A lot of women bought lip products in 2013 and that led to double-digit sales gains for the segment, say experts.
In fact, lip-product sales were on par with sales for nail products, reports Women’s Wear Daily and and the beauty industry gave a lot of attention to nail polish this year.
There’s good news for breast cancer patients suffering from side-effects of estrogen-lowering cancer drugs.
Scientists have now found that acupuncture is effective in reducing menopausal symptoms in women being treated with aromatase inhibitors – that lower levels of both circulating and intra-tumoural estrogens – for breast cancer.
The randomised trial revealed that even sham acupuncture is also effective in easing side effects of cancer drugs, said a paper published in the journal Cancer.
A woman, who had lost her wedding ring more than 40 years ago in her garden, was finally reunited with it.
Marion Reeve’s wedding band slipped off her finger 15 years after her wedding and she kept on searching for it for years, the Mirror reported.
With the help of metal detector Chris Blackburn , Reeves finally found the ring, which was still in a good condition.
She said that it was an emotional day when she got her ring back, and she couldn’t believe it, as she thought that it was lost forever. (ANI)
A Spanish woman threw her newborn son out of a window after secretly giving birth on Christmas Eve.
The baby boy survived the fall but is in a ‘serious condition’ and is suffering from hypothermia , Sky News reported.
According to local police, although the baby was not breathing and his heart had stopped beating, doctors have managed to revive him.
Police has taken the 35-year-old mother into custody on suspicion of attempting to kill the baby.
Police said in a statement that they found the baby wrapped in a pair of jeans.
Expecting mothers with no identified complications or concerns with pregnancy can travel by airplane without any worries but with caution, says an expert.
Rita Bakshi, Chairperson of the International Fertility Centre, shares tips on how to help yourself to be safe while travelling during pregnancy:
– Stay hydrated: Diarrhoea is a common concern and it can lead to dehydration. So, make sure to drink plenty of water.
– Right seat: It is more convenient to take aisle seat as this will allow you to get up more easily to reach the restroom or just to stretch your legs.
Breast cancer cells, when exposed to low oxygen conditions, trigger the production of two proteins that make the cancer cells spread fast — making the patient’s condition worse, a new paper has contended.
Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University reached the conclusion that low oxygen conditions, frequently present in breast cancers, facilitates the production of RhoA and ROCK1 proteins that, in turn, endow the cancer cells with the ability to move.
Honey has been hailed as a moisturizer and antiseptic for skin as it is a natural antibacterial, making it great for acne treatment and prevention.
Honey is also a great anti-aging element and is extremely moisturizing and soothing, as it helps create a glow and also opens up pores, making them easy to unclog.
Skin expert Dr Rashmi Shetty said, “Raw honey is incredible for your skin thanks to its antibacterial properties and hefty serving of skin-saving antioxidants”.
Ever wondered why crawling into the foetal position helps alleviate the pain of a bad news or stressful situation or even physical pain?
There is a mental and a physiological explanation to the relief brought by this position, which has been described as a “natural defensive posture” by sports medicine specialist Dr. Bob Adams.
According to Outside Online , the mental side of things has to do with the womb, where we first felt safe and warm, News.com.au reported.
Your hair is the only part of your body which receives a harsh beating in winters. Here are tips to maintain your tresses.
Leading trichologist, Dr. Apoorva Shah of Richfeel said, “Irrespective of hair length and style, hair needs extra care in winters as the dry cold winds ruin its suppleness”.
“While conditioners help to solve the problem temporarily, they don’t strengthen the hair and provide nourishment, this is a role of a hair treatment,” said Rod Anker, Director of Monsoon Salon and Spa.
Women are more vulnerable to the damaging effects of alcohol than men because they are generally smaller in stature and have less body water, a US scientist has claimed.
According to Dr Howard Monsour, chief of hepatology at Houston Methodist Hospital, women who are already predisposed by genetics to have liver disease should limit their alcohol consumption or stay away from alcohol altogether.
Berries like raspberries and strawberries will help to achieve a glow this party season, says an expert.
“Exposure to pollution, tobacco and toxins, consumed in excess at this time of year, leaves us vulnerable to free radical attack. Berries are powerhouses for cell protection and the perfect snack for skin health,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted Caroline Hitchcock, one of Britain’s leading facialists, as saying.
They contain manganese, which has the ability to convert toxins within the skin cells into oxygen, reducing skin damage.
If sexually abused adolescents revisit and recount aloud their trauma-related thoughts, feelings and situations, they would be in a better position to get rid of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a study has shown.
The researchers stated that for treating adolescent PTSD patients who have been sexually abused, exposure therapy shows greater success than supportive counselling.
A new study has revealed that women drinkers are more susceptible to the damaging effects of alcohol than men because they are generally smaller in stature and have less body water when compared to men.
“As a result, women who are already predisposed by genetics to have liver disease should limit their alcohol consumption or stay away from alcohol altogether,” Dr. Howard Monsour, chief of hepatology at Houston Methodist Hospital, said.
Scientists have developed a new hand-held optical device that can detect eye diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and macular degeneration, with just a simple scan of the retina.
The tool, which is about the size of a hand-held video camera, scans a patient’s entire retina in seconds and could aid primary care physicians in the early detection of a host of retinal diseases.
The new portable ophthalmic-screening instrument was invented by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in collaboration with the University of Erlangen and Praevium/Thorlabs.
A new research has found that a majority of IVF parents undergoing embryo screening are choosing girls over boys in order to decrease the child’s risk of autism, as male babies are about 4 times likely as girls to develop the medical condition.
While commenting on the study, fertility doctors said that the problem of sex preference is the tip of the iceberg with a huge range of tests becoming available, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
A new study has revealed that women drinkers are more susceptible to the damaging effects of alcohol than men because they are generally smaller in stature and have less body water when compared to men.
“As a result, women who are already predisposed by genetics to have liver disease should limit their alcohol consumption or stay away from alcohol altogether,” Dr. Howard Monsour, chief of hepatology at Houston Methodist Hospital, said.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday stressed for a need to change the society’s outlook towards woman and added that they should be provided with safe and favourable environment so as to enable them to contribute towards nation-building.
Coca-Cola in Japan has come up with an innovative invention of ‘virtual women’ that would send out text messages from vending machines in order to lure men to drink more coffee from the machines.
Georgia coffee, which is available in more than 20 varieties, has an app called ‘Hanaseru Jihanki Georgia’ (Georgia the Talking Vending Machine), that when installed in iOS or Android software, sends texts centered on one’s mutual love of caffeine, CNET reported.
A Chinese woman has given birth to twin girls at the age of 60, following IVF treatment after her only child died.
Sheng Hailin, who has become possibly the oldest person in the country to give birth, lost her first daughter, who was in her late twenties, in an accidental gas poisoning case in 2009, News.com.au reported.
The case is extremely unusual in China, as the country has long maintained a one-child policy.
When it comes to immunity, women seem to leave men — especially those with high testosterone levels — way behind.
If we are to believe a new study, women have a stronger immune response than men when given the flu vaccine shot.
“Now we have literature to say that women have better responses in general to infectious diseases, including flu,” Mark Davis, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the
Stanford School of Medicine, was quoted as saying.
“Vaccinated women are better protected against catching the flu than vaccinated men,” he added.
Plus-size Barbie dolls have raised serious questions regarding their motives to make girls more accepting of their physique.
A Plus Size Modeling group on Facebook recently shared a picture of a ” Fat Barbie ” and a normal sized Barbie, while asking what the real purpose of the new dolls was, News.com.au reported.
According to a UK publication, the post was highly shared and liked on the social networking site, where many commented that the new dolls were an inaccurate representation of larger women.
A new study has shown that people who tell themselves to get excited rather than trying to relax can improve their performance during anxiety-inducing activities such as public speaking and math tests.
“Anxiety is incredibly pervasive. People have a very strong intuition that trying to calm down is the best way to cope with their anxiety, but that can be very difficult and ineffective,” study author Alison Wood Brooks , PhD, of Harvard Business School, said.
So long as they don’t have nut allergies themselves, pregnant women shouldn’t be afraid that eating nuts might trigger allergies in their child, according to a large new study.
In fact, when women ate nuts more than five times a month during pregnancy, their kids had markedly lower risk of nut allergies compared to kids whose mothers avoided nuts, researchers found.
“The take-home message is that the previous concerns or fears of the ingestion of nuts during pregnancy causing subsequent peanut or nut allergy is really unfounded,” Dr. Michael Young said.
A new study has revealed that pregnant women need not be afraid of eating peanuts, as consuming nuts may reduce allergy risk in their kids.
The study by Michael Young , MD, of Boston Children’s Division of Allergy and Immunology showed that increased peanut consumption by pregnant mothers who weren’t nut allergic was associated with lower risk of peanut allergy in their offspring.
To define the relationship between maternal diet and the development of food allergy in offspring, Young and his team analyzed large amounts of data provided by the Growing Up Today Study (GUTS).
Average age of women who undergo nip ‘n’ tuck has dropped to 21, a new poll has revealed.
According to a survey by online women’s magazine SoFeminine.co.uk, nearly 20 per cent of women under the age of 20 have considered surgery, compared to just one in nine aged 50 or above, Metro.co.uk reported.
Botox was found to be the most popular form of cosmetic treatment, and accounted for 25 per cent surgical procedures among the 1,042 women surveyed.
Breast enlargement was placed second at 23 per cent, while tummy tucks stood at 16 per cent.