Tuesday, January 13

HEALTH

Too Much Psychological Arousal Can Be A Problem Particularly For Men
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MENTAL HEALTH

Too Much Psychological Arousal Can Be A Problem Particularly For Men

Getting too excited can stop men from orgasming – but there’s a solution. The way sex is portrayed in pop culture films and music could easily give you the idea that it, at least physically, should happen easily – particularly for men. Sex may seem like a straightforward activity but it actually involves a high degree of coordination between the brain and body parts. Recent data suggests that erectile dysfunction affects around one in five UK men, with the figure rising to 50% for the 40-70 age group. With this data in mind, we set out to explore how we could mathematically model the essence of sexual response in men and improve the experience. We found that too much psychological arousal before or during sexual stimulation can make it difficult to climax. Until recently, little was known ...
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Stress, How Much Is Too Much?
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Stress, How Much Is Too Much?

How much stress is too much? A psychiatrist explains the links between toxic stress and poor health − and how to get help. COVID-19 taught most people that the line between tolerable and toxic stress – defined as persistent demands that lead to disease – varies widely. But some people will age faster and die younger from toxic stressors than others. So how much stress is too much, and what can you do about it? I’m a psychiatrist specializing in psychosomatic medicine, which is the study and treatment of people who have physical and mental illnesses. My research is focused on people who have psychological conditions and medical illnesses as well as those whose stress exacerbates their health issues. I’ve spent my career studying mind-body questions and training physicians to treat...
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I Used Energy Therapy Techniques To Help Me With Space Clearing
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I Used Energy Therapy Techniques To Help Me With Space Clearing

Energy Therapy and how to use it. Fluff & Tuck (cleansing the Auric field) Draw the hands down from head to toe, 4 - 6 inches from the body Your hands are like rakes, feeling for any disruptions in the field, hot, cold, sticky, or tingly. Feel for changes in density. Make six or eight passes as you complete a circuit around the parameter of the body. Flick your hands toward the earth and request that she take the energy and transform it into what ever is needed. Grounding the Root Chakra Place both hands beneath the root chakra Feel for the density of the root chakra Draw the energy down toward the earth, like a cord Opening the Crown Chakra Stand to the side or behind the person you are working on. Place your hands in a triangle above the Crown Chakra. Wait ...
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For Many Doctors, Aromatherapy Still Doesn’t Pass The Smell Test — But Millions Of Americans Believe It Works
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For Many Doctors, Aromatherapy Still Doesn’t Pass The Smell Test — But Millions Of Americans Believe It Works

Millions of Americans believe aromatherapy works – but for many doctors, it still doesn’t pass the smell test. The history of using essential oils and their aromas to improve health and well-being dates back thousands of years. Like today, patients would inhale or topically apply these oils, which were typically extracted from plants – from leaves to flowers to roots to bark. But not until the 1930s was this form of therapy considered to have true potential in mainstream health care. That was when Rene Maurice Gattefossé, a French chemist who coined the word aromatherapy, wrote extensively about the properties of essential oils. Today, depending on whom you talk to, aromatherapy comprises anything from pleasant odors associated with personal hygiene and cleaning products to a serious t...
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St. Patrick’s Day Is Near: Time To Toast … Your Liver
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St. Patrick’s Day Is Near: Time To Toast … Your Liver

St. Patrick’s Day is almost here, we have something to cheer over – our livers. If St. Patrick is celebrated for his unselfish commitment converting Ireland to Christianity, we should also celebrate the magnanimous dedication of our liver not only to process alcohol, but keep our whole body fed and alive. I am a biochemist, and every time I teach liver metabolism, I am in awe of all its accomplishments. Here are four reasons to be grateful to your liver. It metabolizes alcohol and other bad molecules The alcohol we consume can’t be directly excreted - it has to be transformed to be eliminated. Degrading alcohol is a multi-step process that happens in the liver, where cells metabolize it using a series of enzymes working in a tidy cascade of reactions. These enzymes will turn alco...
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Do You Have Fear Of Saying ‘No’
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Do You Have Fear Of Saying ‘No’

Are our fears of saying ‘no’ overblown? Everyone has been there. You get invited to something that you absolutely do not want to attend – a holiday party, a family cookout, an expensive trip. But doubts and anxieties creep into your head as you weigh whether to decline. You might wonder if you’ll upset the person who invited you. Maybe it’ll harm the friendship, or they won’t extend an invite to the next get-together. Should you just grit your teeth and go? Or are you worrying more than you should about saying “no”? An imaginary faux pas We explored these questions in a recently published study. In a pilot study that we ran ahead of the main studies, we found that 77% of our 51 respondents had accepted an invitation to an event that they didn’t want to attend, fearing blowback if...
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The Downside To ‘Springing Forward’
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The Downside To ‘Springing Forward’

Could the days of ‘springing forward’ be numbered? A neurologist and sleep expert explains the downside to that borrowed hour of daylight. As people in the U.S. prepare to set their clocks ahead one hour on Sunday, March 10, 2024, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily routines caused by switching from standard time to daylight saving time. About one-third of Americans say they don’t look forward to these twice-yearly time changes. And nearly two-thirds would like to eliminate them completely, compared with 17% who aren’t sure and 21% who would like to keep moving their clocks back and forth. But the effects go beyond simple inconvenience. Researchers are discovering that “springing ahead” each March is connected with serious negative...
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Everyone Needs A Spa Every Once In A While
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Everyone Needs A Spa Every Once In A While

Everyone needs a little break from their busy life, don't they? And what else will be a great idea to pamper yourself by giving a spa treat for your body. Every salon provides the variety of spa-treatments according to your requirement. Most people visit spa centers just to de-stress themselves and rest. These centers provide various treatments to cure back-pain, joint-pain, insomnia, muscle-strains, headaches, etc. Go through your requirements and communicate same to your therapist, as you're paying them a good amount it's your right to avail all the services for enriching your experience. Talk to your therapist and seek all the advice and choose the right treatment as per your need. TYPES OF TREATMENT OFFERED IN SPA CENTERS- 1) Aromatherapy- In this therapy the magic is done with esse...
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Emerging Across The US — Nitazenes, A Powerful Class Of Street Drugs
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Emerging Across The US — Nitazenes, A Powerful Class Of Street Drugs

Nitazenes are a powerful class of street drugs emerging across the US. Two deaths in Boulder County, Colorado, in 2023 are the latest in the U.S. to be blamed on the powerful class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes. Most health systems cannot detect nitazenes, so the exact number of overdoses is unknown, but they’re implicated in more than 200 deaths in Europe and North America since 2019, including . One of the two Boulder County deaths is linked to a new formulation called N-Desethyl etonitazene, which was identified by a national laboratory, and is thought to be the first related death. The Conversation interviewed Dr. Christopher Holstege, professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and director of the Blue Ridge Poison Center, wh...
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Addicted To Social Media — Cut The Craving
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Addicted To Social Media — Cut The Craving

‘It is hijacking my brain’ – a team of experts found ways to help young people addicted to social media to cut the craving. Many people have compared the addictive nature of social media to cigarettes. Checking your likes, they say, is the new smoke break. Others say the unease over social media is just the next round of moral panic about new technologies. We are a pair of researchers who investigate how social media affects the mental health of young people. More than 75% of teens check their phone hourly, and half say they feel like they’re addicted to their devices. Here are some of the things they’ve told us: “TikTok has me in a chokehold.” “I would 1,000% say I am addicted.” “I feel completely aware that it is hijacking my brain, but I can’t put it down. This leaves me feeling as...
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