#health /

[politijohn]

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Progressive reforms remain popular

[hannah-snow]

Well this explains why I feel so terrible.

“After thirty years of intensive research, we can now answer many of the questions posed earlier. The recycle rate of a human being is around sixteen hours. After sixteen hours of being awake, the brain begins to fail. Humans need more than seven hours of sleep each night to maintain cognitive performance. After ten days of just seven hours of sleep, the brain is as dysfunctional as it would be after going without sleep for twenty-four hours. Three full nights of recovery sleep (i.e., more nights than a weekend) are insufficient to restore performance back to normal levels after a week of short sleeping. Finally, the human mind cannot accurately sense how sleep-deprived it is when sleep-deprived.”

— Matthew Walker PhD, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (via themedicalstate)

[mindblowingscience]

As the global population ages, more of us face frightening cognitive decline, personally or in our loved ones. There are over 10 million new cases of dementia globally each year. But a study published this year suggests up to 13 percent of people diagnosed with dementia in the US may have a misdiagnosis and are instead left struggling with a condition that can be treated.

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[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

[hyacinthsgrimoire]

( @womenaremypriority for the text post; aesthetic meme is mine @hyacinthsgrimoire )

[ultrafit]

@ultrafit

[unbfacts]

[heavy-metal-dick]

@halfgalactic

@yeahitsak

[kuroashims]

when will people understand that skinny shaming is a thing and that it is as wrong as any type of shaming. stop telling me to eat. stop telling me to gain weight. stop telling me that i'm anorexic (which i am not) and should take care of myself. well in fact stop telling whatever you think about my appearance. i didn't choose this body and if you're uncomfortable with my pointy bones stop looking at me or deal with it. fair reminder that inclusivity doesn't only work for larger body types. you never know what struggles lie behind a frail silhouette, but shaming will never ever be the solution.

[thepersonalwords]

I will not allow my mistakes of the past compromise my hope for the future.

Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life

[lisra-writes]

Talk to a qualified physio about the pelvic floor! We can help!

We all know what erectile dysfunction is but literally no one is ever taught what vaginismus is and it can cause people to feel extremely lost, broken, and cause people to take their own lives. Raise. Awareness.

[mindblowingscience]

How we classify cancer and spot it in its earliest stages could need an urgent rethink: researchers have found that even some healthy women carry cells with the key hallmarks of breast cancer. These cells are known as aneuploid cells, and have an abnormal number of chromosomes. They're common in invasive breast cancer, and it's thought the chromosome imbalance enables cancer to spread and evade the body's immune defenses.

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[whatevergreen]

The Polk County Sheriff's Office deliberately misled people into believing that Briana Boston had been released without charges. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[cricketcat9]

Rebloging for myself and anyone who has to deal with these fuckers

medically accurate muscle chart: