Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale out and about in LA

Browse through Glamour's extensive daily celebrity photo gallery online today. Check out what your favourite celebrity has been up to!

Continue reading...

View the original article here

Now a BMI of 18.7; still healthy?

Here's the deal.  We went on vacation in May and I stopped breastfeeding my son.  Within days, I could see 6 pack abs and thought..."woah"....

So when we got home, I weighed myself, and at 5'8", I'm now 123 lbs.  I lost some body fat I guess due to breastfeeding.  I am also less hungry and naturally full at about 1900 - 2000 calories, despite my intense workouts 4 times a week.

Everything appears to be normal and I feel great.  Should I be worried about the sudden weight loss? 

Have to admit...it looks really F-ing good!!!  I am so cut right now!  Never had a 6 pack.  My body fat must be at around 17% or so.

View the original article here

#MeatlessMonday: 3 New Heat and Eat Options

If you're like me, some days you have every intention of doing something good for yourself when dinner time rolls around, but after a killer day at work, doing anything but vegging on the couch sounds less than ideal. For those very days, I like to keep some healthier heat-and-eat options on hand, and since Mondays are often the busiest of all, I always make sure I have something on hand for a quick fix. If you're having a manic #MeatlessMonday or are just looking to see the latest frozen goods on the market, good news: I've got 'em for you.

MorningStar Farms Mediterranean Chickpea Veggie Burger: You have probably had your share of soybean burgers and black bean burgers, but have you ever had a heat-and-eat chickpea burger? This brand-new meatless option for MorningStar Famrs is jam-packed with hearty chickpeas and bold flavors from garlic, red onion and spinach, offering an authentic Mediterranean flavor. They're great on a bun but just as good breadless, served with a side of this amazing couscous salad. They're lean, too, with 70 percent less fat than regular ground beef burgers. Holy cow.

Gardein Mandarin Orange Crispy Chick'n: Craving Chinese takeout? Try this meatless option instead. It's hard to believe that these crispy flavorful nuggets are meat-free because they're delicious, not to mention they have the perfect texture for serving stir-fry-style over brown rice with veggies. Heat them up while your rice is cooking and dinner is on the table in 8 minutes flat.

Dr. Praeger's Buffalo Chickenless Nuggets: When you first bite into these crispy morsels you'll probably think that they are deep-fried, but it's actually broiling that creates the texture. Serve with a side of Blue Cheese Dressing and some carrot and celery sticks when your friends come over to watch the game, and they'll never know March Madness just went meatless.

RELATED LINKS:

View the original article here

Gene Therapy May Protect Against Flu Pandemics

Study found coaxing cells in the nose to make super antibodies protected mice and ferrets from pandemic strains

By Brenda Goodman

HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Gene therapy that turns cells in the nose into factories that crank out super antibodies against the flu protected mice and ferrets against lethal doses of several pandemic strains of the virus.

If the approach works in humans, it could offer several important advantages over flu vaccines, said study author Dr. James Wilson, a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.

Because the therapy can be made ahead of time and fights many different strains, it might give doctors a faster way to thwart flu pandemics.

Currently, doctors race to identify dangerous new types of flu. They then have to develop a vaccine that targets the new strain. The vaccine is then grown in chicken eggs and tested for safety. It takes between three and six months to manufacture large quantities of vaccines against the flu.

"By the time we realize it's a potential pandemic, it's too late," Wilson said. "The timeliness of deploying the seasonal flu vaccine approach for pandemics is not the best way to go."

Vaccines, which prime the body to remember to attack incoming pathogens, also don't do the best job of protecting people who have diminished immune function, such as seniors and those with chronic health problems.

The new treatment, which is delivered through a nasal spray, gets around that problem because it doesn't require the body to mount an immune attack.

Instead, the nasal spray contains many copies of small, harmless viruses called adeno-associated viruses. The simple genome of these viruses can be altered in the lab to carry instructions for making special proteins called broadly neutralizing antibodies.

Broadly neutralizing antibodies are rare super antibodies that are capable of disarming many kinds of flu strains.

When researchers insert the instructions for making those antibodies into the genome of adeno-associated viruses, the viruses act like Trojan horses. They infect cells in the nose, inject the altered genetic material and turn the cells into factories that crank out many copies of the broadly neutralizing proteins.

"The way I envisioned it was sort of a bioshield," Wilson said. "I wanted to focus the production of the antibody to the site where flu enters our body."

In animal tests, researchers showed that mice, ferrets and monkeys made many copies of the super antibody after they inhaled the gene therapy treatment. And the protection seemed to last for a while. Experts note, however, that promising research in animals often does not pan out in humans.

"In mice, it persists up to a year," Wilson said. "In monkeys, we think we're going to see expression up to six months."

The treatment also appears to work pretty quickly. Wilson said the animals were fully protected about three days after their nasal passages were swabbed.

View the original article here

Antipsychotic Drug Use Rising for Kids on Medicaid, Study Finds

Title: Antipsychotic Drug Use Rising for Kids on Medicaid, Study Finds
Category: Health News
Created: 3/22/2013 6:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 3/25/2013 12:00:00 AM

View the original article here

coffee does it help or hurt

hi does anyone know if one cup coffee hurt with weight loss or does it help.  thanks i am really trying to lose and do not want to hurt myself with this.  :)

View the original article here

Selena Gomez worries about her young fans watching Spring Breakers

Selena Gomez has admitted that she worries her young fans will “sneak in” to cinemas to watch new film, Spring Breakers.

Continue reading...

View the original article here