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The reason you get sick after a flight isn't the dirty cabin air
People often get sick after taking flights.
Cabin air is cleaner than you expect.
But there are plenty of germy places on planes.
Jet lag can also compromise your immune system.
For many, coming down with a cold after a long flight is all but inevitable.
But why is that? What do we get sick after taking a long flight?
The easy answer is that there are a couple of hundred people trapped in close proximity to one another inside a pressurized metal tube for hours on end, making for a rich breeding ground for germs.
The reason you get sick after a flight
Urgent warning as toxic fumes on major airlines' flights cause devastating brain injuries
Woman says 'rushed' gender reassignment treatment left her suicidal
Keira Bell is taking the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust to court over the treatment she received for gender dysphoria, a condition where a person experiences distress due to a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity.
The 23-year-old, who used to identify as a boy, said the puberty-delaying drugs and testosterone prescribed to her have irreversibly damaged her physical and mental health.
Ms Bell started receiving treatment, including hormone blockers, after "roughly three sessions" at the Tavistock Centre. She says at the time she had "no doubt" she wanted to become a boy.
Ms Bell described her decision to transition as a teenager as a "coping mechanism" and says there was "no real investigation" into the other mental health issues she was going through at the time.
Gender reassignment treatment left her suicidal
More than 50% of trans and non-binary youth in US considered suicide
Why detransitioners are crucial to the science of gender care
When My Chinese Trans Identity Gets Lost in Translation
Gender dysphoria should be treated like anorexia
Detransitioner says testosterone treatment caused ‘more anxiety’
A Moroccan influencer announced he was no longer transgender
‘I was really crazy on the hormones’
Trans woman who concealed gender before performing sex act on man is found guilty of sexual assault
I’ve Suddenly Noticed My Husband Doesn’t Measure Up
I have a recurring thought that might turn into a problem. I’m married to a man I adore, and we have an incredible sex life that I wouldn’t change for the world. Passionate, fun, multiple orgasms per session. However, while my body is overjoyed, my mind is struggling. My husband is slightly shorter than average, and his dick is slightly smaller than average as well. This is something I’ve always known and has never impacted our sex life. But I had a friend complaining about a below-average-sized lover, and it got me all in my head. Now when I look at my husband in bed, I can’t not notice that he’s smaller than what society says he should be. I never thought about it before, but it’s making me feel less attracted to him now. I find myself less inclined to give him hand jobs or blow jobs because I don’t want to think about his size. Why am I obsessing over this when I find sex with him so pleasurable? How do I get over this?
—Little Problem
I’ve Suddenly Noticed My Husband Doesn’t Measure Up
Is it true ejaculating 21 times a month will drastically lower my husband’s risk of getting prostate cancer?
What Is the Average Penis Size
Video Shows Woman Being Violently Assaulted During Rose Bowl Concert
How Riots Affect The Environment
Riots can have negative impacts on the environment, particularly in urban areas. These impacts include increased pollution from debris, potential damage to natural habitats from fires or construction, and disruption to waste management systems. While riots primarily cause social and economic disruption, their effects on the environment, while often secondary, can be significant, especially in the immediate aftermath.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
Pollution:
Riots can lead to increased pollution from debris, litter, and potential spills of hazardous materials. The destruction of infrastructure, such as vehicles and buildings, can release pollutants into the air and water.
Habitat Damage:
In some cases, riots can involve fires or other actions that damage natural habitats, especially in urban parks or green spaces. This can disrupt local ecosystems and displace wildlife.
Waste Management Disruption:
Riots can overwhelm waste management systems, leading to overflowing bins, litter accumulation, and potential health hazards. The disruption of garbage collection services can exacerbate these issues.
Long-term Impacts:
While the direct environmental damage from riots may be temporary, the long-term consequences can include increased risk of soil and water contamination, especially if hazardous materials are involved.
Focus on Social and Economic Issues:
While environmental concerns may be secondary to the immediate social and economic disruptions caused by riots, the long-term effects on the environment can be significant, especially in densely populated areas.
Nightmarish Mad Max street races and explosions spread to third Dem-run city after Oakland and Kansas City
Seattle journalists attacked by agitators call out far-left media for covering up violence at protests
Anti-ICE protests to cost Los Angeles taxpayers over $30M
Cincinnati brawlers began attacking helpless victims minutes BEFORE n-word was said
Inside the vigilante group of New Yorkers who hunt rats at night
Rats aren't only a part of New York City’s underground — they're an inseparable part of its pop culture. There’s Master Splinter from the Ninja Turtles, Pizza Rat, and even Cannibal Rat. But for every celebrity rat, there’s another 250,000 to 2 million anonymous rodents living in the city — and the city health department is fighting to bring down.
Last year, three people in a Bronx city block made the news for contracting leptospirosis through rat urine. Only two survived.
Inside the vigilante group
Wildlife experts urge Americans to catch, cook and EAT rat-like rodents terrorizing the nation
Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa’s property was ‘breeding ground for infestation’
Hotel employee, 26, dies of rare rat-linked virus
Rats attack ritzy NYC block
Parents, 24, are charged after hairy beast starts eating their six-month-old twins
RAT INFESTATION TAKES OVER MASSACHUSETTS CITY
'Worst I've ever seen'
NYC unleashes rat death squad to gas vermin with carbon monoxide
Pundit mocked for denouncing “lesbians on the moon”
NASA hiring lesbians is like bad pornography.
Pundit mocked for denouncing “lesbians on the moon”
Lesbian teacher arrested for sex with student when wife was out of town
School teacher is slammed for bragging about 'indoctrinating' students
Two Women Face Federal Charges
Texas removed six Black children from their homes
Prosecutor demands cancellation of birth certificates for lesbian couples
...Captain Sandy Has ‘Qualified Captains’ With Her When Filming
Lesbian couple caught having intercourse on McDonald’s lawn
Principal faces dismissal hearing after being accused of groping staff at PTA luncheon
Alex Cooper accuses former college soccer coach of sexual harassment
Enhancing brain function with butter
The key to having healthy brain function is to give your brain an optimal energy supply. Most would argue that the brain needs glucose as its optimal energy source but what we are finding is that only a small portion of your brain needs sugar. What the brain actually prefers are ketones from fat as its energy source.
For those of you wanting to optimize your brain performance, not to mention decrease inflammation in your gut and heart, it is necessary to eat more fat from butter.
Butter is now considered by many to be the new superfood, even though it has been used for at least 4,500 years. How did we get so far removed from fat? One of the early campaigns against fat began when Dwight Eisenhower was diagnosed with heart disease in 1955. His team of scientists and doctors, including the snit-fat crusader, Ancel Keys concluded that saturated fat and butter caused his chronic disease.
Enhancing brain function with butter
Doctor issues stark warning to people who consume LESS than one teaspoon of salt per day
Toxic metal linked to cancer, autism found in brown rice
...a faux-superfood that may ‘increase man boobs’
I Asked Dolly Parton What Her Favorite Condiment Is
Fat dads live longer
Middle-aged men sporting beer bellies — also known as “dad bods” — may be healthier than their skinnier peers.
Richard G. Bribiescas, an anthropology professor at Yale University, says that chubbier guys have lower levels of testosterone, which makes them less likely to engage in risky, life-threatening behaviors a la “The Hangover” and more focused on taking care of their families.
“This change in body composition not only causes men to shop for more comfortable trousers but also facilitates increased survivorship and, hypothetically, a hormonal milieu that would more effectively promote and support paternal investment,” Bribiescas writes in his new book, “How Men Age: What Evolution Reveals About Male Health and Mortality” (Princeton University Press, out now).
Fat dads
Fascinating truth about town dubbed fast food capital of US
Parts of the US where life expectancy is lower than in NORTH KOREA
West Nile virus and invasive mosquitos arrive in Shasta County
Positive tests from samples of adult mosquitos in the Anderson and Shingletown area confirm the West Nile virus has returned to Shasta county.
The Shasta Mosquito and Vector Control District (SMVCD) said in a press release Saturday that the positive tests came from routine collections as part of their surveillance program. The district is now attempting to decrease mosquito populations through ground treatments in areas where the positive mosquitos were found. They are also continuing their widespread mosquito trapping and testing to monitor virus activity.
West Nile virus and invasive mosquitos arrive in Shasta County
Mosquitoes carrying a virus that causes paralysis and death are swarming at least 6 states
California has reported its first West Nile death of the year
Protecting yourself from mosquito-borne diseases
OC man tests positive for West Nile virus
Chaos as biblical plague of cannibal crickets invades US state
Rosie O'Donnell Jokes She'd Trade Each of Her Teenage Kids for "Autistic Triplets"
They can’t all be gems.
Mom-of-five Rosie O’Donnell joked she’d rather have “autistic triplets” than each of her troublesome teenage kids.
She'd Trade Each of Her Teenage Kids
NHS will reportedly test trans young people for autism and ADHD
To stop climate disaster, make ecocide an international crime. It's the only way
The science is clear: without drastic action to limit temperature rise below 1.5C, the Earth, and all life on it, including all human beings, will suffer devastating consequences.
To stop climate disaster, make ecocide an international crime. It's the only way
Scientists fear Earth may have gone past the point of no return with climate change
Three Americans create enough carbon emissions to kill one person, study finds
Reforestation hopes threaten global food security, Oxfam warns
Patient in Guinea is killed by disease that causes 88% of sufferers to bleed to death
...it is considered a breach for a mother to throw her daughter a shower...
Why climate change activists have failed to score public support
US abortion numbers have risen
Filicide
Mammoth de-extinction is bad conservation
Why are we catching more diseases from animals?
The world is grappling with the new coronavirus, which has spread from China to at least 15 other countries.
Outbreaks of new infectious diseases are typically seen as a "one off".
But the new virus - thought to have stemmed from wildlife - highlights our risk from animal-borne disease. This is likely to be more of a problem in future as climate change and globalisation alter the way animals and humans interact.
How can animals make people ill?
In the past 50 years, a host of infectious diseases have spread rapidly after making the evolutionary jump from animals to humans.
The HIV/Aids crisis of the 1980s originated from great apes, the 2004-07 avian flu pandemic came from birds, and pigs gave us the swine flu pandemic in 2009. More recently, it was discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) came from bats, via civets, while bats also gave us Ebola.
Humans have always caught diseases from animals. In fact, most new infectious diseases come from wildlife.
Why are we catching more diseases from animals
Some pet owners are advocating against rabies vaccines
Hundreds of baby emperor penguins stranded on breakaway iceberg miraculously survive
Westfield Health Department Tells Owners to Keep Cats Indoors
It's time to worry about bird flu in cats
PS family says rat infestation caused severe illnesses and forced them out of their home
Rare virus that killed Gene Hackman's wife linked to 3 deaths in California town