Beauty Buzz with Bella Blissett

Maybelline Fit Me Shine-Free Foundation (8.99, nationwide from September) has an anti-shine core, striking the ideal balance between matt and glowy. And watch out for Shiseido Sheer and Perfect Foundation (29, houseoffraser.co.uk), which hides redness, brown spots and black pores by the time it launches on 5 September, foundation may just have won the skin-perfecting battle. Just our cup of tea The antioxidants in a good old cuppa have long been known to boost our health. Now hair is getting in on the act with Ogario London Revive and Shine Shampoo, a rooibos tea-enriched cleanser that gives limp locks a lift. 14.50, ogariolondon.com. Lip balm goes luxe As autumn looms, so too do chapped lips.
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A night of beauty and giving at Ms. World PH gala charity

A number of scholars see it as fundamentally a civil-rights issue, with the unattractive a class of people who are provably and consistently discriminated against. Its an idea that seems poised to resonate beyond the academy: A 2004 survey conducted by an economist and a legal scholar found more people reporting that theyd been discriminated against based on their looks than on their ethnicity. The Constitution forbids employment discrimination on the basis of things like race, sex, and religion, but only a few jurisdictions have tried to add appearance to the list, starting with the parts of appearance you can measure. The state of Michigan banned height and weight discrimination in 1977, and six municipalities, including Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, have followed suit with similar statutes. These laws havent led to a flood of frivolous suits, as libertarians might fearin fact, they havent led to many suits at all, which suggests they arent doing much more than tackling the most egregious cases. (Rhodes book reports that in Michigan, an average of just one case a year makes it to court.) Even with remarkable agreement on who is attractive and who is not, ugliness doesnt feel like the same kind of quality as race or sexuality. In an ideal world, descriptors like Asian or gay are neutral, but ugly carries a universal emotional charge.
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Who will fight the beauty bias?

World PH gala charity Tha Good Life – by John Paul ‘JP’ Tanchanco Posted at 08/24/2013 10:39 AM | Updated as of 08/24/2013 10:39 AM Ms. World Philippines recently held its gala charity night at Solaire Resorts and Casino. The Miss World Gala Night is a fund raising event dedicated to the various individuals who have contributed to the organization. This year’s primary beneficiary is the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Childrens Ward. According to fab wellness icon and Ms. World Philippines (MWP) national director, Cory Quirino, the gala night is an important event for the Ms. World pageant.
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Best Repairing Skin Care Products Presented by Beauty Research

Skin Care During Pregnancy

Read about some of the new shapes of sneakers for women. Discover some of the unique ways that designers decorate women’s tennis shoes. Uncover the secrets to creating customized sneakers and get some fun design tips. “Top Illuminating and Highlighting Cosmetics” http://beautyresearch.com/blogs/beauty-research/archive/2013/08/16/top-illuminating-and-highlighting-cosmetics.aspx Healthy, youthful skin is naturally radiant, and many women lose this dewy, glowing quality to their complexions due to the aging process and damage from forces in the environment. The right illuminating and highlighting skin care formulas can help restore the beauty of the skin and enhance its appearance. Find out the secrets to restoring radiance with cosmetics. Discover the techniques necessary to properly use illuminating and highlighting products.
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Preventing & Treating the “Mask of Pregnancy” While still pregnant, a pregnancy-safe sunscreen should be used to prevent hyperpigmentation of the face, referred to medically as melasma or causally as the “mask of pregnancy”. Post-pregnancy, acne therapy, limelight facial, dermaplane, diamond-tome microdermabrasion, and chemical peel procedures can all prove beneficial to the havoc hormones have wreaked on the skin. Each of these treatments is non-invasive and involves minimal discomfort. Acne Treatments As many women experience during puberty or while taking birth control medication, hormonal acne during pregnancy can be compounded by other skin issues of the face. In addition, some treatments have not been proven safe for those carrying a baby. Skin care containing mild acids such as glycolic acid or alpha hydroxy acids (AHA) are safe and effective.
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Bajaj Corp to buy anti-marks skin care brand NOMARKS

NOMARKS has 12 per cent market share in a Rs 342 crore category which is growing at 27 per cent per annum. With revenues of around Rs 40 crore its product basket includes face wash, lotion, facial cream, facial soap and facial scrub. NOMARKS will continue to be manufactured by Ozone Ayurvedics for an year under a transition support agreement, the company added. Ozone Ayurvedics is a proprietorship owned by SC Sehgal. Commenting on the acquisition, Kushagra Bajaj, chairman Bajaj Corp Ltd, said, “The acquisition of the NOMARKS brand by Bajaj Corp is a strategic move as it enhances our presence in the personal care market and gives us an entry into the skin care category. It widens the company’s position in the personal care sector as Bajaj Almond Drop Hair Oil is already the third-largest brand in the overall hair oil category.” He said the investment strategy for NOMARKS will be similar to that employed by the company for Bajaj Almond Drops Hair Oil and the objective will be to build a large consumer franchise for the brand. Bajaj Corp is known for its hair oil brands and is part of the Shishir Bajaj group which split from the rest of the Bajaj business family a few years ago and also has interests in sugar among others areas.
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UPS Ending Health Coverage for Spouses Signals Cost Cuts

Defunding of Health Law Backed by 80 House Republicans

The health-care overhaul, estimated to boost business expenses by 2 percent to 4 percent next year, is adding to the momentum that has already spurred higher deductibles and surcharges for covering dependents. The feeling is drastic times call for drastic measures, said Rich Fuerstenberg, a partner at New York-based benefits consultant Mercer Inc. What employers are adopting today are strategies that were considered crazy or out of the mainstream just a few years ago. UPS rose 1 percent to $86.96 at the close in New York. The stock has gained 18 percent this year. Benefits Change The benefits change will only affect workers in the U.S., according to a memo to employees published yesterday by Kaiser Health News. Spouses who dont work or lack employer-provided insurance will still be covered by the Atlanta-based companys health plan, as will workers children, according to the memo.
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Thats short of the majority of the majority, which has become a benchmark for consensus by the 233 Republicans who control the chamber. We urge you to affirmatively defund the implementation and enforcement of ObamaCare in any relevant appropriations bills brought to the House floor in the current Congress including any continuing appropriations bill, said the letter to Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor . The House has voted 40 times to repeal or revise the health-care law, which the letter said remains broadly unpopular across America, according to the the letter circulated by freshman North Carolina Republican Mark Meadows. The Obama administration in the past has threatened to veto legislation that would withhold money for carrying out the health-care law, raising the specter of a showdown between the Republican-run House and Obama over legislation to finance the government after the new fiscal year starts Oct.
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Health Premiums Despite Obama Vow

The Kaiser survey found that the average family premium this year is $16,351, up 4% over last year, and up 22% since 2009. After adjusting for inflation, premiums climbed an average 3.2% a year in Obama’s first term, higher than the 2.7% average during President Bush’s last four years in office. During his first campaign for president, Obama repeatedly claimed that his health reform plan would, as he said at a Virginia rally in 2008 “lower premiums by up to $2,500 for a typical family per year. Nevertheless, the White House has been touting recent signs of health cost moderation as evidence that ObamaCare is “already working to reduce costs. Officials cite the fact that national spending on health care climbed just 3.9% in 2011, the same as the previous two years, and the slowest increase since the 1960s. But the trends driving the slowdown in health spending have little to do with the Affordable Care Act. The sluggish economy played a big role.
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Smartphones become fitness coaches with new wearable activity trackers

Has silent alarm clock. Know this: It doesn’t use Bluetooth, so you’ll have to physically plug the band into your phone when you want updates. Syncs to social network. Price: $129.99 App: Free, available on iOS and Android Larklife Specs: It’s a plastic wristband about one inch wide, with blinking LED lights, but no visual interface. It comes with a more comfortable, Velcro version to wear at night. Comes in three sizes. Tracks activity, calories, sleep.
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Dubai Fitness Championship vows lifestyle revolution

Just put on a new record that I want to listen to and just go bicycling up and down, up and down. And go bicycling in Central Park! It is so nice. It’s like all these scenes are changing around you.
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Katy Perry on Fitness, Feeling Good and Boosting Her Body Confidence

The preliminary rounds for the second edition of the Dubai Fitness Championship will get under way at various Fitness First Clubs in Dubai from Sunday, August 18, and event director Khalid Chookah has promised the annual contest will go a long way towards bettering the quality of living in the country. This year we are bigger and better and we are targeting a lifestyle revolution for the people living in Dubai and the UAE through this competition, Chookah told Gulf News. Held under the patronage of Shaikh Majid Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman, Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, this years competition will see the winners in the mens and womens categories walking away with Dh200,000 each. Starting on Sunday, the qualifying rounds will be held at official partners Fitness First Clubs at Mirdif City Centre, Oasis Centre and Knowledge Village.
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Getting More Sleep by Eliminating Snoring

There are ways to treat snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

The way snoring works starts with understanding that the throat acts as a small wind tunnel that partially closes during sleep. Because your throat is slightly obstructed, you breathe more quickly to make up for the air youre not getting, and this causes the soft tissues in your throat to vibrate, generating the loud noise. There are several contributing factors to snoring such as being overweight, using alcohol, and sleeping on your back, however these only aggravate the problem and are not the root cause of snoring and fixing these will not prevent snoring entirely. While OPA is a chronic condition tied to weight, neck and throat shape, and age, primary snoring has a different cause and thus a different prevention procedure. Theravent is one company that offers a snore therapy solution that aims to treat the root of the problem using an adhesive strip that adjusts your breathing to prevent snoring.
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What to do about a snoring spouse

“People will say they sleep better [together], but when we actually monitor their brains we see that their brain is not getting into deeper stages of sleep because they’re continuously being woken up by movement or sound,” said Dr. Colleen Carney, director of Ryerson’s Sleep and Depression Laboratory , in a published interview. “It creates a lot of problems.” Lot of problems In addition, Carney says couples shouldn’t feel their relationship will suffer because they sleep in separate beds. In fact, she said oftentimes it can improve the relationship, because both people are getting enough sleep.
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Symptoms and signs of OSAS include loud snoring, daytime sleepiness, frequent headaches (generally in the morning), and witnessed nocturnal gasping and transient obstructions. Evaluation for OSAS includes a detailed history and physical examination, including a transnasal endoscopic examination to assess the anatomic features and functional tendencies of the individual patient’s upper airway.When OSAS is suspected, patients are referred for an overnight sleep study.Aside from weight loss to an appropriate body mass, the gold standard treatment for OSAS of moderate severity or worse is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, in which a machine is used nightly to apply air under pressure to the upper airway, effectively holding it open and thereby preventing obstruction.The air pressure is generally applied via a mask that is worn over the nose or nose and mouth. Other treatments include oral appliance therapy, which works by pulling the jaw and tongue forward to allow improved airflow. Surgery by itself is generally most successful as a curative measure for patients with relatively mild OSAS, and may include removal of the tonsils with or without the adenoid, and uvulopalatopharyngoplasty to shorten the soft palate and widen the oral pharynx.
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Diabetes lifetime costs – as expensive as a house?

Endocrinologist Joins Diabetes Education Network

To calculate the costs of living with type 2 diabetes on an individual basis, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Research Triangle International created a simulation model that could compile the costs of both treating the condition and managing its complications. This is as opposed to only focusing on the overall economic burden of treating type 2 diabetes in a year. The findings reveal that on average, a person with type 2 diabetes spends more than $85,000 over the course of their lifetime on treating the disease and managing complications. Additionally, the point at which a person is diagnosed with the disease can affect how much they spend during their lifetime. For example, a man diagnosed with type 2 diabetes when he is between 25 and 44 will spend $124,700. But women from the same age range will pay over $5,000 more, at $130,800 during their lifetime. Researchers note that costs go down the later in life a person is diagnosed with the condition.
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Thompson-Badamosi has been a practicing endocrinologist in New York, USA since graduation. Now back in The Bahamas, she brings much-needed skills and experience as she is only the second endocrinologist currently in the country. Dr. Thompson-Badamosi joins a team which includes an experienced physician, certified diabetes nurse educators, a nutritionist, and support staff.
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Development of Type 1 Diabetes Linked to Infant’s Exposure to Solid Foods

Diabetes is undoubtedly one of the most challenging health problems in the 21st century, with an estimated 552 million people afflicted in the next 16 years. 1 What is most surprising is the rapid increase of type 1 diabetes among children, with 78,000 affected each year, even in those younger than five years of age. Various studies have been conducted to pinpoint the cause of this sudden increase in children with diabetes with theories being put forward this includes the ‘hygiene hypothesis’ that suggests exposure, or rather the lack of exposure, to infectious disease when young might be linked to the development of autoimmunity. One study conducted to explore this theory suggests it is possible that the increasing global incidence of type 1 diabetes may be linked to lack of exposure to pathogens during early life. The authors are keen to use further studies to identify other environmental factors which may predispose to type 1 diabetes. Study leader Professor Stephen Fava, Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Mater Dei Hospital, Malta & Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Malta, said: “Our data shows that type 1 diabetes rates were highest in countries where markers of exposure to infectious disease were lowest.
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