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If heart is a blood pumping organ only, then why it is used in the context of emotions-feelings?

Maybe because the effect of every emotions-feelings is first seen on the heart, after then appeared in other organs.

Clinical trials have begun on the virus Vaxinia that is said to kill cancer.
According to a Yahoo story:
"The virus itself has been engineered specifically to kill cancer cells. And, in previous animal trials, scientists have seen very promising results. These kinds of viruses have been a “smoking gun” in the fight against cancer for over a century."

This could be a future topic of discussion should test prove positive.



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What happens if you get monkeypox?
Monkeypox symptoms and signs include headache, skin rash, fever, body aches, chills, swollen lymph nodes, and exhaustion. It produces symptoms similar to smallpox, but milder. The time from infection to the onset of symptoms, which is referred to as the incubation period, can range from five to 21 days.


Does monkeypox hurt?
In humans, the symptoms of monkeypox are similar to but milder than the symptoms of smallpox. Monkeypox begins with fever, headache, muscle aches, and exhaustion.

How is monkeypox spread?
How does monkeypox spread? It spreads from one person to another through prolonged close contact (by inhaling the infected droplets), or direct contact with infected bodily fluids or contaminated objects, such as bedding or clothes. It does not spread via casual contact.

How do monkeypox start?
How you get monkeypox. Monkeypox can be caught from infected wild animals in parts of west and central Africa. It's thought to be spread by rodents, such as rats, mice and squirrels. You can catch monkeypox from an infected animal if you're bitten or you touch its blood, body fluids, spots, blisters or scabs.

She really delivers.

After giving birth to her son Levi James last Wednesday, Jaiden Ashlea is due to give birth to him a second time in July.

It’s all part of an elaborate plan to save the baby’s life.

When the 23-year-old mom-to-be had a prenatal anatomy scan at 18 weeks of pregnancy in March, it showed that her son had spina bifida, a congenital defect that adversely affects a fetus’ spinal cord during gestation and can lead to learning and developmental disabilities and paralysis. (Each year, roughly 1,427 babies are born with spina bifida, according to the CDC.)

“I was in shock. I couldn’t even speak when the doctor was telling us this,” recalled Ashlea, who works in digital content creation and real estate.

Initially, doctors in her hometown of Jacksonville, Fla., told her and fiancé Noah Detrick, 23, that their first child would be born “brain dead” and would have no chance at leading a quality life.

“I remember saying to myself, ‘This isn’t real, this isn’t happening,” Ashlea said, adding that the physicians encouraged her to terminate the pregnancy. “It was a nightmare.”

But after getting second and third opinions from specialists in Orlando, which is just over two hours away from her home, Ashlea learned that there was hope for her son. She could potentially undergo a cutting-edge surgery to repair his spine while he was still gestating.

She underwent a barrage of medical tests — only a few hundred expecting mothers and their babies are deemed well enough to withstand the invasive treatment each year — before being approved for surgery at Orlando’s Winnie Palmer Hospital. Ashlea was the 31st mother ever to have the surgery at the hospital, one of just 12 medical facilities in the country that perform fetal surgeries. Such procedures typically cost upwards of $25,000, and Ashlea’s was covered by insurance.

Roughly six weeks after the troubling diagnosis, Ashlea went under the knife. Doctors made a cesarean incision along her stomach, broke her water and successfully repaired the sizable lesion, or abnormality, plaguing the L2 vertebrae in the baby’s lower back. Then, they repositioned the tot inside Ashlea’s tummy, sewed her up and put her on strict bed rest until the baby will be developed enough for an actual C-section delivery at 37 weeks. The procedure involved full anesthesia and took roughly six hours. Ashlea is now about 27 weeks along and has noticed her baby’s health has improved.

“Since the surgery, [doctors have] seen so much more movement and signs of any malformation in his brain are reversing,” she said, adding that physicians now expect her son to have almost no issues walking.

He will, however, likely need to undergo physical therapy from birth until he’s at least 18 years old. But his post-op progress is promising nonetheless.

“He’s kicking his legs, and twisting his ankles in there,” the mom-to-be gushed. “I can feel him moving.”

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Warning signs in legs
High levels of cholesterol in the body can lead to cardiovascular disease, coronary artery disease and stroke. High cholesterol has a lack of symptoms, due to which it is often dubbed as a silent killer. A blood test is required to identify high cholesterol levels.

People usually find excessive weight or body fat as indicators of high cholesterol. However, there are some warning signs that might crop up in other parts of your body, such as your legs. The blockage of the arteries in the extremities is known as peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, and some of the arteries that might be impacted may be supplying blood to the legs. Therefore, it is advised to not ignore these signs and consult a doctor if you experience them.

Cold feet and legs
High cholesterol levels can make your feet or legs feel cold or chilly all around the year, even in summers. This may be an indicator that you have PAD, though it does not necessarily mean PAD only. However, if you feel like one leg or foot is cold, but not the other, it could be time to talk to your doctor.

Skin colour alteration
A decrease in the flow of the blood due to high cholesterol can also change the colour of your skin. That's because the cells are not getting proper nourishment due to decreased flow of blood carrying nutrients and oxygen. Trying to elevate the legs, for example, can lead the skin to look pale, but hanging it from a table can cause the skin to seem purple or bluish.

Pain
Leg pain is among the most common symptoms of PAD. When the arteries of your legs are clogged, a sufficient, required amount of oxygen-rich blood does not reach your lower part. It can make your leg feel heavy and tired. Most people with high cholesterol levels complain about burning pain in the lower limbs. One may feel pain in any part of the leg, from the calf to the thigh or buttock, and it may be in one or both legs. This happens most often from taking part in physical activities such as walking, jogging, and stair climbing. This discomfort is usually gone when you take rest and may be felt again when you start moving your legs again.

our whole body is covered with skin, it is very sensitive for touch.
Touching on different parts of the body produces different feelings in our mind.
Touch helps in healing many diseases also.



Touch is very effective in the mental development of children. If one child gets slapped on the cheek every day and the other child gets kissed on the cheek every day, then there will be a huge difference in the mental development of both.

A sudden surge of overwhelming fear that comes without warning and without any obvious reason” can strike anyone at any time–even at work. The feelings and physical symptoms (such as shortness of breath and tightness in the chest) are very real and can be very scary.

Panic attacks won’t kill you, but depending on how severe and frequent they are, they can have a significant impact on your quality of life in every realm, including work. Often triggered by stressful situations, the symptoms of panic attacks usually recede when the stress ends. Common triggers at work include public speaking, conflict, an important meeting, a major transition such as a promotion or a big project, or a work-related social event such as a meeting with a key client or after-work drinks. The author provides tips for managing your symptoms and keeping them from taking over your workday and how to support a colleague who may be experiencing one.
You’re at work when you suddenly feel a deep sense of dread. Heart pounding, hands trembling, lightheaded, and drenched in sweat, you can’t breathe. You think you’re having a heart attack and feel like you’re about to die. You’re about to call for an ambulance when the symptoms start to fade. You just had a panic attack.
What Is a Panic Attack?
The American Psychological Association (APA) describes a panic attack as “a sudden surge of overwhelming fear that comes without warning and without any obvious reason.” The feelings and physical symptoms (such as shortness of breath and tightness in your chest) you experience are very real and can be very scary. Panic attacks won’t kill you, but depending on how severe and frequent they are, they can have a significant impact on your quality of life. Often triggered by stressful situations, the symptoms of panic attacks usually recede when the stress ends. Common triggers at work include public speaking, conflict, an important meeting, a major transition such as a promotion or a big project, or a work-related social event such as a meeting with a key client or after-work drinks.
Symptoms of a panic attack include the following, according to the APA:
Racing heart rate
Shortness of breath
An almost paralyzing fear
Dizziness, lightheadedness, or nausea
Trembling, sweating, or shaking
Choking or chest pains
Hot flashes or sudden chills
Tingling in fingers and toes (pins and needles)
A fear that you’re going to die
Panic attacks are singular events; many people have only one or two in their lives. If you have had more than that, the APA suggests you contact a mental health professional for diagnosis and treatment, because you may have a panic disorder. A panic disorder is a condition in which people have frequent or debilitating fear and anxiety without a reasonable cause, and it may be accompanied by fear of another attack, concern about the impact of these attacks, and changing behavior in response to them. The persistent fear of future panic attacks is a key symptom of panic disorder and can lead to avoiding the situation that caused the attack—which can be a real problem at work. According to the APA, panic disorders affect approximately 1.3% of the U.S. population. The onset usually begins in adolescence or early adulthood, and although the causes are not clear, major life transitions and stressful social or economic events, such as a pandemic or a market crash, can trigger them. There also is a familial connection: If others in your family have had a panic disorder, you have an increased likelihood of suffering from attacks.
But if you find yourself having occasional or frequent panic attacks, know that they can be treated—and the earlier you get treatment, the better. Even if an attack is only your first or second, it’s important to seek medical attention when it’s over, because the symptoms are similar to those of serious health problems, like a heart attack.

Say....well, Saturday night. You figure it had to be with Ecstacy. ....or however the hell you spell it. And you do not remember 90% of the night.....and that includes driving around in your car to boot.


So...let's say somebody thought it would be a cute idea or something.


.....and there might be a bigger world of sh*t to come yet.

Feel free to share yours, and why you do.....

I have two that are important to me

1. For me, I believe in the Humane Society because I'm an animal lover, and I would love to see their lives made better. Seeing some locked up in shelters in cages is heartbreaking to see. I would like to see more do do more to help them.

2. The MS Foundation

Years ago back in the summer of 1995 I was cutting my neighbors grass. As I sweat, I was rubbing my right eye as the sweat was going into my right eye. Later that night I could hardly see out of it. All I could see out of my right eye was silhouettes and shades of people. This went on for two days before My mom finally convinced me in going to see an eye doctor. After getting there I noticed a young woman who was 30 years old in the waiting room. She had MS. She was there for more tests and treatment(s) as his patient. Most of this doctor's patients were elderly however. After I went through an MRI, and having answered questions from him, all there was left to do is go home and wait a day or two for the results. I was 28 years old.

He finally called and said that what he saw on the image was some white matter inflammation lesions on my brain, and that my optic nerve was inflamed. He said that there was a 17% chance I would develop MS, and 83% chance I wouldn't. He wanted to put me on steroids to get my vision back in my eye, but I refused. He then said to me over the phone that he felt that he can no longer be my doctor, and I thought, you really weren't anyway. So after roughly three months, my vision came back on it's own.

I did a lot of research on MS and found that 2 out of 3 people who get MS are women, and that the age seems to be getting younger anymore, possibly as low as 18 years of age. It also effects people differently. No one is sure on what causes MS, but the rate also seem to be a bit higher among people in northern Europe. This may be because of the lack vitamin D, not getting enough sunshine.

Two years later I ended up with inflammation in my legs for about three months, and then that went away. But that could have been caused by me riding my exercise bike pretty hard. Then not long after that, I had balance problems trying to walk (another system of MS), and I could hardly raise my right arm up to even open the door. But then that also may have been cause by me rolling around in my back yard trying to keep limbered and firm.



After about three months, that too went away, however, I was able to use my arm again after a few days after it first happened. Studying MS, I had also learned that people who have MS will usually run into a symptom happening to them for about three months, then go away. After that you'll feel like everything is fine, and then another symptom will occur. Since then, I haven't had any symptoms that I have been aware of. This has always been in the back of my mind all these years, but as I have older, It doesn't bother me like it did when I was 28-30 years old.

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