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5 votes
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Oregon legalizes psilocybin mushrooms (for therapeutic purposes) and decriminalizes all drugs
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Polish government delays abortion ban after two weeks of protests across the country
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Hi, How Are You? - Mental Health Support & Discussion Thread (October/November 2020)
Bringing this back for those who need it. Vent, share your experiences, ask for advice, talk about how you are doing. Let's make this a compassionate space for all who may need one.
24 votes -
A room, a bar and a classroom: How the coronavirus is spread through the air
11 votes -
Japan’s elderly online shoppers are running into trouble
7 votes -
Internal documents reveal COVID-19 hospitalization data the US government keeps hidden
19 votes -
Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of October 26
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the...
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!
9 votes -
'Stay at home' from Thursday, says PM in new England lockdown
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Insomnia, anyone?
I keep reading about people getting "covid insomnia". You could say, it's keeping me up at night. Really though, it's been getting pretty regular for me. I take xanax once in a while but keeping...
I keep reading about people getting "covid insomnia". You could say, it's keeping me up at night.
Really though, it's been getting pretty regular for me. I take xanax once in a while but keeping it to an absolute minimum (no more than 0.25mg, once a week or so).
I tried the Sleep With Me podcast mentioned by @noblepath. It sort of helped. I kind of like the experience of it, the mindlessness, but I didn't continue past the second night.
It did give me the idea to just run a youtube video of rain sounds on my tv though, a lot better than what I used to do (leave netflix on some rewatches I know by heart). This is the one I'm currently enjoying: https://youtu.be/_x3hVRSIe2g
14 votes -
Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
5 votes -
Chrissy Teigen describes losing baby in heartbreaking detail: "Utter and complete sadness"
8 votes -
America's Pandemic: In a three-part documentary, the Washington Post explores a failed response to the coronavirus pandemic that’s left 225,000 Americans dead, despite decades of preparation
10 votes -
Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response among old as well as young adults
9 votes -
Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
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Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of October 19
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the...
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!
7 votes -
The COVID cruise ship and the Maine fishing town
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Inside the fall of the CDC: How the world’s greatest public health organization was brought to its knees, causing damage that could last much longer than the coronavirus
13 votes -
Notes on my colon cancer
7 votes -
A new program in Denver sends mental health professionals instead of police
9 votes -
The tree that could help stop the pandemic: The rare Chilean soapbark tree produces compounds that can boost the body's reaction to vaccines
7 votes -
How an ill-fated fishing voyage that left Seattle in May provided a natural experiment that helped us understand Covid-19
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Understanding how "overdispersion" works is key to controlling Covid - as few as 10% of people are responsible for 80% of transmission
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How to interpret news about vaccine trials
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Covid-19: The global crisis — in data
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What should I know about intermittent fasting?
I know it's a big deal right now, but I don't know much about it. I sort of stumbled into it by accident because I don't feel safe eating at work right now, so most days I don't have any food...
I know it's a big deal right now, but I don't know much about it.
I sort of stumbled into it by accident because I don't feel safe eating at work right now, so most days I don't have any food until I get home around 4:00 to 4:30 PM. I'm also usually wrapping up my evening and in bed by 9:00 PM, so I end up with a roughly five hour window in which to eat. Last weekend I tried to follow it even though I was home and found it surprisingly easy to just not eat until that time, even though it was safe for me to do so and food was available.
I was already calorie counting prior to this, but I noticed the shift to not eating at work accelerated my weight loss a little bit. It's also way easier to come in under my calorie count when I don't eat for most of the day.
Because it seems like this is working (though granted, I'm in the very early stages), and because I don't really have a choice in the matter given that I can't safely eat at work anyway, I'm interested in learning about the do's and don't's of intermittent fasting. As a beginner to this, what should I know? I am mostly interested in just making sure I'm not doing any damage to myself or creating any potential problems that I don't realize, so safety is my primary concern. Weight loss is a secondary focus, though less essential because I feel like I've got that down with calorie counting. Any insights or resources you know of would be appreciated.
14 votes -
Pandemic spikes in rural states, where small hospitals are already in financial distress
7 votes -
Electric shocks to the tongue can quiet chronic ringing ears
10 votes -
US hospitals overwhelmed by rebounding virus
12 votes -
What happens to abortion access in the US if Roe v. Wade is overturned?
6 votes -
Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
4 votes -
Why Germany has fared better than its European neighbors so far in Covid-19 cases and deaths
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Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of October 12
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the...
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!
12 votes -
What are we so afraid of? – Tony Green, on dismissing, denying, contracting and spreading the coronavirus
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Real-time tracking of serotonin, dopamine opens new window to the brain
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Danish veterinarians and farmers have begun culling at least 2.5 million minks in northern Denmark after coronavirus has been reported in at least sixty-three farms
6 votes -
A 'second wave' of mental health devastation due to Covid-19 is imminent, experts say
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Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
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Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of October 5
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the...
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!
9 votes -
Effect of hydroxychloroquine in hospitalized patients with Covid-19
9 votes -
Argentinians flock to Uruguay amid pandemic
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Eli Lilly says its monoclonal antibody cocktail is effective in treating Covid-19
7 votes -
What to expect when covid-19 and the flu season collide
5 votes -
Texas doctor, 28, dies of Covid: "She wore the same mask for weeks, if not months" due to PPE shortages
9 votes -
Trump’s antibody treatment was tested using fetal cells obtained through abortion
18 votes -
Protest erupts in Orthodox Jewish community over NYC's new coronavirus restrictions
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A doctor gave me an inept diagnosis for a neurological problem. I should know: I’m a neurologist
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Largest COVID-19 contact tracing study to date finds children key to spread, evidence of superspreaders
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One man's COVID-19 death raises the worst fears of many people with disabilities
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Planning is GREAT: Britain was supposed to be the most prepared country in the world. Then an unexpected enemy arrived
6 votes