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Stop doing these 10 things your vagina HATE Your vagina is sending out an S-O-S.
If you interfere with the normal operation of your vajay you may face irritation or infection — or worse — and chances are you’re already doing at least one of these things. Your vagina is sending out an S-O-S. Listen! So read on to find out about the common mistakes we as woman make and how to better take care of your hoo hoo. Washing her too well and too often The vulva naturally secretes thick oils that defend its delicate skin from the secretions and friction it’s exposed to on a daily basis. If you scrub off those oils with harsh cleansers (think body washes, with fragrance, or surfactants)…
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Encourage men to pee sitting down to be more inclusive of Trans men Not every man is able to pee standing up. It is time for men to take a seat on the throne to create a more inclusive environment in the men's room.
“As I was transitioning, I found it triggering to constantly have to use the stall when going to the bathroom with my cisgender male friends,” my best friend since college recently confessed to me via Discord. I had already educated me thoroughly on the many issues faced by the Transgender Community, but I admit I had never even thought about anything like this before. The wheels in my head started whirring, and soon enough I came up with this beauty. You see, benefits of sitting down to pee for a cisgender man can include a feeling of independence, a reduction in total bathroom breaks, an even easier cleanup, SAFETY, and…
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6 easy steps to living a plant-based life Look and feel good while also being ethical. Going full vegan isn't as hard as they made it out to be!
Whether you are intending on going fully vegan or simply cutting out as much meat and dairy as possible while focusing your diet on fruit, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains, the positive effect you will have on the planet’s health and the environment is monumental. However, living a life based on plant consumption can seem remarkably daunting to a cheese-lover, a meat-eater, or simply anybody who has no previous experience of planning and preparing vegan meals. With these six easy steps, that task will hopefully be lessened, and you can get closer to the lifestyle you desire. Why go plant-based, any way? There are endless books, podcasts, documentaries, and even…
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How to look after your mental health during a pandemic The world around us appears to be falling apart, but thankfully there's always a way to give ourselves a pick-me-up.
The past few months have been devastating for our mental health. Crippling fear, a lack of socializing and enforced isolation can wreak havoc on a person’s well-being, and, for many, it turned what was already a hard time into an unbearable period. It’s difficult knowing what to do and what we can do to improve our situation, as the world around us appears to be falling apart, but thankfully there’s always a way to give ourselves a pick-me-up. Whether it be exercise, self-care, or gorging on treats, there are plenty of coping mechanisms to help make living through a pandemic just that little bit easier. However, if you find yourself…
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The demand for nurse practitioners is exploding—here’s why The healthcare role has seen significantly higher growth than even that of primary care doctors.
Research conducted by healthcare recruiter Merritt Hawkins found that nurse practitioners ranked as the most recruited healthcare industry role for 2013; the first time that this profession landed in the top twenty list of research carried out by this firm. Since then, the role of nurse practitioner has certainly met and even outdone expectations to reach a 30% rate in growth between 2010 and 2020. In fact, the growth of nurse practitioners as a healthcare role has been significantly higher than that of primary care doctors. So, why exactly are nurse practitioners enjoying such high demand? 1. Changing Demographics In 2015, a report carried out by the American Association of…
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Trying to get pregnant? Tell your loser boyfriend to stop smoking pot Men in their childbearing years (aged up to about 45) should think twice before lighting up while trying to conceive.
What do tobacco smoke, pesticides, flame retardants, obesity, and marijuana have in common? The ability to alter the DNA of men’s sperm. As legal access to cannabis expands across North America, more scientists are turning their attention to the drug’s active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). New research from Duke Health suggests men in their childbearing years (aged up to about 45) should think twice before lighting up while trying to conceive. Experiments in rats and a study with 24 men found that THC targets genes in two major cellular pathways, and alters DNA methylation, a process essential to normal development. Whether genetic changes can be reversed or may be passed on…
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Let’s face it: sex has become obsolete Millennials are finding the formerly irrepressible sex urge easy to resist.
Wanna buy 450,000 condoms—cheap? The Rio Olympic Committee stocked up in anticipation of a “Carnaval” in Olympic Village. Put the condoms in big green vending machines that played a bossa nova (just kidding) whenever a coin was inserted. With visions of gallivanting Olympians dancing in their heads, they budgeted at least forty-two per athlete. But then the Zika virus showed up. So virulent that birth control was too risky to trust. Doctors warned that the virus could live in male sperm for more than ninety days. Athletes were told to abstain for the two week period of the Games and for months afterward if they were pregnant or wanted to…
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Food fad fetishists have truly lost the plot The art of eating is being lost thanks to a growing army of health nuts and food police.
If we are what we eat, great swathes of the population are fast becoming a herd of crashing bores. Dining has, in recent years, changed course. Eating together was once a uniting social occasion. It now takes the form of cosmopolitan congregations of what would once have been considered eating disorders. I was recently invited to a “Vegan Feast” – a blinding oxymoron if ever there was one. Yet such events are increasingly commonplace. Friends gather, hungry, and nibble at an array of superfoods, antioxidants and obscure grains that promise to hold the secret to eternal youth – now described as “wellness” or “clean living.” More ingredients are verboten than…
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Science agrees: an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away As if we needed another excuse.
Science regularly advocates masturbation for its enormous health benefits. It makes you happier, can cure hay fever and even relieves period pains. But now, a new study from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women Hospital confirms that orgasms are pretty damn awesome. The short and sweet summary of their findings is that one orgasm a day could significantly lower a man’s chances of developing “the most common non-skin cancer.” In 2012, prostate cancer was diagnosed in more than 177,000 American men and killed 27,000. The study’s results showed that participants who ejaculated more than 21 times a month were at a 22% lower risk of getting the disease. And…