The presenter had surgery for prostate cancer and says “it all seemed to go pretty well”.

First there was thigh gap, then hip dip, then (yes, sadly) arm vagina. Now the body buzzword of the moment is "thighbrow," the soft roll of flesh every woman has over her thighs. It's not a new term, but it's back on social media thanks to Tuesday’s episode of America’s Next Top Model, when Tyra Banks and Ashley Graham defined it on the show.

To promote the episode, Graham took to Instagram to share a GIF of Banks looking at her thighbrow, running her hand along it, and explaining, “It’s like a brow.”

Terms like thighbrow seem like they were invented to body-shame women into thinking their physical appearance doesn't measure up. But what's great about Graham's post is that her followers totally embraced the term. They're proudly sharing photos of their own thighbrow; more than 12,000 posts have hashtagged it. 

“Learned something new last night,” wrote one Instagrammer. “Watched this yesterday and absolutely loved this moment,” commented another.

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Hours after Graham’s thighbrow GIF went up, one young woman posted a mirror selfie and wrote, “The social media trend has shifted from the 'thigh gap' to the 'thigh brow' … If the thigh brow was the trend when I was a high school girl, I would have saved myself a swimming pool of tears.”

One Instagrammer who used the hashtag even admitted, “didn’t know that was a thing….” Others have spread a new message about body positivity, as one captioned her photo: “No smoke and mirrors just a sweaty Shayna on the beach with her pasty skin and messy hair. But also that thigh brow tho ;).”

“Sometimes our thoughts and feelings on positive body image and self care are the only acts of kindness our bodies truly know,” another woman shared on Instagram. “There is some truth in having to teach others how to fully appreciate, respect and worship your body.”

For Graham and many other women, thighbrow is something to showcase—not hide or feel bad about. It's all part of Graham's super inspirational body positivity, a body trend we can truly celebrate.

Up to 500 people a year could get a “second chance” at life with new donor consent laws, MPs are told.

At night, your kidneys filtrate less urine, and your bladder relaxes and holds more of it. Plus, a hormone called vasopressin instructs cells to retain water.

So considering those factors, it’s not surprising that your bladder may be quite full in the morning.

Then, is your first liquid a mug of coffee? Caffeinated beverages can have a diuretic effect.

Read more: See a doctor if your pee looks, smells or feels like this

Also consider whether you just have to pee a lot all the time. If so, see your doctor to check for a urinary tract infection (peeing would be painful) or overactive bladder.

Less commonly, needing to pee a lot could be a sign of a medical condition like diabetes (often accompanied by thirst) or uterine fibroids, which are benign growths (you might feel pressure or have heavy periods).

Again, in those cases, see your doctor.

Source: Dr Keri Peterson, internal medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City

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HIV/Aids has been plaguing us for a long time and researchers are on a mission to find a cure.

A definite, traditional cure has not yet been established, but the latest developments in gene therapy to fight HIV may offer some hope.

Natural immunity

YourGenome defines gene therapy as “when DNA is introduced into a patient to treat a genetic disease. The new DNA usually contains a functioning gene to correct the effects of a disease-causing mutation.”

These efforts are inspired by a man who was cured of HIV infection a decade ago by a cell transplant from a donor with natural immunity to the virus. He is the only person known to have been cured of HIV infection.

In all other cases, HIV cannot be eradicated and needs to be controlled by antiretroviral drugs. However, sometimes HIV infection cannot not be fully controlled by even the strongest drugs.

One step further

According to a New York Times article, gene therapy involves finding a way to create immunity by altering patients’ own cells, thereby removing the need for antiretrovirals. To achieve this, they tried cutting the patient’s DNA to disable the HIV entryway gene.

The initial gene editing experiments were disappointing because the altered T cells were outnumbered by T cells that were not altered. A good sign was however that patients in those studies had a big drop in the number of cells where HIV lurked in a dormant state (reservoir of silent disease).

Researchers are now hoping that keeping patients on strong antiviral medicines for at least a year will reduce this reservoir to a point where the body can control any residual disease by itself. 

University of Pennsylvania scientists are going a step further by adding a gene to help T cells recognise and kill HIV. This second part is called CAR-T therapy.

Great strides

The process of gene editing is showing great promise, as in the case of American Matt Chappell where it was a resounding success.(His HIV could not be fully controlled by the strongest Aids drugs.)

Scientists removed some of Chappell’s blood cells, disabled a gene to help them resist HIV, and reintroduced these “edited” cells in 2014. Now his body controls HIV by itself – and researchers are trying to perfect the process that made this possible.

So far, it has given the San Francisco man the next best thing to a cure.

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Mistakes made by the NHS in England could be a factor in more than 22,000 deaths a year.

For some odd reason we often don’t think about the general health of our lashes. But quite frankly we should because it could cause serious damage.

Worry not, here we have a few tips to take care of the curtains to the windows of your soul.

1. Infected lashes

Millions of people have them, but most don’t even know it. In fact, pet owners are most at risk.

Mites thrive on the natural oils produced by the body, but they don’t cause any problems unless you have a whole lot – a bunch of the critters can cause irritation or inflammation.

Good eyelid hygiene helps: wash your hands often and don’t touch your eyes with dirty hands.

Read more: 5 tips for flawless lashes every time

2. Dry lashes

Guilty of sleeping with your mascara on? Take heed! You could get blepharitis, an inflammation of the eyelids that often occurs in people suffering from dandruff, oily skin, dry eyes or clogged follicles.

This non-contagious condition causes redness and irritation on the lids.

Wet a clean facecloth in warm water, then wring it out and place it over your closed eyelids for five minutes. This will help soften crusts and loosen oily debris.

Read more: Could you be at risk for one of these 5 serious eye diseases?

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