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Friday Q&A: Help with Infertility; When to Freeze Eggs; Anxiety about So Many Pills; & Finding a Therapist

Are You Okay? • 119 implied HN points • 10 Mar 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Anxiety Medications
  1. Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive a child after a certain period, depending on age. Seeking medical help early if concerned about fertility is recommended.
  2. Factors like irregular periods, reproductive health history, lifestyle choices, and male infertility can indicate when to seek medical help for fertility issues.
  3. For women considering egg freezing, age and personal circumstances play a significant role in determining the right time to proceed.

Opposite Action

Brain Lenses • 58 implied HN points • 18 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Emotions Therapy
  1. In times of emotional overwhelm, consider doing the opposite of what you feel like doing.
  2. When overloaded with emotions, our cravings may lead us to actions that make us feel worse.
  3. Research shows that when feeling down, indulging in sad music can intensify the sadness.

Well Being: Selective Serotonin‑ReUptake Inhibitors (SSRI)

Who is Robert Malone • 14 implied HN points • 22 Nov 25
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Pharmaceuticals Patient Care Public Health Nutrition
  1. SSRIs are widely prescribed for mental health issues, but they can cause serious side effects like sexual dysfunction that aren't always discussed with patients.
  2. Many women, especially those who are single, take SSRIs, and there's a growing concern about how this affects their children, including higher rates of depression in kids exposed to SSRIs during pregnancy.
  3. Instead of relying on pills, we should focus on social connections, community support, and traditional values to help improve mental health.

Is there a Pediatrics Shortage in China?

Cheryl’s Substack • 59 implied HN points • 14 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Pediatrics Medical care China
  1. There is social media concern in China about a shortage of pediatricians and medical supplies for children, particularly due to an increase in respiratory diseases.
  2. China's number of pediatricians has actually improved over the years, and the current shortage is more due to the sudden demand caused by the rise in respiratory illnesses targeting children.
  3. Even though there is a shortage of pediatricians in China, it is not as severe as portrayed on social media, and efforts are being made to increase the number of trained professionals.
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Is Keto just a Band-Aid?

Experimental Fat Loss • 176 implied HN points • 12 Nov 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Dieting Nutrition Weight Loss Metabolism Health trends
  1. Keto can help some people lose weight initially, but it often doesn't lead to long-term success. Many people may gain the weight back after stopping the diet.
  2. People can do keto in many different ways, but not all methods work for everyone. It's important to find what suits your body and lifestyle best.
  3. Keto isn't the only option for weight loss; other diets, like those focused on potatoes or rice, can also be effective. Choose a diet that you enjoy to make it easier to stick to.

Dose number NINE: CDC panel green lights yet another Covid mRNA shot

The Dossier • 367 implied HN points • 29 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Vaccination Public Health Pharmaceuticals CDC Preventive Care
  1. The CDC has green-lighted a ninth Covid mRNA shot for those following the official vaccination schedule, totaling nine doses within three years.
  2. The latest shot targets a variant that no longer exists, raising questions about continued vaccinations against obsolete threats.
  3. Pharmaceutical companies may be promoting additional shots under the guise of protection against new variants, despite the variants not being present during the shot's creation.

Meditation as Wakeful Relaxation: Unclenching Smooth Muscle (26/30)

psychotechnology • 12 implied HN points • 27 Nov 25
🏥 Health & Wellness Meditation Mindfulness Physiology Mental health Stress management
  1. Relaxation and wakefulness can coexist: training “wakeful relaxation” means coordinating mind and body to release tension, which makes you less reactive and reduces anxious mental looping.
  2. Patterns of muscle tension—especially in vascular smooth muscle—act as bodily “stances” that stabilize certain feelings and thoughts, and persistent smooth‑muscle latches can shape experience with relatively low energy cost.
  3. You can work to unclench these latches through targeted practices like ultra‑slow body scans, deliberate clench‑release cycles, and heat/cold exposure, using attention to track and loosen latched tissues.

Final Update to the COVID Guide

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 319 implied HN points • 01 Aug 22
🏥 Health & Wellness COVID-19 Long Covid Updates
  1. The post provides a final update to the COVID Guide, focusing on Long-COVID, post-COVID healing diet, and other updates.
  2. The information in the post is for paid subscribers only, and it offers detailed insights from Chris Masterjohn, PhD.
  3. To access the full content and updates, readers can subscribe to the post or sign in if they are already paid subscribers.

how to love yourself and others: some experiments and results | #33

The Pole • 99 implied HN points • 09 Oct 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Self-love Emotions Personal Growth Self-care
  1. Loving yourself requires understanding and knowing yourself well.
  2. Love is a feeling, not just an emotion. It's about taking someone as a part of yourself and fully understanding them.
  3. Practicing self-love involves being grateful for the good within you and making an effort to understand and care for yourself.

Raising humanity's psychological ceiling

Building the Builders • 10 implied HN points • 10 Dec 25
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Self-Improvement Leadership Development Workplace Wellness
  1. Ambitious founders and creators face distinct, intense psychological challenges that typical mental health services don't address.
  2. Their goals demand higher-order psychological skills—like fresh unfettered thinking, emotional self-management, earned self-trust, and disciplined focus—that go beyond standard therapy and self-help tools.
  3. Building better, scalable psychological support for these people is both fair and high-impact, because healthier, wiser builders can create more beneficial technologies and raise the overall human ceiling.

Progress Not Perfection: Leveraging Resolutions to Change Your Life

Perspectives • 6 implied HN points • 01 Jan 26
🏥 Health & Wellness Habits Fitness Nutrition Sleep Mental health Personal Growth Self-care
  1. Resolutions work when you turn them into small, consistent habits that pile up over time to create big change.
  2. Make goals doable: pick tiny, anchored actions, track them, seek accountability, and shape your environment so the right choice is the easy choice.
  3. Aim for progress, not perfection — stick with new actions long enough (roughly a couple months) and iterate year to year to build lasting change.

All self-help advice ever, distilled into ten sentences

andrewglynch • 6 implied HN points • 09 Jan 26
🏥 Health & Wellness Lifestyle Physical health Mental health Nutrition Sleep Habits
  1. Your time is limited, so decide what matters and ruthlessly prioritize those things because you can’t do everything.
  2. You are the only person who can change your life, so take responsibility and start doing the things you already know you should. Begin with the basics: regular exercise, good sleep, and a decent diet.
  3. Change your environment and who you spend time with to make big changes faster, and drop self-limiting beliefs. Success is not a single event but a steady process of doing the boring fundamentals well, over and over.

TEA productivity framework — Making the best of your time, energy, and attention ☕️🚀

10x your mind • 99 implied HN points • 03 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Productivity Time Energy Attention
  1. The TEA productivity framework focuses on optimizing time, energy, and attention for improved productivity.
  2. Each pillar of the TEA framework - Time, Energy, and Attention - plays a crucial role; lacking in one can lead to feelings of exhaustion, distraction, or being overwhelmed.
  3. To enhance productivity, invest in time by planning ahead, recharge your energy physically and emotionally, and direct your attention towards tasks by minimizing distractions.

What We Can Learn From Made Up History

The Heart Attack Diet • 99 implied HN points • 08 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Fitness Body Image Diet Health Effects
  1. Humans in the past often maintained a stable weight and strength without getting excessively fat, regardless of their diet or activities.
  2. The modern Western diet is linked to obesity and diseases of modernity spreading worldwide.
  3. There may be something in our current food environment contributing to the rise in obesity and health issues.

Rolling Safe: Taking MDMA For the First Time

Tripsitter • 99 implied HN points • 14 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects Safety measures Dosage Supplementation
  1. Preparation and knowledge are key to ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience when taking MDMA.
  2. It's important to test MDMA for purity and avoid pressed pills due to varying dosage and potential contamination issues.
  3. Understanding the risks, dosage guidelines, and effects timeline of MDMA is crucial for harm reduction and safety.

Update on RSV: The Virus, Vaccines for Older Adults & Antibodies for Kids

Are You Okay? • 99 implied HN points • 20 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Viruses Vaccines Antibodies Prevention Treatment
  1. RSV is a virus that primarily affects infants, young children, and older adults, leading to severe respiratory issues like bronchiolitis and pneumonia.
  2. RSV season typically starts in the fall, peaks in the winter, and varies in intensity and timing from year to year and by region.
  3. New vaccines and antibody injections are available to help protect against RSV, with options for older adults, pregnant women, and babies/toddlers, aiming to reduce severe outcomes and transmission.

The People-Centric Approach to Personal Development Plans

PeopleStorming • 99 implied HN points • 29 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Personal Development Self-Improvement Coaching
  1. A Personal Development Plan (PDP) is a structured approach to personal growth, focusing on goals, skills, and steps to achieve objectives.
  2. Traditional PDPs often lack personal ownership and end up neglected, leading to unachieved learning and growth aspirations.
  3. The PeopleStorming approach advocates for a self-driven growth plan, putting emphasis on personal choice, continual refinement, and simplicity in documentation.

Friday Q&A: binge eating; probiotics; talking to teen boys about food; & the Mediterranean diet

Are You Okay? • 99 implied HN points • 14 Apr 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Mental health Gut Health Parenting General Health
  1. Identify triggers for binge or restrict urges, practice mindfulness, distract yourself, practice self-compassion, seek professional help if needed
  2. Consider consuming more probiotics like yogurt, kefir, kombucha, feed your microbes with prebiotics, avoid antibiotics, reduce processed foods and sugar intake
  3. Approach conversations with teens about food and body image with sensitivity and empathy, focus on health not weight, choose the right time and place to discuss, lead with curiosity, offer support and resources

Smoke Signals: The Healing Power of Tobacco 🌱

Tripsitter • 99 implied HN points • 11 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Traditional Medicine
  1. Tobacco has a complex history, being used in various cultures as a sacred tool for physical and spiritual healing, but its modern overuse and commercialization pose threats to well-being.
  2. Traditional use of tobacco involved intentional and respectful consumption, incorporating it in ceremonies and rituals as a medicinal plant with psychoactive effects.
  3. Nicotine, the primary compound in tobacco, has medicinal benefits when used mindfully and in moderation, interacting with various systems in the body to offer effects like stimulation, pain relief, and altered states of consciousness.

Rediscovery Of The Obvious

Weekly Wisdom • 99 implied HN points • 31 May 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Connection Self-awareness Mental health Therapy Self-care
  1. The breakdown and recovery of human connection is a complex process involving biological, psychological, and social factors.
  2. Connection can be categorized into three main areas: self, other, and world, each presenting unique challenges and opportunities for growth.
  3. Connecting with oneself involves lovingly witnessing and accepting one's thoughts, feelings, body, and behavior, which can be facilitated by practices like mindfulness, meditation, journaling, and artistic pursuits.

4-quarters mind hack 🕑

10x your mind • 99 implied HN points • 14 Sep 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindfulness Productivity Self-care Well-being Mental health
  1. The 4 Quarters Method suggests dividing your day into four parts, allowing you a fresh start every quarter.
  2. Assign key tasks and activities to each quarter based on your energy levels and priorities for better time management.
  3. By structuring your day into quarters, you can efficiently tackle obstacles and turn each quarter into a success.

Compassion in Action: How Harm Reduction Saves Lives & Builds Healthier Communities

Tripsitter • 99 implied HN points • 27 Jul 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Harm Reduction Community support Advocacy
  1. Harm reduction focuses on compassion over punishment, preserving dignity for people who use drugs and creating healthier communities.
  2. Key principles of harm reduction include meeting individuals where they are at, using practical strategies for drug use, and respecting personal autonomy of drug users.
  3. Harm reduction strategies include education on safe practices, distribution of fentanyl test strips and Narcan, needle exchange programs, safe injection sites, medications for opioid use disorder, and safe sex education and supplies.

When In Doubt...

Weekly Wisdom • 99 implied HN points • 31 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Emotions Self-Improvement Mental health Social Connections Personal Growth
  1. Doubting ourselves can be beneficial as it helps us be more cautious, avoid mistakes, and blend in social situations.
  2. Self-doubt can serve as a protective mechanism to conserve energy and maintain a positive self-identity.
  3. Many people may have creative aspirations but are held back by their own doubts, contributing to a majority of individuals consuming content rather than creating it.

What's your default?

10x your mind • 99 implied HN points • 28 Sep 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Lifestyle Fitness Mindfulness Self-care
  1. Default settings impact our choices, like why unhealthy options are often the default in food and technology.
  2. Conscious changes to defaults can lead to healthier habits, like choosing nuts over sugary snacks and setting limits on social media apps.
  3. Using defaults to our advantage, like planning outfits in advance or stocking up on healthy snacks, can save time and support wellness goals.

Gene Discovery in Early-Onset Breast Cancer

Holodoxa • 99 implied HN points • 28 Sep 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Medical Research
  1. BRCA1 was a significant discovery in cancer genetics as it demonstrated the inheritance of cancer due to gene mutations passed down through generations.
  2. Competition and serendipity played roles in the discovery of BRCA1, showcasing the collaborative and competitive nature of scientific research.
  3. The race to identify, clone, and sequence BRCA1 involved notable scientists such as Mary-Claire King and Mark Skolnick, with Skolnick's team ultimately making the groundbreaking discovery.

Spring Cleaning Season

Mindset Mastery • 98 implied HN points • 01 May 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Self-care Emotional Well-being Physical health Therapy
  1. The author is going through a big life and career change, experimenting with adding people to their business, and transitioning from a solo-preneurial venture to running their business more like an agency
  2. Financially, the experiment is successful, but emotionally, the author is navigating complex feelings about safety, support, scarcity, control, and mistakes
  3. The author's older, wiser self advises to stay the course, emphasizing that this transition is significant for growth and emotional well-being, even if it feels uncomfortable