Adele’s First-Ever Instagram Is a Lesson in Perfect Eyeliner

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Adele finally got the memo that Instagram reigns supreme, and joined the social media site hot off the heels of announcing her new album. The elusive chanteuse (sorry, Mariah) posted two simple black-and-white portraits to her page, both of which were absolutely stunning.

 

 

Adele is known for a dramatic winged eye, but getting up close and personal with her liner demonstrates just how flawless her (or her makeup artist’s) skills are. For more makeup goodness, check out the star’s new video “Hello,” which is beautiful in more ways than one. And also emotionally devastating. Happy Friday!

 

Excuse us, dealing with our shattered emotions right now.

This article originally appeared on MIMIchatter.com.

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Kate Winslet Says ‘No’ to Retouched Photos: ‘We Have a Responsibility’

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We expect to see fiction on the big screen, but you can’t always believe what you see in celebrity magazine spreads and high-profile ads, either.

Thanks to retouching, fine lines disappear, waistlines get trimmer and hair looks fuller and shinier than ever.

But Kate Winslet wants to keep it real.

The actress is the face of Lancôme cosmetics and her contract with parent company L’Oreal stipulates that her ads remain free from changes to her appearance.

“It does feel important to me, because I do think we have a responsibility to the younger generation of women,” Winslet told E! News while attending the Elle Women in Hollywood event this week.

She said “it’s a hope that other people might follow suit” for the sake of those young women.

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Doctors Key to Stopping Child Hunger

FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Pediatricians should screen all children to determine if they’re getting enough to eat, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says in a new policy statement.

The statement also recommends that pediatricians learn about and refer families in need to community resources, and that they push for government policies that increase people’s access to adequate and nutritious food.

More than 15 million American children live in homes plagued by hunger, putting their health at risk, according to the AAP.

“The health effects of hunger on children are pervasive and long-lasting, which is why our new policy urges pediatricians to take action in and outside of the clinic to conquer food insecurity and promote child health,” policy co-author Dr. Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg said in an AAP news release. Schwarzenberg is director of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Children’s Hospital.

Children and teens who don’t get enough to eat are sick more often, are slower to recover from illness and are hospitalized more frequently than those with good diets. Their overall health is poorer and they also are more likely to lack iron, which helps make red blood cells that carry oxygen through the body, the statement said.

Adolescent boys who don’t get enough to eat have lower bone density. And poor nutrition in early childhood is associated with increased risk of diabetes and heart disease later in life, the statement added.

In addition, children who don’t get enough healthful food are more likely to have difficulty concentrating and doing well in school, and more apt to have behavioral and emotional problems, according to the statement.

“As is the case with many childhood health conditions, being malnourished or not getting enough healthy food early in life has effects that can last well into adulthood,” Schwarzenberg said.

The policy statement was published Oct. 23 in the journal Pediatrics and will be presented Saturday at the AAP’s annual meeting, in Washington, D.C.

“We are in the midst of a nutritional crisis in our country, and when you’re in a crisis, you can’t keep doing what you’ve always done,” AAP President Dr. Sandra Hassink said in a news release.

“That’s why pediatricians are taking a comprehensive approach, connecting families to resources and advocating to keep federal nutrition programs like WIC and SNAP strong. It will take all of us — pediatricians, parents, government leaders, educators — partnering together, to do our best to ensure that no child goes hungry in this country.”

More information

The U.S. National Library of Medicine has more about child nutrition.

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Health Food Stores Urge Supplements to Underage Teens: Study

FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Many health food store employees recommend muscle-building supplements to teens, even though doctors warn the products should not be used by anyone younger than 18, a new study says.

A student researcher from Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., called 244 national chain and independent health food stores, posing as a 15-year-old football player. He told them he wanted to use sports performance supplements with creatine, to boost his muscle mass and strength.

Creatine has not been proven safe for teens, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American College of Sports Medicine recommend no one younger than 18 use it.

Even so, the study found that 67 percent of health store sales clerks recommended creatine. Nearly 29 percent recommended it when asked about it and about 38 percent recommended it without prompting. Male clerks were more likely than female clerks to recommend creatine without prompting.

“Body image issues are becoming more prevalent for all ages and genders. Employees in stores that sell supplements must be educated regarding which specific products are safe for use by minors,” said senior investigator Dr. Ruth Milaniak, a behavioral pediatrician at Cohen Children’s.

Customers of all ages need to be warned about the dangers of weight loss and body-shaping supplements, she said.

“If teenagers are being recommended supplements that not only have adverse effects for their growing bodies but are clearly marked on the package as not for use under the age of 18, they are being put at risk by the very stores that they are going to for advice on health,” Milaniak said in an AAP news release.

The researchers recommended that parents and doctors speak to teens about supplement use. They said the extent of this problem is not fully known, since supplements are not regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and do not need a prescription.

The study will be presented Saturday at the APP’s national meeting, in Washington, D.C. Studies presented at medical meetings are typically considered preliminary, because they are not subject to the rigorous peer review of published research.

More information

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has more about dietary supplements.

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Furry Friends May Be Stress Relievers for Kids With Cancer

FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) — For kids battling cancer, relief from the stress of their situation may come on four legs, a new study shows.

In the study, so-called “therapy dogs” seemed to provide these children with both physical and mental benefits.

“The dog may have a calming effect on the patient,” lead researcher Amy McCullough, national director of humane research and therapy at the American Humane Association, explained in a news release from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

The study findings are scheduled to be presented Sunday at the AAP’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

In the study, McCullough’s team looked at outcomes for 68 children, aged 3 to 17, who were newly diagnosed with cancer. The kids were divided into two groups, where one group received weekly visits from a therapy dog and the other group did not.

As the authors explained, during the visits the children petted or talked to the friendly pooch, brushed its fur, watched the dog do tricks or follow commands, learned about dog breeds, and looked at pictures of the dog.

The result? The researchers found that blood pressure readings were typically lower and heart rates more stable among the children visited by the dogs than among those who didn’t get the visits. The dog visits also appeared to reduce anxiety levels, McCullough’s team said.

McCullough said that the findings will help in the “understanding of the benefits of the vital bond shared between people and animals.”

Experts note that findings presented at medical meetings are typically considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

More information

The Good Dog Foundation has more on animal-assisted therapy.

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Bullied Teens Face Roadblocks to Mental Health Services

FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Nearly one-third of American teens are bullied, but fewer than a quarter of them get mental health help, a new study indicates.

Victims of bullying are at risk for problems such as anxiety, depression and self-harm, said researchers led by Dr. Amira El Sherif, a pediatrician in Fayettville, N.C.

Her team surveyed 440 middle and high school students in Cumberland County, N.C., and found that 29 percent said they had been bullied. This included 54 percent of children aged 11 to 14 and nearly half of those aged 15 to 18.

“Bullying should become a part of the normal conversation in the [pediatrician’s} office,” El Sherif said. “Doctors, parents and school officials should also work together to address bullying when it occurs and to make sure mental health services are accessible when needed.”

The researchers pinpointed 28 barriers that prevent bullied students from accessing mental health services, including lack of adequate screening and counseling by health providers.

There are also numerous obstacles within schools, including inaction by educators, poor enforcement of investigation procedures, inadequate follow-up and poor communication with parents, the study found.

The findings are to be presented Saturday at the American Academy of Pediatrics annual meeting, in Washington, D.C.

“As a pediatrician, this study reminded me that we can always do more for our patients,” El Sherif said in an academy news release.

El Sherif also said schools need training programs that include regular evaluations to ensure quality standards are consistently met.

Research presented at meetings is considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed medical journal.

More information

The U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has more about bullying.

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When Anxiety Silences a Child

By Emily Willingham
HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) — It’s a little-known anxiety disorder that renders one in every 150 children speechless in certain situations.

Called “selective mutism,” the inability to speak is not a choice for these youngsters, experts say.

“It’s best described as a phobia of talking,” said Alison Wintgens, an advisor to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists in England, and author of a resource manual on the condition.

It’s usually consistent and predictable, with evident panic, stiffness and staring when a child is expected to speak away from their comfort zone, Wintgens explained. In contrast, “shyness is milder and more general, more like being slow to warm up,” she added.

Any child who has selective mutism may be able to speak easily at home, but in other situations will become silent and even appear “frozen” when expected to talk.

According to the Selective Mutism Information and Research Association, symptoms usually start before age 5 but might go unnoticed until a child begins school or starts other activities outside of the family.

“I personally think it’d be better if it were to be called ‘situational mutism,’ ” Wintgens said. It’s called selective, she explained, because that’s medical lingo for “happens only in certain situations.” But the term is problematic because it “still implies choice because of the way we use the word selective in everyday speech.”

Selective mutism is three times more common among children who are bilingual, Wintgens said, and that may be “because they are more hesitant and self-conscious about their talking, and there may be more stresses in their lives.”

In addition to being a barrier to communication, this inability to speak also interferes with a child’s learning, according to the association.

Although the condition may not be familiar to many people, since 1980 it has been included in the standard diagnostic guide that clinicians use to diagnose mental illnesses. The most recent version of that manual classified selective mutism as an anxiety-related condition.

Another feature of selective mutism is that it can “co-occur” with other conditions, such as autism spectrum disorders and other anxiety-related conditions.

How many people have it is tough to pin down, according to Wintgens. “It’s hidden, it’s not permanent, and [it] depends on the criteria used,” she said, and it might be on the increase because of “more stress in life.” Slightly more girls than boys develop the condition, and no one knows how many adults have it, she added.

People don’t just grow out of it, Wintgens said.

“Some of their families or supportive school staff may find [them] a way of getting over it, but others if left [alone] may become very stuck,” she said. “There are huge long-term implications for the child’s well-being socially, psychologically and educationally.”

Early intervention is important, Wintgens said. Interventions should involve the child, parents and the school, with a focus on creating the right environment and moving “in small steps,” she said. Older children and teens may benefit from an incremental exposure program and gaining an understanding about anxiety and facing fears, she added.

What’s crucial, Wintgens said, is to have “a key worker or therapist who understands selective mutism and has a trusting relationship with the child, adolescent or adult” who has the disorder.

More information

Visit the Child Mind Institute for more on selective mutism.

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Study Refutes Notion That Obese Fare Better Against Chronic Ills

By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Scientific debate continues to simmer over the so-called “obesity paradox” — the apparent ability of obese or overweight people to better withstand chronic illnesses, such as diabetes or heart disease, and outlive thinner people with those same maladies.

But the obesity paradox is built on a foundation of shaky research, a new study contends. Earlier studies failed to account for two important factors that negate the supposedly protective effects of obesity: weight history and smoking, the researchers said.

People who are seriously ill tend to lose weight as they near death, the study authors explained. And that fact influences the data enough to create the false perception of an obesity paradox, argued lead author Samuel Preston, a professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Previous studies also have failed to account for smoking, which is incredibly unhealthy but also tends to ramp up a person’s metabolism and keep them slim, Preston added. Smokers are less likely to be obese, and those who are obese are less likely to smoke, the study authors said.

“When we adjust for those biases, we reverse the obesity paradox in people with cardiovascular disease,” he concluded. “The obesity paradox exists, but the cause of it is not the benefit of being overweight. The principal causes of the paradox are these two biases.”

For the study, researchers examined data from more than 30,000 people participating in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1988 and 2011. The study focused on the nearly 3,400 who had heart disease.

Most studies that have looked at the possibility of an obesity paradox only included a person’s weight when they are surveyed, Preston said.

For example, a 300-pound man might have dropped a third of his weight within the last month due to illness, but the study would count him as always weighing 200 pounds.

This time, the research team opted to include weight history. That way, they could include the health risks of long-term obesity in their analysis, even if someone had recently lost weight, Preston explained.

Adding weight history allowed them to identify a control group of people who suffered from heart disease but maintained a normal weight their whole lives. These people tended to live longer than people who were overweight or obese for most of their lives, essentially causing the obesity paradox to disappear, the researchers said.

The same thing happened when researchers factored in smoking. The risk of death during the study period was about 50 percent higher in people who were overweight or obese, compared with normal-weight adults, when researchers only looked at those who’d never smoked.

The study authors hope their findings could improve disease treatment because some clinicians may use the obesity paradox in patient care decisions.

“There’s every reason to imagine that clinicians are at least confused,” Preston said, “and in some cases, are believing that being overweight or obese is a good thing among people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other conditions for which a paradox has been demonstrated.”

Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, director of Women’s Heart Health at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, said these results show that the obesity paradox is “probably just a statistical mistake.”

“What this really demonstrates is that statistics can be an interesting thing,” Steinbaum said. “If you don’t analyze the data in an appropriate way, you may come to an incorrect conclusion.”

However, it may be too soon to completely discount the obesity paradox, said Dr. Robert Eckel, a professor and chair in atherosclerosis at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora.

“This raises an important issue, in terms of further analysis of this controversy,” Eckel said of the new study.

But Eckel added that while the study focused on people with heart disease, it appears to count deaths from any cause rather than deaths caused specifically by heart problems. That could undermine the findings, he suggested.

“It would be of interest to know if the people with cardiovascular disease were more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than any other cause,” he said.

The study was published online recently in the journal Obesity.

More information

For more about obesity, visit the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

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Kidney Patients Without Online Access Face Additional Burden

THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Disadvantaged chronic kidney disease patients are less likely to have access to electronic health resources, a new study finds.

This problem among blacks, the poor, seniors and Medicaid/Medicare beneficiaries may strengthen or increase existing health-related inequities associated with race and income, the researchers said.

They added that being able to go online to check medical information and communicate with health care providers enables patients to learn more about kidney disease and might help them follow their doctor’s recommendations.

The study will be published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

“Unfortunately, in the setting of (chronic kidney disease), it appears that black patients and patients of lower socioeconomic status are often left behind when it comes to using these technologies,” study author Dr. Khaled Abdel-Kader of Vanderbilt University, said in a journal news release.

Abdel-Kader’s team examined adoption of an online electronic health record portal by more than 2,800 chronic kidney disease patients seen at four university-affiliated kidney specialists’ offices between 2010 and 2012.

Portal adoption was 47 percent lower among Medicaid/Medicare patients than those with private insurance, 50 percent lower among black patients than others, and 71 percent lower among 80-year-olds than 40-year-olds.

The research team also found that patients with access to a portal were more likely to have their blood pressure under control, according to the study.

“Understanding how these technologies are used, by whom, and how it associates with outcomes in the setting of [chronic kidney disease] may stimulate interventions to ensure more equitable access and use of these resources,” said Abdel-Kader.

More information

The National Kidney Foundation has more about chronic kidney disease.

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FDA Approves New Pancreatic Cancer Drug

THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug called Onivyde as part of a treatment regimen for advanced pancreatic cancer.

Onivyde (irinotecan liposome injection) was approved to be used in combination with fluorouracil and leucovorin. The combination was approved for use in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer who were already treated with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy, the FDA said Thursday in a news release.

The approval was based on a study of more than 400 patients. All had experienced cancer growth despite gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. The new research included three treatment arms. Patients were randomly assigned to receive Onivyde with fluorouracil/leucovorin, Onivyde alone, or fluorouracil/leucovorin alone.

The researchers found that people treated with Onivyde plus fluorouracil/leucovorin lived an average of 6.1 months, compared to 4.2 months for those treated with only fluorouracil/leucovorin, the FDA said.

But, there was no survival benefit for patients who received Onivyde alone compared to those who received only fluorouracil/leucovorin, the findings showed.

The study also found that the average amount of time to tumor growth was 3.1 months for patients who received Onivyde plus fluorouracil/leucovorin compared to 1.5 months for those who received only fluorouracil/leucovorin.

The most common side effects of Onivyde were diarrhea, fatigue, vomiting, nausea, decreased appetite, inflammation in the mouth and fever, the researchers said.

The drug also led to low counts of infection-fighting cells (lymphopenia and neutropenia). The FDA also said that death due to sepsis — a severe inflammatory response triggered by infection — following neutropenia has been reported in patients taking Onivyde.

Onivyde’s label carries a boxed warning about the risks of severe neutropenia and diarrhea. The drug is marketed by Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Cambridge, Mass.

Nearly 49,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year and there will be more than 40,500 deaths from the disease, according to the U.S. National Cancer Institute.

Pancreatic cancer is difficult to diagnose early and there are limited treatment options, especially when it has spread to other parts of the body and surgery to remove the tumor is not possible, the FDA said in the news release.

More information

The U.S. National Cancer Institute has more about pancreatic cancer.

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