Grandma knows best. A recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology found that certain places on the body are “hot spots” for germs and unhealthy bacteria. Scientists at George Washington University in Washington, DC, tested what they dubbed as “the grandma hypothesis” — named for grandma’s warnings to clean behind your ears and … Read more
Her body is a wonderland — and it took a cool $36,000 to build. After all, who needs a brand-new home to live in, when you can buy a body to die for instead? That was Scarlet Black’s rationale when the blond decided to blow her entire life savings — funds she had set aside to … Read more
Can you feel the love tonight? Scientists have devised a series of maps revealing where in the body love is felt. The study, published this month in the journal Philosophical Psychology, is said to be the first mapping of embodied experiences associated with 27 types of love. Researchers at Aalto University in Finland asked participants … Read more
Deodorant can mask the stench of foul armpits, but it doesn’t mean you’re clean. Mary Futher, also known as Madame Sweat on TikTok, where she educates followers about hygiene, is lamenting that people are not washing their armpits properly. In a 24-second clip with 2.5 million views this month, she explains why the products people … Read more
Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them. The dramatic experiment came to an end Wednesday as surgeons at NYU Langone Health removed the pig kidney and returned the donated body … Read more
A new body-positive trend is taking over social media that aims to make fashion more inclusive for women with big boobs. The fashion industry has always been notoriously exclusive and social media has become a massive way for women to push for it to be more representative of everyday women. The last few years have … Read more
There may soon be an option to take a pill rather than a vaccine to protect against COVID-19. A new paper in the journal Biology Methods and Protocols, published Wednesday by Oxford University Press, reported that researchers in Japan have developed a way to administer the COVID vaccine orally. The pill would allow for easier distribution … Read more
It’s less than 24 hours before Shania Twain rocks the big city at the big daddy of arenas — Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden — and the diamond-selling diva still has no idea what she’s going to wear at her sold-out concert. That’s right — the ’90s style icon is flipping the fashion script on each … Read more
The first-ever at-home menopause test has hit the market. The Clearblue Menopause Stage Indicator allows women to identify their likely stage of menopause: premenopause, early perimenopause, late perimenopause or postmenopause. The indicator is the first of its kind to combine a woman’s urinary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) measurements with her age and menstrual cycle history to decipher her menopause … Read more
The way to her heart is through her hand. A woman from suburban Houston had a silicone heart embedded in her left hand to add to her unique look. Orylan, 24, had already had her tongue split, her eyes tattooed and most of her skin inked when she made the spontaneous decision to get the … Read more
For more than 20 years, Victoria’s Secret had bolstered its image built on a man’s vision of sexiness with one big annual event: its fashion catwalk extravaganza, with supermodels like Naomi Campbell sashaying down the runway in Swarovski-crystal-covered wings, thongs and million dollar fantasy bras. Now, after a four-year hiatus, the lingerie brand came back … Read more
Tat’s just how she rolls. A British woman wound up banned from her local tattoo parlors and harassed at the supermarket after compulsively covering herself in more than 800 examples of ink-based art. But that’s not going to distract the marked-up mother of seven from her bizarre quest for total transformation. After being deemed persona … Read more
The Angels took an L before even taking the field on Tuesday. As reported by The Athletic’s Sam Blum, it was picture day on Tuesday, but star player Shohei Ohtani was apparently unavailable. The Angels were undeterred, however. “[T]hey used a body double, and will presumably photoshop him in,” Blum tweeted. “He was taken through … Read more
Climb in the passenger side, and let’s talk sex drive my babies. The word libido, made popular by spectacled, orally-fixated Taurus kink daddy Sigmund Freud, derives from the Latin lubido meaning “eagerness, longing; inordinate desire, sensual passion, lust.” Coincidentally and etymologically, love and libido share the same ancient root. According to Psychology Today, “Sex drive refers … Read more
It was ass-thetically pleasing. Pop star Bad Bunny left little to the imagination on Sunday after posting a nude thirst trap as his Instagram story. The Puerto Rican rapper, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, posted the uncensored pic showcasing his tattoos and exquisitely ripped figure while hiding his face behind his phone. Since posting the … Read more
A New York woman is speaking out about her battle with a painful skin condition that causes “boil-like bumps to break out all over her body. Selina Ferragamo, 28, was diagnosed with hidradenitis suppurativa, a rare, lesion-causing inflammatory skin condition, after developing painful red bumps in her groin and armpits, making it difficult to get … Read more
Country singer Renee Blair revealed that she lost over two liters of blood while giving birth to her first child. Blair announced on Instagram Friday that she and her husband Jordan Schmidt welcomed a son in a black and white image of the new family in a hospital bed. Alongside the photo, Blair included a series of … Read more
She could feel it in her gut. An influencer is speaking out about how her body physically “rejected” the man she was convinced would be her future husband — but who turned out to be just another toxic boyfriend. Lyss Boss, host of the podcast Date Yourself Instead, is claiming that the stress of being with her … Read more
A Hungarian woman, born with two uteri, two vaginas and two cervices, defied the odds and delivered a “miracle” baby in July 2023. At 28 years old, Adel Varga was diagnosed with Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome, an extremely rare condition that often can increase the risk of complications like endometriosis and infertility, according to the National Institutes of … Read more
When she finds herself in a hairy situation with a creep, it’s her hair that keeps her safe. Orim, who frequently posts body hair-positive videos on her TikTok along with content about her plant-based diet, recently shared a tip for shaving yourself from an uncomfortable encounter, The Sun reported. In a video posted in May … Read more