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Comedy and humor in the health and wellness space.
Tutus and Birthdays
Tutus! It's not uncommon to see colourful tutus prancing, leaping and trotting around parkrun courses. Typically, they celebrate milestones for participants... volunteering at or completing 25, 50, 100, 200 or 400 events. Not so yesterday at Highfields, Qld (Australian) parkrun. Tutus were celebrating parkrun's 22nd Birthday . Why tutus? Two-two; 22; tutu for those of us who had trouble keeping up... even before running the 5km event!
By Angie the Archivist 📚🪶3 days ago in Longevity
Could You Become a Millionaire Just By Walking?
I walk a lot (or at least try). When I was living in Europe, I walked for 4 hours a day, often for fun. However, now that I live in unwalkable suburbia somewhere in the rancid armpit of Coal Country, Pennsylvania, I’ve been having some trouble incentivizing myself to get all the walking done that I otherwise would have if I were back in the Old World. Naturally, because of this, I’ve looked into walking rewards apps to incentivize myself to get those steps up. This is not an ad for those sorts of apps. They’re predatory advertisement-slave apps that definitely sell your personal data. The ads you receive on them are scammy and usually prioritize gambling or other money-making apps that would just make you watch more ads. Even when you have enough points to claim an award, the cash-out feature is often laden with delays, and sometimes you don’t even receive your money. However, let’s transport ourselves to an ideal world, where the rate of point acquisition remains the same, and the cashout thresholds remain the same, but the cashout is at least reliable. How long and how far would I have to walk to become a millionaire?
By Steven Christopher McKnight18 days ago in Longevity
Can You Prevent Your Skin From Ageing?
Question : Elaine, do you dread ageing and worry about it? Are you feeling unhappy about any creases or lines you might see on your face? Can we stop our skin from ageing? I am constantly worrying about my skin changing, but don’t want to be paranoid out it. How can I accept it?
By Elaine Sihera about a month ago in Longevity
Falling Apart
Introduction I often write things about mortality and my eventual demise, although this is not a downer piece. I have a fear of repeating myself and found this previous piece on Vocal, which was rejigged from a Seven Days In post from 2017:
By Mike Singleton đź’ś Mikeydred about a month ago in Longevity
Burnout, Checkout
Burnout has escaped the therapist’s office and rolled straight into the checkout cart, which is reason enough to pay attention. You can hardly scroll through social media or glance at the news without being told, solemnly and repeatedly, that everyone is burnt out—or at least very, very tired.
By Sarah Xenos3 months ago in Longevity
Lab-grown organoids demonstrate why survivors relapse and previous outbreaks resurface, why Ebola remains contagious in human brain tissue for 120 days.
Even after being proclaimed cured, an Ebola survivor may still have the active virus in their brain for months. It can flare up again at times. It can occasionally rekindle an outbreak that everyone believed had ended.
By Francis Dami3 months ago in Longevity
A novel medication has demonstrated remarkable efficacy in combating one of the most deadly types of cancer.
Precision medications, which target the precise genetic defect causing a tumour, have made more tumours curable in the last ten years. As the disease progressed, pancreatic cancer continued to be neglected and relied on treatment.
By Francis Dami4 months ago in Longevity
Parts of the world are approaching the boundaries of human survival due to extreme heat.
Surprisingly resilient is the human body. It can operate in a wide variety of temperatures, adapting, compensating, and perspiring its way through circumstances that our forebears would have found intolerable.
By Francis Dami4 months ago in Longevity
Giant Snakes and Ladders
For half a century, “I need to get fit; I wanna get fit; I’m getting fit!” has been a refrain, an infinity loop spooling through my brain. Typically, as soon as the thought “I’m on a fitness charge” sneaks into my mind, the wheels legs and or feet fall off and I’m back to square one twelve. It’s just one life sized game of Snakes and Ladders in the realm of exercise and fitness.
By Angie the Archivist 📚🪶4 months ago in Longevity
Stress signals may be used by pancreatic tumours to withstand treatment.
When treating cancer patients, the majority of oncologists take chronic stress into consideration. Sleep schedules, mindfulness exercises, and therapy referrals are all part of treatment strategies. The relationship between stress hormones and the tumour itself is something that those measures frequently overlook.
By Francis Dami5 months ago in Longevity
