All Things Health

I don't believe in growing old and rigid.

I am young at heart!

I saw this elsewhere but didn't read it until I used your link here. I do wonder if it's a term created to fit some facts rather than something more specific but that's by the by. It does explain things that I am fully aware of with me and have been following the recommendations without knowing about them. I don't need an excuse for an invigorating walk - just good weather

Then you're lucky.

I worry every day: no matter how minor, I worry. I worry about needing the loo on the bus. I worry about my dad dying. I worry I'll miss the bus. I worry about things breaking/stopping working. You name it: I worry.

It's a terrible habit but I've always been this way.

I think it is being alone that traps me in negativity. No one should be alone for too long: it is the road to madness.

I try to keep my feet down-to-earth and not have fancy imaginings.

This is true.

I think being sociable is important but a person still needs some time to themselves. It's like after 9pm that is my me-time. I won't talk to anyone on the telephone. I also have Monday to myself: one day a week to myself is important to me. Otherwise I socialize with people regularly.

www.sciencealert.com/concerning-levels-of-arsenic-and-lead-found-in-tampons-in-world-first-study

Yikes.

Yikes is right!

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blood-test-that-detects-sepsis-in-10-minutes-by-squeezing-blood-cells-hailed-as-the-holy-grail/

Very cool.

I had an ingrown toenail. So this afternoon I pulled out the nail, cut the excess nail and pulled away skin. It did bleed slightly, but it needed to be done and the pain is gone. It hasn't bled excessively, though.

It was worth it to stop the pain.

Hello kjay: you're right that it hurt. But the pain is gone and it isn't bleeding.

A new theory and a possible new approach to treating alzhiemers.

theconversation.com/alzheimers-might-not-be-primarily-a-brain-disease-a-new-theory-suggests-its-an-autoimmune-condition-189047

To be honest and having seen this close up too many times. I think if  even a fraction of the research money went to providing services , day care,  dementia villages and respite for home carers it would help so much. Too often Ive seen people stranded without help or support and with no idea how to deal with a loved one who is gradually slipping away. We are so focused on a cure we have forgotten how to help those who are suffering now.

We need less of this 
www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-16/elderly-dementia-patients-given-anti-psychotics-and-restrained/10621658

 and more of this 


www.bethecareconcept.com/en/hogeweyk-dementia-village-hogeweyk-netherlands/

www.scimex.org/newsfeed/bacteria-and-viruses-clinging-to-microplastics-can-survive-wastewater-treatment

Gross.