Health

The meteoric rise of vapes in Australia has a chokehold on young Australians and many of us have no idea what’s inside them. It feels like most places you go, from the bus stop to the pub, you’re bound to smell notes of lush ice. But have you ever wondered what flavour lush ice actually is? Or how your vape even works? We have, so we’ve headed down to a lab to get some vapes tested.

Let's get those obese numbers down! Change the formula /jk

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/90326

The long-term impacts of semaglutide, especially on the brain, remain unknown. In diabetes and obesity, semaglutide is supposed to be a lifelong medication, and its most dramatic effects are quickly reversed when people go off. “The weight comes back; the suppression of appetite goes away,”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40846

Several years back, I had the opportunity of using the Emotiv Epoc+ BMI with an individual who had suffered a traumatic brain injury. She had not spoken for 20 years and using this device she was able to answer Yes/No questions from family members and navigate a YouTube playlist. Sadly, she passed away shortly thereafter, but she had provided me with an experience that I still consider the peak of my career. I am interested in hearing the experience of others in this area.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/476171

The linked tumblr post explains in detail a dangerous scam going around twitter's trans community.

A product called "I can't believe it's not estrogen" is being advertised as a natural replacement for estrogen. It is packaged in a trendy, eye-catching way and it is sold as an OTC supplement for people who can't get access to actual HRT.

In reality, it is at best a scam that will never ship and it aims at collecting trans women's personal details in order to harass them later on. At worst, it is a scam that directly aims at physically harming trans women. The substance contained in the advertised pills is ashwagandha, which boosts the production of the hormones your body produces on its own (i.e it would boost T production for a trans woman). Furthermore, the dosage found in these pills increases anxiety levels. If taken for several weeks in a a row, it will cause something called "serotonin syndrome", which will send you to the ER, potentially at death's door.

If you are in queer twitter circles, spread the warning around to keep our community safe.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/456927

Disclaimer: I have no quarrel with the mods using the term in the creation of this community. I understand why they chose it, as even if they share my disagreement with the term when applied to ADHD, there's not really a better inclusive term. "Mental illness" is really the only other option, and naming a community that would probably invite darker discussions that the mods might not be prepared to handle.

Another disclaimer: I think the term is perfectly valid when applied to autism, as autism is not, to the best of my knowledge, a mental illness so much as a difference in processing. Being autistic is only "bad" in the sense that our society discourages autistic traits. (Apologies if this is wrong; I'm neither autistic nor especially knowledgeable about autism.)

The term "neurodivergent" implies that there's nothing wrong with you if you have ADHD--you're just special and different. But my ADHD is an illness that requires treatment. A lot of people will tell you that the only reason ADHDers struggle is because society is set up wrong, but I don't think that's true, at least for me. Being unable to remember anything, unable to self-start, and hypersensitive to rejection would be massive problems in any world. Sure, the world today is particularly brutal for ADHDers in a way we could probably mitigate if we reorganized society to be kinder, but that doesn't mean ADHD isn't ultimately a disorder that some people need to treat with medication and therapy.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1170650

I wrote a small piece on dealing with perfection paralysis. It includes 7 tips to focus on the things to do.

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/91748

Can Making Your Bed Change Your Life?

Militaries often encourage this habit, perhaps to give a sense of order to your life and keep things looking uniform?

A majority of people don't make their beds, and seem to get along fine in the world, so it may not really be "necessary" for improving a person's life.

However for the minority that do make their beds, apparently there is also a correlation with a majority of them reporting they consider themselves happy, while a majority of those who don't make their beds admit to being unhappy (via Psychology Today article, referenced in a Mercury News article).

Some people think that making your bed in the morning helps to mentally prepare people for the day, that it's a habit that sets off a chain reaction of other good habits for the day; and it's also just nice to come back to a made bed to sleep in at night.

Could such a little thing have a big positive impact on your life?

Do you like to make your bed, or what do you think of the topic?

In case the OG link doesn't show: https://www.wired.com/story/precision-neuroscience-brain-implant/

I just couldn't cross post directly from Mander...

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/662025

A must read. :)

That's it. Just an initial post.