PhD holder in Biology and Tenured Lecturer in Nutrition and Food Science at the UPV/EHU’s Faculty of Pharmacy, said that until now it was thought that even with an unbalanced diet, you somehow compensated for it if you got plenty of physical exercise, but this study had showed that this was not the case.

A new trend named ‘bikini bridge’ has kicked off on social networking sites.

Several commentators have pointed out that it is a dangerous image to put in front of impressionable young women, News.com.au reported.

A ‘bikini bridge’ occurs when a woman lies on her back and her pelvis protrudes in such a way that the waistband of her bikini bottoms lifts up from her lower abdomen.

Last year, ‘thigh gap’ had captivated the social media sites, but it was slammed down as a “tool of manipulation” by Aussie model Robyn Lawley. (ANI)

In a major breakthrough in the cosmetic surgery world, a dermatologist has created a 24-carat gold facelift procedure that would help one look eight years younger without the hassles of a surgery.

Cosmetic dermatologist Dr. Pawel Koziczynski took 20 years to develop the 3,600-pound worth GoldThread Rejuvenation Procedure.

During the anaesthesia-free procedure, doctors sew 99.9 percent pure gold thread, of 0.1mm thickness, into the layer just below the skin and then leave it, the Daily Star reported.

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A Palo Alto-based company has developed a small and stylish device that will sit unobtrusively on the user’s collar or shoulder to enhance his or her posture.

According to Tech Crunch, Lumo BodyTech’s co-founder and CEO Monisha Perkash admitted, however, that their new product Lumo Lift works like their old product, Lumo Back, to straighten the entire skeletal system.

But, the new Lift, which gives a small buzz if your spine curves, can also track and detect movement, and physical activity including steps and calories.

Domestic violence can lead to termination of pregnancy, a study warned.

Intimate partner violence in women, sometimes referred to as domestic violence, is linked to termination of pregnancy, according to researchers at Kings College London.

The study, led by Susan Bewley, consultant obstetrician at Kings College London, also found that intimate partner violence was linked to a women’s partner not knowing about the termination of pregnancy.

Hair growth is a natural process but various factors like stress, pollution, bad eating habits etc. can play havoc with this process. When this seemingly automatic process faces such obstacles, the effects are seen as hair fall, dandruff and other such hair issues. Then we immediately start searching for remedies to kick-start hair growth again.

A 20-year-old Iraqi woman, suffering from a rare medical condition characterised by an underdeveloped breast, got a new right breast after undergoing surgery at a hospital here, a doctor said Tuesday.

The woman named Iman was suffering from “Poland Syndrome”, in which her right breast was missing. Her breast was tubular shaped, ptotic and completely underdeveloped.

An Australian solicitor is reportedly asking for her membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) to be cancelled after she was turned away from the Members Stand on the second day of the fifth and final Ashes Test because her ”hemline was too brief”.

Scientists have claimed that the benefits that premature infants gain from skin-to-skin contact with their mothers is measurable even 10 years after birth.

In a new study, Dr. Ruth Feldman, a Professor at Bar-Ilan University, and her team studied the impact of different levels of physical contact on prematurely born infants.

Specifically, the researchers compared standard incubator care to a novel intervention called ” Kangaroo Care” (KC), which uses the mother’s body heat to keep their babies warm.

In a major breakthrough, a cancer-research team has identified a protein that may be the crucial reason behind breast cancer spreading to the brain.

Using cell models, the researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that breast cancer cells harness a protein called alphaB-crystallin to help them stick to endothelial cells that line the small blood vessels in the brain.

In addition, this protein enhances the penetration of breast cancer cells through the blood-brain barrier, which normally prevents cells and many molecules from entering the brain.

Encouraging women to speak during scientific meetings could pave the way for more women charting a successful career in science.

In a ground-breaking research, researchers found that increasing the number of women in convening committees translates into more women speakers during scientific meetings, which, in turn, help them leap in their careers.

Scientists have claimed that the benefits that premature infants gain from skin-to-skin contact with their mothers is measurable even 10 years after birth.

In a new study, Dr. Ruth Feldman, a Professor at Bar-Ilan University, and her team studied the impact of different levels of physical contact on prematurely born infants.

Specifically, the researchers compared standard incubator care to a novel intervention called ” Kangaroo Care” (KC), which uses the mother’s body heat to keep their babies warm.

The more words babies hear the faster their vocabulary grows, it has been revealed. Researchers examined thousands of 30-second snippets of verbal exchanges between parents and babies and have found that what spurs early language development isn’t so much the quantity of words as the style of speech and social context in which speech occurs.

Patricia Kuhl, co-author and co-director of UW’s Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences has revealed that the prevalence of baby talk in one-on-one conversations with children is linked to better language development, both concurrent and future.

An Australian solicitor is reportedly asking for her membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) to be cancelled after she was turned away from the Members Stand on the second day of the fifth and final Ashes Test because her ‘hemline was too brief’.

Lynda Reid, who has been a member of the SCG for 25 years, was sent away after turning up to queue for entry on Sunday because of the alleged inappropriateness of her dress.

A US journalist created the worst fake dating profile to prove that some men don’t care about a women’s personality, but only her looks.

Firstly, columnist Alli Reed asked her friend Rae Johnston who is a model if she could use her pictures.

She then set up an OkCupid profile of the Worst Woman on Earth hoping to prove that there is an online dating profile so loathsome that no man would message it, News.com.au reported.

As guys responded in droves, Reed realised some men really didn’t have any limits when it came to women, sex and dating.

Crash diet helps to lose weight rapidly in a short span of time. The goal is to reduce the daily calorie intake needs. This is an uncomfortable method to lose weight, but it gives the desired result in just a few days. Many follow this diet for various reasons. Some of these reasons include parties, engagements, dates, weddings, or other special events.

Most of us get acne at some point of our lives. Though it is quite common, it can be embarrassing. One of the worst places to get a pimple after our chubby cheeks of course is our forehead. While some can simply hide these pimples on head with their bangs, many others just shy away and avoid social gatherings.

Researchers have named this Monday as the most depressing day of the year. Researchers for protein drink Upbeat analyzed two million tweets that were posted in the last three Januarys, and found that it was a day when people break their new year’s resolutions, the New York Daily News reported.

The study also found that people, who are unhappy with their love lives, look for a new partner and those unhappy at their work place consider switching.

Experts have found that shopping and eating cake are equally addictive, as both the actions have the same effect on the brain.

Clinical psychologist, Saliha Afridi , told Gulf News that the constant need to make a purchase can turn into an addiction known as compulsive shopping.

Afridi said that for compulsive shoppers, a chemical known as dopamine is released in the brain every time they make a purchase, which is the same chemical that is released whenever we experience something pleasurable like eating dessert.

A woman from Seattle, was sent to the hospital after her orgasm continued for three-hours even after she finished having sex.

Liz became concerned when the pleasure continued after she was done having sex with her boyfriend Eric and by the second hour, her continual orgasm stopped being enjoyable, Metro.co.uk reported.

The doctors first thought that she was in labour but were eventually able to get her to stop having orgasms when they realized the real problem.

Late actor Patrick Swayze’s widow Lisa Niemi has shared her joy about getting married again.

Nemi, who was married to the ‘Dirty Dancing’ star for 34 years, has gotten engaged to jeweller Albert DePrisco, four years after her former husband’s death from pancreatic cancer, the Daily Express reported.

Nemi, who met DePrisco through common friends, said that he is a wonderful man and she said yes at once.