#preventativehealth

[punkunited]

Got my refill of narcan today. Search for local places on Google and or Facebook and find some. Normally they give it out for free.

[bl00d3mber]

Fighting Inner Demons

PSA:

If you or a loved one feels like no one will hear you when you try to reach out, please know you’re not alone, people DO care about you, don’t ever stop fighting, don’t ever deny yourself help, you are worth being loved 🖤

#suicideprevention #depressionawareness #mentalhealthawareness

[ashylittlebookworm]

World Suicide Prevention Day

To someone who is suicidal, let them know you care and they are not alone: Saying something as simple as, “I'm here for you, and I care about you. You don't have to go through this alone,” can be incredibly powerful. It reassures the person that they are not facing their pain in isolation.

[imlami]

AYUDA, DONACIÓN❤️‍🩹

Donate to Clínica de reposo para Antonia, organized by Antonia Belen

Hola, mi nombre es Antonia. Hoy me encuentro en un momento muy difícil; mi salud mental … Antonia Belen needs your support for Clínica de r

Hola! Estoy ayudando a una de mis mejores amigas en su proceso de tratamiento como segunda oportunidad de su valiosa vida, sería de gran ayuda el aporte que puedas hacer por favor y tu ayuda al difundir! de todo corazón, ¡¡graciass!!🧬❤️‍🩹

Hi! I'm helping one of my best friends with her treatment process as a second chance at her precious life. Any contribution you can make would be a huge help, and your help in spreading the word would be greatly appreciated! From the bottom of my heart, a million thanks!! 🧬❤️‍🩹

[finehs]

Preventative Health à la Letterkenny (S10E04)

[quietlyclearwellness]

With Chronic Illnesses on the Rise, Preventative Health is a Top Priority

One aspect of preventative health is reducing stress as much as possible. Stress is one of the main contributing factors to the onset of many illnesses — physical and mental. It plays such a significant role, that it doesn’t matter if you eat well or exercise regularly if your stress levels are high.

Here are some easy, low/no cost ways to reduce stress:

Reduce caffeine intake: switch to mushroom coffee or reduce the amount of coffee/tea you drink. Drink more herbal teas (chamomile, lemon balm, lavender, valerian root).

Reduce screen time/doomscrolling (2-4 hours max; exceptions if you’re listening to an audiobook/podcast).

Watch more comedies instead of dramas, thrillers, or horrors (I’m currently watching Welcome to Waikiki. Cheesy, has some side-eye moments, but funny overall).

Listen to Solfeggio Frequencies (ex: 432hz, 528hz ), instrumental music, nature sounds, ASMR, anything soothing.

No emotional suppression. If you feel sad, allow yourself to feel sad.

Journal about “what gave me energy vs what drained my energy” instead of only focusing on what went wrong. That way, you become solution oriented.

Have a regular sleep schedule (try to go to sleep AND wake up around the same time daily).

Get 5-10 minutes of sunlight in the morning after waking up (going outside, not through the window).

Walk or stretch (especially hip stretches) for at least 15 minutes a day.

Hum or sing. Humming stimulates the vagus nerve, which lowers cortisol.

It’s also important to note that cortisol is beneficial to the body, as it helps regulate the body’s stress response, regulates metabolism and blood sugar levels, and reduces inflammation in short spurts. However, too much or too little cortisol is where health issues occur. Some symptoms of each:

Too much cortisol: high blood pressure, weight gain in the belly and face, high blood sugar, weakness in the upper arms and thighs, skin problems (such as acne), bone loss, changes to menstrual cycle

Too little cortisol: Low blood pressure, fatigue, unintentional weight loss, loss of appetite, muscle and joint pain, nausea, dizziness, dark patches on skin

[kittyyyyxx]

💗💗 when you feel the need to do sh, go to the kitchen sink, grab an ice cube and squeeze it tight in your fist until it melts, or until you feel better.Hope I help you somehow my angels,kisses and hugs,and stop sh!💗💗

[uwmspeccoll]

Science Saturday, GIF style

These wonderful layered anatomical plates from the 1916 Library of Health, published by Historical Publishing Company of Philadelphia, were just begging to be GIFed! This absolute chonk of a book clocks in at 10.5 cm thick and was intended to be a one stop medical reference for the home that “is not intended to make doctors out of laymen” but “aims to teach prevention rather than cure.” The text was edited by Dr. B. Frank Scholl, Dr. Anne McFarland Sharp, and Dr. Frank E. Miller. 

To give a better idea of the breath of the text, the full title is Library of health : complete guide to prevention and cure of disease, containing practical information on anatomy, physiology and preventive medicine; curative medicine, first aid measures, diagnosis, nursing, sexology, simple home remedies, care of the teeth, occupational diseases, garden plant remedies, alcohol and narcotics, treatment by fifteen schools of medicine, beauty culture, physical culture, the science of breathing and the dictionary of drugs. No wonder it’s so thick!

See more Science Saturday posts here.

-Olivia, Special Collections graduate intern