The First Woman to Wear a Pear-Shaped Diamond 

The pear-shaped diamond is a beautiful and versatile cut that has been popular for centuries. But who was the first woman to wear a pear-shaped diamond?  The answer is not entirely clear, but there are a few contenders. One possibility is Elizabeth Taylor. In 1969, Taylor’s husband, Richard Burton, gave her a stunning pear-shaped diamond […]

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Freeze-dried feces pills called ‘crapsule’ to be taken by patients in clinical trial

iStock/Getty Images Plus Keeping up with all the latest in health news can be a crapshoot. Luckily, we’ve got you covered. Here are the most headline-grabbing stories this week from Yahoo News partners. ‘“Crapsules” … may offer new hope for patients’ A clinical trial funded by the United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care […]

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One in ten NHS health care workers experienced suicidal thoughts during a pandemic, study finds

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Concerns were raised about the risk of suicide among health care workers during the pandemic after a number of high-profile cases were reported in the media. Researchers from the University of Bristol, King’s College London and UCL (University College London), sought to investigate the prevalence and incidence of suicidal thoughts and […]

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How to Increase Life Expectancy: 10 Simple Steps

Get Daily Exercise Improvements in life expectancy are strongly linked to daily exercise. A comprehensive review of studies in the Journal of Aging Research showed that people who exercise regularly—even for as little as three hours a week—lived up to 6.9 years longer than those who didn’t. Habit-building is the key to success. The easiest […]

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