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9 votes
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Private equity firms in US health insurance - the private-equity backed health insurer Friday Health Plans shut down under order by Colorado state regulators in July
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Cardiovascular ER visits plunged after Pittsburgh coal plant shut, study finds
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Looking for short beard and face care tips
I struggle with trichotillomania which is a compulsion to pluck my own hair. Mine is focused primarily on my beard, resulting in unsightly bare patches. I am working through the mental health...
I struggle with trichotillomania which is a compulsion to pluck my own hair. Mine is focused primarily on my beard, resulting in unsightly bare patches. I am working through the mental health component of this condition already, but a better hair and skin care regiment could help reduce the triggers that start me plucking hairs.
I keep my beard relatively close cropped to my face. When the hairs in my bald patches start to regrow there is typically a lot of irritation which starts me touching my face, which leads me to find bumps like zits and blackheads and “weird hairs”, like kinky hairs, hairs growing in the wrong direction, particularly hard or soft hairs, anything that feels off when I run my fingers over them. This has the side effect of depositing more dirt and oils from my fingers onto my face, which creates a kind of feedback loop where the dirtier my face is the more I want to touch it, and the more I touch it the dirtier it gets. When I encounter these bumps and weird hairs I will want to pick at them and I won’t stop thinking about it until I do. It is a real struggle that I am working through and I figure if I can reduce that irritation that triggers it I’ll be less likely to touch and therefore pluck.
What I am hoping to find here are general care tips I can use for my short-cropped beard. What kind of products do you use for both the hairs themselves and your face, what methods do you use to trim, etc.? Currently I wash my face with a cleanser, followed by a toner, then a serum or lotion, but I don’t use any products specifically for my beard hairs themselves. I trim with an electric razor when my beard is between .5 and 1 inches long and I’ll trim it down to about 1/8 of an inch, or whatever setting 7, 8, or 9 is on my razor.
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In Mongolia, back to school, back to sickness?
15 votes -
Norway's ongoing journey to optimize breastfeeding support – rates of breastfeeding in the WHO European Region are the lowest in the world
10 votes -
An abortion ban made them teen parents. This is life two years later.
55 votes -
The UK NHS in crisis - evaluating radical alternatives
10 votes -
[preprint] Suicide after leaving the UK Armed Forces 1996-2018: a cohort study
13 votes -
How extreme heat hits America's hungry
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Abortion advocates sue Alabama attorney general over prosecution threats for out-of-state travel
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The body’s immune system responding to a COVID vaccine, and not the vaccine itself, is likely the cause of menstrual cycle changes experienced after vaccination
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Maternal deaths are expected to rise under US abortion bans, but the increase may be hard to measure
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A political gap in excess deaths in the USA widened after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, study says
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What is weighing heavily on you this week?
Numerous studies have shown that talking about the things going on in our life is beneficial for our mental health, but sometimes it’s hard to speak about them with the people in our lives. So,...
Numerous studies have shown that talking about the things going on in our life is beneficial for our mental health, but sometimes it’s hard to speak about them with the people in our lives.
So, share with us strangers. We may not be able to fix it for you, but maybe you can leave some of the burden you’re carrying in these comments and walk away a little lighter. I’ll start!
I saw that new “Aged” filter on Tik Tok this week and thought I’d give it a try. The moment my camera opened, I was looking at the spitting image of the deceased father. I panned my head, raised my eyebrows, smiled, and frowned, so many of my facial mannerisms were exactly the same as my dad’s. As I felt all the emotion of missing my dad well up inside me, watching the camera, I said “Hey boyyy” in the way my father used to say it to me. It broke my heart to see the image of my dad staring back at me and talking to me, I miss him so much.
I lost my dad 7 years ago now, and each year I can feel little details of him slip further away. The shirts I kept of his are sealed in bags so I can open them and smell him again, but ziplock can only do so much, the scent is all but gone. I can feel little details about him that I knew so well slip away as time passes. The way the skin of his hands felt when I held hands with him. The feeling of his back when I would give him big bear hugs. The comforting details slip further out of reach as I dive deeper into adulthood on my own, without my dad to help me. So the fact that I could open this app and look at a live image of my dad, embodied in me, both breaks my heart and fills it in a strange way.
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What do you look for in a nail salon?
I'm sure most of the nail salon choices near me are fine, but I'm going to have to choose. Are there any red flags I should look for? Are there indications of quality that aren't the same as most...
I'm sure most of the nail salon choices near me are fine, but I'm going to have to choose. Are there any red flags I should look for? Are there indications of quality that aren't the same as most expensive option? Any advice would be helpful.
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US health insurance giant Cigna sued over algorithm allegedly used to deny coverage to hundreds of thousands of patients
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Has anyone administered fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) to help with their dog's gastrointestinal issues?
I have a cavalier king charles spaniel that has had some unfortunate health issues for the past few years. The most pressing one that I haven't been able to nail down and fix is her GI issues....
I have a cavalier king charles spaniel that has had some unfortunate health issues for the past few years. The most pressing one that I haven't been able to nail down and fix is her GI issues. Every now and then, she has an all night bout of diarrhea even though the only food she has eaten is her hydrolyzed protein dog food. I remember reading about FMT years ago for people who had GI issues and I'm wondering what the results have been for dogs (and other animals). It seems counter intuitive to fight shit with more shit, but at this point I am willing to try most non-invasive treatments. While taking her to the dog park and asking other dog owners if my dog can eat their dog's poo would be the cheapest option, instead I found a site that purportedly has capsules available.
https://doggybiome.com/dog-products-for-diarrhea/
However, because it is difficult to find more information about this company and because I don't want imagine how this type of business (if it worked) could scale up as an industrial factory farm, I am skeptical.
Any thoughts on treating IBD in dogs for an allergy prone, and sensitive dog? She is already getting fiber and she sometimes gets probiotic with her food.
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Idaho drops panel investigating pregnancy-related deaths as US maternal mortality surges
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Advice on contact lenses causing red eyes
Hi, I started trialing contact lenses (toric lenses, specifically) about a month ago, and have had a problem with them making my eyes seriously red. I've tried 3 different brands of contacts now,...
Hi, I started trialing contact lenses (toric lenses, specifically) about a month ago, and have had a problem with them making my eyes seriously red. I've tried 3 different brands of contacts now, and the issue has persisted across all three. Has anyone else had a similar experience and figure out how to manage it? Thank you!
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Thirteen factors that build a healthy relationship
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Three Texas plaintiffs testified about the trauma they experienced being required to carry nonviable pregnancies due to the Texas abortion ban
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How does the new over-the-counter birth control pill, Opill, work to prevent pregnancy?
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New study finds Covid can infect the liver
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'Hospital-at-home' trend means family members must be caregivers — ready or not
15 votes -
Expanding heat wave prompts alerts for 115 million people in the United States
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The lost patients of Washington state's abandoned psychiatric hospital
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Professor of medicine claims that curing America’s loneliness epidemic would make us healthier, fitter and less likely to abuse drugs
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Hustle culture kills happiness. Here’s how to escape it. | Laurie Santos
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The book To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick by Alden Wicker explores public health and fast fashion
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The post Dobbs dilemma for US emergency healthcare - Navigating the conflict between EMTALA and State abortion restrictions
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2022 guidance from President Biden's administration assures doctors they’ll be protected by US federal law for providing emergency abortion care even if their state bans the procedure
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First over-the-counter birth control pill gets US FDA approval
58 votes -
Reasons why a cat might be peeing on the rug
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How UnitedHealth’s US acquisition of a popular Medicare Advantage algorithm sparked internal dissent over denied care
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More evidence that gas stoves produce suprisingly large amounts of harmful pollutants
82 votes -
I hired five people to sit behind me and make me productive for a month
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Measuring the amount of lead (Pb) consumed when drinking from lead crystal glassware. Is it safe?
5 votes -
Why the mental health of liberal girls sank first and fastest
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The UK's NHS mental health review will fail to answer its darkest secret
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Women in Denmark can now take a blood test to identify genetic foetal abnormalities in early pregnancy. But it has raised ethical questions.
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Barriers to transgender health care lead some to embrace a do-it-yourself approach
22 votes -
Iowa joins dozens of other US states in legalizing sales of raw milk
57 votes -
Anthony Fauci on Larry Kramer and loving difficult people
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Five locally transmitted cases of Malaria in USA, first since early 2000s
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‘Extreme threat’: Large swathe of southern US at dangerous ‘wet bulb temperature’
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How often do US health insurers say no to patients? No one knows.
21 votes -
Does minimum unit pricing for alcohol cause or prevent harm?
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Which apps do you use for your mental health and wellbeing, if any?
I have lost my r/finch community, and am feeling curious to see if there are any folks here who also find apps can be helpful for their mental health. I struggle with anxiety and am processing a...
I have lost my r/finch community, and am feeling curious to see if there are any folks here who also find apps can be helpful for their mental health.
I struggle with anxiety and am processing a lot of grief, and may or may not have ADHD (I am in the process of getting tested, but it takes a while). My experiences with therapy are a bit mixed, so I am currently going down the route of trying to DIY my wellness a little. Starting simple with things like, sleep more, try to focus on drinking enough, go out in nature, switching off podcasts and phones and reading more. It's actually helped me, bit by bit.
One of my 'tools' is an app called finch, a virtual pet that encourages you to set goals, check in how you are feeling, journal, do mindful breathing and such. I tried many things and this app is the one that stuck and actually works.
Just wanted to ask, do any others here use wellness apps? And have they worked for you? Which do you recommend?
Just to be clear, I mean apps that work as a stand alone solution, rather than apps like 'better help' which ultimately just connect you to a therapist. Although Better Help has its uses too!
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Hidden pain, controlled bodies: Does ballet have to be like this? A recent explosion of revelations from ballet dancers confronts an art form afraid to look itself in the mirror
27 votes