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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Teen Suicide Spiked After Debut Of Netflix's '13 Reasons Why,' Study Says
Teen Suicide Spiked After Debut Of Netflix's '13 Reasons Why,' Study Says
In the month following the show's debut in March 2017, there was a 28.9% increase in suicide among Americans ages 10-17, said the study, published Monday in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
April 30, 2019 at 09:04PM
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Why 'Plant Blindness' Matters — And What You Can Do About It
Why 'Plant Blindness' Matters — And What You Can Do About It
A phenomenon called "plant blindness" means we tend to underappreciate the flora around us. That can have disastrous consequences not only for the environment, but human health.
April 30, 2019 at 07:53PM
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American Prescription Drug Prices Are Out of Control. One Man’s Furious Quest to Get to the Bottom of It.
American Prescription Drug Prices Are Out of Control. One Man’s Furious Quest to Get to the Bottom of It.
I was at the end of the long table in the conference room when I realized the drugs had become a problem.
April 30, 2019 at 07:53PM
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Monday, April 29, 2019
People Are Clamoring to Buy Old Insulin Pumps
People Are Clamoring to Buy Old Insulin Pumps
How an obsolete medical device with a security flaw became a must-have for some patients with type 1 diabetes.
April 29, 2019 at 09:04PM
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Just One Psychedelic Trip Can Have Life-Long Benefits
Just One Psychedelic Trip Can Have Life-Long Benefits
A new study says that LSD, mushrooms, DMT and other psychedelics can trigger "god" experiences and positive life changes.
April 29, 2019 at 07:05PM
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Sunday, April 28, 2019
A Gorgeously-Animated Description Of What It Feels Like To Have Depression
A Gorgeously-Animated Description Of What It Feels Like To Have Depression
"[My mum] wasn't getting it at all. It was like someone being confused why penguins can't fly — they've got two wings like all of the other birds, so why not throw them out of a plane?"
April 28, 2019 at 08:48PM
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A Documentary About The Deadly Rates Of CTE In Professional Hockey
A Documentary About The Deadly Rates Of CTE In Professional Hockey
Former professional hockey player Todd Ewen suffered from depression and memory loss, eventually taking his own life. The NHL eschewed all responsibility.
April 28, 2019 at 07:06PM
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After Five Miscarriages, I Finally Opened Up About My Fertility Struggles
After Five Miscarriages, I Finally Opened Up About My Fertility Struggles
I couldn't stand the culture of silence around infertility — so I opened up about it on Instagram and live TV.
April 28, 2019 at 10:51AM
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Saturday, April 27, 2019
Bundles on Bundles: 3 "Newish" Bundles Out
I have updated my Smashwords catalogue. I now have over 50 books/series/bundles to choose from. Three of my new bundles were added today – Forced Lesbian Submissions: 17 Books of Girl on Girl, Alice in Monsterland: 15 Books of Monster Sex, and Big Milky Tits: 5 Books.
These bundles are collections of some of my older books that have been banned by Amazon.
Includes: Showing Her Who’s Boss, Coach Kennedy, Mile High Discipline, The Queen & Her Concubine, The Hypnotist, The Art Model, Trailer Park Girl, Full Body Search, Roller Derby Ravishment, Punished & Humiliated by the Librarian, Rocked, Lesbots – Experiment Gone Wrong, Lesbots – Dominating Mika, Lesbots – Breaking Mika, Groupie – The Cage, Groupie – Kitty Kat, Groupie – The Exhibitionist
A short excerpt: “Oh please, please Mistress, I want to cum, I need to cum, oh please!” My voice dissolved into a grunting squeal as the rhythm of our fucking pulsed another wave of pleasure up my spine and I bounced harder and faster on that dildo, until I felt as though I was going to pass out.
”Good slut,” she said, lifting herself up on to kiss me softly on my lips. As we kissed she pushed me up with her hands on my hips and made me change position. I was sitting down with her behind me. I pressed my naked body against her and she wrapped her legs outside mine. I leaned back against her, closing my eyes, and felt her sweet kisses on my neck.
Includes: Lustica – Ganged by Trolls, Lustica – The Mating Ritual, Lustica – The Swamp Creatures, The Mating Games – Abducted, The Mating Games – The Cell, The Mating Games – Probed, Goldilocks & the Three Beasts, Beast Me: The Jersey Devil, Where the Wild Things Ravish, Beast Me: He Does Exist, Nursing the Ogre, Beast Me: Submit to the Minotaur, Beast Me: Forceful Phantom, Feeding the Vampire, and Feeding the Alien
A short excerpt: Impaled on that huge cock I couldn’t speak. I opened my mouth but there was no sound to make, just an agonized breathless squeal of lust. With every thrust, my whole body shook, and yet, I could feel my pussy getting wetter, making it easier for him to thrust into me.
The effort of fucking me was causing him to grunt harder and with a gasp and a squeal, I was pulled down as he sank to the ground and lay back, holding me tight on his cock, then lifting me up and starting to fuck me all over again. The pounding was wrecking my poor pussy. I already felt raw and numb but I didn’t care. A fabulous, all-consuming lust was overtaking me. I wanted it. I wanted that beast to fuck me and I didn’t care who saw.
Includes: Nursing the Ogre, Forced to Feed, Feeding the Vampire, Milking Her Dry, Feeding the Alien
A short excerpt:
A surge of pleasure shot through my body as I felt him begin to suck at me, his mouth clamped onto me, sucking hard, as though his life depended on it. It was an incredible feeling, a wonderful sensation, and with a soft moan, I felt my milk begin to leak. It was so amazing, so wrong, yet so wonderful, I didn’t want it to stop. I pressed my breast onto him as he sucked and pulled at it, eagerly suckling, drawing down my natural milk greedily.
My other breast ached and I longed for more, so I clambered across his naked body, straddling him, leaning forward, pressing my breasts against his face. He moved from one to the other, his lips clamped around my distended nipples and every time he switched from one to the other, breast milk dribbled from my nipple across his lips. I kissed him, tentatively, and tasted my own milk on his lips, and that made me feel wonderfully tingly. I was growing wet, and my pussy was starting to ache as much as my breasts, and almost as though he knew, I suddenly felt his hard cock brush against my ass. Wide-eyed, I froze. I didn’t dare look round because I knew if I saw how big that cock was when it was erect, I would be scared and the spell would be broken and I didn’t want this to stop.
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Friday, April 26, 2019
Why Reading Things In Dark Mode Might Not Actually Be Better For Your Eyes
Why Reading Things In Dark Mode Might Not Actually Be Better For Your Eyes
It might save energy on your smartphones, but when it comes to your eye health, the benefits of dark mode are far more disputed.
April 26, 2019 at 12:52PM
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Breast cancer stalked every woman in her family. She was determined it wouldn’t get her
Breast cancer stalked every woman in her family. She was determined it wouldn’t get her
Alejandra Campoverdi said she decided to become "the CEO of her own body."
April 26, 2019 at 08:33AM
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Thursday, April 25, 2019
These Governments Want To Fight Air Pollution By Controlling The Weather
These Governments Want To Fight Air Pollution By Controlling The Weather
South Korea announced in March plans to begin deploying so-called cloud seeding technology to make it rain in Seoul, and the Thailand government actually went ahead and induced rain in Bangkok in January. But, um, how well does this actually work?
April 25, 2019 at 02:38PM
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Forced To Divorce: Americans With Disabilities Must Choose Marriage Or Health Care
Forced To Divorce: Americans With Disabilities Must Choose Marriage Or Health Care
Many Americans with disabilities must pick only two out of three: marriage, economic security and comprehensive health coverage.
April 25, 2019 at 11:11AM
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
How Mandatory Vaccination Fueled the Anti-Vaxxer Movement
How Mandatory Vaccination Fueled the Anti-Vaxxer Movement
To better understand the controversy over New York's measles outbreak, you have to go back to the late 19th century.
April 24, 2019 at 10:00PM
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Amazon And Facebook Listed Among The Dozen Most Dangerous Workplaces
Amazon And Facebook Listed Among The Dozen Most Dangerous Workplaces
The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health released its annual "dirty dozen" list of employers operating some of the most dangerous workplaces in America, and Amazon topped the list for the second year running.
April 24, 2019 at 07:58PM
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The Lure Of Computers Means Americans Are Sitting More Than Before
The Lure Of Computers Means Americans Are Sitting More Than Before
And standing desks may not be the answer.
April 24, 2019 at 06:47PM
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My Journey Through the World of Rich-People Meditation Products
My Journey Through the World of Rich-People Meditation Products
Is it possible to buy your way to enlightenment? I tried to find out.
April 24, 2019 at 04:46PM
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Can You Survive If You Run Out Of Air?
Can You Survive If You Run Out Of Air?
Science tells us the human body can only survive for a few minutes without oxygen. But some people are defying this accepted truth.
April 24, 2019 at 04:46PM
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Drug Distributor And Former Execs Face First Criminal Charges In Opioid Crisis
Drug Distributor And Former Execs Face First Criminal Charges In Opioid Crisis
A major pharmaceutical distribution company and two of its former executives are facing criminal charges for their roles in advancing the nation's opioid crisis and profiting from it.
April 24, 2019 at 10:38AM
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
I Was Diagnosed with Breast Cancer at Age 22. Then a Mastectomy Infection Almost Killed Me.
I Was Diagnosed with Breast Cancer at Age 22. Then a Mastectomy Infection Almost Killed Me.
After Kristin Moya Polanco discovered a golf ball-size lump in her breast, a potentially lethal bacteria left her untreatable while the cancer continued to metastasize inside her.
April 23, 2019 at 07:44PM
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Blind People Really Do Have More Sensitive Hearing, MRI Study Finds
Blind People Really Do Have More Sensitive Hearing, MRI Study Finds
A new study out Monday suggests that losing your sight early in life can lead to subtle alterations in the brain circuitry primarily responsible for hearing.
April 23, 2019 at 01:24PM
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HOW TO GET UP EARLIER SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO SHIT IN THE MORNING
HOW TO GET UP EARLIER SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO SHIT IN THE MORNING
The short version here is that I really need to stop watching dumb YouTube videos until 2 am.
April 23, 2019 at 11:06AM
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Inside the Quietly Lucrative Business of Donating Human Eggs
Inside the Quietly Lucrative Business of Donating Human Eggs
Over four years, Ashleigh Griffin donated her eggs six times at three different clinics. Four of those times, her ovaries became painfully swollen and she experienced weight gain, abdominal pain, severe nausea and had trouble urinating; once she was hospitalized. For her efforts, she was paid $61,000.
April 23, 2019 at 11:06AM
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Germ-Killing Brands Now Want To Sell You Germs
Germ-Killing Brands Now Want To Sell You Germs
The world's best-known antibacterial labels are pouring millions into probacterial health and beauty startups.
April 23, 2019 at 08:27AM
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Monday, April 22, 2019
How to Talk to an Anti-vax Relative
How to Talk to an Anti-vax Relative
The question of whether vaccinations should be a duty or a choice is dividing families.
April 22, 2019 at 06:39PM
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The California Air-Pollution Study That Changed Everything
The California Air-Pollution Study That Changed Everything
The landmark Children's Health Study tracked thousands of children in California over many years — and transformed our understanding of air pollution's harms.
April 22, 2019 at 02:38PM
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Am I Falling In Love Or Having A Manic Episode?
Am I Falling In Love Or Having A Manic Episode?
I'm bipolar, and when I started to feel that familiar mix of attraction, infatuation and intensity, I had to stop and ask, "is this real?"
April 22, 2019 at 01:44PM
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Donor Milk vs. Mother's Own Milk: Effect on Infant Microbiome
What you feed your baby and how it impacts their gut bacteria – scientifically termed the “microbiome” – has been a growing area of interest in the breastfeeding world. It is well established that feeding an infant cow’s milk based formula significantly changes the number of species and type of bacteria that grow in an infant’s gastrointestinal tract, and is associated with negative clinical outcomes. However, there is less research looking at the difference between receiving milk from the infant’s birth mother (termed “mother’s own milk”) or donor human milk.
Recently, a new article was published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that explored the differences between infants fed either donor human milk or their own mother’s milk.
What is donor human milk?
In the context of this research article, donor human milk is milk received from mothers who are producing too much. This milk is then screened and pasteurized (subjected to heat treatment) by Prolacta Bioscience in order to remove all bacteria. Pasteurization is important in this context because the donated milk is going mainly to premature infants who may be sick or immunocompromised. Milk banks want to ensure that there are no pathogenic bacteria or viruses that could hard these infants.
What difference does it make?
Donor human milk is different from milk that would come from an infant’s own mother for a few reasons.
- Exposure to heat can decrease the concentration of certain micronutrients
- Exposure to heat can decrease the activity of certain enzymes and immune compounds
- The loss of bacteria does mean potentially harmful bacteria, but can also mean the loss of bacteria beneficial for development of the infant microbiome
What is the impact on the infant microbiome?
This new research provides evidence that infants fed a diet consisting mostly of donor human milk (average: 14% mother’s own milk) have a decreased diversity of gut microbiota in all stool samples collected over the 6-week duration of the trial.
The infant’s fed their mother’s own milk had more Bifidobacterium and Bacteroides genus bacteria than donor human milk fed infants. These bacterial species have been shown in other research to be beneficial for the growth and development of the infant when they are in the neonatal intensive care unit. Additionally, lower levels of Bacteroides bacteria have been linked to development of obesity in individuals with metabolic syndrome.
Donor human milk fed infants had more Staphylococcus genus bacteria. This genus of bacteria is known to contain pathogenic microbes. This could put the infant at an increased risk of development of illness.
Maybe most importantly, infants fed mostly their mother’s own milk (average: 91% mother’s own milk) had higher feeding tolerance than infants fed donor human milk. This is certainly important in growth and development, because the more food that the infant is tolerating, the faster they can grow.
Why is this important?
As much of my research focuses on the use of donor human milk, this article further emphasizes that donor human milk is supposed to be used specifically as a band-aid, with the goal of providing an infant their mother’s own milk. A mother’s milk is specifically designed to meet the needs of her infant. The mother’s milk contains immune components specific to that dyad’s environment, nutrition optimized for the infants age and status, enzymes to help that baby digest and absorb nutrients, and so much more. We need to do better at nurturing a culture that provides women the support and encouragement they need to feel empowered to breastfeed their baby.
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The Giants at the Heart of the Opioid Crisis
By DANNY HAKIM, WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2XyShLk
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Sunday, April 21, 2019
The Best Anti-Inflammatory Diet Is Just Healthy Eating
The Best Anti-Inflammatory Diet Is Just Healthy Eating
Once again, science says that fruits, vegetables and whole grains are really good for you.
April 21, 2019 at 08:42PM
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The Easier Way To Do Intermittent Fasting
The Easier Way To Do Intermittent Fasting
Expert advice for making it to your next meal.
April 21, 2019 at 08:42PM
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