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Beach Living!!
I would like to try and set the mood of last night (I’m not a writer by any stretch of the imagination). I was basically sitting on the beach in a bar with my fiancé watching the last of the surfers trying to catch the last waves of the day. The sun was going down directly in front of us, we were enjoying a beer or two. There was UB40 playing in the background, being from NZ I grew up with UB40, I had not heard them for years. The few people left on the beach were just silhouettes in the distance as the sun begun to change color to an amazing orange, then to pink. the kind you only see in magazines or on TV.
By Taufik Olu2 years ago in Longevity
Living a Creative Life
What does it mean to live a creative life? It means looking for new and better ways to live from day to day and year to year, rather than going along on automatic or doing what everyone else around you is doing. It means applying that brainpower to more than just paying the bills and winning those video games - and more than even creative thinking or writing.
By Sinha Ceni2 years ago in Longevity
Telomeres And Aging
Aging used to be inevitable even though some amount of aging still is, the details available on these delivers some insight towards many fantastic discoveries inside research of zero-aging. For a long time, many people have searched the InElixir of youth.Inch Discover the reason aging after which it it's possible we are able to be able to protect against it with Telomeres And Aging.
By Fester Hammer2 years ago in Longevity
Bad Driving Habits
Bad driving habits are the main causes of accidents on our roads. Firstly, drinking and driving is a worldwide bad habit that contributes to a larger percentage of accidents on the roads. When driving under the influence of alcohol, or any other substance, it is indeed an awful combination. Despite the effort to hunt down drivers under the influence of alcohol, many have not taken heed. The Federal Bureau of Investigation shows that about 1.4 million drivers were arrested in 2010 while driving under the influence of alcohol. Out of these, 28% of the drivers were involved in fatal accidents.
By Fester Hammer2 years ago in Longevity
Losing Weight 1st Steps
We discussed the importance of exercise in my last weight-loss piece. Without it, don't even think about starting a weight-loss program! But what kind of exercise should you do? Here I have a list of helpful tips and hints to help you get the most out of your exercise (and weight-loss) efforts. Let's get this party started!
By El Pablo 1x3 years ago in Longevity
Medieval Plague Masks
Being in the middle of the Covid-19 outbreak, it is interesting to think about how societies in the past dealt with pandemics that they were faced with. Many of the approaches societies used were relatively useless, or, in some cases, did more harm than good. The toxic element mercury was commonly used in treatments for skin disorders and syphilis and bloodletting are examples of these. Religion was often commonly used. Considering that, for most of human history, people were unaware of the presence of bacteria, viruses, and other microscopic pathogens, it becomes less surprising that many of the theories of disease were extremely incorrect. However, even though physicians in the past may not have known of the presence of microorganisms, they had managed to accidentally come up with a way to protect themselves from the potentially fatal creatures, and what they created was, in many ways, genius.
By Rebecca Weiner4 years ago in Longevity
Plague Doctors
For more history, collowing @kingdomoftributes on Instagram! What was a plague doctor? The Medico della Peste, also known as The Beak Doctor, they were a medieval physician meant to treat bubonic plague victims. They treated everyone due to pay from the city, but some charged more for "special" treatments or falsified cures. Majority were amateurs and only counted for the number of casualties instead of curing, and little were genuinely experienced in medicine. At the time, claiming to be a healer wasn't difficult and only few knew with accuracy what they did, and so many only worsened it. Generally, doctors weren't associated with knowing what they were truly doing until the 19th century. People in France and the Netherlands called them "empirics" due to their lack of medical training, as there was an example of s fruit vendor being a doctor. Yet, because of the illness, they were seen as valuable and revered and were given special privileges at time. For ex: there was an incident where Barcelona sent two of these doctors to Tortosa in 1650 and they were captured and demanded for ransom... Matteo du Angelo was a doctor in 1348 that was hired for 50 florin a year in Orveito... doctors were hired by Pope Clement VI to handle the sick in Avignon... Florence and Perugia used them to do autopsies to find a cure and a cause of death. These doctors witnessed dozens of wills during epidemics and gave advice on what to do before death (it depended per patient and after the medieval era the nature between doc and patience developed a complex ethical code) and other important document, and since the job was more demographic, some doctors ran off with wills and documents. And since desperate times called for desperate measures, The closer to dying the worse the testament. The most doctors knew was just the person they were treating, and the less they knew medically the more comfy they were with creativity. Regardless of economic status, doctors served to everyone, but some did "invent" cures or medicines that had a fee for the wealthy.
By Skelly Snoo4 years ago in Longevity
How COVID-19 Compares to the Spanish Flu
It’s eerie to think about how just over 100 years ago, the world was in the midst of a different global pandemic. The Spanish flu took the lives of 20 to 50 million people, making it one of the worst viral outbreaks in human history. To put it into perspective, the Spanish flu killed around five percent of the planet’s entire population and wiped out more people than WWI. As we’re now faced with our very own contagion in 2020, there’s a lot we can learn by looking at the past.
By Shandi Pace4 years ago in Longevity
Come Smile With Me—Episode 2
I am a big six now and progressing very well, considering the doctors’ prognosis. I am still having physiotherapy, mainly on my legs that don’t want to work too well. I wear a sort of brace during the day, but Mum can take it off when I am in bed, so that’s good. My friends don’t seem to notice that I am wearing anything different, which really helps me get through the days, and at night I feel normal. I have noticed that one of my legs is thinner than the other, but this will get better I am sure. Mum and Dad don’t talk about it much. I don’t want to be special, just normal. Perhaps I am normal already?
By Peter Thwaites7 years ago in Longevity
The Way Things Used To Be
One cannot help wonder by looking at the events that are occurring around the world today that maybe we would all wish things were back the way they used to be. Long before the Internet and smart phones we managed quite nicely with rotary telephones and remoteless TVs. We actually had to get up to change the TV channel. There were only three channels so there wasn't much debate on what channel to turn to. Not like it is today. Many of us can even remember the days before families got their first television set. Back then the radio was the family entertainment. Imagination is a wonderful experience. But, as we look around today there is too much stress, worry, and even with all those technological marvels of modern living today we really aren't connected like people were those many years ago.
By Dr. Williams7 years ago in Longevity