Posts Tagged ‘Douglas Gordon’
Botox: How a Deadly Toxin Became a Beauty Staple
Here’s a fact you can use at your next dinner party. The active ingredient in every Botox injection performed today is derived from a bacterial toxin so lethal that a single gram, properly distributed, could theoretically kill more than a million people. It is, by weight, one of the most poisonous substances known to science…
Read MoreWhat Your Skin Is Really Telling You — And Why It Matters More Than You Think
Most conversations about skin after 50 are, unfortunately, conversations about vanity. Wrinkles, spots, sag. The £70 eye cream you’re being told to buy. However, there’s a different way to think about your skin that’s rarely discussed but considerably more useful — one that treats it not as something to correct with cosmetics but as a…
Read MoreWalking Pace: The Surprisingly Powerful Predictor of How Long You’ll Live
Here’s something remarkable, and slightly unsettling, that longevity researchers have known for years but somehow rarely reaches the wider conversation. The speed at which you walk down the street — your normal, everyday, not-trying-to-catch-a-bus walking pace — is one of the most accurate predictors we have of how long you’ll live. More accurate, in some…
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